We performed a comparison between SAP Business One and SAP ERP based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: SAP Business One is the winner in this comparison. According to reviewers it is easier to set up, more reasonably priced, with a proven ROI, and has better support than SAP ERP.
"It offers users a rather simple interface."
"The solution is scalable."
"SAP Business One is very stable, and I would rate its performance as ten out of ten."
"The most valuable features of the solution are reporting, a dashboard, customized reports, and third-party integration."
"The SAP Business One is simple and it provides us the control we need."
"The efficient Intercompany sales to purchase order conversion is great."
"You can scale the solution well."
"This is the most efficient ERP that is in the market right now."
"The new Visual Enterprise functionalities give an intuitive approach to data and make communication between engineering and production easy."
"The most valuable features are the claim management."
"The product connects to every software."
"MDG provides a central location for governance of the creation/updating processes of master data. It allows you to change several fields in the same object. For example, we can change a field on the purchasing view and change another field on an accounting view to the same material at the same time."
"The solution has a lot of good integrated modules."
"The implementation is very straightforward."
"The solution is very mature."
"The accounting module's record and report process is closely integrated with almost every other process."
"It is limiting in terms of the in-between communication for manufacturing. We are suffering from a lot of issues in production. We are now considering S/4HANA, and we are also looking for some customized tools to integrate with SAP Business One."
"I'd like to see the solution become more user-friendly."
"The solution's CRM module can be made better."
"We don't have the functionality of the supply chain and mobile applications."
"There are problems with Business One's collection management and reconciliation."
"Business One lacks built-in HR features."
"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."
"You get support through the vendor, not SAP directly. If your vendor is good, you get good support. If it is not a good vendor, the support is very bad."
"Their support should be improved. Instead of giving a general solution, their consultants should first try to understand the problem and then resolve the same. They should properly investigate the issue before providing the solution."
"There is room for improvement in the integration of the solution, especially in the payroll area."
"SAP ERP's initial setup phase needs to be simplified."
"The product does not update budgeting based on exchange rates which is important for BPM."
"It is not easily integrated with outside products."
"The only feature that is not available in our current version is web access."
"SAP ERP needs to be more innovative when it comes to areas like mobility and the internet."
"It would also help if it were more open, more flexible, with more standard products."
SAP Business One is ranked 4th in ERP with 61 reviews while SAP ERP is ranked 1st in ERP with 100 reviews. SAP Business One is rated 8.0, while SAP ERP is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SAP Business One writes "Helps with intercompany sales and purchase orders, and optimizes inventory management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP ERP writes "The amazing, robust framework with unlimited scalability earns its #1 status". SAP Business One is most compared with SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud and Epicor ERP, whereas SAP ERP is most compared with SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Anaplan, Infor M3 and Infor LN. See our SAP Business One vs. SAP ERP report.
See our list of best ERP vendors.
We monitor all ERP reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
