Acumatica and SAP S/4HANA Cloud are competing in the enterprise resource planning category. Acumatica seems to have the upper hand in pricing and integration capabilities, while SAP S/4HANA Cloud is favored for its comprehensive feature set and scalability.
Features: Acumatica offers flexibility, extensive customization options, and strong third-party integrations. SAP S/4HANA Cloud provides advanced analytics, enhanced automation, and comprehensive enterprise capabilities.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Acumatica provides straightforward deployment with strong customer support and adaptable modules. SAP S/4HANA Cloud involves complex implementation but ensures a tailored transition with extensive consultative support.
Pricing and ROI: Acumatica is cost-effective with a lower barrier to entry and quicker ROI for small to mid-sized businesses. SAP S/4HANA Cloud, requiring a higher initial investment, delivers substantial long-term ROI through advanced features.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| SAP S/4HANA Cloud | 15.2% |
| Acumatica | 3.3% |
| Other | 81.5% |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 24 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 8 |
| Large Enterprise | 29 |
Acumatica is the world’s fastest-growing provider of cloud business management software, with the industry’s highest customer satisfaction rating. And that’s not a coincidence. We offer a unified, modern business management platform designed to help today’s small and medium-sized businesses connect every facet of their operations. With Acumatica, the information you need to make critical decisions is right at your fingertips, wherever you are. Our technology and licensing are designed to be flexible and growth-friendly—adapting gracefully to the changing needs of growing businesses and freeing you up to focus on delighting more customers.
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 innovation since SAP R/3.
SAP S/4HANA is intended to provide a digital core for an organization. It is fully architected for the most advanced in-memory platform, SAP HANA, and is designed on the most modern design principles with the SAP Fiori user experience to create a personalized and simple feel on users’ device of choice (tablet, laptop, mobile). SAP S/4HANA aims to simplify an organizations’ system landscape and reduce total cost of ownership by shrinking the data footprint while at the same time improving productivity levels in the form of higher throughput. Timelines for cloud deployments average around six months.
SAP S/4HANA is designed to drive business innovation by connecting people, devices, and business networks in real time to support the development of new business models. It will also help accelerate the adoption of, and connection to, the Internet of Things and Big Data. SAP S/4HANA can analyze big data at unprecedented speed allowing users to access real-time information from anywhere, any way they’d like and thus help managers make truly insightful decisions. The simplified data model allows customers to reimagine their IT, helping to drive lower costs and deliver IT efficiency. This, coupled with the SAP S/4HANA prediction and simulation capabilities allow it to anticipate the impact of business outcomes. By doing all the above, SAP S/4HANA aims to provide ultimate sophistication in the simplest possible manner.
To learn more about SAP S/4HANA, visit http://go.sap.com/product/enterprise-management/s4hana-erp.html
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