No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

SAP Business One vs vCloud Air comparison

Why PeerSpot?
 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

SAP Business One
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
98
Ranking in other categories
ERP (4th), Cloud ERP (4th)
vCloud Air
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (23rd), Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (21st)
 

Mindshare comparison

SAP Business One and vCloud Air aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. SAP Business One is designed for ERP and holds a mindshare of 2.6%, down 3.2% compared to last year.
vCloud Air, on the other hand, focuses on Database as a Service (DBaaS), holds 2.5% mindshare, up 1.0% since last year.
ERP Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP Business One2.6%
SAP ERP8.7%
SAP S/4HANA6.0%
Other82.7%
ERP
Database as a Service (DBaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
vCloud Air2.5%
Amazon RDS12.8%
MongoDB Atlas10.6%
Other74.1%
Database as a Service (DBaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

Hatem Mohamed Nageeb Salama - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
it_user613995 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Solutions Architect - EMEA & APAC at Blue Medora
With the VPC, you can run your workloads in an active state, use it for development work and for hosting SQL/Exchange Servers in IaaS; RaaS/DaaS for DR activities.
All three components of the vCloud Air are equally valuable and important, i.e., IaaS, DaaS and RaaS. I like the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) offering compared to the Dedicated Cloud. It gives me the flexibility to utilize the pay-as-you-go option. You can run your workloads in an active state at reasonable prices. I have seen lots of companies use it for their development work, as well as for hosting SQL and Exchange Servers, i.e., in the active-passive mode instead of Replication (RaaS). Disaster Recovery is also a great feature that is affordable and easy to use. Disaster Recovery is a great component of the vCloud Air, where you can protect the on-premises cloud infrastructure, by providing self-service recovery options using the vSphere Replication. Some of the features that really stand out and I have used in my projects are: * Direct Connect: It provides high speed and private line connectivity. * Offline Data Transfer: For encrypted bulk data transport.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Product is very stable."
"The modules, like the accounting and procurement modules, especially the finance and accounting modules, are quite impressive in the solution."
"Its real-time data capabilities initially provided critical insights that supported our decision-making. It effectively meets our data security and compliance requirements."
"The deployment of infrastructure and auto scaling are very valuable for me in SAP Business One on AWS, as the platform offers numerous tools for deploying infrastructure, dynamic VMware, virtual machines, dynamic software, and hardware requirements for scaling infrastructure specifically, from basic infrastructure to large infrastructure."
"The initial setup is manageable."
"I believe the solution is very stable."
"We are very satisfied with SAP Business One application."
"The most valuable feature of SAP Business One is the price and reputation of the vendor. The solution is widely accepted around the world."
"VMware Workstation has an interesting feature to manage vSphere infrastructure (and also stand-alone ESXi hosts) that is really powerful and useful, for example to avoid to install the vSphere client (or the integration plugin) just to open one VM console or to change the power status for some VM."
"The Cloud DRaaS solution provided the organization with new levels of flexibility and cost control, together with rapid expansion capability."
"This is the part that should be making admins and CIOs smile."
 

Cons

"The standard mobile app from SAP is somewhat limited because there is no task planning or Gantt charts for team planning, so there are functionalities that could be improved to give a better experience and more information to the user."
"The web client is an area with shortcomings, which SAP is presently working on, and needs to improve."
"SAP Business One could improve project management, quality assurance, material management, forecasting, full costing, and quality control. Many modules are missing in this solution."
"There is room for improvement in the manufacturing and logistics areas of SAP Business One on AWS."
"There are aspects of SAP Business One that could be improved, particularly when compared with other ERP systems, such as the high license cost."
"There are possibilities to extend its functionality. Things such as Quality Management System (QMS) and Payroll are currently not a part of the product. These things are needed."
"Our customers often request concurrent licensing, which is not available with SAP Business One. Adding this option would be beneficial."
"It could have RPA automation and RPA elements. There could also be add-ons for a Document Management System and Warehouse Management System."
"It’s a really good idea, but the current implementation is very limited: you can simply see your VMs and just open the VM console."
"I feel the user interface/portal can be improved further. I did experience timeout issues and the UI was performing slowly at times."
"I don’t think it is quite where EC2 is with regard to capabilities and features but VMware is investing a lot in vCloud Air."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"In terms of price, it's fair, but the problem is with AMC."
"We pay annually. It is around 800 a month."
"I rate the product pricing structure at around six out of ten due to currency fluctuations posing challenges."
"We feel that the licensing fees are a bit on the higher side."
"Pricing for me, it's not very interesting. I think it's priced at a normal level."
"Its price is reasonable. People are able to spend that much."
"Though I cannot specifically state whether SAP Business One on AWS is a cheap or expensive product, I can surely say that it is a manageable tool from a cost perspective."
"The price of the limited version is about 70,000 Pesos ($2,900 USD), and the professional version is about double at 140,000 Pesos ($5,800 USD)."
Information not available
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which ERP solutions are best for your needs.
913,422 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
No data available
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business46
Midsize Enterprise30
Large Enterprise26
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

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 accounting to project management and human resources. It is very versatile and com...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Business One?
I give SAP Business One a rating of five for pricing, where one is high and ten is low. The pricing is a bit expensive.
What needs improvement with SAP Business One?
The service app is somewhat limited in terms of what it can provide to field users because this solution is for people going to customers to install or repair things. When compared with other solut...
Ask a question
Earn 20 points
 

Also Known As

Business One, SAP Business One on AWS
No data available
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd
Lumeta, LifeSite, Clear Tec Solutions, National Physician Services, Queens University of Charlotte, California Natural Resources Agency, Pacific Disaster Center, Seventy Seven Energy Inc., Columbia Sportswear , CSS Corp
Find out what your peers are saying about SAP, Oracle, Microsoft and others in ERP. Updated: August 2026.
913,422 professionals have used our research since 2012.