We performed a comparison between Infor M3 and SAP Business One based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two ERP solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."M3 has several useful features for managing supply chains, production, and customer orders. It's an excellent system that helps me meet all my requirements for fixed costs."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to cover different types of activities, and the requirement for maintenance and data is very low."
"provides all modules, supply chain, HR - it's good for management."
"It's very stable, and it handles all types of industrial and manufacturing businesses in very good ways. I've found it to be easy."
"The most valuable feature of Infor M3 is the level of detail it has about the different manufacturing processes compared to other ERP solutions. Other ERP solutions provide the same level of integration as Infor M3, but Infor M3 specializes in several functions, such as planning and manufacturing."
"Infor M3 has tailor-made packages for each and every industry."
"The user interface and user experience were good."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"The solution is stable."
"The product seems to be quite stable."
"I like analytics, dashboard, and KPIs a lot. It is very helpful when I need to check balances and financial statements."
"SAP Business One has many valuable features. It is highly flexible and has a solid background in accounting that is localized in a lot of countries. This makes it very user-friendly for a lot of different situations."
"It's simple to use and very direct."
"We are using it for accounts and finance and also for maintaining third-party transactions and non-CRM transactions."
"Business One's best feature is that all the modules are integrated."
"The sales and wholesale distribution are great."
"The product's technical support has certain shortcomings. Sometimes, my company doesn't get a proper response from their end."
"The solution must provide more learning documents."
"An area for improvement in Infor M3 is training. There should be more training resources available for clients. Clients also find it challenging to get consultants or integrators for Infor M3. The product doesn't have enough resources in the market to help clients."
"Infor should create one product to handle the whole business. At present, they make ERP systems for each type of business, and then sell additional features. I would like to have one system handing all organizations or all the business in deep ways and not have to buy additional features."
"Its initial setup was probably complex, but it is a very good system."
"The implementation could be simplified, it's complex."
"Sometimes, M3 alone cannot handle all the planning functionalities required by a customer. It has to be used along with industry-specific planning tools because M3 doesn't have all the features. However, no product can handle all the requirements of all the industries. There will be some shortcomings in all the products. Though this is an area for improvement, it is not a very serious shortfall or limitation. It can be covered by using third-party planning applications that integrate with Infor M3."
"We can't make modifications to fit the client's requirements."
"Business One would be improved with a customization option."
"They have a web client now. It primarily does sales. They just added purchasing. It'll be far more effective when I have inventory and financials as well into the web client version."
"While SAP has been a leader in the enterprise and SME segments, many competitors have emerged with new features, especially in analytic modules like Salesforce and Oracle. The rise of cloud tools from providers like Amazon, Google, and Azure, offering analytics and visual analytical tools, has contributed to this shift.It seems SAP Business One may not have focused as much on this aspect, prioritizing the basic functioning of the enterprise. As a result, the latest user experience, particularly in digital aspects of data consumption, may not be on par with what's available in the market."
"There are a lot of good improvements coming out in every version. They release a new version every quarter, with all new up-and-coming things on each one. However, it might be lacking specifications for the specific verticals. However, SAP Business One is a generic tool. It's very widely used, and I understand why it's not into each vertical. There are solution partners available out there to give it those extra areas of what it needs, but this is depending on what kind of business you run."
"SAP could improve the performance of the business alignment with other products."
"The solution needs to have comprehensive visibility into the entire sales-to-purchase cycle, enabling businesses to monitor SO-PO relationships, track order progress, and generate insightful reports."
"There should be a portal so that our providers can give us their invoices. This is something that it is missing currently. SAP provides such a portal with SAP ERP, but it is not available with SAP Business One."
"The user interface could be improved with drag-and-drop functionality that it currently lacks."
Infor M3 is ranked 12th in ERP with 13 reviews while SAP Business One is ranked 4th in ERP with 61 reviews. Infor M3 is rated 8.2, while SAP Business One is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Infor M3 writes "The solution is a reliable, stable, and cost-saving ERP". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Business One writes "Helps with intercompany sales and purchase orders, and optimizes inventory management". Infor M3 is most compared with SAP ERP, Infor LN, SAP S/4HANA and Infor CloudSuite Industrial, whereas SAP Business One is most compared with SAP S/4HANA, SAP ERP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and NetSuite ERP. See our Infor M3 vs. SAP Business One report.
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