Microsoft Azure vs SAP S4HANA on AWS comparison

Microsoft Azure
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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 6, 2024

We compared Microsoft Azure and SAP S4HANA on AWS based on our user's reviews in several parameters.

Microsoft Azure is praised for its scalability, versatility, reliability, and wide range of services, with positive feedback on customer service and support. Users report a substantial return on investment with reasonable pricing. SAP S4HANA on AWS offers robust performance, seamless scalability, excellent integration capabilities, and comprehensive analytics, with exceptional customer support. The system provides competitive pricing, cost-effective setup, and favorable ROI, but users highlight the need for improvements in integration, reporting, analytics, interface, and performance.

Features: Microsoft Azure offers valuable features such as scalability, versatility, reliability, and a wide range of services. In comparison, SAP S4HANA on AWS stands out with its robust performance, seamless scalability, excellent integration capabilities, user-friendly interface, and comprehensive analytics.

Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for Microsoft Azure is considered commendable, with users mentioning the ease and simplicity of the installation process. On the other hand, SAP S4HANA on AWS offers cost-effective setup with a straightforward and user-friendly licensing process., Microsoft Azure has shown substantial ROI by providing cost savings, increased efficiency, and improved scalability. Its diverse services and tools allow for successful project implementation and management. SAP S4HANA on AWS offers favorable ROI with significant cost savings, improved operational efficiency, seamless system integration, enhanced data analysis capabilities, and improved decision-making abilities.

Room for Improvement: Microsoft Azure users have identified areas that need improvement, while feedback for SAP S4HANA on AWS highlights the need for enhanced integration capabilities, reporting and analytics functionalities, a more user-friendly interface, and improved performance and stability.

Deployment and customer support: The user reviews for Microsoft Azure indicate varying timeframes for establishing a new tech solution, with some users mentioning a three-month deployment period and an additional week for setup. Other users suggest that deployment and setup may refer to the same period. On the other hand, the user feedback for SAP S4HANA on AWS also mentions different timeframes for deployment and setup, but emphasizes the importance of evaluating the context in which these terms are used., Microsoft Azure's customer service receives positive remarks for their responsiveness and expertise, with users appreciating the prompt and helpful assistance provided. SAP S4HANA on AWS also provides exceptional customer service, with reliable and efficient support that users highly appreciate.

The summary above is based on 50 interviews we conducted recently with Microsoft Azure and SAP S4HANA on AWS users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
305
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (1st)
SAP S4HANA on AWS
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
7th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure is 22.2%, up from 17.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP S4HANA on AWS is 4.2%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Peter Ojo - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 23, 2024
A highly recommended cloud computing platform for businesses of all sizes that offers top-notch security, scalability, and cost-effectiveness
Improvements are needed in Azure to enhance integration tools and support for effectively migrating and managing third-party dependencies. Additionally, there is a significant issue with payment restrictions on Azure, particularly for users in regions with limitations in their local economies. Integrating third-party payment services could alleviate this problem, allowing users from various international locations, such as China, Europe, and Africa, to make payments more seamlessly. By providing alternative payment methods beyond the reliance on US debit cards, Microsoft could greatly improve the usability and accessibility of Azure for users worldwide. There's room for improvement in integrating the Azure Marketplace with the Azure portal. It would be beneficial if users could directly communicate with solution owners or developers through the portal. For instance, if a user encounters challenges while using a particular solution from the marketplace, they could easily send an email, initiate a phone call, or even send an SMS to the solution owner or developer for assistance. This direct communication channel would streamline the troubleshooting process and foster better collaboration between users and solution providers, enhancing the overall user experience.
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AW
Nov 21, 2023
Scalable, and good for retail businesses
We use SAP S/4HANA for manufacturing, retail, and many other types of businesses We have found the retail business features to be the most valuable. There is room for improvement in terms of stability.  I have been using it for seven years. We use the most up-to-date version. I would rate the…
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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of the solution are ease of use and the enhancements are continually being updated."
"Reliable with ease of provisional services."
"Being cloud-based saves the provisioning aspect of an on-premises solution."
"The solution has proven to be quite stable so far."
"The solution is secure and easy to use."
"It comes with a lot of ready-made studies that we can connect with other existing Microsoft applications, for example, Office, Outlook, Chatline, and OneDrive. Everything is behind the scenes running with Azure. It's easy to build the connectors."
"The robust encryption services increase the confidence of tech users."
"We've found the solution to be extremely flexible."
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"SAP S4HANA's most valuable features include backup, security, storage, infrastructure, and enabling AI."
"The system has the capacity to manage all these departments in a single box and they're all integrated."
"I like that they are very familiar with our VM which makes it easy to use."
"The tool covers many modules, like production, planning, management, and finance. It is a very scalable tool that can be beneficial for any company."
"This product is currently the leading product within this category."
"The tool's installation is easy. I rate it an eight out of ten."
"The internal integration within departments and integration with third parties is simplified in the system."
"Technical support is very good from SAP and AWS...Scalability is always available in the solution...With a stable environment, it should be running very nicely."
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Cons

"The alerts management should be improved. Alerts management is very complicated to configure. You have to go through a lot of tests and config action groups to set up those things. It is very complicated, and it can be simplified."
"Because it has a lot of features, a person just coming into Microsoft Azure might feel that it is a bit complex."
"There are a number of services offered by AWS that are not yet available on Azure."
"From a security perspective, there is always something that can be improved as we serve our customers."
"The main issue is the lack of notifications for updates. Processes for certain operations, like connecting to Git repositories, have changed without sufficient communication. A system to announce or update users about these changes would be very helpful."
"We like that they have the new capabilities, but sometimes they're deprecating capabilities faster than we can handle. If we had to improve it, we would want to stay on some of these older capabilities a bit longer."
"One area where Microsoft Azure could improve is in offering a broader range of pre-built plugins and tools compared to AWS."
"The quality of some components of Microsoft Azure is not that great. For example, Microsoft has not fixed issues in Microsoft Teams for many years. There are well-known issues that are submitted by customers two years ago and they still are not fixed."
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"The tool should undergo an overall improvement, including support. Data sharing should also be faster."
"There are a few complexities when it comes to licensing that could be simplified."
"The manufacturing application system, it's not as user-friendly in S4HANA."
"I would rate my experience with the initial setup a three out of ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy."
"SAP S4HANA on AWS could improve by having the entire solution available as a web solution. They only have Fiori right now, and it's a solution for certain modules, but not for all the modules that SAP currently has. We would like to see the GUI removed, it is not very good. We want it to be web-based."
"The pricing is a little bit high."
"The platform's front-end user interface needs improvement compared to other applications."
"More availability zones will help customers choose AWS. I would like to see features that provide easier onboarding for ERP solutions like SAP. SAP has already partnered with S/4HANA on AWS for hosting its public cloud as well. More educational videos for customers to choose this cloud path would be great to have. That is, providing more documentation and marketing material would be better."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Customers need to purchase additional services because of the complexity of it."
"Licensing costs for Enterprise are on an annual basis."
"The cost of Microsoft Azure depends on the services that are used and there can be a discount at a corporate level from Microsoft."
"It's not on a per-user basis; it's on a per subscription basis. It is dependent on how much you use."
"Keep to PaaS to gain the optimal benefits from an OPEX finance and resource perspective."
"Microsoft Azure's pricing is reasonable. We pay around 5000 dollars per annum."
"The product is expensive."
"The subscription models can be confusing and it would be beneficial for them to simplify them. We are on an annual subscription."
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"The licensing of the product is reasonable but the cost of the hardware is exorbitant."
"It is a significant investment, around six hundred thousand dollars, and it involves both a one-time on-premises installation on servers and a cloud subscription with different flavors for SAP S4HANA."
"Compared to its competitors, SAP S4HANA on AWS is a costly solution."
"We pay an annual subscription fee for the solution, which is slightly expensive."
"It's expensive. It would be good if AWS and Azure could reduce the computing cost for people who move to the public cloud."
"Licensing fees are on an annual basis."
"SAP S4HANA on AWS has reasonable pricing."
"We pay a monthly fee for the use of SAP S4HANA on AWS for approximately five years. That's the time of the contract."
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Answers from the Community

JR
Nov 7, 2021
Nov 7, 2021
Looking for a comparison chart between SAP S4 HANA on AWS and Microsoft Azure
SAP S/4HANA is a system for managing relational databases. The in-memory system, as well as the columnar structure, results in retrieving the data with better performance than RDBMS systems. You can deploy it in AWS or in Azure. Here is a brief comparison: Azure dedicates specific virtual machines and bare metal servers to run SAP HANA. SAP HANA applications run on an SAP application. With Azur...
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EB
Aug 26, 2021
Hello @Md Saiful Hyder , @MangeshDixit , @JeffreyVergara , @SaleemKhokhar, @HimanshuTejwani, @SathishKumar and@Enrico Boseli. Do you have any inputs/advice for @Julie Roy?  Thanks in advance!
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LF
Nov 7, 2021
SAP S/4HANA is a system for managing relational databases. The in-memory system, as well as the columnar structure, results in retrieving the data with better performance than RDBMS systems. You can deploy it in AWS or in Azure. Here is a brief comparison: Azure dedicates specific virtual machines and bare metal servers to run SAP HANA. SAP HANA applications run on an SAP application. With Azure, you have an entire SAP application (VM) layer that includes servers, storage, and network configuration. You can deploy resources from 36 Intel with memory of 768GB to 480 Intel processors with 24TB of memory. Finally, you can combine AP and non SAP data. You can apply advanced data services, such as analytics and AI. Aws Azure Supported use cases Production, non-production Production, non-production Supported resources Up to 48TB of memory Up to 12TB Licensing Pay per use BYOL subscription Services Single and multi-node architecture. Load balancing, instance provisioning. Load balancing, clustering, Active Directory, and the HANA database. SAP S/4HANA on AWS provides infrastructure services. AWS has the advantage of making SAP HANA available, cost-effective, and fault-tolerant. With AWS you can configure a single EC2 to host SAP HANA with EBS storage and your chosen operating system. Another option is to use multi-AZ to deploy primary and secondary nodes, using one for production and another for non-production. You have two main options: First, BYOL (Bring your own license). It supports native HANA applications, S/4HANA, Business Suite on HANA, and you can have OLAP memory up to 100 TB. Second, the express edition, which is free to use for in-memory databases, but keep in mind you’ll have to stay under 32 GB. Conclusions Which is best will depend on your use cases. Azure in my opinion offers better performance for big data and AI workloads. AWS provides more reliability and redundancy.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
39%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

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I would recommend Google Firebase instead of Microsoft Azure, simply for the array of features that it has to offer. In particular, the Firebase library grants you access to a shared data structure...
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What do you like most about SAP S4HANA on AWS?
With extensive data and a sizable client base, this ensures seamless operations, responsiveness, and overall reliability, addressing our enterprise-scale needs effectively.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP S4HANA on AWS?
Based on my general knowledge of what the AWS product is called in the market, I would say it is not available to normal users. For information technology or at a universal technological level, for...
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What needs improvement with SAP S4HANA on AWS?
Sometimes, the tool has bugs. These issues can be resolved with antivirus software. The support team's response time is an area of concern where improvements are required.
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Also Known As

Windows Azure, Azure, MS Azure
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Overview

Windows Azure is Microsoft's cloud platform, where developers can create, deploy, and maintain their apps. This cloud application platform allows developers to concentrate on the actual applications, while it takes care of all the elements behind the apps.

Windows Azure works across multiple frameworks and languages. It is fully scalable, localized in that it is hosted globally in many datacenters, and has widespread capabilities with elements of application development, deployment, and management.

Azure is comprised of several different service modules, including Infrastructure; Web; Mobile; Dev & Test; Big Data; Media;Storage, Backup & Recovery; and Identity & Access Management.

Microsoft Azure works as a:

  1. Platform as a service (PaaS)

  2. Software as a service (SaaS)

  3. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

Microsoft Azure is available:

  • On-premises

  • Hybrid

  • Multi-cloud

  • At the edge

Compared to its competitors, Microsoft Azure:

  • Has more affordable features

  • Has easier migration for organizations already using other Microsoft tools

  • Has several educational resources available

  • Provides robust support

  • Is ideal for small and large businesses

Microsoft Azure Features:

  • Scalability

  • Stability

  • Flexibility

  • Azure Site Recovery

  • Active Directory

  • Monitoring features

  • Cloud-based

  • Automated tasks

  • Change capability cadence

  • Showback capabilities

  • Information protection

  • Azure Data Lake

  • Excellent portal

  • Intuitive user interface

  • Remote desktop

  • Fast provisioning

  • Data security

  • Data resiliency

  • Speed of service

  • Integrated delivery pipeline

  • Disaster recovery

  • Robust templates

  • Flexible coding languages

  • Virtual systems testing

Benefits of Microsoft Azure:

  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): Because Microsoft Azure is an IaaS, organizations can deploy as well as manage applications easily and quickly. Azure also provides you with the ability to customize the cloud software to meet your specific business needs.

  • Seamless integration: Microsoft Azure is built to seamlessly integrate with existing IT departments via hybrid databases, secure private connections, and storage solutions.

  • Cost-effective: Because Azure can harmoniously exist in your business environment with your data center, it is a very cost-effective solution.

  • Analytics support: Azure is designed with built-in support that is used to analyze data and provide key insights. Azure offers Cortana Analytics, Stream Analytics, Machine Learning, and SQL services.

  • Unique storage system: Compared to other cloud services, Microsoft Azure has more data centers and delivery points, which helps create an optimal user experience and also helps deliver content faster. In addition, Microsoft Azure makes it possible for organizations to exchange content across several virtual machines.

  • Enhanced flexibility: Azure provides extreme flexibility by allowing you to choose any level of functionality you require. It also supports many of the same technologies IT teams and developers usually depend on, making it easier for them to manage.

  • Easy implementation: Microsoft Azure is easy and quick to deploy. If necessary, you can change web apps to Azure with almost zero downtime.

Reviews from Real Users:

"It is a flexible solution that is straightforward to use," says the principal consultant at a computer software company.

OmarJ., future datacenter consultant: Microsoft Azure Cloud at a tech company, adds that "The user interface is very nice and makes everything easy to use."

“You can build an environment in minutes. It's very good in terms of being an infrastructure as a service, and I found that really fascinating,” says an information technology consultant at a computer software company.

"I think Azure's level of automation to achieve efficiency or agility is valuable. I also like the change capability cadence, the showback capabilities, and understanding what our costs are," says an enterprise architect at an energy/utilities company.

Marco C., Ing. at Wolters Kluwer, says "The valuable features of Microsoft Azure are that it is cloud-based and has good storage. The storage is completely managed by Azure. We do not need to do any patching of security because it is handled by Azure which is a benefit. The solution is fully compatible with the Microsoft technology stack and is very scalable."

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure is it has everything together in one place. It is one large tool with lots of small tools that are updated often," says the owner of a media company.


SAP customers of all sizes can fully realize all the benefits of the SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition on the AWS Cloud. With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition on the AWS Cloud you can:

  • Achieve faster time to value with the AWS on-demand infrastructure
  • Rapidly provision infrastructure for SAP S/4HANA with no upfront cost or long-term commitment
  • Pay for only what you need Don't spend upfront costs purchasing hardware for what you can't forecast
  • Test and evaluate SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition with a free trial offering from SAP on AWS
 

Sample Customers

BMW, Toyota, easyJet, NBC Sports, HarperCollins, Aviva, TalkTalk Business, Avanade, and Telenor.
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