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AWS Elastic Beanstalk vs SAP Cloud Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
9th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP Cloud Platform
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of AWS Elastic Beanstalk is 0.4%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Cloud Platform is 8.0%, up from 7.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
PaaS Clouds
 

Featured Reviews

Kevin-Davis - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficient deployment and management of web apps with integration into cloud services
One area where AWS Elastic Beanstalk struggles is with the complexity of deployments. As deployments become more complex, technical constraints can become a burden. This can lead to a situation where I might be better off building my own deployment mechanism. Additionally, CloudFormation controlling AWS Elastic Beanstalk in more complex environments is poorly supported, which can make management challenging.
PinakiGhosh - PeerSpot reviewer
The implementation cycle has been reduced significantly but has room for integration enhancements
Our existing customers who are on ECC are on-premises. They are migrating to SAP Cloud Platform, specifically on S4HANA.  One of our clients was on SAP ECC on-premises, and they are moving to the cloud on S4HANA on the public cloud system.  We are supporting about 15 customers, mostly small to…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Elastic Beanstalk is helpful and easy to manage services, even when dealing with multiple clients."
"The most valuable feature of Elastic Beanstalk is its ease of use and management."
"The feature I like most about Elastic Beanstalk is the way I do not have to do anything, just deploy my app."
"AWS Elastic Beanstalk helps improve my efficiency, saves time, and streamlines application hosting in the cloud."
"Elastic Beanstalk, based on my experience and recommendations from friends, is a good solution."
"I highly recommend it to others and frequently discuss it with customers."
"I would rate the overall solution a ten out of ten."
"One of the most valuable aspects is that developers can access logs directly. They can download them from the AWS console within Elastic Beanstalk."
"The mobile access capability is very beneficial."
"The most valuable features of the SAP Cloud Platform are the extensions and integrations. Additionally, there are a lot of AI-based microservices."
"It’s great that we have the entire suite of SAP at our fingertips."
"The solution has a lot of great features."
"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."
"SAP is an excellent company with an excellent reputation, excellent products, and dedicated customer support."
"I found flexibility most valuable in the SAP Cloud Platform. It's a simple tool that's good even for first-time users."
"The features I found most valuable are the integration options."
 

Cons

"Maybe the company could create more option packages, such as more bundles of configuration."
"Elastic Beanstalk can enhance its customizability further, especially in terms of deployment options."
"Sometimes it is difficult to use for the first time. The automatic scaling functionality could use improvement."
"From what I've observed, it seems AWS has ceased further development on Elastic Beanstalk."
"One area where AWS Elastic Beanstalk struggles is with the complexity of deployments. As deployments become more complex, technical constraints can become a burden."
"Sometimes there are issues when auto-scaling with CloudFront."
"There are areas for improvement in Elastic Beanstalk, especially in the management part. Tasks like creating load balancers and retiring versions require manual code updates, and URL changes can be time-consuming."
"Elastic Beanstalk can enhance its customizability further, especially in terms of deployment options."
"When they innovate too fast, they end up confusing their customers."
"The solution's document management system on the cloud is a bit slow, and document uploading takes time."
"Speaking about the public cloud, it's a very rigid system. So, there is not a lot of customization possible in a public cloud environment."
"I want to see better pricing from the SAP Cloud Platform in the future. I also want more security and scalability from it."
"I'd like to see more local integration."
"I would like for it to have integration to GitHub."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"One crucial aspect where SAP lags behind in flexibility is customization to suit specific business requirements. SAP needs to understand that customization is inevitable and should be more supportive of business-driven customization."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing can be negotiated."
"SAP Cloud Platform is generally more expensive than the other options."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a nine out of ten."
"The cost when it comes to monitoring can be difficult."
"Cost-wise, I'm unsure of how expensive the SAP Cloud Platform is."
"SAP Cloud Platform Integration is an expensive product. I rate its pricing an eight out of ten."
"The price of the solution depends on the package that is purchased. There are many packages to choose from. The packages are not overly expensive."
"SAP offers yearly, subscription-based, and pay-as-you-use licensing."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
17%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
5%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Elastic Beanstalk?
AWS Elastic Beanstalk itself is free to use, but there are charges for other integrated services like RDS ( /products/amazon-rds-reviews ), ELBs, and EC2s. If only AWS Elastic Beanstalk is used, th...
What needs improvement with AWS Elastic Beanstalk?
Elastic Beanstalk can enhance its customizability further, especially in terms of deployment options.
What is your primary use case for AWS Elastic Beanstalk?
I have used AWS Elastic Beanstalk ( /products/aws-elastic-beanstalk-reviews ) primarily to manage infrastructure. The main purpose is to offload the complexity of managing servers, operating system...
Which is better - SAP Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure?
One of the best features of SAP Cloud Platform is that it is web-based and you can log in from anywhere in the world. SAP Cloud Platform is suitable for companies of any size; it works well with bo...
How is SAP Cloud Platform different than Amazon AWS?
How is SAP Cloud Platform different than Amazon AWS? Amazon AWS offers options both in terms of upgrading and expanding capabilities as well as acquiring greater storage space. These upgrades can ...
What do you like most about SAP Cloud Platform?
The product improved our company's business operations since we got value out of it.
 

Also Known As

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SAP HANA Cloud Platform
 

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Sample Customers

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