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IBM Public Cloud vs SAP Business Technology Platform comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 15, 2026

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

IBM Public Cloud
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
18th
Ranking in IoT Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP Business Technology Pla...
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
9th
Ranking in IoT Platforms
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the IoT Platforms category, the mindshare of IBM Public Cloud is 5.7%, up from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Business Technology Platform is 4.3%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IoT Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP Business Technology Platform4.3%
IBM Public Cloud5.7%
Other90.0%
IoT Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Premnath Jaganathan - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at Uop Ipl
Affordability and security improve our cloud experience while learning new systems
I'm not working with any AI features in IBM Public Cloud, but they are in the process of building it.I am very satisfied with the security that IBM Public Cloud provides. I would rate IBM Public Cloud eight out of ten, where one is worst and ten is the best.
HP
Head of Department ERP at The Singareni Collieries Company Limited
Consistently beneficial with excellent accessibility although support's response time needs improvement
The features and functions of the SAP Cloud Platform are very good; the performance is improved when compared with the older versions. Earlier, we were using Oracle DB, and after HANA DB migration, it is fine. We are getting the reports, and processing time is also reduced. Almost all the features of the SAP Cloud Platform are fine and good. SAP Fiori has also entered into the picture, and we are developing the Fiori apps. We have started with the BTP for the new innovations as per the SAP roadmap. The main benefits of the SAP Cloud Platform for us are that earlier we had the primary data center at our place, but now we have shifted to the cloud. The maintenance is free for us; the maintenance is completely done by this SAP partnership with Cloud4C. We have started using the SAP Analytics Cloud, and we have developed many applications for SAP SAC. We are going to give the presentation to our chairman most probably next week. The analytics features positively influence decision-making for us. The SAP Cloud Platform has been effective for us because the processing time is reduced, and we can access it easily.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"An advantage of IBM Public Cloud is the bare metal server. We can take the bare metal server. It's not shared with anyone. We can deploy our applications without sharing them with anyone. That is an advantage of IBM Public Cloud."
"It's straightforward, has a good environment and is cost-effective."
"It provides robust analytics and management tools to give customers complete visibility into their environment and infrastructure."
"For non-complex applications, the IBM Cloud works fine and the price is much lower than the competitors."
"For non-complex applications, the IBM Cloud works fine and the price is much lower than the competitors."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Public Cloud is the AI integrations."
"The platform has everything that I need - or 99% of the requirements we need."
"This is a predictable and dependable service."
"SAP is an excellent company with an excellent reputation, excellent products, and dedicated customer support."
"The solution has a lot of great features; it's great to use for procurement processes and cash management tasks, including bank communication, and consolidation and group reporting are helpful."
"The maintenance part can be outsourced easily."
"The product improved our company's business operations since we got value out of it."
"The product's initial setup phase is pretty straightforward."
"The HANA replications are very useful."
"SAP Cloud Platform allows flexibility in integrating with other applications and supports customizations."
"The features I found most valuable are the integration options."
 

Cons

"I would like to see a more user-friendly deployment process in the next release of this solution."
"They do not have a very good virtual network implemented, and the VPC is the most important feature that needs to be improved."
"Support needs some improvement. Basically, you are doing it all on your own, and it's not easy."
"Normally, for any cloud, we get a lot of information on the web, but that is missing in the case of IBM Public Cloud. We need some technical support documents. That is the only thing missing in IBM Public Cloud."
"While they have about 99% of what we need, the only exception, perhaps, was the push notification feature that was discontinued. They delayed the replacement product."
"It could be more secure."
"An area for improvement in IBM Public Cloud is getting up-to-date information on how to set up everything. It's hard to find new documentation."
"It will be challenging to implement if you do not have any experience."
"The addition of more industry use cases would be an improvement."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements with the price and the licensing."
"They are still developing this product. It does not really have 100% of the necessary features available to properly service business clients"
"When I started looking at the client's IT architecture, I started by doing a study of their services, DVM, data volume, and management services. According to the results, they could be a lot better at this."
"This product needs a lot of improvement and should be simplified."
"Planning features are limited to the finance module."
"The pricing is too high across all SAP products relative to resource utilization."
"I want to see better pricing from the SAP Cloud Platform in the future. I also want more security and scalability from it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is not as fair as Amazon or Azure."
"In order to be competitive, you have to commit to a contract for at least one year, but you pay a fixed monthly fee."
"It pretty much has a standard price. There is no hidden price with IBM Public Cloud."
"The price of IBM Cloud is very cheap compared to competitors AWS and Azure."
"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 licensing fees are straightforward and predictable."
"IBM has a lesser price compared to other cloud service providers like Azure and AWS."
"We are using the trial version of this solution, so we have not paid anything."
"Licensing costs for this solution are based on the number of users and the bandwidth."
"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."
"SAP Cloud Platform Integration is an expensive product. I rate its pricing an eight out of ten."
"SAP provides good discounts."
"Cost-wise, I'm unsure of how expensive the SAP Cloud Platform is."
"The solution is worth the money."
"SAP Cloud Platform is generally more expensive than the other options."
"SAP's pricing is usually high compared to the competition. But this is also justified because they hold their products and services to quite high standards."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
University
10%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise26
 

Questions from the Community

Which is preferable - IBM Public Cloud or Microsoft Azure?
IBM Public Cloud is IBM’s Platform-as-a-Service. It aims to provide organizations with a secure cloud environment to manage data and applications. One of the features we like is the cloud activity ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Public Cloud?
The prices are relatively lower compared to others. It is a good option for medium-sized businesses. However, businesses should also consider other vendors to ensure they meet their specific securi...
What needs improvement with IBM Public Cloud?
The connectivity and speed of IBM Public Cloud are much lower compared to the competition.
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

IBM Bluemix
SAP HANA Cloud Platform for the Internet of Things, SAP Cloud Platform
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Uvionics Tech, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Alpha Modus, Inventive, Web Business Consulting, FindBrok, SilverHook Powerboats, United Way of Allegheny County
Medtronic, Cirque du Soleil, Antarc, B&G Manufacturing, EarlySense, eBay, Ferrero, James Austin Company, Lenovo, Sagem, RAK Ceramics, Vodafone