NetSuite ERP vs. SAP Business One

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NetSuite ERP
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
NetSuite is a suite of ERP and accounting modules which is sold in various editions aimed at different size customers. The multi-country, multi-currency version is an additional module called OneWorld. Netsuite is a SaaS system and is not offered in an on-premise edition.N/A
SAP Business One
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
SAP Business One is an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for small and medium-sized businesses, The product encompasses functionality around sales, customer relationships, inventory, operations, financials and human resources.
$99
per month
Pricing
NetSuite ERPSAP Business One
Editions & Modules
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Limited
$99.00
per month
Starter
$110.00
per month
Pro
$132.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NetSuite ERPSAP Business One
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUsers subscribe to NetSuite for an annual license fee. The license is made up of three main components: core platform, optional modules and the number of users. There is also a one-time implementation fee for initial setup. New modules and users and can be added as a business grows.
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Community Pulse
NetSuite ERPSAP Business One
Considered Both Products
NetSuite ERP
Chose NetSuite ERP
NetSuite ERP is the system we implemented to replace SAP Business One. It is more user-friendly and has more capabilities than SAP could offer us. It allows us to focus on the specific needs of our company such as asset management, purchase orders and AP billing, invoices and …
Chose NetSuite ERP
NetSuite vs. SAP Business One: SAP Business One is renowned for its capabilities, but it can be complex and costly to implement. NetSuite’s cloud-based nature appealed to us because of its flexibility and lower initial investment. We chose NetSuite for its agility and …
Chose NetSuite ERP
NetSuite ERP is the most mature of the 100% cloud based solution. Although I believe NetSuite ERP Professional Services and Support are relatively horrible, the NetSuite customer community is very strong. I'm always able to find instances of other customers experiencing the …
Chose NetSuite ERP
NetSuite product stack has a lot of better stacks like orderWell: sales order processing, customer master, Item records, pick, pack, ship, capturing detail line item data, invoicing, revenue management, customer billing, and payment processing, purchase order creation and …
Chose NetSuite ERP
NetSuite ERP was implemented in place of SAP B1. The limitations we faced we a higher level of granularity, classifications, item management, etc. These limitations, were only limitations due to the need to purchase additional modules or add-ons. The same limitations exist …
Chose NetSuite ERP
On more than one occasion, we have evaluated alternative software. No one has the depth and breadth of a solution (for us) than Oracle NetSuite. Again, they were first to the cloud market all the way back in 1998 and they have such a lead against the competition. Some of the …
Chose NetSuite ERP
We compared to Microsoft Dynamics NAV and SAP Business One and chose Netsuite for its ease of use and business dashboarding.
Chose NetSuite ERP
NetSuite is much more user friendly and does not require as much programming expertise on staff to keep it running.
SAP Business One
Chose SAP Business One
We did not use many ERP systems yet so I'm unable to go to much in detail. We tested some and the main issue was the pricing.
Good alternatives would be Oracle NETSUITE, Microsoft Dynamics if your company is Microsoft based with al the other programs (great integrations). And …
Chose SAP Business One
I think that NetSuite is more user-friendly. Especially on the reporting side. They have many more training offerings and seem to have greater capabilities. I know that the bolt-on products around manufacturing in NetSuite are very flawed so I am not sure that it would operate …
Chose SAP Business One
SAP business one provided a more complete solution since all modules are included in their package. Other ERP providers charged extra for each module that was implemented. SAP was more economical than other providers.
Chose SAP Business One
We like that SAP B1 can be expanded with add-on modules.
Chose SAP Business One
Pricing, global reach, great fit for certain industries. A robust tool that can effectively run a small business and scale into the tens of millions in revenue.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
NetSuite ERPSAP Business One
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
1.1
15 Ratings
147% below category average
SAP Business One
10.0
9 Ratings
32% above category average
Pay calculation1.013 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Benefit plan administration1.010 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Direct deposit files1.39 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.1
74 Ratings
23% above category average
SAP Business One
5.3
35 Ratings
31% below category average
API for custom integration9.164 Ratings4.233 Ratings
Plug-ins9.447 Ratings6.333 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.1
81 Ratings
11% above category average
SAP Business One
7.1
39 Ratings
13% below category average
Single sign-on capability9.262 Ratings7.032 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.180 Ratings7.339 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.1
72 Ratings
27% above category average
SAP Business One
6.3
40 Ratings
10% below category average
Dashboards9.171 Ratings4.636 Ratings
Standard reports9.170 Ratings6.340 Ratings
Custom reports9.170 Ratings8.036 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
7.6
256 Ratings
0% below category average
SAP Business One
5.1
41 Ratings
40% below category average
Accounts payable8.3250 Ratings7.841 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.3231 Ratings7.840 Ratings
Global Financial Support9.326 Ratings7.026 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers9.428 Ratings7.026 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations9.041 Ratings6.633 Ratings
Configurable Accounting9.435 Ratings6.131 Ratings
Standardized Processes9.337 Ratings7.036 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
8.8
48 Ratings
11% above category average
SAP Business One
7.5
40 Ratings
5% below category average
Inventory tracking9.747 Ratings6.540 Ratings
Automatic reordering8.528 Ratings8.128 Ratings
Location management9.235 Ratings7.337 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
8.7
205 Ratings
11% above category average
SAP Business One
6.4
38 Ratings
19% below category average
Pricing9.153 Ratings7.337 Ratings
Order entry8.1201 Ratings7.338 Ratings
Credit card processing8.437 Ratings8.522 Ratings
Cost of goods sold8.748 Ratings7.338 Ratings
Order Orchestration9.421 Ratings7.030 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
7.3
197 Ratings
1% below category average
SAP Business One
5.9
34 Ratings
23% below category average
Billing Management8.4186 Ratings6.129 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management9.327 Ratings3.226 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management8.331 Ratings8.821 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting8.527 Ratings2.225 Ratings
Period Close9.335 Ratings8.031 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
6.3
32 Ratings
19% below category average
SAP Business One
7.0
19 Ratings
8% below category average
Budgeting and Forecasting5.926 Ratings7.017 Ratings
Project Costing5.823 Ratings7.016 Ratings
Cost Capture5.822 Ratings7.016 Ratings
Capital Project Management4.014 Ratings7.011 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance9.413 Ratings7.014 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition6.722 Ratings6.116 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
4.0
17 Ratings
52% below category average
SAP Business One
8.9
15 Ratings
26% above category average
Project Planning and Scheduling8.514 Ratings7.014 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers3.311 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality3.010 Ratings10.010 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools3.68 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.1
12 Ratings
84% below category average
SAP Business One
7.7
15 Ratings
2% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management3.57 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.3
19 Ratings
71% below category average
SAP Business One
8.1
16 Ratings
15% above category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared3.58 Ratings9.310 Ratings
Contract Authoring2.010 Ratings7.511 Ratings
Contract Repository3.58 Ratings8.69 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated3.613 Ratings8.213 Ratings
Supplier Management9.513 Ratings7.012 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.2
11 Ratings
68% below category average
SAP Business One
8.0
8 Ratings
20% above category average
Risk Repository3.58 Ratings8.36 Ratings
Control Management2.011 Ratings8.97 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments3.57 Ratings7.76 Ratings
Issue Detection3.58 Ratings8.37 Ratings
Remediation and Certification3.58 Ratings7.76 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.0
17 Ratings
78% below category average
SAP Business One
6.9
20 Ratings
1% above category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization2.89 Ratings6.213 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management2.88 Ratings6.211 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management2.88 Ratings7.011 Ratings
Fulfillment Management9.414 Ratings6.816 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management2.511 Ratings6.213 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
8.9
16 Ratings
17% above category average
SAP Business One
8.3
19 Ratings
10% above category average
Production Process Design8.512 Ratings8.217 Ratings
Production Management8.514 Ratings8.218 Ratings
Configuration Management9.410 Ratings7.613 Ratings
Work Execution9.412 Ratings8.215 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs8.514 Ratings8.215 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
7.8
131 Ratings
7% above category average
SAP Business One
6.4
23 Ratings
12% below category average
Forecasting7.617 Ratings6.322 Ratings
Inventory Planning7.4128 Ratings6.323 Ratings
Performance Monitoring8.514 Ratings6.017 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.8
13 Ratings
62% below category average
SAP Business One
9.0
15 Ratings
21% above category average
Proposal Management2.610 Ratings6.012 Ratings
Product Master Data Management3.29 Ratings7.013 Ratings
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User Ratings
NetSuite ERPSAP Business One
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(354 ratings)
7.7
(46 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.2
(49 ratings)
4.6
(9 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(231 ratings)
7.1
(11 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(16 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(15 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(215 ratings)
9.0
(11 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.3
(2 ratings)
7.7
(2 ratings)
Online Training
6.4
(10 ratings)
4.5
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.4
(17 ratings)
2.9
(24 ratings)
Configurability
8.7
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(8 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
4.8
(2 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
NetSuite ERPSAP Business One
Likelihood to Recommend
NetSuite
Really in this hybrid environment, being up in the cloud and being able to securely access the data and work from anywhere, I think it's a real game changer for my team. So I really like the fact that NetSuite keeps up with security features and allows users to access it from anywhere.
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SAP
SAP Business One would be more useful if it contained tools to acommodate the growing need of online sales. A more complete shipping module which handles tracking numbers with the common couriers would be great. A built in warehouse management system would be great designed to be used with barcode scanners
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Pros
NetSuite
  • NetSuite does analytics very well.
  • They do reporting very well. I love the ability to have control over how the information flows through my NetSuite, my user roles, and my responsibilities. I can assign certain tasks to certain people, and they do that and then also have the control to approve that and make sure it's done correctly.
  • Just being able to drill down into a particular GL account or into a particular line item and see what really makes that up and what's driving our certain costs.
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SAP
  • SAP Business One is more suitable for small and medium scale enterprises
  • SAP Business One is : analytics, mobile technologies, cloud technologies
  • SAP Business One has exceptional performance in handling business functions such as purchasing and operations and customer relationship management
  • An important key features of SAP Business One is Reporting and Analytics.
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Cons
NetSuite
  • Honestly, right now, my biggest pain point is kind of our own doing, but I would appreciate a little bit more support and help in the area of performance management and kind of understanding how our application is built, what are the best choices for customizing or solving a problem in terms of performance, because our company is rather large, we have a lot of data coming in and out, and that has been an issue for us recently.
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SAP
  • Following a bench mark process - this seems contradicting to flexibility however we have wished we could follow more of an industry benchmark. Our challenge as a small company has been knowing how to properly use the system. We have discovered that we have set up the system wrong based and are using it improperly which has cause a lot work to correct.
  • Better live reporting options - current we are on prem SQL. Yes SAP is moving to HANA however smaller companies like ourselves are not ready for that. We need to be able to maintain our existing SQL DB. We also have a demand for live BI Reporting. It has been difficult to do this with our current set up.
  • Error handling - have found it very difficult to troubleshoot. Errors are not always clear and answers are hard to find.
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Likelihood to Renew
NetSuite
NetSuite is able to cover all of our needs, spanning multiple departments and managerial levels. We use it daily for a multitude of functions, including creating promotions, estimating inventory, pulling historical reports, forecasting sales, and more. Overall, we're very satisfied with NetSuite as an ERP solution and recommend it to medium to large businesses.
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SAP
As I said before, it is a first level tool, well developed, and with very strong development support, although the learning curve, its implementation, the cost-benefit ratio, the price and the user experience is not the most suitable for small and medium-sized companies. It is a company with extensive experience, market positioning, technical support and expanded use
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Usability
NetSuite
I have given this rating due to below use cases: - Order Management - Advanced Revenue Management - Invoicing - Automated Billing - Inbound and Outbound Integrations with applications such as Salesforce, Zip, Stripe, Mavenlink, Avalara, Floquast - Project management and billing - Training -Customer Support - Knowledge Article Support
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SAP
I would like to give 8 out of 10 rating for SAP Business One because SAP Business One is a good choice for the mostly used business management solutions for the small and medium-sized companies. SAP Business One can help in optimizing the existing business process and enables streamline business processes for the daily activities for all users across the entire organization. The importance realization of SAP Business One implementation is based on the selection of the good reputation partner and its approach for the entire implementation. SAP Business One is a user-friendly and easy to use Enterprise system that the organization can benefit its features and functionalities by utilizing it.
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Reliability and Availability
NetSuite
It has been very reliable. I can only think of 1-2 times in 4.5 years that we have had issues getting in, and in each case were able to get back in within 1 hour. There has not been a major downtime
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SAP
The SAP Business One software is up and running every time
you need it as it was planned. In more than 6 years that we have been
using the product, it has never been unavailable and if it ever was, it was because of a planned maintenance window scheduled in the company.
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Performance
NetSuite
Most of the time the performance is very good. Pages load in a few seconds; financial reports take less than 5 seconds; basic searches take a few seconds. But performance can be sporadic throughout the day and cause the run time to triple.
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SAP
SAP Business One performance depends mostly on the speed of your internal servers, should you have the solution on premise as we do. Sometimes the system tends to be a little slower for some users when others are executing really big reports of performing some batch loads, but generally, the performance is acceptable to all the users.
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Support Rating
NetSuite
The account rep changes quite often, which requires restarting. Suite Answers is a very good tool but can be hard to use for somebody who is not fully confident with Netsuite. Asking questions that are not already answered in Suite Answers can be rough. Training is readily available, but most of the time stays on the surface and doesn't answer medium to more advanced questions.
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SAP
I rate my experience with SAP Business One's support team as excellent (10). They are easy to contact and effortless to work with on any issue or concern. I like the support SAP provides for any of their products. SAP has a great backing and I would recommend them to any of my colleagues.
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In-Person Training
NetSuite
I had in person training for a day when first got the software. The training was good. The challenge was that there was a large gap between training and when we went live so we forgot quite a lot
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SAP
The training I get was a consultant level training, so it's basically a 6 weeks training covering every aspect and every module of the system. It covered most common use cases and exercise training so you can get along with the software, as well as examples so there culd be a better understanding.
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Online Training
NetSuite
Online training is quite strong. I have used for specific pieces of functionality.However it is not sufficient in all areas.
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SAP
Over the past two years SAP has added a great deal of new SAP Business One on-line training for version 9.0 and 9.1. Most of the training is very strong, but some is difficult to understand and follow. Additionally, SAP still has a few holes in their on-line training around Production, Bill-of-Materials, MRP and Service.
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Implementation Rating
NetSuite
I felt NetSuite Professional Services did an excellent job of guiding us in the implementation. I also felt our internal teams were a little resistant to the change and engagement of new software. Had we performed better engaging and buying into the new software, I would be able to rate the implementation better. Therefore, the lower number should not be viewed as a deficiency with the software or the professional services teams, but as an reminder of how important complete buy-in from the local users is.
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SAP
These implementations are not easy. Even a standard implementation can be difficult. With a never-been-done-before implementation, the implementation team and the user team need to be thorough with planning, make a decision on key points, and stick to them before any design happens. Our biggest challenge was not from StellarOne, rather it was from the mid-implementation decisions from our internal team. StellarOne did a great job warning us, implementing our decision, and then helping us adjust our SAP to handle the new direction we took.
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Alternatives Considered
NetSuite
Well, the reason why I'm with NetSuite is because obviously it beats out those other options quite considerably. It gave us the whole ecosystem that gave us everything we needed. I didn't need a dedicated administrator whose full-time job is to deal with it like our current system would need to really be useful. I can find people or train people how to use it right away. So for us, that really beats it out compared to the Sage and QuickBooks where we were looking at it from a perspective of, yeah, we can find people who are experts in those fields. They don't scale up to the size that we need as we're going to really quickly go from R&D company into doing tens of millions of dollars a year in revenue and activities. So that's where it beats us out over say Sage or QuickBooks is it's got that complete scalability. We can go to multiple subsidiaries, foreign currency, not a problem. It's got that full functionality.
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SAP
SAP provides the most robust solution, with modules available for all department managers and even options for customization according to the company's special needs. We especially used the Crystal reports options to provide reports for each module. Overall, even if it's not the least expensive option, it has the best value for money.
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Scalability
NetSuite
We have been able to scale our business 25X without any major overhaul with Netsuite. Its dashboard setup makes onboarding new employees very easy and allows data to be shared across multiple offices. Its cloud setup does not put any pressure on IT to scale servers or other infrastructure. We have been able to become much more efficient in all aspects of the business.
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SAP
For most small businesses, the only way you outgrow SAP Business One is if the nature of your business changes radically. Going from 1 to 50 users is quite easy with SAP B1. Going beyond 50 may require moving to the Hana SAP B1 platform to maintain or improve performance, but the path is there.
Add-ons to SAP B1 can also be added as specific needs are encountered that are not closely met by the standard product. These may be required early in the product life because of the nature of your business, or as you expand the use of SAP B1.
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Return on Investment
NetSuite
  • Positive impact, again, it's our source of truth, so we are able to not have questions about how much money we have in the bank or do we have enough material to build this job. Being able to know those things immediately is super valuable.
  • I mean it's the grease that skids the wheels that gets us to accomplish the things that we do in our business.
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SAP
  • Employee efficiency has definitely increased with SAP Business One. This is attributed in a lot of ways to information visibility. Our employees are able to gather the data they need, quickly, and effectively.
  • Identifying inconsistencies in pricing has also been accomplished through use of reporting off individual tables. Previously, we weren't able to access our data in such a way as to enable us to write custom reports in-house.
  • We have also benefited greatly from having a single source of all business information. We utilize SAP Business One exclusively in-house. All documentation is attached to specific orders and Business Partners, as well as serialized equipment that has been sold.
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