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    IBM Terraform

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AIBM Terraform (formerly Hashicorp Terraform) is a cloud infrastructure automation tool used to create, change, and improve production infrastructure, and it allows infrastructure to be expressed as code. It is available Open Source, and via Cloud and Self-Hosted editions.

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    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASAP 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 ability to add capabilities, users, and functionality as…

    $295

    per month per user

    Pricing
    IBM TerraformSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Editions & Modules
    Open Source
    $0
    Team & Governance
    $20/user
    per user/per month
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
    SAP Supply Chain Base
    $295
    per month per user
    SAP Finance Base
    $295
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM TerraformSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    IBM TerraformSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    782 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    20 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    601 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    777 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    432 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    565 Answers
    Features
    IBM TerraformSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.1
    441 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings7.9389 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.9375 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.7374 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.6
    672 Ratings
    1% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.7645 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings7.5591 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.3
    768 Ratings
    2% 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 IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.7
    777 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.7716 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.8764 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.6704 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.2
    811 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings8.2787 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.2747 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.8291 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings7.9309 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings7.9331 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings7.9305 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.3342 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    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
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.2
    684 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Pricing00 Ratings8.0652 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings8.0663 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings8.926 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings8.3626 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings7.9247 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.7
    324 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Billing Management00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings8.0294 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings7.4252 Ratings
    Period Close00 Ratings7.9318 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.5
    3 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.0
    138 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings8.0138 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.8
    266 Ratings
    9% 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 Ratings8.0240 Ratings
    Supplier Management00 Ratings8.0235 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Risk Repository00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Control Management00 Ratings7.62 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Issue Detection00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.9
    216 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings8.0191 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings8.0184 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings7.6167 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management00 Ratings8.2176 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings8.0171 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.1
    203 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Production Process Design00 Ratings8.1184 Ratings
    Production Management00 Ratings8.1188 Ratings
    Configuration Management00 Ratings8.1176 Ratings
    Work Execution00 Ratings8.1181 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings8.1180 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.7
    250 Ratings
    5% 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 IBM Terraform and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    IBM Terraform
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.8
    220 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Proposal Management00 Ratings7.62 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management00 Ratings7.9220 Ratings
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    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    HashiCorp Vagrant
    Score9 out of 10
    Zoho One
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AWS CloudFormation
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Score4.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM TerraformSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.8
    (33 ratings)
    8.4
    (880 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (768 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    6.7
    (80 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.9
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.7
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM TerraformSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Anything that needs to be repeated en masse. Terraform is great at taking a template and have it be repeated across your estate. You can dynamically change the assets they're generating depending on certain variables. Which means though templated assets will all be similar, they're allowed to have unique properties about them. For example flattening JSON into tabular data and ensuring the flattening code is unique to the file's schema.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Terraform is cloud agnostic. Just select the suitable provider for the cloud and it will do the job.
    • Templating is possible to make the Terraform templates reusable.
    • Variables can be created to make the templates generic so that it can be reused for different environments or resources.
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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
    IBM
    • The language itself is a bit unusual and this makes it hard for new users to get onboarded into the codebase. While it's improving with later releases, basic concepts like "map an array of options into a set of configurations" or "apply this logic if a variable is specified" are possible but unnecessarily cumbersome.
    • The 'Terraform Plan' operation could be substantially more sophisticated. There are many situations where a Terraform file could never work but successfully passes the 'plan' phase only to fail during the 'apply' phase.
    • Environment migrations could be smoother. Renaming/refactoring files is a challenge because of the need to use 'Terraform mv' commands, etc.
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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
    IBM
    Still the best provisioning tool out there and good support from the community as well in terms of shared knowledge
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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
    IBM
    The syntax itself is pretty straightforward. The documentation is well-maintained & easy to follow. Most cloud providers, even smaller ones, maintain official provider libraries, making discovery & learning a breeze. Some, like GCP, even provide high-level libraries on top of their own more primitive provider, making building complex infra much more manageable. The language itself is cloud-agnostic, so you can literally manage resources from multiple providers in a single Terraform repo.
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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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    Performance
    IBM
    Terraform's performance is quite amazing when it comes to deployment of resources in AWS. Of course, the deployment times depend on various parameters like the number of resources to deploy and different regions to deploy. Terraform cannot control that. The only minor drawback probably shows up when a terraform job is terminated mid way. Then in many cases, time-consuming manual cleanup is required.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    IBM
    I have yet to have an opportunity to reach out directly to HashiCorp for support on Terraform. However, I have spent a great deal of time considering their documentation as I use the tool. This opinion is based solely on that. I find the Terraform documentation to have great breadth but lacking in depth in many areas. I appreciate that all of the tool's resources have an entry in the docs but often the examples are lacking. Often, the examples provided are very basic and prompt additional exploration. Also, the links in the documentation often link back to the same page where one might expect to be linked to a different source with additional information.
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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
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    More effective
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    Implementation is straight forward. Never had issues as the team is already very familiar with Terraform installation from previous projects and roles
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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
    IBM
    Terraform is the solid leader in the space. It allows you to do more then just provisioning within a pre-existing servers. It is more extensible and has more providers available than it competitors. It is also open source and more adopted by the community then some of the other solutions that are available in the market place.
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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
    IBM
    • we are able to deploy our infrastructure in a couple of ours in an automated and repeatable way, before this could take weeks if the work was done manually and was a lot of error prone.
    • having the state file, you can see a diff of what things have changed manually out side of Terraform which is a huge plus
    • if state file gets corrupted, it is very hard to debug or restore it without an impact or spending hours ..
    • writing big scale code can be very challenging and hard to be efficient so it's usable by the whole team
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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
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    IBM Terraform Screenshots

    Screenshot of Terraform StateScreenshot of Terraform RunsScreenshot of Terraform VariablesScreenshot of Terraform WorkspacesScreenshot of Terraform Cost Estimation

    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.