SAP S4HANA on AWS vs Virtustream xStream comparison

"The product efficiently manages the data center without manual intervention."

"It's easy to use and user-friendly."

"The support is top-notch."

"Especially for manufacturing, it offers great integration with my costing."

"This product is currently the leading product within this category."

"We have found the retail business features to be the most valuable."

"They have their own instances where you can host your database."

"The tool's installation is easy. I rate it an eight out of ten."

"The solution has encryption which we did not have before."

"The drawback of this tool versus an on-site tool is that you've got to upgrade the tool. The software is upgraded as it gets upgraded and you've got to be ready to change whatever processes and do whatever training you need to do."

"The platform's front-end user interface needs improvement compared to other applications."

"The user-friendliness is questionable."

"The solution needs a warehouse management feature. Right now, there's a built-in WM, but they don't have an EWM extended warehouse management built-in, in S/4HANA. It's a separate product. So if they can add that, that would be great."

"This solution is very resource-intensive, including high memory and CPU utilization."

"The tool should undergo an overall improvement, including support. Data sharing should also be faster."

"SAP S4HANA could be improved by adding a click-to-deploy model."

"The manufacturing application system, it's not as user-friendly in S4HANA."

"Our account representative was inexperienced, they could improve on how they are managing accounts."

"SAP S4HANA on AWS has reasonable pricing."

"I rate the price of SAP S4HANA on AWS an eight out of ten."

"The pricing is a little bit high."

"The vendors have different pricing, ways of serving, security, and providing the service. You go and compare the offerings. Some might be better with smaller companies. For example, Microsoft Azure can handle small and medium-sized companies best but still can cover some large companies. Whereas Amazon AWS and IBM are going to cover sized companies. There's no clear advantage. Probably Amazon AWS may have been the first to be certified by SAP as a cloud-hosting partner. Then Microsoft Azure and IBM were certified at the same time. You have to partner up and be certified by the software."

"It is a significant investment, around six hundred thousand dollars, and it involves both a one-time on-premises installation on servers and a cloud subscription with different flavors for SAP S4HANA."

"We pay a monthly fee for the use of SAP S4HANA on AWS for approximately five years. That's the time of the contract."

"The licensing of the product is reasonable but the cost of the hardware is exorbitant."

"Licensing fees are on an annual basis."

"The solution is a bit expensive, we are still negotiating the price."