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84% willing to recommend
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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Alibaba Cloud and SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Alibaba Cloud vs. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud Report (Updated: March 2024).
768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros
"It is a scalable product. So, scaling up or scaling down is possible.""ECS is the most valuable feature of the solution.""The installation is easy.""The cost of hosting the solution is very reasonable. It's quite inexpensive.""It is easy to set up.""Alibaba Cloud allows for easy setup of mirror sites and backup servers, ensuring data redundancy and high availability.""We use the solution to run VMs.""What's good about Alibaba Cloud is its database service. It's also good in the virtual machine area."

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"It is a scalable solution if you have a good cloud infrastructure.""The BTP module is important for digital transformations.""The interface is easy to manage.""The solution is stable and we have never had a problem. We started with one terabyte of data when the solution was first implemented and today we have around almost 600 gigabytes of data, which means means the compression works properly. Before migrating from ECC, we had nine terabytes of data.""My company has not had any problems with the product's initial setup phase.""Ensuring data integrity across finance, supply chain, and other critical areas is paramount for real-time decision-making. Access to accurate and up-to-date information is essential for data protection. While the digital solution primarily serves basic maintenance, the ability to handle these core aspects efficiently is invaluable for your needs.""I am impressed with how the solution integrates with the ME system and ALE IDocs.""There's a minimum amount of downtime when using the solution. This platform is very effective."

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Cons
"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 solution needs to improve its graphical user interface.""It is not robust.""The flexibility of the solution could be improved.""Alibaba Cloud needs to increase availability in Thailand.""The solution should have more integration.""The user experience must be improved.""Users use websites as a tutorial. However, the Alibaba Cloud website has the content, and the scripts are copied from Amazon Web Services. We had received customer feedback where the customer asked us to get formulate original content instead of copying from Amazon Web Services. It’s very odd and awkward."

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"It needs improvement in terms of stability and performance.""This product is not mature enough at this point in time.""The product must provide more details of the errors.""They should probably offer more cloud services. Most of the cloud infrastructure providers we have make everything pretty transparent, you know what you're getting, you have all these metrics and measurements and everything in the dashboard. Here you have to go through the contracting negotiations and all those things.""The only thing that could be improved is the cost.""The solution needs to embed or integrate with IBP to fully activate the PPT module with efficiency.""The customer has a lot of dependencies on SAP which means they don't have much flexibility to go and update the system when or if they need to. They will need to wait for the quarterly updates. It's possible to maybe raise a special request with SAP if it is absolutely necessary.""It’s a common challenge with applications like Microsoft and SAP that they tend to rely on engineers rather than human resources personnel for knowledge and implementation."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I don't know the exact cost. It is cheaper than AWS."
  • "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."
  • "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 cost is better than similar solutions."
  • "Pricing for Alibaba Cloud is a little bit cheaper. It has reasonable pricing."
  • "The price of Alibaba Cloud is good. If I was to use Microsoft Azure I would have to pay 30 percent more."
  • "The solution's pricing is the same as AWS'."
  • "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."
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  • "If you choose the minimum, it will probably cost around $1,000 USD per month if you take a contract for a year or two."
  • "The licensing of the solution is on a yearly basis. The normal price of the solution is quite high, but I received a special discount by making a purchase near the end of the year."
  • "The solution could be less expensive."
  • "The price is expensive compared to the competition."
  • "The price is high compared to other databases, which is why HANA is still not widely used. Some enterprises prefer Sybase, Oracle, or other traditional databases because HANA is a little pricey. Cost is one factor SAP needs to work on to make it more competitive with other databases. Otherwise, they'll never be able to develop a mass customer base."
  • "Our pricing is based on a yearly contract."
  • "The pricing is reasonable when compared to other vendors like Oracle who offer technology enterprise resource software."
  • "The product itself is relatively expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:ECS is the most valuable feature of the solution.
    Top Answer:The product is not that expensive. It is more affordable than Google. However, customers are not that comfortable with the product’s price.
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:It has significantly streamlined our operations.
    Top Answer:The price is on little bit higher. For SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, we see roughly five crores per annum.
    Top Answer:The main thing is that SAP needs to give better response times for support tickets. As a development organization, we expect a faster response whenever we raise a ticket. Ideally, it should be as… more »
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    409
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    3,611
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    14
    Average Words per Review
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    7.9
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    Overview

    Alibaba Cloud offers a comprehensive suite of cloud computing services to support growing enterprises worldwide, including data storage, relational databases, big-data processing, and content delivery networks.

    SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud is a fully scalable and secure private managed cloud solution. It empowers organizations to unlock the full value of SAP HANA in the cloud - accelerating growth and innovation, driving IT and business transformation, quickly delivering business outcomes, and reducing risk.

    Sample Customers
    Schneider Electric, BorderX Lab, Royal Philips, Catchpoint, Conversant, Blogmint
    FC Bayern Munich, Reuters News Agency, MEMEBOX
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company45%
    Comms Service Provider18%
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Energy/Utilities Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Educational Organization8%
    REVIEWERS
    Manufacturing Company54%
    Consumer Goods Company15%
    Comms Service Provider15%
    Construction Company15%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Manufacturing Company12%
    Retailer7%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business41%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise35%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise63%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise63%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise65%
    Buyer's Guide
    Alibaba Cloud vs. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Alibaba Cloud vs. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Alibaba Cloud is ranked 9th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 15 reviews while SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud is ranked 8th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 21 reviews. Alibaba Cloud is rated 7.2, while SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Alibaba Cloud writes "The solution is useful for application development, but the user interface and user experience must be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud writes "High stability, reasonably priced, and important for digital transformations". Alibaba Cloud is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Amazon AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Google Firebase, whereas SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, SAP S4HANA on AWS, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). See our Alibaba Cloud vs. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud report.

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