FreshBooks vs. SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
FreshBooks
Score 9.1 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
FreshBooks is an accounting service for small businesses. The solution enables users to send and manage invoices, track billable time and collect online payments. The vendor’s value proposition this that their solution provides a straightforward service that simplifies the billing process.
$21
per month
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) is a modular, cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that brings embedded AI into core business processes to help organizations improve productivity, efficiency, and scalability. It supports critical business functions including finance, supply chain, human resources, and sales, while providing industry best-practice processes, predictable subscription-based costs, and the flexibility to add capabilities, users, and functionality as…N/A
Pricing
FreshBooksSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
Editions & Modules
Lite
$21
per month
Plus
$38
per month
Premium
$65
per month
Select
Custom Pricing
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FreshBooksSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional Details10% discount for annual pricing.
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FreshBooksSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
Features
FreshBooksSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
FreshBooks
9.1
35 Ratings
18% above category average
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
7.7
673 Ratings
2% above category average
API for custom integration9.330 Ratings7.7646 Ratings
Plug-ins9.026 Ratings7.6592 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
FreshBooks
10.0
41 Ratings
20% above category average
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
8.3
769 Ratings
1% below category average
Single sign-on capability10.01 Ratings8.5725 Ratings
Role-based user permissions10.041 Ratings8.2757 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
FreshBooks
7.5
57 Ratings
5% below category average
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
7.7
777 Ratings
3% above category average
Dashboards9.057 Ratings7.7716 Ratings
Standard reports8.855 Ratings7.8764 Ratings
Custom reports4.82 Ratings7.6704 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
FreshBooks
7.5
56 Ratings
2% below category average
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
8.2
811 Ratings
6% above category average
Accounts payable8.041 Ratings8.2787 Ratings
Accounts receivable9.455 Ratings8.2747 Ratings
Cash management7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Bank reconciliation7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Expense management6.651 Ratings00 Ratings
Time tracking7.642 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency support7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Regulations compliance6.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service portal9.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.8291 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings7.9309 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.0331 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings7.9305 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.3342 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
FreshBooks
9.5
49 Ratings
24% above category average
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
8.2
684 Ratings
4% above category average
Pricing8.839 Ratings8.0652 Ratings
Order entry9.337 Ratings8.0663 Ratings
Credit card processing9.741 Ratings9.024 Ratings
Cost of goods sold10.01 Ratings8.3626 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings7.9247 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
FreshBooks
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
8.1
441 Ratings
8% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings7.8389 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.9375 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.6374 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
FreshBooks
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
8.3
674 Ratings
4% above category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.2660 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings7.8566 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings7.9544 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
FreshBooks
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
8.4
324 Ratings
11% above category average
Billing Management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings7.9294 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings7.4252 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings7.9318 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
FreshBooks
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
9.3
1 Ratings
27% 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
FreshBooks
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
8.1
139 Ratings
9% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings8.1139 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
FreshBooks
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
7.8
266 Ratings
10% above category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings7.7187 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings7.8187 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings7.6181 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings8.1240 Ratings
Supplier Management00 Ratings8.0235 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
FreshBooks
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
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
FreshBooks
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
7.9
217 Ratings
13% above category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings8.1192 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings8.0185 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings7.6168 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings8.2177 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings8.0172 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
FreshBooks
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
8.1
204 Ratings
8% above category average
Production Process Design00 Ratings8.1185 Ratings
Production Management00 Ratings8.2189 Ratings
Configuration Management00 Ratings8.1177 Ratings
Work Execution00 Ratings8.1182 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings8.1181 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
FreshBooks
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
7.7
251 Ratings
6% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings7.5226 Ratings
Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.9242 Ratings
Performance Monitoring00 Ratings7.7230 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
FreshBooks
-
Ratings
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
9.0
221 Ratings
20% above category average
Proposal Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Product Master Data Management00 Ratings7.9221 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Score 4.7 out of 10
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Zoho One
Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Intuit Enterprise Suite
Intuit Enterprise Suite
Score 9.2 out of 10
Infor VISUAL
Infor VISUAL
Score 7.3 out of 10
Enterprises
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
FreshBooksSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
(75 ratings)
8.4
(880 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.6
(18 ratings)
9.1
(23 ratings)
Usability
9.6
(20 ratings)
8.0
(768 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.4
(4 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(11 ratings)
6.7
(80 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.6
(10 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(5 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
5.6
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(3 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(5 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
FreshBooksSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
Likelihood to Recommend
FreshBooks
I recommend FreshBooks to anyone running a service-based business that needs invoicing, time reporting, and accounting tools. FB is adept in all three of these scenarios and isn't overly complicated like similar accounting packages I have used. I love how I can write estimates and proposals, manage the business development process from the software, and quickly convert prospects to invoiced clients.
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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
FreshBooks
  • Invoicing - FreshBooks basically ensures our accountants spend less time on invoices via its automated invoicing system, which sends invoices to our customers and clients alike and also send them regular reminders for them to pay up their bills.
  • Collecting business insights - FreshBooks enable our company analysts measure our business performances via data reports provided by FreshBooks' intuitive dashboard. Allowing us do a comparative analysis of key business metrics of a current month against past months and determine if the business is growing.
  • Expense tracker - We have recently embraced FreshBooks as an expense tracker for teams at our company branch. Thusfar, FreshBooks has performed very well, making our expense management a perfect operation; ensuring teams do not exceed their planned budget and also eliminating the need for tracking expenses on excel spreadsheets.
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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
FreshBooks
  • I can brand invoices with my business logo, but I might like to change colours of the invoices themselves to match the rest of my business documents. That isn't a major point at all, but it's something that I'd like to see.
  • Freshbooks doesn't remember the categories that similar expenses were previously assigned to. It would be nice if Freshbooks would suggest a category for an already saved vendor, to ensure the consistency of expense reporting.
  • The home page of a Freshbooks account has a great graph display of expenses and income, but it only shows the last 6 months. This is still very useful, but I'd like to be able to see this kind of graph for different periods of time.
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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
FreshBooks
At the current needs of our business, FreshBooks suits us perfectly - it allows online access by our accountant to the system for GST purposes, easy input of expenses and tracking of Profit and Loss statements. FreshBooks customer service is great as well - very understanding and accommodating.
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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
FreshBooks
FreshBooks is very easy to use even for novices. If you're looking for an online accounting software that is full of features, has great aesthetics and is user-friendly, then this is definitely the software for you. I've been using it for several years now and despite being tempted to switch by other vendors, I like the feel of FreshBooks and it's mobile features.
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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
FreshBooks
FreshBooks is easy to use and always works!
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
FreshBooks
I think the support level for FreshBooks is on par with a 6 because the folks behind this application do a fairly good job at providing support for their customer base. I still don't think they are at an elite level when it comes to supporting but are getting there although too slow in my opinion.
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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
FreshBooks
No answers on this topic
SAP
More effective
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Implementation Rating
FreshBooks
I haven't changed my mind since my first evaluation. Freshbooks is still meeting my needs, easy to use, etc.
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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
FreshBooks
FreshBooks does very well in comparison, especially since it is free software for Barclays bank users. Sage software is much worse than FreshBooks. However, Xero and QuickBooks, the market leaders, are still ahead with usability, additional features, reporting, and connection with third-party software providers. We chose FreshBooks as it does everything we require from this type of software.
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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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Return on Investment
FreshBooks
  • In reality, we do not implement all of its use at the moment in order to determine an adequate ROI.
  • In our approach to the use of the system, it seems to us a considerable time saving by achieving the integration of the Mexican subsidiary with its parent located in the US.
  • Financial reports meet the necessary USGAAP requirements.
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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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ScreenShots

FreshBooks Screenshots

Screenshot of the dashboardScreenshot of an invoice overviewScreenshot of an example of a customizable invoiceScreenshot of an invoice appearing across devicesScreenshot of expensesScreenshot of time tracking

SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) 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.