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Alibaba Cloud vs SAP Business One on AWS comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Alibaba Cloud
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (8th)
SAP Business One on AWS
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Cloud ERP (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Alibaba Cloud and SAP Business One on AWS aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Alibaba Cloud is designed for Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) and holds a mindshare of 13.3%, up 6.6% compared to last year.
SAP Business One on AWS, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud ERP, holds 4.1% mindshare, up 1.7% since last year.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
Cloud ERP
 

Featured Reviews

Min HtetOo - PeerSpot reviewer
The solution is useful for application development, but the user interface and user experience must be improved
The product must be made easier to use. The design is a bit tricky. When we log in to the Alibaba Cloud Marketplace and browse products, they look very small. The user experience must be improved. Alibaba Cloud must increase its partner network and brand awareness in our country. It will give our customers more opportunities to scale and save in the long run.
Joseph Daniel - PeerSpot reviewer
Scalable and flexible platform with significant challenges related to complexity, cost management, and the need for skilled personnel
There are a couple of significant challenges we're currently facing. First, our production team can't make use of the production planning features, as they require a Professional license and we only have access to the Logistics license, which is limiting our capabilities. The majority of the reports we generate are intended for managerial purposes. While most reports are straightforward to comprehend, there are a few exceptions that can be quite complex. It would be beneficial to have access to real-time data from our machines. This is crucial for monitoring all activities within our manufacturing processes, from software operations to the machinery used.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We use the solution to run VMs."
"Alibaba support is responsive. When we create tickets in the Alibaba portal, they usually respond online or call me in five minutes."
"The cost of hosting the solution is very reasonable. It's quite inexpensive."
"I rate Alibaba Cloud's scalability an eight out of ten."
"ECS is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"Flexibility and costs were probably the most important thing for us. The cost was one of the big factors for choosing Alibaba Cloud relative to other cloud solutions, especially in Asia"
"We use the solution's AI features for data analysis."
"It is a scalable product. So, scaling up or scaling down is possible."
"The product makes it easier to overview the ERP system and manufacturing processes through different modules."
"With the tool, there is no shutdown or breakdown time my company experiences."
"It is well-established and caters to our user base efficiently."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to access it from anywhere."
"SAP Business One on AWS has good documentation and has many services in the cloud."
"It is very flexible...It is a stable solution."
"The modules, like the accounting and procurement modules, especially the finance and accounting modules, are quite impressive in the solution."
"The initial setup of the product seems to be good."
 

Cons

"The solution needs to improve its graphical user interface."
"From the improvement point of view, there are lots of issues that we are facing. In all the areas, it seems like it is not mature. For example, a customer wants to provision some VM that has many configurations. If I want to show the price to the customer, it is very challenging. The SDK that Alibaba has provided is very limited. We can have the pricing for VM, but we cannot have pricing for RDS databases or some other services. This is a big concern area for us. They should put more effort into the SDKs or APIs that they provide, for example, pricing APIs or pricing SDK. They do not provide support for most of the services they provide. For example, if I want to get the price of MongoDB, that SDK is not available from Alibaba. Similarly, robust API support is required for S3, which is OSS or Object Storage, so that we can read the data in a faster manner, for example, in chunks. We have raised many issues with the Alibaba support team, and they have been fixing the issues after we report them."
"I think that sometimes the customer service for Alibaba Cloud is inefficient.... Sometimes it's hard to reach out to them."
"A big area for improvement in Alibaba Cloud is its support. Another area for improvement in Alibaba Cloud is SDK-based service because sometimes, the SDKs don't work correctly. Support for API-based services also needs improvement in Alibaba Cloud because, at the moment, it's not that stable."
"The flexibility of the solution could be improved."
"The majority of the tools and processes, in general, have a lot of room for improvement."
"The solution should have more integration."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"There is a need to make multiple changes in the code to make a few changes in any module of the product."
"It would be beneficial to have access to real-time data from our machines."
"I would like to achieve better integration with AWS so that it becomes more interconnected with the SAP system."
"The look-and-feel of the system is quite outdated as compared to a lot of other products out there."
"SAP Business One on AWS could improve by having more customization and more user-friendly automation."
"The web client is an area with shortcomings, which SAP is presently working on, and needs to improve."
"Not a ten because it's not software for a structured company or something very big. That is my impression."
"It is hard for the customers to get the product from the market. Improvement-wise, it can shorten its time to reach the markets."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I'm not sure about the exact pricing, but let's just say if it cost a dollar for Amazon AWS, it was closer to 70 to 80 cents for Alibaba Cloud."
"I noticed on the pricing that it's quite expensive. It is the price you pay for making a practical choice for enterprise-level companies since it has so many features and it fits an enterprise-level company just like our company right now."
"The product is not that expensive."
"The cost is better than similar solutions."
"Alibaba Cloud is cheaper."
"The price of Alibaba Cloud is good. If I was to use Microsoft Azure I would have to pay 30 percent more."
"We cut our costs significantly by migrating our infrastructure to the cloud. Alibaba Cloud employs a pay-as-you-go model, so that minimizes many costs for us."
"The solution's pricing is the same as AWS'."
"The price of the limited version is about 70,000 Pesos ($2,900 USD), and the professional version is about double at 140,000 Pesos ($5,800 USD)."
"We have an annual cost for licensing and storage in AWS."
"Licenses are available on a monthly or yearly basis, and it costs about $1,200 per license, per user."
"The product is moderately priced."
"The tool has better pricing models than S/4 HANA."
"On average, the licensing costs can be around 50,000 USD. Pricing of the product has certain variables, including the number of licenses and the implementation costs."
"The product's license is expensive. It could be cheaper."
"The tool's cost is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Manufacturing Company
17%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Alibaba Cloud?
ECS is the most valuable feature of the solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Alibaba Cloud?
On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten.
What needs improvement with Alibaba Cloud?
Alibaba Cloud needs to improve emails. Its pricing can also be lower. Regarding security issues, Alibaba Cloud is more complex and better suited for developers and R&D teams. On the other hand,...
What do you like most about SAP Business One on AWS?
With the tool, there is no shutdown or breakdown time my company experiences.
What needs improvement with SAP Business One on AWS?
There is room for improvement in the manufacturing and logistics areas of SAP Business One on AWS.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Schneider Electric, BorderX Lab, Royal Philips, Catchpoint, Conversant, Blogmint
Comba Telecom, Exeter Family Friendly, GranBio, Kim Tech Ceong, Wego, Blue Ocean Systems, Whitebox Retail Logistics
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