Coupa’s cloud-native Business Spend Management
(BSM) platform provides end-to-end processes
that helps drive collaboration
across for every business leader from supply chain, procurement,
finance, treasury, compliance, and IT and supply chain
leaders to help their companies to get the visibility and control they need to
spend smarter, mitigate risk, and improve
resilience. A
unified platform approach frees up IT from complex integrations to help
leaders deliver on these goals.
$549
per year
SAP Business ByDesign
Score 7.6 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
SAP Business ByDesign is SAP's cloud ERP suite offering, launched in 2007, designed for the SMB market. The product includes a broad range of capabilities including financials, human resources, sales, procurement, customer service, and supply chain.
Business ByDesign is a new platform, delivered entirely through a SaaS model, with functionality that overlaps somewhat with BusinessOne, which is also an SMB product, although not a true SaaS product.
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Pricing
Coupa
SAP Business ByDesign
Editions & Modules
Premium Support
$499+
per year
Verified
$549
per year
Advanced
$4800
per year
Registered
Free
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Pricing Offerings
Coupa
SAP Business ByDesign
Free Trial
No
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
Optional
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SAP Business ByDesign is available for a monthly software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscription, based on a base package, user types, and number of users.
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Features
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SAP Business ByDesign
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Coupa
-
Ratings
SAP Business ByDesign
8.4
2 Ratings
13% above category average
Benefit plan administration
00 Ratings
4.51 Ratings
Direct deposit files
00 Ratings
9.11 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Coupa
-
Ratings
SAP Business ByDesign
9.2
5 Ratings
20% above category average
API for custom integration
00 Ratings
9.24 Ratings
Plug-ins
00 Ratings
9.25 Ratings
Security
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Ratings
SAP Business ByDesign
9.3
5 Ratings
10% above category average
Single sign-on capability
00 Ratings
9.04 Ratings
Role-based user permissions
00 Ratings
9.65 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
SAP Business ByDesign
9.2
5 Ratings
22% above category average
Dashboards
00 Ratings
8.85 Ratings
Standard reports
00 Ratings
9.25 Ratings
Custom reports
00 Ratings
9.65 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Coupa
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Ratings
SAP Business ByDesign
8.7
5 Ratings
13% above category average
Accounts payable
00 Ratings
9.24 Ratings
Accounts receivable
00 Ratings
9.24 Ratings
Global Financial Support
00 Ratings
9.22 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
00 Ratings
9.22 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations
00 Ratings
8.82 Ratings
Configurable Accounting
00 Ratings
9.22 Ratings
Standardized Processes
00 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Coupa
-
Ratings
SAP Business ByDesign
9.1
4 Ratings
13% above category average
Inventory tracking
00 Ratings
9.24 Ratings
Automatic reordering
00 Ratings
10.03 Ratings
Location management
00 Ratings
8.03 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Coupa
-
Ratings
SAP Business ByDesign
8.5
4 Ratings
7% above category average
Pricing
00 Ratings
9.24 Ratings
Order entry
00 Ratings
9.24 Ratings
Credit card processing
00 Ratings
4.51 Ratings
Cost of goods sold
00 Ratings
9.24 Ratings
Order Orchestration
00 Ratings
9.22 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Coupa
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Ratings
SAP Business ByDesign
9.2
3 Ratings
21% above category average
Billing Management
00 Ratings
8.83 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management
00 Ratings
9.22 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management
00 Ratings
10.02 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
00 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Period Close
00 Ratings
9.22 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
SAP Business ByDesign
9.2
2 Ratings
19% above category average
Budgeting and Forecasting
00 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Project Costing
00 Ratings
9.22 Ratings
Cost Capture
00 Ratings
9.22 Ratings
Capital Project Management
00 Ratings
9.22 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance
00 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition
00 Ratings
9.22 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
SAP Business ByDesign
8.3
3 Ratings
17% above category average
Project Planning and Scheduling
00 Ratings
9.23 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers
00 Ratings
8.02 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality
00 Ratings
8.02 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
SAP Business ByDesign
10.0
1 Ratings
31% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management
00 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Coupa
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Ratings
SAP Business ByDesign
8.0
1 Ratings
14% above category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared
00 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated
00 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Supplier Management
00 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
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Ratings
SAP Business ByDesign
9.2
3 Ratings
29% above category average
Warehouse Workforce Management
00 Ratings
9.22 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
Coupa
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Ratings
SAP Business ByDesign
9.0
3 Ratings
19% above category average
Production Process Design
00 Ratings
9.23 Ratings
Production Management
00 Ratings
9.23 Ratings
Configuration Management
00 Ratings
8.02 Ratings
Work Execution
00 Ratings
8.02 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs
00 Ratings
9.23 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Suitable: Simple indirect procurement. Low cost; short cycle implementation. Less Suitable: Complex procurement scenario requiring serious vendor collaboration. End-to-end integration. Direct Material Procurement, especially when planning, quality inspection, and other miscellaneous activities are involved, requires handling various special statuses and updates to meet industry- or country-specific requirements.
Coupa is easy to use, however, we had to teach our end users about procurement. They are not used to conducting an RFP, onboarding a supplier, or preparing a PO. This is the change management that our employees had to be prepared to understand. The Shelby Group helped us with the implementation.
The hardest part was the integration between NetSuite and Coupa. We wanted to have a dynamic tight integration between the two solutions. If we adjusted the chart of accounts or added a new supplier we wanted it to be able to done in both systems and be available immediately in both systems. We used a partner called SuiteSkies to accomplish this dynamic integration.
We’ve been able to manage the implementation and maintenance with a very lean IT group.
Support Team - A little slow in responding. I think the tool is so configurable that they struggle with figuring out what is causing certain issues that are being submitted on the portal.
I'd love for the Sourcing Module to be able to support larger events. There seems to be a limit on the number of lines each event can support and as a growing retailer, our store count dictates we have room to grow and that each store is represented in the bid process.
Would like to see the ability to issue multiple POs for a single item to multiple locations. The tool may do this but I know I can't and it may be due to how we interface with our ERP.
SAP BYD work centers are consistent and easy to navigate once you understand one work center. The document flow tab that is in each window allows one to see all related transactions. Document flow is important because one is able to see the flow of transactions and can therefore reverse transactions by following the document flow in reverse. It is possible to group items in each overview screen to see what items are open. The system is working as hoped.
-Could be easy or hard to use depending on corporate policies and compliance. At times, errors and cryptical message associated with them could drive users mad.
Because SAP Business ByDesign allows us to improve our work, reduce the operational steps, implement audit controls, allows us found standard reports or it allows us to create new ones if you need more than the exists are enough for your work or your needs. Overall, SAP Business ByDesign allows us to standardize our operations, enhance our work, improve our skills, work over a web environment or mobile interface.
-Support is generally speaking OK (not great). The user community is quite active, and the response time is acceptable. I would certainly hope there's more user-generated content (like in SAP, Oracle, and Linux, etc.), but I suppose Coupa is still not large enough, and the incentives are not yet there.
The Business ByDesign support is stablished since you contract the service with SAP. SAP resolves according to the service level agreement. Currently, we continue with the service and we are using the support channels available. We are receiving the support. The SAP support gets an incident and after that, they contact us to resolve the incident, if necessary, they set the meeting to understand it or we explain the incident
I recommend implementing all workshops during the ERP selection that you need to know very well about the ERP software. It allows us to gather information to accurate the plan of the project implementation. Additionally, we must reach the high-level commitment to achieve the main goals, to define the RACI matrix and communicate to all project stakeholders.
Concur was a lot easier and more user friendly for employees doing expense reports on their phone. That is not the case with Coupa. You must use your laptop to do expenses and our managers don't always have enough time to do that while out in the field working. This has caused some issues.
ByDesign stacks up well against the competition. Companies that do multiple things are usually the best fit (manufacturing, distribution, and service). The more 'modules' used, the fewer competitors will be able to meet the company's needs. It is not inexpensive, but if the needs of the company have the complexity from either a global perspective and need localizations and foreign currency, or a volume perspective and need resources greater than what can be easily housed on-premise, ByDesign should be a top consideration.
Positive - Access to the real-time reporting allowing for faster decision making especially when fixed price projects are heading into an over budget position.
Positive - Complex KPI can now be tracked and as a consequence intensive plans can be made to capitalise on this level of reporting. Staff also have clear visibility over their own performance.
Negative - We are a bit on the small side at 30 employees for a ByD solution so it was relatively expensive for us. It would be a much better value preposition above 50 employees.