2020-07-26T08:19:02Z

What advice do you have for others considering SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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ZN
Real User
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2023-11-15T11:42:01Z
Nov 15, 2023

Overall, I would rate SAP S/4HANA Cloud as a six out of ten.

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Graeme Trevayne - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2023-11-15T11:42:00Z
Nov 15, 2023

Overall, I would rate the solution a seven out of ten.

Manjeet Chhabda - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 10
2023-11-15T11:40:11Z
Nov 15, 2023

In my experience of nearly two decades in the ERP field, I highly recommend choosing SAP S/4HANA Cloud. SAP is a reliable and user-friendly ERP, and its integration with the public cloud ensures continuous updates without the hassles of migration or upgrades. It offers ease of deployment, a user-friendly interface, incorporation of good business practices, preconfigured solutions, scalability, and straightforward upgrade and management processes. Overall, I would rate SAP S/4HANA Cloud as an eight out of ten.

Marcel  Wagner - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
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2023-11-15T11:37:59Z
Nov 15, 2023

SAP S/4HANA Cloud is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses, but it's not preferable for enterprise customers. Overall, I rate SAP S/4HANA Cloud a seven out of ten.

Frnçs Dubuis - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
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2023-06-14T06:13:00Z
Jun 14, 2023

I would recommend the solution to those who are already working with SAP. I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten.

LK
Real User
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2023-04-25T06:03:00Z
Apr 25, 2023

The solution is deployed on a private cloud. People can access the public cloud using all the necessary authentication. So we have both private and public service applications. We are working in parallel with OutSystems, which is far better for SAP. Overall, I rate SAP S/4HANA Cloud a ten out of ten.

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SN
Real User
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2023-04-02T05:12:29Z
Apr 2, 2023

I rate SAP S/4HANA eight out of 10. Before implementing an ERP tool, you should understand your needs, processes, and business requirements.

IN
Reseller
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2023-03-14T07:36:47Z
Mar 14, 2023

The maintenance of the solution can be outsourced, done in-house by a selected team, or a hybrid of the two. Most companies have hybrid maintenance programs. SAP S/4HANA Cloud is not one of the top solutions when evaluating other solutions on the market. This solution is a bit rigid. I rate SAP S/4HANA Cloud an eight out of ten.

AK
Real User
Top 20
2023-02-20T14:57:18Z
Feb 20, 2023

Get a very good implementation partner because the prices of the subscription itself vary depending on the partner, and the price of the implementation, which is more than the price of the subscription for the first two years, would also vary significantly. The implementation partner does a lot of the work of implementing the system and making a lot of customizations, which are implemented automatically in a general ERP but need to be done in SAP. So, if you have a bad partner, it will be painful for you. I'd rate SAP S/4HANA Cloud a six out of ten.

SEAN Justine - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
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2023-02-06T15:05:17Z
Feb 6, 2023

I would rate SAP S/4HANA Cloud a nine out of ten.

Siddharth Matalia - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
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2023-02-03T18:39:50Z
Feb 3, 2023

Those who want to implement this solution need to determine the purpose for which they want to use it. It makes the most sense if they have their entire system based on SAP, they can opt for SAP S/4HANA Cloud. It is a highly advanced application. I would recommend that the team make their decision based on their specific needs and use cases. I rate SAP S/4HANA Cloud a seven out of ten.

Ilias Jemili - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-12-01T14:31:34Z
Dec 1, 2022

I rate the solution an eight out of ten. The solution is good but can be improved by including modules for after-sales service and enabling integration with third parties. SAP is prominent in the market, and it has many solutions adaptable to different kinds of industries. Enterprises also tend to focus on digitalization and digital management. SAP was one of the first to be available for this demand because it was already on the market. So they were pushing their activities and their marketing as well. So that's how they got into the market first, and they rapidly improved based on feedback.

Zonaid Zonaid - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
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2022-10-04T12:33:59Z
Oct 4, 2022

I recommend the solution and rate it a nine out of ten.

SS
Real User
Top 20
2022-08-15T14:29:20Z
Aug 15, 2022

S/4HANA Cloud is a top-notch product and a stable, reliable system for managing a business. I'd advise anybody implementing this solution to do it on cloud rather than local and private data centers and to check SAP's documentation to get an idea of the implementation time and costs. I would give S/4HANA Cloud a rating of eight out of ten.

Fatih Güner - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
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2022-07-18T07:45:16Z
Jul 18, 2022

I strongly recommend using SAP S4HANA Cloud as it's much better than competing ERP products. Also, if you have in-detail production processes, I would strongly suggest using the PP/DS module. I would give SAP S4HANA Cloud a rating of nine out of ten.

GA
Real User
Top 5
2022-07-17T20:11:20Z
Jul 17, 2022

If possible, use simpler solutions, particularly if your business is not complex. Overall, I would give SAP S4HANA Cloud a five out of ten.

Sajid Farooq - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
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2022-06-07T07:07:00Z
Jun 7, 2022

I rate SAP S4HANA Cloud seven out of 10.

Rahul Kesharwani - PeerSpot reviewer
Vendor
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2022-05-08T05:55:34Z
May 8, 2022

I would rate this solution 9 out of 10.

AA
MSP
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-04-01T15:46:30Z
Apr 1, 2022

I rate S/4HANA eight out of 10. I recommend it. My advice is that you need to clearly define your requirements before purchasing SAP or any ERP software. You also must ensure that your implementation partner is qualified. SAP is a great product, but you need a good implementation partner to implement it correctly.

YS
Real User
2022-02-18T08:59:10Z
Feb 18, 2022

I would recommend the solution to others. We have 18 years or so of experience with SAP and we've always found the solution to be excellent. We deeply understand SAP and SAP culture. We understand the processes and how to leverage everything for the betterment of our business. We're totally aligned with SAP. I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten.

Hisham Ismail - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-01-04T21:49:00Z
Jan 4, 2022

I don't have much information about AWS, but it's booming. I hear a lot of customers moving to AWS because they say it's stable and has no major issues with it. I have more experience with SAP S/4HANA Cloud though, and it's fantastic. It's going very well. Most of the small to medium companies are now moving to business by design. This is a very great application. Hana hosting vs AWS: It is the same in Hana, but on cloud. I'm talking about the cloud application, e.g. ByD. This is great. This solution isn't resource-intensive. It's a low-key solution. S4 Hana on cloud vs on-premises: It's been years since on-premise deployment has been applied. All should move to the cloud version. You will be forced to move to the cloud version. No more on-premise will be available for this solution. I've been working in the last five or six years focusing on SAP cloud applications, even the on-premises ones. It ranks number one from my point of view. The other products in the market are also doing fine, but from the integration point of view, especially in the production and manufacturing industries: It's the number one application in manufacturing, so this gives a great advantage to SAP. I would say to every CEO or to any company that they should start looking into moving their applications and their database. They should move everything to cloud before they are forced to do it because of limited time. They need to be proactive in this direction because there's a lot of benefits from the cloud from a performance perspective. It helps people to focus on data analysis, reports, and maintenance of cloud environments. It requires less effort on the IT people, so we can use them to start focusing on other current digitalization requirements. There's a lot of challenges and they need to sprint all of their work e.g. field work, work related to hardware and networking switches, etc. I'm giving this solution a score of eight out of ten.

ST
Real User
2021-12-08T05:33:19Z
Dec 8, 2021

Sometimes we choose to use other solutions because of the problems with the UX design. I wouldn't recommend this solution for smaller companies, but it's good for bigger ones as it makes it easier to design your processes. I would rate this solution as eight out of ten.

MK
Real User
2021-08-12T20:04:29Z
Aug 12, 2021

We are just a customer and an end-user. We are likely using the latest solution. The product goes back to an earlier SAP version before they had the data governance. They had this thing called MDM. Now, it's a more recent version. It's called data intelligence, which is an all-data product package. It's the same product, just a different release with a few different options. I would advise those considering implementing the solution to make sure the solution's setup is driven from the business approach and is process-driven before looking into the data governance. They need to start from the source profiling data for source mapping. I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten.

MK
Real User
2021-06-29T18:14:40Z
Jun 29, 2021

The version we use is S/4HANA Cloud. I rate SAP S4HANA Cloud as a seven out of ten.

JA
Real User
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2020-10-30T20:30:09Z
Oct 30, 2020

Make sure that you realize the impact that it is going to have on the business. It is a really good product. When you have a private deployment and you want to make a change, it will take you one hour. When it is in the cloud and you want to make a change, it will take 15 days. If you are going for cloud deployment, make sure you take into account these timeframes. I would rate SAP S4HANA Cloud an eight out of ten.

TJ
Real User
2020-07-26T08:19:02Z
Jul 26, 2020

The advice that I would give to others looking into implementing the S/4HANA cloud is to prepare your organization on the front-end before you even go down the path of any ERP implementation. Get your organization right-minded in the beginning, then go down the path. You need buy-in and training. Companies talk about doing that, but they do not do that. That lack of follow-through is why they end up failing with their implementation. On a scale from one to ten, where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate the S/4HANA Cloud as a good, solid eight or nine. Choosing between the two, I go with eight. That gives them something more to shoot for.

SAP S/4HANA stands for SAP Suite 4 HANA. It is a next-generation integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that is designed for businesses of all sizes, in all industries, that require deep and broad functionality combined with a high degree of flexibility. SAP S/4HANA was launched in 2015 and been adopted by more than 3,200 customers over a period of sixteen months. SAP S/4HANA is materially different from anything SAP has done before and represents the company’s biggest...
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