We performed a comparison between SAP Business ByDesign and SAP Business One on AWS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud ERP solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It has a quick implementation and onboarding of users. It is flexible with reports and powerful."
"I like its modern approach. It is very modern and new technology."
"ByDesign's best features are its speed, real-time data, and reporting."
"I like the tool’s customization."
"The most valuable feature of SAP Business ByDesign is it has a streamlined design."
"The most valuable features of SAP Business ByDesign are customer invoicing and cost and revenue, from which I get the data for my project reports."
"The standard system is stable."
"When we were using it, we did see an immediate benefit, especially in the inventory on consignment issue. We were a biotech pre-revenue company and most of our manufacturing was outsourced. So being able to track inventory within the system without creating a financial impact was very key for us."
"The initial setup of the product seems to be good."
"The maintenance is a significant advantage as it is supported by the international community rather than the local community."
"Setting up Business One is straightforward. It took us about three months to deploy Business One on AWS."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to access it from anywhere."
"It is well-established and caters to our user base efficiently."
"The product makes it easier to overview the ERP system and manufacturing processes through different modules."
"Technical support from SAP is great."
"The most valuable features of SAP Business One on AWS are the CRM and the sales module."
"The solution does not support customization for forms and reports. It's not flexible in case you need some enhancements in business processes."
"The Purchase to Pay process could benefit from further sophistication and additional functionality. It would be helpful for the user community to receive clearer information about the future roadmap of the business. Unfortunately, there were some confusing articles in the German press towards the end of last year about the future of SAP Business ByDesign. Therefore, more clarity is needed in the support function to address this."
"With SAP S/4HANA, you can design your release strategy and modify it to include as many people as possible, which is missing in SAP Business ByDesign."
"ByDesign could be improved by making screen modifications easier."
"I would say budget controlling needs improvement. I mention this because it does not have all the functionalities that we need in terms of managing the budget."
"I would like the tool’s interface to be better. Currently, we use a client application to access the product. I want that to be replaced with a web version. I would like to improve the tool’s internet availability. I also want the product’s setup to be easier."
"The database needs to be more customizable."
"SAP Business ByDesign is a very vast product, but it has to be a bit more centralized. All the models need to be more centralized for a better experience."
"The solution has a feature that shows you the purchase order that you put on a project and requires you to approve it to be applied to the project, but it doesn't let you move the purchase order to another project. That would be a great feature to have, because if you don't approve it, you have to delete everything and make it again."
"The warehouse management system requires further improvement."
"The AI tools, programming languages, and dashboard customization should be easier."
"Analytics could be much better."
"The interface needs to be improved. It needs to be more user-friendly."
"I would like SAP to replace Business One's fixed Web client with a native Web solution. Right now, their remote access is based on RVP. We have to access the solution through a Windows-based client. It's not a native Web interface."
"The tool's cost is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The web client is an area with shortcomings, which SAP is presently working on, and needs to improve."
SAP Business ByDesign is ranked 4th in Cloud ERP with 14 reviews while SAP Business One on AWS is ranked 5th in Cloud ERP with 23 reviews. SAP Business ByDesign is rated 7.6, while SAP Business One on AWS is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of SAP Business ByDesign writes "Helps with financial accounting, project management, sales and invoicing, and accounting inventory management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Business One on AWS writes " A highly stable product with great technical support specifically designed for small and medium enterprises". SAP Business ByDesign is most compared with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP S/4HANA, NetSuite ERP, Acumatica and Microsoft Dynamics AX, whereas SAP Business One on AWS is most compared with Microsoft Azure, NetSuite ERP, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). See our SAP Business ByDesign vs. SAP Business One on AWS report.
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