ADP SmartCompliance vs. SAP Cloud ERP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ADP SmartCompliance
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
ADP SmartCompliance is a tax and regulatory compliance platform for midsize or larger companies using an ERP or non-ADP platform for HR and HRMS services.N/A
SAP Cloud ERP
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) is a modular ERP that enables users to run mission-critical operations in real time from anywhere, introduce new business models in any industry, and expand globally. SAP Cloud ERP is a SaaS product and can also be deployed in a hybrid landscape for quicker time to value.​ ​​ SAP Cloud ERP is a foundational component of theN/A
Pricing
ADP SmartComplianceSAP Cloud ERP
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ADP SmartComplianceSAP Cloud ERP
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredRequired
Additional DetailsPricing varies based upon modules deployed and features enabled.Per user, per month
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ADP SmartComplianceSAP Cloud ERP
Features
ADP SmartComplianceSAP Cloud ERP
Type of tax
Comparison of Type of tax features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
7.3
24 Ratings
6% below category average
SAP Cloud ERP
-
Ratings
Sales and Use Taxes6.816 Ratings00 Ratings
Cross-border Taxes7.415 Ratings00 Ratings
VAT / GST Taxes7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Energy and Fuel Taxes7.44 Ratings00 Ratings
Tax Reporting & Compliance
Comparison of Tax Reporting & Compliance features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
7.4
82 Ratings
6% below category average
SAP Cloud ERP
-
Ratings
Geolocation for Tax Assessment6.627 Ratings00 Ratings
3rd-Party Software Integrations6.650 Ratings00 Ratings
Tax Data Reporting7.879 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance Administration Management8.069 Ratings00 Ratings
Tax Exemption Processing8.435 Ratings00 Ratings
Tax Document Management7.471 Ratings00 Ratings
Complex Tax Scenario Management6.752 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
8.1
440 Ratings
9% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings7.8388 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.9374 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.6373 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
7.7
672 Ratings
2% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings7.7645 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings7.6591 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
8.3
768 Ratings
1% below category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.5724 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.2756 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
7.7
776 Ratings
4% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings7.7715 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings7.8763 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings7.6703 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
8.2
810 Ratings
6% above category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings8.2786 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.2746 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.8290 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings7.9308 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.0330 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.0304 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.3341 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
8.3
673 Ratings
4% above category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.2659 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings7.8565 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings7.9543 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
8.2
683 Ratings
4% above category average
Pricing00 Ratings8.0651 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings8.0662 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings9.024 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings8.3625 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings7.9246 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
8.4
323 Ratings
11% above category average
Billing Management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings7.9293 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings7.4251 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings7.9317 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
9.3
1 Ratings
28% above category average
Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
8.1
138 Ratings
8% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings8.1138 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
7.8
265 Ratings
10% above category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings7.7186 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings7.8186 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings7.6180 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings8.1239 Ratings
Supplier Management00 Ratings8.0234 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
9.8
1 Ratings
38% above category average
Risk Repository00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Control Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Issue Detection00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Remediation and Certification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
7.9
216 Ratings
13% above category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings8.1191 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings7.9184 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings7.6167 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings8.1176 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings8.0171 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
8.1
203 Ratings
8% above category average
Production Process Design00 Ratings8.1184 Ratings
Production Management00 Ratings8.2188 Ratings
Configuration Management00 Ratings8.1176 Ratings
Work Execution00 Ratings8.1181 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings8.1180 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
7.7
250 Ratings
6% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings7.5225 Ratings
Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.9241 Ratings
Performance Monitoring00 Ratings7.7229 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP SmartCompliance
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP
9.0
220 Ratings
20% above category average
Proposal Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Product Master Data Management00 Ratings7.9220 Ratings
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User Ratings
ADP SmartComplianceSAP Cloud ERP
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(182 ratings)
8.4
(878 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.6
(40 ratings)
9.1
(23 ratings)
Usability
7.9
(46 ratings)
8.0
(766 ratings)
Availability
7.8
(17 ratings)
8.5
(4 ratings)
Performance
7.0
(16 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
7.5
(45 ratings)
6.6
(80 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.7
(6 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Online Training
7.5
(13 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.4
(32 ratings)
7.6
(10 ratings)
Configurability
7.5
(15 ratings)
8.3
(5 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
5.6
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.6
(12 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
4.7
(16 ratings)
7.5
(3 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.9
(13 ratings)
7.4
(5 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.6
(10 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
ADP SmartComplianceSAP Cloud ERP
Likelihood to Recommend
ADP
ADP SmartCompliance reduces a great deal of the strain on our department by easily remaining compliant. Particularly with several state and federal demands, payroll compliance can quickly become a struggle; ADP helps us keep all requests and court paperwork in one place. I appreciate how it automates reporting, garnishments, and tax returns to free us from constant concern over missing deadlines or making calculation mistakes. Knowing that things are being correctly handled gives peace of mind, saves time, and lowers double work. With everything being tracked and recorded, it helps reduce back-and-forth while handling notices.
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SAP
SAP Cloud ERP is best suited for medium- to large-sized organizations seeking scalability, real-time insights, and standardized processes. It will help them streamline financial operations & core HR functions, optimize inventory management & procurement process. Its intelligent automation will help them automate repetitive, routine tasks and use machine learning for predictive analysis.
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Pros
ADP
  • Allows you to submit for tax jurisdiction setup
  • Has a dashboard to indicate if any tax filings for the quarter are at risk and what the problem might be
  • Has a great layout of all your payroll processing invoices
  • Allows you to download copies of the tax filings ADP does on your behalf
  • Allows you to submit tax notices directly within the site
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SAP
  • The software helps in forecasting and identifying potential challenges that would affect our organisation in the near future. This enables us to prepare in advance and also adopt practical and viable measures.
  • It enables faster and accurate data processing, which enhances decision-making.
  • It's easily customizable according to specific organizational needs. This promotes overall efficiency and productivity of the organization.
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Cons
ADP
  • Local Tax Help - Mainly PA employees. I wish there was an easier way to see that we have the employees setup correctly.
  • Tickets not in emails - What I mean is that they have a ticket system so that you can talk to your account manager, but there is no easy way to then pull up those tickets like you would if it were in emails. Sometimes we want to see how we handled something before and it gets tricky.
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SAP
  • The beginner's user-friendly UI can help learners learn easily, and it feels a bit complex.
  • Implementation of AI bot on common tasks.
  • There are no offline functionality that users can use remotely.
  • As the scalability of the products grows, they become more expensive.
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Likelihood to Renew
ADP
ADP displays value continuously by automating compliance processes, reducing risk, and saving time. It ensures that tax filings are accurate, efficient notice management, and seamless integration with payroll systems, which minimizes penalties and manual work. The platforms reliability and strong support make it essential for maintaining compliance within our company and department
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SAP
The cost of SAP as an ERP is quite high and the switching costs associated with ERP systems are even higher. That being said moving from one ERP to another only happens once in a great while for large organizations. Those switching costs include retraining, IT hardware requirements, outside consultants and more
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Usability
ADP
For the most part, one can get in and learn how to navigate the system by just clicking on one of the suject areas. If you have a good clientrepresentative, they will inform you of new features/functionality and give you a quick demo. This is helpful for one to go back in and navigate to learn how it works and usefulness.
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SAP
SAP Cloud ERP is a useful solution for automating and streamlining business processes. It offers modern technologies such as built-in AI, machine learning, and real-time data analytics. It offers multi-currency, multi-language support to manage international operations smoothly. It comes with a modern, role-based user interface that enhances your user experience and lets you perform tasks smoothly.
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Reliability and Availability
ADP
Availability is good, with only one or two instances of not being able to access the system at all which were quickly fixed. Some features do not work correctly from time to time, such as the "Help" function or the "Sync" function.
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SAP
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Performance
ADP
If ADP is having issues, they communicate the problem within the solution once you log in. They also communicate that the issue will be fixed promptly. Reports run efficiently and in a reasonable amount of time. Also, the reports allow for various reporting types to be produced like a PDF or a Microsoft Excel file.
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SAP
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Support Rating
ADP
As mentioned in the last comment, everyone and everything has been great. However sometimes you get one person that I feel can bring a score down and the current dedicated tax representative I have I do not feel is very supportive.
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SAP
The support system I find great as whenever I run into problems they rectify them quickly as possible they never reacted late the support is just up to the mark for me. They provide many solutions to the problems I faced the [technical] team support is always amazing they [listen] to mean work accordingly.
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In-Person Training
ADP
Exceptional Training Services Received during and after our Build . The teams of ADP Professionals assisted on a daily basis with tight deadlines and testing, each day , each Qtr. and annual processes including setting up local and State agencies for the 50 State we are reporting since our Workday go live 4/1/23. The process was seamless.
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SAP
More effective
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Online Training
ADP
Online training give us more flexible on timing. We always have a pack schedule and not able to attend training in person. Online training with recording is a good source for us especially we can review it again and again. The down side is we are unable ask question in person
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SAP
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Implementation Rating
ADP
I wasn't too hands on with integration portion of this product so I can't completely give an honest answer to that. I have been told that the training improves alot for each individual as they go through the process and it improves success. These individuals are able to do alot more than me in regards to implementation.
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SAP
SAP requires
a lot of internal and external resources to complete its successful
implementation. The cloud version requires a deeper understanding of the
different capabilities of the local systems (hardware) and the connection
towards your local IT team. We found several problems on our systems that we
couldn't foresee before the implementation and roll out.
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Alternatives Considered
ADP
We reviewed MasterTax and Ceridian before selecting ADP's Employment Tax four years ago. ADP SmartCompliance was selected because it was thought that this solution would save us time and resources. We have since revisited MasterTax and have looked at Asure as well. These companies offer more control and require more manual intervention before returns are filed and payments made as a tradeoff.
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SAP
The platform utilizes advanced predictive analytics to anticipate operational bottlenecks and put them out of commission before the problems become larger. We can proactively develop effective strategies that help keep service quality in the face of unexpected changes in the market, or external disruptions, by continuously analyzing historical performance data as well as elements of the current market
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Scalability
ADP
ADP has the ability to scale across departments. This was found to be true when we rolled out the wage payment solution. ADP users are able to view their pay stubs on their phones and/or computers. This wage payment portal offers W2 storage and paystub storage for access at any time by an employee.
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SAP
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Return on Investment
ADP
  • we were able to outsource our garnishments, so that the bulk task it handled by someone else.
  • we have been able to process tickets quicker for missing deposits can we can see if the payment was sent back from the bank.
  • we are able to fund our final pay payments more efficiently and quicker
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SAP
  • Surpasses many well reputed applications in terms of performance and data insight when you are into SAP products
  • More reliable and secure as we are not going to create multiple copy of master data, one single shared master data and all will work like charm
  • For authentication we can also use Microsoft MFA or Google single sign-on , so less complexity
  • For customized business process, we can implement extension packages which are like templates
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SAP Cloud ERP Screenshots

Screenshot of the Order to Cash Dashboard - For the management of the order-to-cash process more efficiently across revenue streams and business models - including sales of physical and digital goods, services, subscriptions, projects, and bundles.Screenshot of a Sales Management Overview - Helps ensure sales reps meet their goals with an overview of orders and key sales performance metrics, with status tracking for each order in real time for the early detection of potential issues.Screenshot of the Purchasing Spend Dashboard - For weighing various aspects of purchasing spend through quick access to clear, complete, and real-time data, with less risk, and without opening different reports and transactions.Screenshot of Operational Supplier Evaluation - Provides a transparent overview of suppliers. Users can approve the most reliable vendors and get the right mix to serve business needs while reducing risk.Screenshot of Inventory Management - Provides visibility to manage supply chains, to mitigate risk, avoid unnecessary costs, maximize efficiency, and fulfill customer orders on time.Screenshot of Inventory Processing - Enables real-time supply chain visibility and provides meaningful metrics, with customizable dashboards and reports that display real-time inventory that track the status of inbound and outbound deliveries.