QAD Cloud ERP vs SAP S/4HANA Cloud comparison

The compared QAD and SAP solutions aren't in the same category. QAD is ranked #16 in ERP , with an average rating of 10.0, and holds a 1.4% mindshare in the category. SAP is ranked #2 in CE , with an average rating of 8.2, and holds a 10.5% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of QAD users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% 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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90% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

QAD Cloud ERP

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

ERP (16th)

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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 1.4%, up 0.6% compared to last year.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud ERP, holds 10.5% mindshare, down 19.2% since last year.

ERP Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
QAD Cloud ERP	1.4%
SAP ERP	10.4%
SAP S/4HANA	6.3%
Other	81.9%

ERP

Cloud ERP Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SAP S/4HANA Cloud	10.5%
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP	18.8%
NetSuite ERP	17.6%
Other	53.099999999999994%

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

"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."

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

"Customer service is very friendly and helpful, and as soon as we raise a ticket for any issue, they basically take care of it irrespective of geographic boundaries."

"I strongly recommend using SAP S4HANA Cloud as it's much better than competing ERP products."

"The tool selection is really robust and scalable for multiple scenarios."

"The solution is versatile with various integrated tools such as connecting with finance modules, controlling parameters, and creating universal journals."

"Managing the server and taking advantage of the services provided by SAP itself is the most valuable feature."

"I come from a functional consultancy background, and S/4HANA provides excellent procurement solutions for inventory management. One of S/4HANA's best features in the manufacturing module is the ability to calculate product costs."

"Speed has improved and getting analytical reports has been simplified."

"The most valuable feature of SAP S/4HANA Cloud is the uptime it provides from being on the cloud. We do not have to manage the solution. All the infrastructure management is done from their side."

"The implementation time was approximately 155 to 160 days, which is faster than Oracle implementation."

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Cons

"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 product lacks a lot of features and technology."

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

"The price is mainly suitable for larger companies, even then, there may be other, cheaper solutions. Additionally, this solution is the result of multiple acquisitions leaving room for there to be issues with performance."

"Public cloud is single-tenant so there are some limitations and restrictions on what can be customized or enhanced."

"We'd like to have more of a low-code platform."

"S/4HANA isn't ideal for managing contracts and subscriptions. There isn't a feature to notify us when a contract for a service we need is approaching its end or a product is no longer supported. You need a separate solution for that."

"They can improve the interface. It has a client-server kind of interface, which is kind of old."

"When it comes to the SAP PM material's module, it would be nice to see the inclusion of predictive analytics."

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

"Certain add-ons like quality control, payroll, and HRMS are not part of the SAP S/4HANA Cloud."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Its pricing is way over any of the other ERPs. I'd rate it one out of ten in terms of pricing."

"The solution is affordable."

"The licensing process for SAP S/4HANA Cloud has worked well."

"The tool's pricing is reasonable."

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

"This is a pricey solution that best serves large enterprises. Be sure to ensure that your company's requirements need to be fulfilled by SAP. There are many other ERP's that are cheaper yet highly functional. However, it is still cheaper than some of the competition (i.e. Oracle, ESD, etc.)"

"Pricing wise, SAP S4HANA Cloud is very expensive. The licensing cost can be 100,000 euros per year, depending on the number of users in your company."

"I don't remember the specifics about the licensing, but it's scaled and modular. You pay for what you use. It's not a one-size-fits-all license. You have a license for every single module. It's similar to Oracle."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

15%

Computer Software Company

Comms Service Provider

Performing Arts

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Marketing Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	24
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	30

Questions from the Community

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 is your primary use case for QAD Cloud ERP?

My customers usually use QAD Cloud ERP mainly in manufacturing from automobile industries, specifically tier two and tier three manufacturing companies, not the tier one auto manufacturers. They ma...

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What advice do you have for others considering QAD Cloud ERP?

My impression of the modular architecture of QAD Cloud ERP is that it's a 4GL, Progress 4GL based database system, so it is a server-client technology as well as web-based, making it a really conve...

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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?

A lot of my clients are complaining about the SAP license policy. I think that is quite intransparent and obviously quite expensive. I think that is a usual complaint. And also the flexibility to s...

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What is your primary use case for SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

SAP S_4HANA Cloud is still used for ERP, so enterprise resource planning, and I would say the true core of SAP S_4HANA Cloud is truly the financial planning, the financial transactional accounting....

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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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Tower International, Kendra Scott

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

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