SAP Business ByDesign Reviews

Our primary use case is for financial reporting and accounting.

SAP ByDesign is suitable for sales. It gives us a complete view of our customers. In terms of purchasing, we can track the order status. We can understand the order status associated with excellent inventory management.

Now we can know our available stock. This visibility enables us to make better resource and supply chain operations decisions as well as better financial decisions. 

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

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.

The stability is good, very good.

It's very scalable. SAP takes care of the infrastructure; we don't see any problem with increasing the workload. In our experience, we can also connect with other external systems very quickly and pick up a lot of data.

In my organization, we have around twenty, mainly purchasing and accounting people using SAP ByDesign.

Our organization is extensively using ByDesign for coverage in the area of sales, purchasing and inventory, finance, accounting, and then we implement this data into our business workflows. We plan to do it for manufacturing as well as extend coverage to other companies.

The technical support is improving. I've noticed a definite change over the past four years, so you know they are picking up. Now their response time is quite good.

The previous software solution we used had significant limitations; it was only an accounting system, so we needed to extend the functionalities to an ERP system.
We switched from the local software, accounting software, to SAP.

The initial setup was somewhat moderate. I say that because you need to understand the data structure of the system well enough to be able to set everything up properly. There's a significant learning curve there because you need to learn tons of information specifically about the data structure.

Implementation can take about three to four months. Three to four months for a small company and it takes up to six months for the company with the manufacturing.

Typically we use a consultant for deployment. Our experiences have been quite good, in terms of understanding various aspects and functionalities of the Business ByDesign solutions. I think that now there's a lot more access to high-quality and knowledgable consultants in the market, so it's not difficult to find a consultant, who knows and understand the software.

I can say that it's only user subscription fees. It's approximately 2,500 annually.

My advice to anyone considering this solution is that they need to understand how the solution works. They should start small and start by adopting the software in a small area. Cover only a few business functions first, and then after when they become more familiar with the system, then they can expand the usage. That's the most effective method, but a lot of people tend to use big bang approach, where you make sure that the deployment covers all the functions in your organization and that can be very time consuming and costly.

On a scale from 1-10, where 10 represents the best and one is the worst, I would rate this product a nine. Nine because it's keeps improving. There are always enhancements in product features, plus technical support is excellent.

ByDesign is used in automotive manufacturing to sell products.

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

ByDesign could be improved by making screen modifications easier.

I've been working with ByDesign for three years.

ByDesign is stable.

ByDesign is scalable.

SAP's technical support is good - any time we've raised issues, they've fixed them.

Positive

The initial setup was complex, but that was due to our business scenario rather than the product.

We used an integrator.

ByDesign is perfect for B2B scenarios but may not suit B2C. I would rate this solution as eight out of ten.

It covers most of your scenarios except for some parts of manufacturing. But otherwise, it is a great fit for any SME's with distribution, finance, utilities, and professional services. It is a perfect product.

The most valuable part of the product is user-friendly for customers. It has a quick implementation and onboarding of users. It is flexible with reports and powerful.

The database needs to be more customizable.

I have been using SAP Business ByDesign for the past four years.

The stability has been great. Compared to other products that I have used before, they have been doing really well with stability. 

Scalability can be an issue. That is why SAP Business ByDesign needs to be more customizable and more flexible. If I want to upgrade, it should be easier to do that.

Technical support has been great. I have not been in a situation where I had difficulty getting in touch with people or was not able to resolve situations or problems.

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

I would rate SAP Business ByDesign a nine out of ten.

I like the tool’s customization.

The solution does not support customization for forms and reports. It's not flexible in case you need some enhancements in business processes.

The tool is stable.

The solution is not scalable. You will have difficulty adding new users. My company has 80 users for the tool.

The tool’s customer support is okay. Sometimes, they do not analyze the issues properly.

Neutral

The tool’s pricing is expensive.

I would rate the solution a four out of ten. We plan to migrate to HANA Cloud.

I have found the consolidation of the business and group reports very useful. There is plenty of features and the manufacturing and finance aspect of the solution are strong.

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.

In a feature release, a development kit should be available in the UIDs, where people can have the customizations. HR and payroll should be added and the human resource management system should be added by default.  

I have been using SAP Business ByDesign for approximately three years.

The solution could improve the stability. It is approximately 60% stable. It still has to be stabilized in terms of the module device.

SAP Business ByDesign is scalable, but there are limitations on the cloud. The solution could be more customizable. It's not recommended to have much more customization in the cloud product. It's scalable, but not to a very high level.

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

I rate SAP Business ByDesign a seven out of ten.

It could be used for any financial use case. Production companies can use it, and wholesale distributors can use it. Any professional services company can use it.

I like its modern approach. It is very modern and new technology.

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

I have been using this solution for one and a half years.

It is very stable.

It is scalable. We have about 40 users, and we plan to increase its usage.

I am satisfied with their support.

We used another solution, and we switched because of accuracy.

Its initial setup was straightforward. It took about six months to implement it.

It has to be done by a consultant. We had three people for its deployment. We had one developer, one functional person, and one finance person.

We have to pay yearly.

I would anytime recommend this solution to others. I would rate it an eight out of 10.