SAP Business One vs SAP ERP vs Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management comparison

Sage and SAP are both solutions in the ERP category. Sage is ranked #24 with an average rating of 7.0, while SAP is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.1. Sage holds a 0.6% mindshare in ERP, compared to SAP’s 3.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Sage users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of SAP users who would recommend it.

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91% willing to recommend

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87% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management, SAP Business One, and SAP ERP based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the ERP category, the mindshare of Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management is 0.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Business One is 3.2%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP ERP is 17.0%, down from 21.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

ERP Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SAP ERP	17.0%
SAP Business One	3.2%
Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management	0.6%
Other	79.2%

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Ikbel Zammit

Account manager at Onetech Business Solutions

Makes processes including calculating costs, accessing inventory information quickly, validating offers, and extracting data easier

I use Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management to digitize our processes. I put our work and the opportunities on the platform, validate financial offers, and manage fees from transport and financial management. I also use the system for record-keeping of client information and work…

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Hatem Mohamed Nageeb Salama

Senior Sales and Presales Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Provides efficiency for small businesses, but requires costly add-ons for broader capabilities

I am currently using SAP products but not primarily selling SAP. Regarding real-time data processing capabilities, it is partially helpful for decision-making. It has built-in capability for real-time data, but it's not interactive data analytics. People need another solution such as Power BI to be integrated to get real-time data with interactive analytics. When it comes to customizing reporting in SAP Business One, it has the capability to customize reports via SAP Crystal Reports. It has a good amount of reports, but for each business, you need to understand exactly what the customer needs to customize their reports. The solution includes a mobile app to access key business information, though it is a very weak mobile app. The main benefit SAP Business One provides to users is ease of access. It's very good to present to customers, both from the interface and capabilities perspective. It's suitable for small to medium companies, making the buy-in for the solution very good. The pricing for SAP Business One is very competitive. Overall, SAP Business One is a very good solution for small to medium businesses. If your company is looking for an ERP to run end-to-end business, this is the solution. You need specific add-ons to run in specific industries, but it's approximately 70% good for most small to medium companies. My overall rating for SAP Business One is 7 out of 10.

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Achmad Dimyati

IT Service Management Team Lead at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Long-term adaptation and evolution meets changing technology trends

SAP ERP is not really real-time. We use the HANA database which is supposed to be memory data in memory, but we are still not very happy. It is supposed to be real-time and come very quickly, but in reality, it still takes time to run. That is why we use BW of SAP, Business Objects, and now we have moved to the Analytic Cloud where we start using predictive AI. SAP recently implemented Databricks, and they started investing significantly in the analytic environment. SAP ERP has been left behind as they moved to S/4HANA with the HANA database. They restructured the whole table structure of SAP ERP, introduced simple finance, simple logistics, and moved HR to SuccessFactors. They have the BTP layer where they manage everything from integration to master data management. The challenge with SAP is that they move very fast to different products and buy different products. It requires significant investment and many skills to catch up because all of these have different sets of technology. The fundamental has changed differently. It is not monolithic anymore but different products under one name, SAP. You have to buy it model by model for additional models. Products such as SuccessFactors, Ariba for procure to pay, Concur for travel, and Facility Management use totally different technology. They try to integrate with each other, but it remains a challenge for SAP to make them have the same management, technology, and operational approach.

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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 is parameterized so it naturally has the ability to parameterize, configure, and adapt to various organizational procedures."

"The most valuable feature of Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management is the business intelligence module. Additionally, report consolidation, cloud access, and analysis are useful."

"The initial setup is not complex. The deployment process was relatively straightforward."

"Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management has helped by making processes such as calculating costs, accessing inventory information quickly, validating offers, and extracting data easier."

"The interface is rich in features, allowing efficient management of business operations."

"The accounting part and the procurement part are most valuable. It is a very good system with workflows and notifications."

"Technical support is quite good. They are helpful and responsive. We are quite satisfied with their level of support."

"I like the monthly order management features."

"The relationship map is very useful for us."

"The most valuable feature of SAP Business One is the price and reputation of the vendor. The solution is widely accepted around the world."

"The Material Requirements Planning (MRP) feature of SAP Business One has been most beneficial for our reporting needs."

"The product seems to be quite stable."

"SAP Business One is pretty streamlined, with tight integration and standard best practice flows."

"What's most helpful to customers who use SAP Business One is that the solution is fully integrated and easy to use. It's very easy to digest and has many features for small to medium companies."

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"It integrates everything into one process."

"Heavy integration is available with all types of systems, and we use it."

"The stability and performance are good."

"The new Visual Enterprise functionalities give an intuitive approach to data and make communication between engineering and production easy."

"The most valuable feature is the robust workflows that SAP provides to us in our organization. Overall, I find it the best ERP solution compared to other similar solutions."

"SAP ERP has a good user interface with a lot of functionalities and good interface options."

"The most valuable feature of SAP ERP is the integration. It can be seamlessly integrated across the board."

"It is a utility-focused solution, and the deployment is very much aligned with utility service providers. If you look at the supply chain and the overall business model of a utility service provider, SAP is something that fits very well. That's because the company has invested tremendously in creating appropriate workflows pertaining to this segment or domain."

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Cons

"It is not suitable for corporate or manufacturing companies. For example, it's challenging to use it for a manufacturing company."

"Integration with other tools like BOM or Cisco BlueQ could be improved."

"The solution does not have a solid, out-of-the-box API architecture that is supported."

"Its implementation process is kind of complicated. If the person implementing it doesn't know what he is doing, the system can have many issues. Sage X3 is just an accounting system. As compared to Oracle E-Business Suite, it does not cover a lot of functionality. It doesn't have the payroll, lease management, and HR modules. Oracle E-Business Suite is better than Sage X3."

"Integration with other tools like BOM or Cisco BlueQ could be improved."

"Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management could improve the search functionality. For example, if I was to search for a transaction from last year it would be difficult to accomplish. I have to scroll through to find what I am looking for. The approach should be more similar to Quickbooks where when you search for something it takes you directly to the searched item."

"Business One doesn't have a proper master data management function."

"There are limitations around integrations."

"There are only a few standard reports available and if you want more then they either have to be downloaded or built."

"There should be a portal so that our providers can give us their invoices. This is something that it is missing currently. SAP provides such a portal with SAP ERP, but it is not available with SAP Business One."

"SAP Business One web client has developed many features and only a couple of features need to be added to the web client before it becomes a full-fledged cloud product."

"The price could improve for SAP Business One."

"The production scheduling, manufacturing, and planning could improve in SAP Business One. Additionally, the projection management module could improve. These functionalities are important in the construction industry we are working in at the moment."

"Currently, SAP Business One only has ERP modules and lacks HR or payroll modules."

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"I would like to see more integration with other partners. Some of our customers already use specific or in-house applications for their business processes. They do not want to replace those applications."

"This solution could be made more user-friendly for development teams."

"The integration with others application could be easier. There are many different features that this solution offers which could be easier to implement."

"Pricing could be improved for preferred customers."

"SAP ERP needs to be more innovative when it comes to areas like mobility and the internet."

"The solution's UI could be better."

"SAP ERP needs to consider simplifying a few areas within the tool. Compared to SAP ERP, other solutions in the market are much more easily configurable and understandable. SAP has a lot of complex features."

"The solution is not ready for the current e-commerce environment."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost is not expensive."

"The solution delivers the same capabilities of SAP or Oracle at about 30% to 40% of the cost."

"The price of this solution is expensive. However, it depends on the number of branches used. The price can be upwards of $40,000 annually."

"It is very cheap. There are no additional charges, but the problem is that you have to acquire an additional supporting system such as a budgeting system. You will have to implement the integration and maintain two systems. So, you need to pay for the license of that budgeting system and this one. You also need to pay the license for the payroll and integration. There are all these integrations that you have to pay for."

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

"Business One's prices are really high."

"There is a license to use this solution and the price is good."

"Its price is reasonable. We have about 200 licenses. We have to pay every year for the license."

"We feel that the licensing fees are a bit on the higher side."

"If the client's budget is low, they go for SAP Business One."

"The price of SAP Business One is not expensive for the features and the benefits it provides."

"SAP Business One is a cost-effective solution. The price is good and we pay for a subscription annually."

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"SAP is a bit on the costly side, but they also provide support and other things. We are paying for licenses and the use of the cloud."

"The solution can cost approximately $1 million a year for maintenance for a small-size company and can grow from there. Approximately $1 million is needed for a good-size company."

"My company makes early payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product. There are no additional costs apart from the charges paid toward the subscription-based license offered by SAP."

"SAP ERP is expensive."

"When we talk about pricing it is expensive. On a scale of one to ten, it would rank a two. There are no additional fees but the user licenses are high."

"I rate SAP ERP's pricing a six or seven out of ten."

"I am not sure. However, extensions cost approximately $100,000 or$200,000."

"It is less expensive than its competitors."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

29%

Media Company

22%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Retailer

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

15%

Computer Software Company

11%

Retailer

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	35
Midsize Enterprise	18
Large Enterprise	20

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	31
Midsize Enterprise	30
Large Enterprise	76

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management?

The pricing of Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management is high compared to other solutions like Bitrix.

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What needs improvement with Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management?

Integration with other tools like BOM or Cisco BlueQ could be improved. The importation of configurations like BOQs i...

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What is your primary use case for Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management?

I use Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management to digitize our processes. I put our work and the opportunities on th...

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Are there any advantages of SAP S4 HANA over SAP Business One (SAP B1) apart from the cost?

SaP Business One is a complete solution for business management. The software applications are broad, ranging from ac...

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What do you like most about SAP Business One?

It's user-friendly and comes with comprehensive manuals. So, it is easy to learn to use SAP Business One

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Business One?

It is expensive compared to other modules or ERPs.

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Is Anaplan better than SAP ERP?

There are different aspects of both Anaplan and SAP ERP that I like and dislike. Anaplan improves forecast accuracy a...

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What do you like most about SAP ERP?

The solution has made the most significant impact on our human resources function, specifically in HR operations and ...

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What needs improvement with SAP ERP?

SAP ERP is fine as it is at the moment. It is difficult to comment on improvements for this version. I know HANA has ...

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

Sage ERP X3, Sage X3

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Overview

Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management delivers faster, simpler, and more flexible business management at a fraction of the cost and complexity of typical enterprise ERP systems.

Sage

The SAP Business One application offers a way to manage your entire business – from accounting and financials, purchasing, inventory, sales and customer relationships, and project management, to operations and human resources. SAP Business One helps you to streamline processes, gain a greater insight into your business, so that you can act fast and make decisions based on real time information, to help you drive profitable growth.

SAP

SAP ERP addresses the core business software requirements of midsize and large organizations in all industries and sectors. SAP ERP includes four individual solutions that support key areas of enterprise resource planning: human capital management, financials, operations, corporate services.

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Sample Customers

Power Distributing, Universal Paper and Plastics

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B&G Manufacturing, Unilever, Life is good Inc., Joy Global Inc., City of Cape Town, Bhopal Municipal, Corporation (BMC), adidas Group, Butcher & Packer Supply Company, Franklin Valve L.P., Evoshield, Prime Meats, a Norsan Group company, EMC Corporation, Varian Medical Systems Inc., FC Bayern Mªnchen AG, AkzoNobel Chemicals B.V., T¾V Rheinland, Pacific Drilling S.A., Fire & Rescue New South Wales, University of Amsterdam, Pa_alon S.A.

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