We performed a comparison between SAP Business One and SAP S4HANA based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: When comparing SAP Business One and SAP S4HANA, users rate SAP S4HANA as the better solution. In contrast to SAP Business One, reviewers of SAP S4HANA feel that SAP S4HANA is a very powerful and highly customizable tool. That being said, the pricing and service of SAP Business One are rated as better.
"The most valuable features of SAP Business One are user-friendliness, ease of use, visibility, and flexibility. Customizing the solution is simple."
"I like analytics, dashboard, and KPIs a lot. It is very helpful when I need to check balances and financial statements."
"So there are a lot of features included with the ERP system."
"The most valuable feature of Business One depends on the industry. Generally speaking, Business One works best in automotive industry use cases."
"This is an all-in-one ERP solution for small businesses. Everything is linked. Once you have this, you have all the features available in SAP. You have PR, inventory items, journal entry, and project management features."
"You can scale the solution well."
"We are using it for accounts and finance and also for maintaining third-party transactions and non-CRM transactions."
"We have been happy with the command line interface of SAP Business One."
"I have found the most valuable features are the interface, which is very good for all users, and the database performance is good."
"We have access to all types of reports in a single solution."
"It is really fast. It is also very stable."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be the SAP Fiori application."
"Because I'm a procure-to-pay consultant, I mostly look at that angle, and I have a bit of experience with sales and distribution. I also like the integration between S/4HANA and other ERPs because S/4HANA is a suite. For example, the integration between S/4HANA and EWM Transportation Management, and Ariba."
"It's reliable and the performance is good."
"I like the user experience and usability of SAP Fiori, which is one of the main features that we are using."
"A robust product with integration between all modules."
"SAP Business One could improve by automatically inputting exchange rates in the software. We currently have to enter them manually to find the appropriate exchange rates from a website. If it could be done with one click it would be helpful and more straightforward."
"There are improvements needed. However, they provide improvements over time."
"Overall, the integration and the reports can be better."
"There are only a few standard reports available and if you want more then they either have to be downloaded or built."
"I'd like to see the solution become more user-friendly."
"I would love to have more reporting capabilities. It should have an embedded BI engine. Currently, I have to maintain an additional system for BI."
"It would be ideal if the reporting and dashboards were improved upon."
"There are possibilities to extend its functionality. Things such as Quality Management System (QMS) and Payroll are currently not a part of the product. These things are needed."
"Lacking in some customizations."
"I would like to see the AI included to help from a data standpoint."
"Thi solution can improve the Bill of Materials (BOM) and production planning."
"I'm not a big fan of SAP S/4HANA because it needs a lot of hardware. It is really fast, but it needs a lot of hardware. The hardware for S/4HANA is too expensive."
"In a feature release, they could improve by adding budgetary features."
"Documentation could be improved."
"The theory-side of the solution needs to be improved."
"The migration to SAP S/4HANA is hard."
SAP Business One is ranked 4th in ERP with 61 reviews while SAP S/4HANA is ranked 2nd in ERP with 65 reviews. SAP Business One is rated 8.0, while SAP S/4HANA is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SAP Business One writes "Helps with intercompany sales and purchase orders, and optimizes inventory management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP S/4HANA writes "The solution is highly scalable, with solid performance and integration". SAP Business One is most compared with SAP ERP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud and Epicor ERP, whereas SAP S/4HANA is most compared with SAP ERP, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Oracle E-Business Suite and NetSuite ERP. See our SAP Business One vs. SAP S/4HANA report.
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Hi Shibu,
Here is a brief comparison between SAPB1 and SAP S/4 Hana. SAP B1 was not originally a SAP product it was a product developed by an Israel founder in 195 built only for MAC OS SAP bought it over in 2003, Whereas SAP S/4 Hana is natively built by SAP.
Scope and Complexity:
SAP B1: SAP Business One is designed for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and covers a broad range of business processes, including accounting, inventory management, and sales.
SAP S/4HANA: SAP S/4HANA is an enterprise-level solution designed for larger organizations, offering a more comprehensive suite of applications that include advanced analytics, industry-specific features, and support for complex business processes. It's strong in manufacturing, Service industry, government, and Oil & Gas industries.
Database Technology:
SAP B1: SAP B1 typically uses Microsoft SQL Server as its underlying database management system, but there is a new variant where you can use the HANA database with Business One.
SAP S/4HANA: SAP S/4HANA uses in-memory computing and the SAP HANA database, which enables real-time data processing, faster reporting, and advanced analytics capabilities. This technology shift is a major differentiator and provides significant performance advantages.
Scalability:
SAP B1: SAP B1 is not scalable for large organizations due to the complexity of the processes.
SAP S/4HANA: SAP S/4HANA is made for larger organizations which can cater to any complicated business processes.
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Hello Shibu, I am writing this answer on behalf of a Director at a small tech services company:
The key difference is about 2 and a half million dollars - jokingly - we’ve had some clients go with B1 and the projects were smallish - $70k - $120k. We’ve also had clients spending nearly $3m on S/4HANA projects. I’d say B1 is more for mid-market, and S/4HANA is a tier one large company, Fortune 1000 size project. Now of course that’s super generalized from a small sample size - for what it’s worth.