We performed a comparison between IFS Cloud Platform and SAP S/4HANA Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about SAP, Microsoft, Oracle and others in ERP."We could quickly understand what was going on and what the customer wanted to do."
"Feature-wise, I like the way it provides inventory details...It is a stable solution."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine or ten out of ten since it is an extremely scalable solution that can be used for various use cases with thousands of users."
"Individual user profiles that can be configured as templates to minimize data entry."
"IFS Applications is an all-in-one solution for finance, accounting, and production."
"The solution overall is very versatile and flexible, especially compared to other products."
"The product is quite flexible."
"All the modules are valuable in their own right, but everything has to go through the ERP. IFS has done an excellent job integrating the various modules to complete these processes. My expertise is in the finance module, but I have used the other verticals. It's an all-around good product."
"Makes it easier to reach and read data."
"SAP is an extremely powerful ERP. In my past company, we used it on a massive large scale, and it was amazing."
"The manufacturing area is a good feature."
"S4HANA Cloud is reliable and accurate. Our existing team also has expertise in SAP, so it was simple to migrate to the cloud solution. S4HANA Cloud has advantages because we don't need to maintain the infrastructure, and there aren't any huge upfront costs."
"The most valuable feature of SAP S/4HANA Cloud is the new UX design."
"SAP S/4HANA Cloud provides easy database access."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The reporting that we are doing from SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a valuable feature."
"It would be ideal if, in the future, the product could incorporate IoT and blockchain elements. We'd like to explore more of these types of features going forward."
"I have seen that one of the areas that my company has identified for improvement might be the rental management capabilities within the solution."
"The integration is a bit complex, and post-implementation support services need to be improved. They have a service center based out of Sri Lanka. The support aspect is good, but the response time is a little slower than we anticipated. In the next release, it would be better if Warehouse Management could be improvised. They have a product line that's a data warehouse management system, but it's still premature and requires a bit of enhancement."
"Ability to place approval check-points in the custom workflow, so clients can decide what they want it."
"We have upgraded to the latest version right now. We have issues with the quality. We tried to enroll in their Evergreen program which was meant to help us adopt any service update or anything that the tool’s providers come up with."
"IFS uses Crystal Report mostly, which isn't too user-friendly. Developing reports isn't easy and requires a lot of dev time. Since SAP bought it, Crystal Report has become more complicated to use on IFS. You have a dashboard for reporting that is good, but it's incomplete. Most of our clients use Power BI or some additional tooling for BI."
"The next version has already been released, and some of the technical things are a little bit behind the curve in development. This is specifically security, maintenance, security role maintenance, and creation. This is in their new product, called IFS Cloud."
"IFS Applications is not robust enough to handle high-volume transactions, so it's not suitable for larger enterprises."
"It is a complicated solution. So it should be easier to use."
"The user experience has some room for improvement. S/4HANA covers various scenarios based on the best business practices, but users complain about its user experience. It is not a user-friendly ERP solution. I rate the current UX seven out of 10."
"Difficult to install and difficult to test. Testing needs to be improved. Scalability of this solution also needs improvement."
"The product can be improved by including a module for after-sales service modules."
"The scalability of SAP S/4HANNA is an area that could be improved."
"I'd like to share my experience during the migration from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA in the cloud. My primary challenge in this migration was the requirement to open a ticket for every request during the project phase, not during operational or post go-live phases. Despite this, I must acknowledge that overall, SAP has proven to be very reliable. To clarify the issue, after migrating to SAP S/4HANA, I opted to host my SAP solution on the private cloud by converting the license to SAP Cloud. The drawback I encountered during the project phase was the insistence on opening a ticket or service request for any issue or query I had within the project's activities. Looking ahead, I hope that SAP streamlines and simplifies this process for future customers, making it more user-friendly and efficient than my experience."
"The only thing that could be improved would be the complexity of the initial setup."
"The integration with third-party vendors could improve."
IFS Cloud Platform is ranked 9th in ERP with 29 reviews while SAP S/4HANA Cloud is ranked 3rd in Cloud ERP with 41 reviews. IFS Cloud Platform is rated 7.8, while SAP S/4HANA Cloud is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IFS Cloud Platform writes "Robust, customizable, and modern". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP S/4HANA Cloud writes "A valuable tool for businesses seeking to enhance their overall performance and competitiveness in the digital era". IFS Cloud Platform is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, Oracle E-Business Suite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Epicor ERP, whereas SAP S/4HANA Cloud is most compared with SAP Business ByDesign, SAP Business One, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, Oracle E-Business Suite and NetSuite ERP.
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