SAP Business ByDesign vs SAP ERP comparison

"ByDesign's best features are its speed, real-time data, and reporting."

"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."

"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."

"I find the tool’s every feature valuable."

"The most helpful feature is the integrations. Integrating the tool with SAP S/4HANA Cloud is easy, facilitating implementation and deployment. The runtime analysis checks for real-time analytics to see if the software works properly. This is a powerful feature."

"The standard system is stable."

"The most valuable feature is the feature called Financial Closing Cockpit. This feature allows us to monitor our accounting and processing closely."

"It has a quick implementation and onboarding of users. It is flexible with reports and powerful."

"It gives us full control over each change, to the level of the individual field in a master record, including certificates."

"It is a comprehensive and robust solution. It can provide lots of functional features."

"The tool can be very much customized."

"The most valuable features are the claim management."

"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."

"It is the best solution in the class of ERP products."

"Finance view across functions is valuable."

"ERP is stable. The outcome is clear to us as far as the design goes."

"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 Arabic localization is neglected. It should have an Arabic interface. It lacks Arabic translation or support from right to left."

"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."

"There might be some hurdles when integrating with SAP ECC, but integration with SAP S/4HANA Cloud is smooth."

"Scalability is difficult."

"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."

"The payroll module of the solution could improve."

"The database needs to be more customizable."

"The problem for us, we are one company that has seven home markets. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. When we need to configure, modify rules, change policies, or taxes rules, when we move currencies around based on our other financial results, it can get very complicated. When we try to join everything together we have some problems. However, the process good, all of our material and procurement processes are going well. The problem is trying to consolidate the financial reports and this is where I have problems."

"SAP needs to be more intuitive."

"It has a high cost."

"The UI could use improvement."

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

"The only feature that is not available in our current version is web access."

"License fees are too high."

"It's difficult to code; structured language is difficult."

"The cost starts anywhere between fifty thousand dollars and up depending on the number of licenses."

"The tool’s subscription is yearly. There is no flat pricing involved and everything has a range. Pricing depends on the functionality that you would use. You need to also pay for the additional hosting and maintenance costs."

"Everything is included in the licensing cost of the solution. However, they use a per-user model for additional charges."

"I rate the price of SAP Business ByDesign a seven out of ten."

"The pricing depends on company size. It's cheaper for small companies and more expensive for large ones."

"The tool’s pricing is expensive."

"We have to pay yearly."

"The price of the solution could be better. They have to come up with a new strategy."

"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."

"It could always be cheaper. They don't have a very easy model of licensing, but large entities would get the upper hand in negotiating the license."

"I rate the product's price a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap or affordable, and ten is really expensive. The solution is expensive."

"I don't know the price, but I know its licensing is on a yearly basis."

"The product has high pricing."

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

"The pricing is based on the license per user, which I think makes the solution a bit costly...Basically, the prices of the solution are high, and we don't have that much revenue."

"The price of SAP ERP is high, but it is worth the money. The maintenance and support can be expensive. There should be a different price model for businesses that are not as large to be able to afford it."