inFlow Inventory vs. SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
inFlow Inventory
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
inFlow Inventory is an inventory management software offering from Archon Systems.
$186
per month 2 members, and 100 orders per month
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
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 S/4HANA Cloud is a SaaS product and can also be deployed in a hybrid landscape for quicker time to value.​ ​​ SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a foundational component of the SAP…N/A
Pricing
inFlow InventorySAP S/4HANA Cloud
Editions & Modules
inFlow Inventory - Entrepreneur
$186
per month 2 team members
inFlow Inventory - Small Business
$436
per month 5 team members
inFlow Inventory - Mid-Size
$999
per month 10 team members
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
inFlow InventorySAP S/4HANA Cloud
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup Fee$499 one-time feeRequired
Additional DetailsinFlow helps solve inventory issues through two offerings: inFlow Inventory and inFlow Manufacturing. inFlow Inventory is used to track stock or manage orders. inFlow Manufacturing is for companies that assemble products or sell kits. Both products offer: - all the required features to manage inventory and orders - reorder points to help restock ahead of time - Built-in B2B Showroom to simplify sales - Built-in document, label, and email designers - Great mobile apps for getting work done on the go And all inFlow plans include: - technical support - a dedicated customer success manager There's a 20% discount available for annual pricing.Per user, per month
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Community Pulse
inFlow InventorySAP S/4HANA Cloud
Features
inFlow InventorySAP S/4HANA Cloud
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.1
385 Ratings
10% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings7.8336 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.9327 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.6326 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
7.7
588 Ratings
4% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings7.8564 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings7.7519 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.3
678 Ratings
0% below category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.5636 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.1668 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
7.7
687 Ratings
5% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings7.7636 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings7.8675 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings7.6626 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.3
703 Ratings
8% above category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings8.2687 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.2658 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.9212 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings7.9221 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.0238 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.0219 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.3247 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.3
596 Ratings
4% above category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.3584 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings7.8504 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings7.9481 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.2
604 Ratings
5% above category average
Pricing00 Ratings8.0578 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings8.0587 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings8.924 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings8.2551 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings7.8181 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.4
235 Ratings
12% above category average
Billing Management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings7.8213 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings7.5184 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings7.9231 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
9.3
1 Ratings
29% 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
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.2
100 Ratings
11% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings8.2100 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
7.9
195 Ratings
12% above category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings7.8136 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings7.9139 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings7.6134 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings8.1175 Ratings
Supplier Management00 Ratings7.9172 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
9.8
1 Ratings
40% 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
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.0
157 Ratings
16% above category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings8.1140 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings7.9136 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings7.7123 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings8.2128 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings8.0128 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.2
152 Ratings
11% above category average
Production Process Design00 Ratings8.2136 Ratings
Production Management00 Ratings8.3140 Ratings
Configuration Management00 Ratings8.2130 Ratings
Work Execution00 Ratings8.2135 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings8.1132 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
7.8
182 Ratings
8% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings7.7160 Ratings
Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.9175 Ratings
Performance Monitoring00 Ratings7.7166 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
inFlow Inventory
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
9.0
165 Ratings
22% above category average
Proposal Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Product Master Data Management00 Ratings8.0165 Ratings
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User Ratings
inFlow InventorySAP S/4HANA Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(3 ratings)
8.3
(741 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(17 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(631 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.7
(78 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(9 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(4 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
inFlow InventorySAP S/4HANA Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Archon Systems
inFlow Inventory is a very useful tool for any and every e-commerce business that wishes to have a more efficient and seamless means of managing their inventory. It is particularly well suited to small businesses such as mine who need the extra hand and a products-based business that has goods to track.
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SAP
I think it well suited for organizations with a large and complex infrastructures as it can handle them very easily in my opinion. It is also recommended for companies which are planning to move to mostly automated environments, in which it can be implemented in a good manner. I also think it is not suited or less suited for smaller scale organizations as the cost of operation could exceed the budget.
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Pros
Archon Systems
  • The ease of use is phenomenal. Unlike other software where the dealer comes and sets up the whole system, you can do this all by yourself.
  • You can upload multiple items detail in inventory via CSV file rather than enter each item detail.
  • It gives you features to which you can change the virtual location of any item.
  • We are an eCommerce Business. Therefore, we want the status for each item which is available in our stock, whether it was returned from a customer or rejected by the vendor. In addition, inFlow gives you all these functionalities on a single platform.
  • It's a user-friendly application which doesn't require an expert to configure it.
  • You can integrate InFlow with eCommerce solution i.e. Magento & Shopify.
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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
Archon Systems
  • Lag - The software lags a bit while communicating with server. It causes a little delay and frustration for certain features
  • Reporting - Although the reporting is good enough it lacks a certain amount of customization for reports
  • Integrations - While the software integrates smoothly with a lot of accounting softwares, it sometimes creates issues with certain l2c erp systems
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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
Archon Systems
No answers on this topic
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
Archon Systems
No answers on this topic
SAP
Day to day data insight is more accurate for manufacturing industry to procure as per forecasted from supplier. Supply and fulfillment cycle becomes more easier. I would say more about performance as we are using this new server so we can see clear difference between SAP S/4HANA Cloud and ECC. Also it has customized business extensions for rapid development.
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Support Rating
Archon Systems
No answers on this topic
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
Archon Systems
No answers on this topic
SAP
More effective
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Implementation Rating
Archon Systems
No answers on this topic
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
Archon Systems
I haven’t used any other inventory management system before using inFlow Inventory, I feel very lucky to have found a software that does what I need it to do without the need to try any other software prior. It meets my eCommerce small business needs and I’m very satisfied with the customer service I receive from this app.
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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
Archon Systems
  • inFlow has a lot of important inventory management features, but I like the easy import tool that adds stock to the database in less than a minute.
  • You can keep track of inventory, purchase orders, modify items, and generate reports of sales, salesperson, product, statistics. The possibilities are endless with this tool.
  • The software is very easy to work with and see real-time updates. Everything from transferring stock to pulling stock and inputting new products is done with ease.
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SAP
  • The financial management part ensures every process is well planned and allocated resources are used efficiently.
  • The development of payroll management ensures that all employees are happily remunerated and, hence, very productive.
  • The creation of solid financial reporting acts as the primary driver in decision-making, which brings more insights into development.
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ScreenShots

inFlow Inventory Screenshots

Screenshot of inFlow's homepage in the web app.Screenshot of the product list in the web app.Screenshot of the sales order tab for managing, picking, and shipping sales.Screenshot of the purchase order tab for reordering and receiving products.Screenshot of an example of one of's inFlow over 30 different reports.

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.