We performed a comparison between SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about SAP, Microsoft, Oracle and others in ERP."The most useful features of SAP S4HANA are the consolidation reports. The BI is very strong and the manufacturing and finance sections we like a lot."
"One of the most valuable features is the in-memory database."
"From a technological point of view, the in-memory database is one of the key highlights."
"S/4HANA is so much faster today than it was before. High performance is one of the best features, but the backbone of S/4HANA is its integration capabilities. They've also shifted to a focus on user experience."
"The solution's new UI called Fiori is user friendly."
"SAP S4HANA is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is the detail in all of the processes. The solution captures our policies and enables us to implement our policies in SAP. There are different models that address our needs."
"The finance solution and procurement functionalities are good."
"It is a straightforward solution."
"The solution is stable."
"The integration is very stable."
"SAP is an extremely powerful ERP. In my past company, we used it on a massive large scale, and it was amazing."
"The manufacturing area is a good feature."
"The ability to access and analyze data in real-time has significantly improved our reporting efficiency."
"Makes it easier to reach and read data."
"It is good in data analytics and helps in data analytics."
"This is a costly solution."
"I have found the solution to be stable but it could improve."
"If S4HANA has more AI and machine learning, it will be better and easier for reporting and dashboarding."
"SAP S4HANA could improve by having a more seamless easier integration, faster integration. The overall implementation timelines should be reduced."
"The resource usage could be improved - it's memory-hungry, so mid-range servers struggle to run it."
"The integration could be made a little simpler in terms of design and implementation."
"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."
"Small businesses that have a small user base find this solution too expensive."
"Public cloud is single-tenant so there are limitations on what can be customized."
"SAP S4HANA Cloud's production planning screens could be improved."
"Integrating SAP with other products like payroll solutions should be smoother. I wish there were some tools a consultant could build according to the client's requirements. For example, say I want to process debit and credits. In SAP, we have to follow SAP terminologies and patterns. I need a template to deploy my structure according to the client's requirements. There is no structure available in SAP that a consultant can mold."
"I'd like to share my experience during the migration from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA in the cloud. My primary challenge in this migration was the requirement to open a ticket for every request during the project phase, not during operational or post go-live phases. Despite this, I must acknowledge that overall, SAP has proven to be very reliable. To clarify the issue, after migrating to SAP S/4HANA, I opted to host my SAP solution on the private cloud by converting the license to SAP Cloud. The drawback I encountered during the project phase was the insistence on opening a ticket or service request for any issue or query I had within the project's activities. Looking ahead, I hope that SAP streamlines and simplifies this process for future customers, making it more user-friendly and efficient than my experience."
"One thing that could be better in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, especially in the public cloud, is how easily you can make changes."
"SAP S/4HANA Cloud's customization can be improved."
"SAP promotes the cloud, but customers are worried about the security of their data. SAP suggests they have SAP S4HANA with RISE, which is a private cloud environment, but it is difficult to sell many of the customers on the cloud concept because of the privacy issues."
"The pricing is high."
SAP S/4HANA is ranked 2nd in ERP with 66 reviews while SAP S/4HANA Cloud is ranked 3rd in Cloud ERP with 41 reviews. SAP S/4HANA is rated 8.2, while SAP S/4HANA Cloud is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SAP S/4HANA writes "The solution is highly scalable, with solid performance and integration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP S/4HANA Cloud writes "A valuable tool for businesses seeking to enhance their overall performance and competitiveness in the digital era". SAP S/4HANA is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP Business One, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Oracle E-Business Suite, whereas SAP S/4HANA Cloud is most compared with SAP Business ByDesign, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, SAP Business One, IFS Cloud Platform and Oracle E-Business Suite.
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The main difference is RISE is associated with S/4 Product Range on Cloud while By Design is modeled after SAP Business One also on Cloud.
So both are SaaS but the difference is in enterprise size and also application complexities. Also, RISE offers a bundle of pre-configured modules while By Design is similar to B1 with a lot more flexibility and high scalability. License wise both are per user on the cloud.