We performed a comparison between SAP Business ByDesign and SAP ERP based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetSuite, Oracle, SAP and others in Cloud ERP."I find the tool’s every feature valuable."
"The most valuable feature of SAP Business ByDesign is it has a streamlined design."
"The standard system is stable."
"The most valuable feature is the feature called Financial Closing Cockpit. This feature allows us to monitor our accounting and processing closely."
"When we were using it, we did see an immediate benefit, especially in the inventory on consignment issue. We were a biotech pre-revenue company and most of our manufacturing was outsourced. So being able to track inventory within the system without creating a financial impact was very key for us."
"It has a quick implementation and onboarding of users. It is flexible with reports and powerful."
"The most valuable features of Business ByDesign are the integration of its modules, analytics, and dashboards."
"ByDesign's best features are its speed, real-time data, and reporting."
"The accounting module's record and report process is closely integrated with almost every other process."
"SAP ERP's interface is pretty easy nowadays, as it has evolved over time and has been made as user-friendly as a person would like it."
"The product’s most valuable feature is a centralized system integrating different departments within the organization."
"There are many interfaces, so you really can build satellites around it like with other SAP stuff or even third-party stuff."
"Finance view across functions is valuable."
"SAP ERP provides the perfect database and options for additional production. It's also good for finance analytics, production drill-down, and other types of analysis."
"The solution has far more features, processes, and functionalities than we previously had."
"I like the solution’s features in finance, supply chain, sales, and distribution."
"The solution does not support customization for forms and reports. It's not flexible in case you need some enhancements in business processes."
"The database needs to be more customizable."
"I would say budget controlling needs improvement. I mention this because it does not have all the functionalities that we need in terms of managing the budget."
"There is room for improvement in the reporting capability. To use it properly, you need intensive IT support. You cannot write your own reports."
"SAP Business ByDesign can improve the flexibility and user-friendliness of the reporting during the implementations. Customizing the reports inside the device requires a lot of knowledge and most of the time a developer level is needed. For example, if you want to have a more specific reporting layout."
"Scalability is difficult."
"The Purchase to Pay process could benefit from further sophistication and additional functionality. It would be helpful for the user community to receive clearer information about the future roadmap of the business. Unfortunately, there were some confusing articles in the German press towards the end of last year about the future of SAP Business ByDesign. Therefore, more clarity is needed in the support function to address this."
"ByDesign could be improved by making screen modifications easier."
"The solution's UI could be better."
"There should be better support provided to be able to migrate to S/4HANA easier."
"It has a high cost."
"It is on the expensive side."
"It needs a more complete guidance with complete processes. Right now, it only has single transactions."
"It would also help if it were more open, more flexible, with more standard products."
"Poor ergonomics."
"SAP is more expensive than some of its competitors."
SAP Business ByDesign is ranked 4th in Cloud ERP with 14 reviews while SAP ERP is ranked 1st in ERP with 100 reviews. SAP Business ByDesign is rated 7.6, while SAP ERP is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SAP Business ByDesign writes "Helps with financial accounting, project management, sales and invoicing, and accounting inventory management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP ERP writes "The amazing, robust framework with unlimited scalability earns its #1 status". SAP Business ByDesign is most compared with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP S/4HANA, NetSuite ERP, SAP Business One on AWS and Acumatica, whereas SAP ERP is most compared with SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Anaplan, SAP Business One and Infor M3.
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