We performed a comparison between SAP Business ByDesign and SAP S/4HANA Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud ERP solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of SAP Business ByDesign are customer invoicing and cost and revenue, from which I get the data for my project reports."
"It has a quick implementation and onboarding of users. It is flexible with reports and powerful."
"I like its modern approach. It is very modern and new technology."
"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."
"The standard system is stable."
"The most valuable feature of SAP Business ByDesign is it has a streamlined design."
"I have found the consolidation of the business and group reports very useful. There is plenty of features and the manufacturing and finance aspect of the solution are strong."
"The most valuable feature is the feature called Financial Closing Cockpit. This feature allows us to monitor our accounting and processing closely."
"SAP S4HANA Cloud is stable, and its computational power and speed have improved in later versions."
"The most valuable features of SAP S/4HANA Cloud are the detailed solution costing, integration, and built-in analytics."
"The solution is versatile with various integrated tools such as connecting with finance modules, controlling parameters, and creating universal journals."
"The solution links everything and allows us to integrate into our entire supply chain."
"We like the web portal or interface, which is great. The user experience is much better than the current traditional SAP landscape."
"The most valuable feature of SAP S/4HANA Cloud is the uptime it provides from being on the cloud. We do not have to manage the solution. All the infrastructure management is done from their side."
"SAP S4HANA Cloud is one of the best products in enterprise solutions, especially in manufacturing, retail, logistics, wholesaling, and distribution."
"SAP is an extremely powerful ERP. In my past company, we used it on a massive large scale, and it was amazing."
"SAP Business ByDesign is a very vast product, but it has to be a bit more centralized. All the models need to be more centralized for a better experience."
"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."
"With SAP S/4HANA, you can design your release strategy and modify it to include as many people as possible, which is missing in SAP Business ByDesign."
"I would like the tool’s interface to be better. Currently, we use a client application to access the product. I want that to be replaced with a web version. I would like to improve the tool’s internet availability. I also want the product’s setup to be easier."
"The solution does not support customization for forms and reports. It's not flexible in case you need some enhancements in business processes."
"The Arabic localization is neglected. It should have an Arabic interface. It lacks Arabic translation or support from right to left."
"Scalability is difficult."
"There is room for improvement in the reporting capability. To use it properly, you need intensive IT support. You cannot write your own reports."
"S/4HANA isn't ideal for managing contracts and subscriptions. There isn't a feature to notify us when a contract for a service we need is approaching its end or a product is no longer supported. You need a separate solution for that."
"The price is mainly suitable for larger companies, even then, there may be other, cheaper solutions. Additionally, this solution is the result of multiple acquisitions leaving room for there to be issues with performance."
"The product can be improved by including a module for after-sales service modules."
"It is a complicated solution. So it should be easier to use."
"Difficult to install and difficult to test. Testing needs to be improved. Scalability of this solution also needs improvement."
"When it comes to the SAP PM material's module, it would be nice to see the inclusion of predictive analytics."
"I would like to see a feature where it allows integration with more platforms."
"UX design is not flexible and lacks compatibility with mobile devices."
SAP Business ByDesign is ranked 4th in Cloud ERP with 14 reviews while SAP S/4HANA Cloud is ranked 3rd in Cloud ERP with 41 reviews. SAP Business ByDesign is rated 7.6, while SAP S/4HANA Cloud is rated 8.0. 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 S/4HANA Cloud writes "A valuable tool for businesses seeking to enhance their overall performance and competitiveness in the digital era". SAP Business ByDesign is most compared with SAP S/4HANA, NetSuite ERP, SAP Business One on AWS, Acumatica and Microsoft Dynamics AX, whereas SAP S/4HANA Cloud is most compared with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, SAP Business One, IFS Cloud Platform, SAP S/4HANA and Oracle E-Business Suite. See our SAP Business ByDesign vs. SAP S/4HANA Cloud report.
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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.