QAD Cloud ERP vs SAP S/4HANA Cloud comparison

The compared QAD and SAP solutions aren't in the same category. QAD is ranked #20 in ERP , with an average rating of 7.5, and holds a 0.8% mindshare in the category. SAP is ranked #2 in CE , with an average rating of 8.1, and holds a 16.4% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of QAD users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of SAP users who would recommend it.

QAD Cloud ERP

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75% willing to recommend

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

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89% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

QAD Cloud ERP

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.0

Number of Reviews

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ERP (20th)

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

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Cloud ERP (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Enterprise Resource Planning solutions, they serve different purposes. QAD Cloud ERP is designed for ERP and holds a mindshare of 0.8%, up 0.4% compared to last year.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud ERP, holds 16.4% mindshare, up 11.9% since last year.

ERP

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Featured Reviews

Abbas Hirkani

Sr. Project Manager at YASH Technologies

Quick implementation brings comprehensive workflow management and efficient regulation handling

One of the major advantages of QAD Cloud ERP is related to the easy and quick implementation that I have found the most valuable. The entire application of QAD Cloud ERP itself is very valuable for my customers. My impression of the advanced supply chain management feature in QAD Cloud ERP is that it's a very comfortable tool and, if rightly configured, it really helps the business to have clear visibility of the entire supply chain. My impression of the compliance management in QAD Cloud ERP is that it has reduced many overheads of doing manual compliance, and it is quite easily manageable; it is connected with the regulatory authorities, making it a fantastic tool. The positive impact my customers have experienced from using QAD Cloud ERP includes easy integration with multiple different applications, connectivity with regulatory authorities and banks, having bank drivers for easy payments and receiving money, and it has fantastic web UI reporting, which satisfies many different stakeholders within the entire organization worldwide.

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Ramesh Pampana

Manager, SAP Practice at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Extensive real-time analytics and superior support enhance decision making but continued product evolution impacts existing investments

Improvement is needed, and they need to slow down. When I say slow down, they need to do more validation. Things are going rapidly and changing fast. For example, they moved from SAP SRM product to SAP CLM. They bought IBM CLM and marketed it as SAP CLM. Shortly after, they bought SAP Ariba and discontinued the SAP CLM product. Now they state that SAP SRM is outdated and has reached sunset. The challenge is that if a customer has already deployed the entire solution on-premises, it becomes difficult to immediately convert to the new product and manage new license costs. From a consulting perspective, it appears that SAP's biggest competitor is itself, as they sometimes discontinue their own products to promote new ones.

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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 positive impact my customers have experienced from using QAD Cloud ERP includes easy integration with multiple different applications, connectivity with regulatory authorities and banks, having bank drivers for easy payments and receiving money, and it has fantastic web UI reporting, which satisfies many different stakeholders within the entire organization worldwide."

"The solution serves its purpose and does what we need it to do."

"It is the most stable solution that I've ever worked with."

"If anyone wants to check data, like dashboards, S/4HANA also provides those facilities via Fiori apps. S/4HANA delivers everything related to the business process."

"What I like the most about SAP S4HANA is how reliable and powerful it is."

"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"SAP S/4HANA Cloud provides integration, controls, efficiency, visibility into business operations, and collaboration, especially for geographically spread operations."

"The integration between SAP EWM and S4HANA Cloud is seamless."

"SAP S4HANA Cloud has improved the efficiency and visibility of business operations, leading to potential cost and time savings."

"I have found the financial and production modules to be the most valuable features."

"The reporting that we are doing from SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a valuable feature."

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Cons

"The product lacks a lot of features and technology."

"They could improve by moving away from the architecture of Progress 4GL as currently they are undergoing a very drastic change by redoing the entire application with Java and web-based technologies, projected to be released by 2026 with the incorporation of analytics, process intelligence, and AI to help business users."

"Just implementing an ERP system takes a lot of time."

"The reporting aspect needs improvement, specifically in integrating the EWM and MM modules into a single report."

"SAP S4HANA Cloud's production planning screens could be improved."

"I would like to see enhancements in certain features."

"The system is very heavy and requires a lot of resources and a dedicated team."

"The proposition by SAP does not match the value realization."

"The scalability of SAP S/4HANNA is an area that could be improved."

"One thing that could be better in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, especially in the public cloud, is how easily you can make changes."

"Public cloud is single-tenant so there are limitations on what can be customized."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution’s pricing is very high."

"The solution's costs have significantly increased, and we have not seen any anticipated cost savings."

"I feel the solution is expensive when it comes to what can be obtained with open source software."

"It's very expensive."

"The tool's pricing is reasonable."

"The license for S/4HANA is expensive, and the licensing structure is hard to understand. The admin license is something like 500 euros per user. Other ERP solutions allowed you to pick only the modules you need. The SAP ECC version requires you to take all the modules even if you are not using them."

"The solution is affordable."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Real Estate/Law Firm

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about QAD Cloud ERP?

It is the most stable solution that I've ever worked with.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for QAD Cloud ERP?

I rate the pricing an eight out of ten on a scale where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

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What needs improvement with QAD Cloud ERP?

Areas of QAD Cloud ERP that could be improved include the ongoing enhancements they are making; it has grown significantly over my last 25 years, incorporating many different business needs, and th...

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What do you like most about SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

The manufacturing area is a good feature.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

SAP S/4HANA Cloud is very expensive, both to purchase and maintain. It's important to evaluate the costs of recruiting and maintaining trained personnel as it's not just a one-time payment yet requ...

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What needs improvement with SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

While SAP S/4HANA Cloud offers numerous functional benefits and powerful integration capabilities, there remain certain usability and operational challenges—particularly within the Fiori applicatio...

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Compared 14% of the time

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Overview

QAD Cloud ERP is an enterprise resource planning solution designed exclusively for global manufacturing. It supports best-in-class, industry-specific business processes and flexible deployment options.

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SAP S/4HANA stands for SAP Suite 4 HANA. It is a next-generation integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that is designed for businesses of all sizes, in all industries, that require deep and broad functionality combined with a high degree of flexibility. SAP S/4HANA was launched in 2015 and been adopted by more than 3,200 customers over a period of sixteen months. SAP S/4HANA is materially different from anything SAP has done before and represents the company’s biggest innovation since SAP R/3.

SAP S/4HANA is intended to provide a digital core for an organization. It is fully architected for the most advanced in-memory platform, SAP HANA, and is designed on the most modern design principles with the SAP Fiori user experience to create a personalized and simple feel on users’ device of choice (tablet, laptop, mobile). SAP S/4HANA aims to simplify an organizations’ system landscape and reduce total cost of ownership by shrinking the data footprint while at the same time improving productivity levels in the form of higher throughput. Timelines for cloud deployments average around six months.

SAP S/4HANA is designed to drive business innovation by connecting people, devices, and business networks in real time to support the development of new business models. It will also help accelerate the adoption of, and connection to, the Internet of Things and Big Data. SAP S/4HANA can analyze big data at unprecedented speed allowing users to access real-time information from anywhere, any way they’d like and thus help managers make truly insightful decisions. The simplified data model allows customers to reimagine their IT, helping to drive lower costs and deliver IT efficiency. This, coupled with the SAP S/4HANA prediction and simulation capabilities allow it to anticipate the impact of business outcomes. By doing all the above, SAP S/4HANA aims to provide ultimate sophistication in the simplest possible manner.

To learn more about SAP S/4HANA, visit http://go.sap.com/product/enterprise-management/s4hana-erp.html

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Sample Customers

Tower International, Kendra Scott

La Trobe University, Carrefour Comércio e Indústria Ltda, Delaware Consulting and Corning Inc.

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