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SAP Business Planning and Consolidation vs SAP S/4HANA Finance comparison

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Categories and Ranking

SAP Business Planning and C...
Ranking in Financial Performance and Strategy Management
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
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SAP S/4HANA Finance
Ranking in Financial Performance and Strategy Management
9th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
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Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Financial Performance and Strategy Management category, the mindshare of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation is 6.8%, down from 7.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP S/4HANA Finance is 2.3%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Financial Performance and Strategy Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP Business Planning and Consolidation6.8%
SAP S/4HANA Finance2.3%
Other90.9%
Financial Performance and Strategy Management
 

Featured Reviews

Raghavendra Sureban - PeerSpot reviewer
Head - Financial reporting at CIEL HR Services Limited
Consolidation has become consistent and automated and now delivers accurate monthly group results
The best features SAP Business Planning and Consolidation offers include the ability to see all the entities adding up to these numbers at a click of a button, which avoids manual intervention, with all eliminations automated and each intercompany GL connected, ensuring posting in both sets of books of accounts, resulting in a completed balance sheet with no variances. Out of those features, the IC eliminations and the simultaneous accounting in both books of accounts, along with the drill down of the numbers to the possible T-Code level and the consolidation of all the subsidiaries, has had the biggest impact for me.
Jayarami Reddy Pujeri - PeerSpot reviewer
ERP Head at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has automated many financial processes and improved transaction handling efficiency
I am satisfied with analytics and reporting to a certain level, but not completely. There are so many SAP providers and customer solutions to include manual warning reports. SAP S/4HANA also will not provide the detailed reports as users expect, but the system provides the ability to implement new reports. It does not reach that level completely. Around fifty to sixty percent of the system will solve business needs, but not entirely. In the reports area, especially in the customer reports area, there is a lot of room for improvement. It would be better to improve and also meet local requirements and localization. That needs to be addressed.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"After switching to SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, we have achieved specific outcomes such as reduced manual intervention, which led to reduced errors, time saved, and increased confidence in the numbers that we presented."
"Up to the implementation of the application, it used to take weeks to the consolidation team to carry out the entire, monthly, financial consolidation, now it takes them just one or two days to perform the entire process."
"The biggest benefit of SAP S/4HANA Finance is the stability of the solution, which brings the knowledge from SAP ECC systems."
"SAP S/4HANA Finance definitely helps the business get real-time data instead of having a scheduled job chart with time lag in data."
"We cannot run our business without this software."
"The implementation of SAP S_4HANA Finance has helped our operations by reducing manpower considerably."
 

Cons

"SAP Business Planning and Consolidation can be improved by implementing further checks on the T-Codes to make them much more user-friendly."
"There are no tutorials or wizards inside the tool, and I think they would be very useful sometimes."
"However, I do not have enough knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Finance to suggest improvements in such a substantial software system."
"I definitely see room for improvement in SAP S_4HANA Finance for the future, as our client is looking for enhancements."
"Implementation can be complex in SAP S/4HANA Finance, depending on the company and its requirements."
"My experience with technical support from SAP is not that great."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
University
6%
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP S/4HANA Finance?
The price is high, but the companies are different, as it is for different companies. I think it is affordable for the kind of companies that we aim SAP S/4HANA Finance at.
What needs improvement with SAP S/4HANA Finance?
I definitely see room for improvement in SAP S_4HANA Finance for the future, as our client is looking for enhancements. Specifically, I would like to see improvements in SAP S_4HANA Finance's AI ca...
What is your primary use case for SAP S/4HANA Finance?
I conducted research on your website to make some comparisons for our client who were looking for options. I reviewed your tool along with Power BI, QlikView, and Snowflake. Our organization works ...
 

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Sample Customers

Medtronic, Cirque du Soleil, Antarc, B&G Manufacturing, EarlySense, eBay, Ferrero, James Austin Company, Lenovo, Sagem, RAK Ceramics, Vodafone
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