We performed a comparison between Netsuite ERP and SAP S4HANA based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Netsuite ERP seems to be the superior solution. Our reviewers find that the questions concerning the simplicity of AP S4HANA’s deployment process, stability, scalability, and the effectiveness of the technical support that it provides make it a riskier investment than Netsuite ERP.
"The most valuable feature is that it works according to how the Internet works."
"NetSuite ERP is a user-friendly cloud-based solution that posts into the GL in real time. You can see your profitability at the order level."
"The project management aspect and the timesheets are valuable, especially for ensuring that our milestone billings are automated properly. From a manufacturing perspective, it is more to do with the entire management of the inventory, the overall finance, consolidation of books of accounts, and managing the profit and loss in a more effective manner."
"NetSuite is significantly more affordable than Oracle EBS and offers a wider range of features than other OEMs."
"I like the ease of setup and customization of forms."
"It is a very solid product for finance and procure-to-pay processes."
"The initial setup is easy."
"I am impressed with the product's ease of use. It also helps us reduce the techstack."
"The processes have been reduced from almost 10 steps to four or five steps. It's really been simplified."
"Because I'm a procure-to-pay consultant, I mostly look at that angle, and I have a bit of experience with sales and distribution. I also like the integration between S/4HANA and other ERPs because S/4HANA is a suite. For example, the integration between S/4HANA and EWM Transportation Management, and Ariba."
"The most useful features of SAP S4HANA are the consolidation reports. The BI is very strong and the manufacturing and finance sections we like a lot."
"S/4HANA offers a lot of additional capability with respect to performance due to its in-built architecture for many functions including finance, production, quality, manufacturing, inventory or sales distribution and logistics."
"The solution can scale well."
"The solution's new UI called Fiori is user friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the perfect end-to-end integration."
"It is a very powerful, highly customizable tool."
"Some of the features around the payroll and payroll taxes and management of that are lacking. We had to outsource some of that because we found that the functionality isn't there."
"As with any system offering large volumes of data, there are limitations on processing large volumes of data in custom ways."
"If they could provide more integration options to connect with different products, that would be ideal."
"The areas that this product needs to improve on is the implementation and inventory processes."
"The pricing is high."
"There is a lot of room for improvement. Multiple manufacturing features need to be updated on NetSuite. More functionalities need to be added. I think there are a lot of functionalities coming out for warehouse management systems and manufacturing automation via advanced manufacturing functionalities. I think they need to improve a little more on those aspects and make it easier on the scheduling aspect."
"If you do go through an implementor, you need to be careful that they are actual implementors and not just resellers."
"The solution's initial setup process was complex."
"I have found the solution to be stable but it could improve."
"The install can be difficult. There's something called secondary sales solutions that is not there in SAP. We need to have third-party tools to integrate to do the automatization. The two parts are missing on the secondary sales solution and automation."
"The integration could be made a little simpler in terms of design and implementation."
"The procure-to-pay solution in the Contract Management angle could be better. If you look at it on Ariba, the Contract Management Life Cycle for Ariba is more robust. You can create documentation, SLAs, and NDAs. Apart from the procurement aspect of the contract, you have the legal side, but Ariba cannot do that. From what I've seen, the features of the procure-to-pay model in S/4HANA and their Contract Life Cycle Management side primarily focus on the procurement side. I believe it would be good if this solution could handle a part of the legal side. They will incorporate Extended Warehouse Management and Transportation Management into the S/4HANA cloud. Most big companies that use a solution like S/4HANA have a legal department within the organization. Suppose they can incorporate that to be in S/4HANA suites; I think it'll be good. It will be just like what we have with Transportation Management and Extended Warehouse Management. The user interface could be better. They have too much information on the interface, and our customers still keep complaining that it looks complex. Even though many things have changed, they still complain that the interface or the screen they see is a bit complex. It's only when they see the Fiori interface that their mind becomes a bit calm."
"A virtual machine could exist to make everything available on a single deployment."
"The difficulty level of the initial setup depends on the person's skills. If you know the basic knowledge of the database, then it will be easy, otherwise, it will be very difficult."
"Lacking in some customizations."
"You will not see convenient user experiences with SAP S4HANA's website or application."
NetSuite ERP is ranked 1st in Cloud ERP with 32 reviews while SAP S/4HANA is ranked 2nd in ERP with 65 reviews. NetSuite ERP is rated 7.8, while SAP S/4HANA is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of NetSuite ERP writes "Carries a broad range of applications, specifically in the field services area". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP S/4HANA writes "The solution is highly scalable, with solid performance and integration". NetSuite ERP is most compared with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, NetSuite OneWorld, Oracle E-Business Suite, Anaplan and IBM Maximo, whereas SAP S/4HANA is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP Business One, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Microsoft Dynamics AX.
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