Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud vs SAP Cloud Platform comparison

Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud vs. SAP Cloud Platform

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Categories and Ranking

Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

16th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAP Cloud Platform

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

5th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud is 0.5%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Cloud Platform is 7.4%, down from 7.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Adrian Bilauca

Chief Software Engineer at Totalsoft

Handles security setups independently for a more secure environment

OpenShift does have more secure features. Azure also has equivalent services. For my client, it was good enough to switch to Azure. For development, there wasn't any significant change in effort, however, for the DevOps team, it was a relief since Azure has managed services. We used elasticity and scalability all over.

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PinakiGhosh

COO at Data Core Systems

The implementation cycle has been reduced significantly but has room for integration enhancements

Our existing customers who are on ECC are on-premises. They are migrating to SAP Cloud Platform, specifically on S4HANA. One of our clients was on SAP ECC on-premises, and they are moving to the cloud on S4HANA on the public cloud system. We are supporting about 15 customers, mostly small to…

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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 portability, moving from one platform to another, is easy."

"In general, customers appreciate its ability to run different workloads, manage applications through CI/CD pipelines like Jenkins, and leverage tools like Helm charts and Kako."

"Our pipeline integrates various monitoring tools like Fortify for security checks. Once the pipeline processes the code, the finished product is deployed on Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud. We ensure application setup and recovery by utilizing two separate clusters on OpenShift."

"The deployment mechanism has become more dynamic with the use of the product."

"I've used the elasticity and scalability all over."

"For the DevOps team, it was a relief since Azure has managed services."

"The solution offers the most robust Kubernetes orchestration available."

"The most valuable feature of Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud is the UI console. We are able to receive the resources from the console directly."

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"The dashboard provides pretty good clarity."

"It's suitable for various sizes of companies. I have used it with big companies and with small ones as well."

"The pre-delivered content from the SAP cloud platform is definitely a strength."

"Scalability is one of the benefits that we have in using the product."

"Improved our speed to bring our mobile applications into productive use in a cost-effective way."

"The solution is very useful and interactive with a dashboard for viewing other interfaces."

"SAP has provided very good support."

"The ability to expand it whenever required has been great — it's very simple."

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Cons

"Technical support could be a bit better."

"The installation and configuration procedure should be simplified."

"There is room for improvement in cluster-based queue monitoring and autoscaling."

"There is more work and effort needed for when many of the managed services are not accessible, especially in the security area. You have to do your own security setups as opposed to using a managed firewall."

"Making it even more cost-effective could be explored."

"Many of the managed services are not accessible."

"The effectiveness is satisfactory, and there haven't been any additional fees due to meeting demands. However, there's room for improvement in pricing, performance, and stability. Regarding the UI, it could be more user-friendly and integrated with various platforms. Currently, the UI lacks user-friendliness, especially for developers unfamiliar with container technology. Expecting them to create YAML files for security purposes is unrealistic without proper guidance or experience. This aspect needs improvement."

"The general purpose solution tries to cater to too many customers so it is heavy."

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"The solution’s pricing could be improved."

"One crucial aspect where SAP lags behind in flexibility is customization to suit specific business requirements. SAP needs to understand that customization is inevitable and should be more supportive of business-driven customization."

"Planning features are limited to the finance module."

"I would like for it to have integration to GitHub."

"From what I understand, the SAP Cloud Platform is for implementation on AWS or Azure, and it's not meant to be a full-fledged cloud solution, so while using the platform, an area for improvement is that it has fewer offerings and is less flexible when compared to AWS. AWS has a lot more flexibility than the SAP Cloud Platform. I've also used Azure in college and AWS in between, and I prefer AWS over the SAP Cloud Platform. The only reason I would ever stick with the SAP Cloud Platform is to create applications integrated with SAP or with other companies within SAP, such as SuccessFactors. When you go into the SAP Cloud Platform web page, it's a bit bland and has relatively limited offerings. For example, there doesn't seem to be in-house MongoDB support, but I realize there's in-house support for the PostgreSQL database, so there are fewer offerings in the SAP Cloud Platform. Yes, you can always go for a database on the actual MongoDB server rather than depending on the offerings of the SAP Cloud Platform. However, it's still better to support MongoDB from the platform, so payment is consolidated, rather than going to a different location to make a payment. Another room for improvement in the SAP Cloud Platform is the need to create an SAP subaccount if you need to use the platform unless you have an SSO login by Google or if you're using a different identity provider such as Microsoft or Google. Instead of requiring dependency on SAP, it would be good if users could use the SAP Cloud Platform even without a subaccount on SAP. For example, when hosting an application on AWS or Azure, you don't have to create an account in Amazon or Microsoft. You can still do it using Google. You can use almost anything, so I'd like SAP to improve by removing the dependency, particularly the requirement to create an SAP account to use the SAP Cloud Platform."

"The price of the solution could improve."

"The areas I think this solution should improve are monitoring and adapting."

"Better connectivity to on-premise systems would help us to support older systems that are migrating to the cloud."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is a little high in China."

"This product is not costly when compared to other vendors."

"Licensing costs for this solution are based on the number of users and the bandwidth."

"The solution is worth the money."

"SAP Cloud Platform costs $2 to $5 per hour, while I found other platforms way more affordable. You have to pay per use, though that's fine because that means the cost is flexible."

"The pricing can be negotiated."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a high price, and ten is a low price, I rate the pricing a six or seven."

"SAP offers yearly, subscription-based, and pay-as-you-use licensing."

"SAP's pricing is usually high compared to the competition. But this is also justified because they hold their products and services to quite high standards."

"SAP Cloud Platform is expensive. It can be quite costly."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud?

Our pipeline integrates various monitoring tools like Fortify for security checks. Once the pipeline processes the code, the finished product is deployed on Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud. We ensu...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud?

From a cost perspective, some cost-effective situations were more difficult to achieve in Azure than in OpenShift. Comparing them can be difficult since the financial services cloud had stripped ma...

What needs improvement with Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud?

There is more work and effort needed for when many of the managed services are not accessible, especially in the security area. You have to do your own security setups as opposed to using a managed...

Which is better - SAP Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure?

One of the best features of SAP Cloud Platform is that it is web-based and you can log in from anywhere in the world. SAP Cloud Platform is suitable for companies of any size; it works well with bo...

How is SAP Cloud Platform different than Amazon AWS?

How is SAP Cloud Platform different than Amazon AWS? Amazon AWS offers options both in terms of upgrading and expanding capabilities as well as acquiring greater storage space. These upgrades can ...

What do you like most about SAP Cloud Platform?

The product improved our company's business operations since we got value out of it.

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Comparisons

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Amazon AWS vs Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud

Compared 21% of the time

Red Hat OpenShift vs Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud

Compared 18% of the time

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Amazon AWS vs SAP Cloud Platform

Compared 29% of the time

Microsoft Azure vs SAP Cloud Platform

Compared 27% of the time

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) vs SAP Cloud Platform

Compared 6% of the time

Oracle Integration Cloud Service vs SAP Cloud Platform

Compared 5% of the time

Google Cloud vs SAP Cloud Platform

Compared 4% of the time

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Overview

Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud™ is a fully managed OpenShift service that leverages the enterprise scale and security of IBM Cloud, so you can focus on developing and managing your applications.

Deploy highly available, OpenShift clusters as-a-service with the click of a button on IBM Cloud. Move and build OpenShift-based workloads on a managed public cloud service to gain increased responsiveness, scalability, and reliability.

IBM

SAP Cloud Platform is an integration platform as a service (iPaaS) and PaaS cloud tool. It powers applications that deliver real-time insights to contribute to more effective and timely decision-making. Customers all over the world from different-sized companies use SAP Cloud Platform to build application extensions, integrate landscapes, or extend existing enterprise applications in the cloud.

The platform incorporates innovative technologies, including big data, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML). SAP Cloud Platform supports native services and products by SAP, as well as partners with popular platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon AWS, and Alibaba Cloud.

Users of the product can extend, integrate, and develop applications on premises and in the cloud. The product offers flexibility, agility, and scalability, as it enables easy integration and connection of different applications within the platform. The solution is based on open standards and provides a wide range of development tools.

SAP has announced that they are removing SAP Cloud Platform as a brand name and moving its capabilities within SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). The features of SAP Cloud Platform will be integrated into SAP BTP to assist with data management and analytics, alongside other components of the platform. Existing customers of SAP Cloud Platform will continue to benefit from its products under SAP Integration Suite and SAP Extension Suite.

SAP Cloud Platform Capabilities

The solution offers a wide variety of tools, application capabilities, services, and application programming interface (API). These can be categorized in the following ways:

Enterprise extensions: The features of SAP Cloud Platform in this category include SAP Localization Hub, Tax Service, Data Enrichment for SAP S/4HANA, SAP Data Quality Management, SAP Business Application Studio, ABAP environment, and SAP Web IDE.
Intelligent BPM: This set of features includes SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Process Visibility, Business Rules, and Workflow.
Integration Suite: The features of SAP Cloud Platform in this category include Open Connectors, OData Provisioning, API Management, Cloud Integration, and Smart Data Integration.
Digital experience: Features in this category include SAP Conversational AI, Mobile Services, Document Service, Portal, SAP Build, SAPUI5, and SAP Fiori Cloud.
Data-driven insights: This category of capabilities includes SAP Leonardo Internet of Things, SAP Data Intelligence, SAP Edge Services, IoT, SAP HANA Cloud, SAP Web Analytics, SAP Streaming Analytics, SAP ASE Service, and SAP Analytics Cloud.
Platform foundation: Alert Notification, Application Logging, Data Retention Manager, Job Scheduler, Java Server, and Transport Management are included in this group of capabilities.

SAP Cloud Platform Benefits

The platform has many benefits which improve their client’s workflows. They include the following:

SAP Cloud Platform facilitates the seamless integration of existing solutions and hybrid system landscapes.
The solution assists companies to deliver tailored end-to-end interfaces for improved user experience through software development kits (SDKs).
It simplifies application interface management through the option of building apps in the Kubernetes environment.
SAP Cloud Platform simplifies the development of native business applications through the various development tools and capabilities it offers.
It provides companies with a wide range of pre-configured business services.
Companies are offered the possibility to streamline the integration of new apps with a lowered overall cost of ownership.
The product can reduce costs for organizations, as it does not require an up-front investment in software or hardware.
The solution can increase productivity for developers through its supported open programming standards.

Reviews from Real Users

Shylaraj AK, a senior architect at a construction company, describes SAP Cloud Platform as easy to maintain, great features, and helpful support, which attributes to his high rating for the product.

Ehab-El H., chief executive officer at Asis, likes SAP Cloud Platform because it is easy to use with a fast deployment and straightforward setup.

SAP

Sample Customers

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Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud vs. SAP Cloud Platform