Compare SAP Cloud Platform vs. Salesforce Platform
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
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"The most valuable features are quick customization, solid deployment processes, and excellent reliability." "We haven't had any issues with stability so far." "I'm not sure what the most valuable aspect of the solution is, but I can say that their finance and auditing systems are quite impressive. You can audit in different invoices right to procurement. It's all quite seamless." "Features they are integrating to the other services." "The most valuable feature is ease of use." "The product is pretty responsive." "The queue management of the solution is its most valuable aspect." "We like that the technology is very agile and flexible in the sense that there's a large partner ecosystem within Salesforce Platform. This enables us to choose from many different partners with different advantages, and all of it can be done in a plug-and-play kind of way." | "The integration flows are the most valuable feature of this solution." "The mapping transformation allows us to connect our on-premise ECC to the cloud system." "One of the best features of this solution is that it is web-based and you can log in and work on it from anywhere." "The most valuable feature is the data synchronization, or the push and pull of the data." "SAP has provided very good support." "SAP is an excellent company with an excellent reputation, excellent products, and dedicated customer support." "The most valuable feature is integration." "It's suitable for various sizes of companies. I have used it with big companies and with small ones as well." |
Cons | |
"The cost of data storage is an issue once the company grows." "I would like to have integration with Google." "The solution offers upgrades at a slower pace. The solution needs to keep up with competitors." "They need an easy way of getting details and then adding to it and then being able to do it in a more simplified way" "The marketing automation needs improvement." "Better flexibility in editing emails created from templates would be great, and being able to add hyperlinks in emails for scheduling meetings would allow us to automate more." "If you have resellers or distributors, you just need to figure out a way to set up the system in the backend. Since every company is different, it takes a little bit of time to figure that out." "The initial setup is rather complex." | "I would like for it to have integration to GitHub." "Better connectivity to on-premise systems would help us to support older systems that are migrating to the cloud." "I would like to see more and better support for data transformations." "Usability is a challenge most of the time and not being able to get all of the information." "We need to connect our ERP solution via the VPN. We need to make sure our ERP solutions aren't exposed to the outside world. Our teams really struggle with this." "They are still developing this product. It does not really have 100% of the necessary features available to properly service business clients" "In the next release, I would like to see improvements with the price and the licensing." "The solution requires more flexibility overall." |
Pricing and Cost Advice | |
"It is an expensive program." "The licensing is per user per month, which we took out a contract on a long time back. It's really an okay price for what solutions are available and for how many features and what kind of functionality you get." | "Licensing costs for this solution are based on the number of users and the bandwidth." "SAP's pricing is usually high compared to the competition. But this is also justified because they hold their products and services to quite high standards." "The pricing can be negotiated." |
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Questions from the Community | |
Top Answer: Features they are integrating to the other services. Top Answer: The pricing of the solution is fine. The enterprise purchase was for our entire organization. Top Answer: If you compare it with Appian, there are business rules that you are dealing with. With less code, we are making a higher standard. So maybe, in the future, Salesforce can make it a more integral part… more » | Top Answer: It's suitable for various sizes of companies. I have used it with big companies and with small ones as well. Top Answer: The rates are client-specific because they are negotiated. The actual rates may be classified, even for me. Top Answer: For our organization, the price is the main downside. They should work to reduce the cost. This specifically affects small companies who would like to use it. The solution should work to simplify its… more » |
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Views 6,611 Comparisons 5,606 Reviews 7 Average Words per Review 476 Rating 8.0 | Views 10,035 Comparisons 8,282 Reviews 9 Average Words per Review 677 Rating 7.7 |
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Also Known As | |
| Salesforce1, Force.com, Salesforce App Cloud | SAP HANA Cloud Platform |
Learn | |
| Salesforce | SAP |
Overview | |
| The Salesforce1 Platform brings together Force.com, Heroku, and ExactTarget into one family of cloud services all built API first to help deliver apps that connect products, users, and next generation experiences. Designed for scale and speed, it provides a fast way to build apps with open APIs, back-end services, integration tools, starter templates as well as powerful developer environments; there's no limit to what you can build. | SAP HANA Cloud Platform powers applications that deliver real-time insights to drive more effective and timely decision making. The product promises to accelerate analytics, business processes, sentiment data processing, and predictive capabilities. |
Offer | |
Learn more about Salesforce Platform | Learn more about SAP Cloud Platform |
Sample Customers | |
| ADP | Siemens, Shell & Volkswagen, Still, EarlySense, Roche, National Football League, Heidelberg University Hospital, In Mind Computing, The Timken Company, OPAL, EnterpriseJungle, Groupe Danone, Accenture, T-Systems, Sailing Team Germany, Sloan Valve |
Top Industries | |
Computer Software Company25% Cloud Provider13% Recreational Facilities/Services Company13% Media Company13% Computer Software Company40% Comms Service Provider19% Media Company6% Government5% | Manufacturing Company29% Computer Software Company29% Pharma/Biotech Company29% Retailer14% Computer Software Company42% Comms Service Provider19% Media Company7% Manufacturing Company5% |
Company Size | |
Small Business45% Midsize Enterprise27% Large Enterprise27% | Small Business29% Large Enterprise71% |
Find out what your peers are saying about SAP Cloud Platform vs. Salesforce Platform and other solutions. Updated: January 2021.
457,459 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Salesforce Platform is ranked 7th in PaaS Clouds with 9 reviews while SAP Cloud Platform is ranked 5th in PaaS Clouds with 9 reviews. Salesforce Platform is rated 7.8, while SAP Cloud Platform is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Salesforce Platform writes "Empowers our sales team with a common platform, but lacks a few niche integrations". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Cloud Platform writes "Offers a good pathway to integrate with the cloud and has good support ". Salesforce Platform is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Microsoft PowerApps, Appian and Pivotal Cloud Foundry, whereas SAP Cloud Platform is most compared with Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, IBM Public Cloud, Pivotal Cloud Foundry and VMware Tanzu Application Service. See our SAP Cloud Platform vs. Salesforce Platform report.
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