SAP Business One Reviews

This is a complete production. We are manufacturers, especially in the manufacturing demand.

All of the production, finance, purchases, and different modules are being used in SAP Business One.

The most valuable feature of this solution is Financial Management.

The billing functionality and the integration of one department to other departments are areas that need improvement.

The price for AMC should be optional for those who do not use it.

There is no dependency, the integration between the other applications. For example, if I implement any third party, the integration will be a little bit complex.

The scalability of the data load and other aspects will also be complex. 

If you login to SAP S4HANA, it takes you a maximum of 20 seconds and with SAP Business One it will take a least one minute.

Bandwidth needs improvement.

I would like to see production integration included in the next release.

The organization has been using this solution for ten years and I joined approximately two years ago.

This solution is stable. It's perfect. We have not had any issues.

It's a scalable product.

We have contacted technical support and we are satisfied with them.

The initial setup is moderate. I can't say that it is straightforward but it is not complex, and it is not easy.

It's at a moderate level.

In terms of price, it's fair, but the problem is with AMC. We are not using any AMC support but we are still paying it.

I recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate SAP Business One a seven out of ten.

I am a partner for SAP Business One and I have implemented more than 30 customers. My primary use is as a reseller. The customer's primary use varies but the product is primarily used in the automation of business functions. The specific use depends on the customer's needs.   

The features that are most valuable will vary depending on the client. Turkey is a multi-currency country. Although we have Turkish Lira as our own currency, most of the trade is going on with Euro or US dollars because of the high inflation rate or because the unit pricing is in Euros or United States dollars. But Business One can handle this multi-currency situation very well. The financial model is good, so the financial piece is a nice feature for our users in Turkey at least.  

The searching of documents is also a very good feature that most of my customers like. With it, they can find documents that they are looking for very easily. Also, there is a Yellow Arrow (i.e., Golden Arrow) linking feature to establish connections between the documents and accounts, the business partners, or events. The clients appreciate this feature for simplifying document management.   

These two features are the ones that first came to my mind as being most mentioned by clients.  

This product could be improved the most in the user interfaces. Most of the new generation users are looking for drag-and-drop functionality, which SAP does not have. Also the SAP WEB Browser access is limited to some functionalities. It would be better if a higher portion of the software is compatible with web browser.   

I have been using SAP Business One for five years now.  

I think that Business One is very stable.  

Scalability is good. It is really easy to add new users or new departments or new branches. I have gone up to 220 users without any problems. So, I think it is good at scalability in increasing the number of users.  

Our customers range is broad from the smallest to the largest of our clients. But even if the number of users in a company is small — like, for example, 20 or 25 users — I also have customers who are some of the largest 500 companies in Turkey. These companies are not creating millions of transactions. But if you look at the revenue, then all of the clients — from the smallest that we service — are larger financially than the typical small and medium-sized enterprises.  

Our technical support representative is located in Hungary and he is the perfect man for providing support. On the other hand, I know that my friends in Italy have suffered from having poor technical support. So, from what I know, I can say that the quality of support is dependent on the support team and employee you are working with.  

I have worked with different solutions. The one I worked with the most was Netsys and that was for about 10 years. Netsys is a local ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system.  

The initial setup is simple. It usually takes only a day or so.  

I think the price of Business One is reasonable considering the functionality.  

As a reseller, we evaluate various solutions. In the medium to large companies, we mostly shortlist SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business One. The clients try to decide between S/4HANA and SAP Business One. This causes some confusion sometimes because there is a huge price difference between the two products. Of course, there are big differences in functionality. The question becomes whether the functionality of SAP Business One is enough for the customer's needs or not. I try to help them in making these decisions by providing clues about how the products differ and how they could fill the customer's needs.  

My advice to people considering this tool has to do with how to use it. The result is definitely very important and often people focus on that. But if you score a successful project out of 100%, a good software may be only 40% of that. Another 40% is the team of implementers, and their knowledge and experience. This is very important. The remaining 20% is the customer. You have to know if the customer ready for this kind of project. You have to know if the customer knows what he wants to have after this project is complete. Sometimes the customer does not know what he is looking for. In that case, the project can never get finished. Yes, it is important to have a good software, but it is also important to have a good team doing the project and also have a very good understanding of the project from the customer side. All of these things together are very important.  

On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate Business One as an eight-out-of-ten. The additional features I would like to see to make it score higher is increased functionality supported for web browser access and more user-friendly forms and UI templates.  

During the current times, amid the pandemic, having this solution allows us to much more ably work at home. You don't need to go to the office to access your ERP. 

The most valuable feature is the ability to access it from anywhere. We can collaborate as a team from all different locations.

Putting it on the cloud gives you cost-effectiveness and the power to easily scale up, either horizontally or vertically.

The browser access needs to improve, as everybody in the industry knows how limited it is. Everybody is excited for the next version to come out with the web-based client.

I would like to see a full Linux version available in the future.

I have been working with SAP Business One on AWS since 2015. We have been using the main product, Business One, since 2006.

This product is very stable.

If you need additional resources then all you have to do is adjust it, unlike an on-premises solution where you have to replace hardware and experience downtime. Having it on the cloud essentially gives you the power to scale it up, any time you want it.

We have about 60 users in our company and we are managing about 100 clients. SAP supports organizations of all sizes but it mainly targets medium-sized and enterprise-level companies.

Everybody in the SAP team, including the partners, are very knowledgable about the product at both the technical and the functional level.

The initial setup is very easy. If you are very familiar with the product then it will take you less than an hour to deploy. Integrating it is also easy to do. The majority of time for deployment would be with the installation itself, as opposed to the configuration because it is very straightforward.

In total, it will take less than a day to fully deploy on the cloud.

We have an in-house team to handle the integration of this product into different solutions. We have industry-specific implementation services for retail, manufacturing, real estate, and others.

Including the administrator, project manager, and consultants, you normally need less than five people to deploy. We have five people in our application support team that can take care of maintenance.

When it comes to ROI, our clients who concern themselves with it are comparing cloud-based deployments to on-premises deployments. The companies that are investing a lot of money in their on-premises server don't mind investing more if it means transitioning them to the cloud. The security is better and accessibility improved, which is worth the investment.

SAP is a fair price and you get what you pay for. There are two versions, being a limited and a professional one. In some companies, they call the professional one the "Super User".

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).

If you need to integrate with other third-party software then you need to purchase Indirect Licenses, which are in addition to the standard fees. There would also be an implementation cost in this case.

When this solution is installed, there are three servers. One is Active Directory, the second is the remote desktop, and the third is the SAP Database Server. In version 9.3, it is not purely cloud-based, which is why you need the remote desktop. In the upcoming version, 10.0, there will be a web-based client, which means that the entire solution will be purely cloud-based. This will result in better client experience.

My advice for anybody who is implementing SAP Business One on AWS is to be prepared. You have to understand the product really well before beginning the implementation. There are several certifications and accreditations available from SAP that are available in the training, which is a good place to start.

I also suggest getting the best consultants and technical team to assist with implementation.

The biggest lesson that I have learned from working with this solution is that you cannot learn enough by just reading about it. You need to have real-life, hands-on experience with implementing it and using it. There are a lot of things to learn and the biggest benefits come from experiencing it yourself. The documentation is okay but it is not a substitute for experience.

Overall, this is a really good product and I would rate it a ten out of ten.

I use SAP Business One on AWS for simple interactive services in many facilities.

SAP Business One on AWS has good documentation and has many services in the cloud.

SAP Business One on AWS could improve by having more customization and more user-friendly automation.

I have been using SAP Business One on AWS for approximately three years.

SAP Business One on AWS is a highly stable solution.

The scalability of SAP Business One on AWS is good.

The technical support from SAP Business One on AWS is very good. The agents are friendly and responsive.

SAP Business One on AWS's initial setup is simple.

The price of SAP Business One on AWS could be lower, it is expensive.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate SAP Business One on AWS a ten out of ten.

We have been happy with the command line interface of SAP Business One.

I have been using SAP Business One for approximately five years.

The stability of SAP Business One is good.

The scalability is good, it can handle approximately 2000 users.

We have 25 people in my organization using the solution from different departments, such as the finance department.

We previously used Microsoft Dynamics but we found SAP Business One to be a better choice for our business.

The initial implementation is not straightforward. It took approximately three months to complete. The process could be easier.

We used a consultant to do the implementation.

SAP Business One is a cost-effective solution. The price is good and we pay for a subscription annually.

We do a security audit every six months. Which includes coding and scanning, everything is good.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate SAP Business One a seven out of ten.

We use this solution to have the information in real time. We are working on financial reports now. The solution is on-premises right now, but we will move to the cloud after the implementation.

We moved from SAP CRM to SAP Business One and we are implementing it. We started to implement it twice and put the old stuff in the ERP, like all of the documents, and invoicing, including CRM. Right now CRM is 90% working.

The relationship map is very useful for us. We can move one document to another level and have all of that information in one click.

We can see everything connected with the document or that might be in that document.

Security could be improved. A few days ago, we learned that this model of Java has some gaps in security and these gaps were updated and covered. We have reloaded a new version of the program, which has this gap excluded.

We have a lot of users working in this ERP, so connection is very important. It's important to have very strong security connections by VP or others. We started implementing on-premises and we are moving to the cloud.

The standard solutions and reports are okay, but configuring it is too hard to do. We are in this period that maybe helps us to do this work right now. The procedure will be developed in the right way and we will have the optimal method and technical uses for the operation in this CRM. Opportunities and sales orders are included in this CRM.

We have a list to develop this solution. We have information from the last historical period and adapted this information to the new ERP. We're invoicing right now, only in SAP. We haven't done the final procedure to the financial report, to the logistical report, to the warehouse, and so on. We need more reports for the warehouse, for personnel, and the HR module is missing in SAP Business One. 

It is useful because all companies have the payroll outside from their outsourcing companies. We also have that, but it is better to have all of that in the ERP.

We have been using this solution for 15 months. We are on version 10.2.

The solution is stable, but they are ready to improve our requirements. We are working very closely with consultants from SAP partners.

We have about 25 users. We have plans to increase usage because we have a new employee in sales. It is in our budget and forecast for hires and so on. For now, we have covered all positions for users.

We haven't worked directly with SAP's technical support, but we have support from the company which helped us implement the solution. I am satisfied with their work because they respond very quickly. If we have questions or technical problems, or a new user, they are very timely.

Setup has been okay for us because we have been modulating with other partners and other customers.

Implementation was done by another company. They are gold partners of SAP.

The price is a bit expensive. They were planning implementation to only take nine or ten months, but because it was longer, the cost was also increased.

I would rate this solution 8 out of 10. 

My advice is that we need to have the project manager from the customer, like where I implement this ERP or another one. It's important to make a very real picture of the informational flow, and the organizational structure, and all kinds of documents that we wanted to have in this ERP, in real time and after the closing period. There needs to be some report to follow up with these reports to verify all the information.

SAP Business One is for startup companies, who are growing and they want to come in from previously using QuickBooks or something similar. This is the best choice for them.

SAP Business One has good reports and is simple to customize and use.

The solution could improve by adding HR and payroll, and consolidation should be included by default.

I have been using SAP Business One for approximately seven years.

SAP Business One is stable.

The scalability of SAP Business One is very good. You can scale up to whatever you like.

My advice is if you are a startup company and looking to have a good ERP, then SAP Business One is a good solution.

I rate SAP Business One an eight out of ten.

Our clients are mostly in the manufacturing and services industry. The companies in the manufacturing industry are in many areas, such as Consumer Packaged Goods, engineering, and project construction. We are using all the solutions core modules, sale, purchase, inventory, and manufacturing.

The solution could improve by providing HR payroll, quality control, and maintenance. These are the missing features which we have to use add-ons solutions to provide the functionality.

I have been using this solution for approximately four years.

I have found the solution to be stable.

The scalability is good.

We have been satisfied with the technical support.

We have done the installation of this solution many times and it has become straightforwward.

We are on a perpetual license for SAP Business One and the price it should be less expensive when comparing it to other solutions.

I would recommend this solution to others. However, there are other solutions with features that could be a better fit for your use cases.

I rate SAP Business One a seven out of ten.