NetSuite ERP vs. SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
The SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence Platform provides users with ad hoc queries, reporting, data visualizations, and analysis tools. Its integrated, unified infrastructure aims to offer scalability from one-to-many tools and interfaces on-premise, in the cloud, or as a hybrid approach.N/A
Pricing
NetSuite ERPSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
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NetSuite ERPSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
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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Features
NetSuite ERPSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
1.1
15 Ratings
147% below category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
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Ratings
Pay calculation1.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration1.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files1.39 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.1
74 Ratings
23% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
API for custom integration9.164 Ratings00 Ratings
Plug-ins9.447 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.1
81 Ratings
11% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability9.262 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.180 Ratings00 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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
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Ratings
Dashboards9.171 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports9.170 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports9.170 Ratings00 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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Accounts payable8.3250 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.3231 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support9.326 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers9.428 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations9.041 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting9.435 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes9.337 Ratings00 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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking9.747 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering8.528 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management9.235 Ratings00 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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Pricing9.153 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry8.1201 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing8.437 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold8.748 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration9.421 Ratings00 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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Billing Management8.4186 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management9.327 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management8.331 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting8.527 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close9.335 Ratings00 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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Budgeting and Forecasting5.926 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Costing5.823 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Capture5.822 Ratings00 Ratings
Capital Project Management4.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance9.413 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition6.722 Ratings00 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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling8.514 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers3.311 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality3.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools3.68 Ratings00 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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management3.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.3
19 Ratings
71% below category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Authoring2.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Repository3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated3.613 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management9.513 Ratings00 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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
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Risk Repository3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Management2.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments3.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue Detection3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.0
17 Ratings
78% below category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
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Transportation Planning and Optimization2.89 Ratings00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management2.88 Ratings00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management2.88 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management9.414 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management2.511 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
8.9
16 Ratings
17% above category average
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
Ratings
Production Process Design8.512 Ratings00 Ratings
Production Management8.514 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration Management9.410 Ratings00 Ratings
Work Execution9.412 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs8.514 Ratings00 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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
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Ratings
Forecasting7.617 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning7.4128 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring8.514 Ratings00 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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
-
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Proposal Management2.610 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management3.29 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7.7
49 Ratings
6% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.444 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.145 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.745 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8.2
46 Ratings
1% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.045 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.345 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.531 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.245 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8.7
46 Ratings
4% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.338 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.944 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings9.140 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.145 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.224 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8.3
41 Ratings
3% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.339 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.737 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.936 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9.4
46 Ratings
9% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.946 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.144 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.843 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.927 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8.8
32 Ratings
10% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.431 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings9.026 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.128 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7.5
22 Ratings
5% below category average
REST API00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings7.217 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.116 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings7.520 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.418 Ratings
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User Ratings
NetSuite ERPSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(354 ratings)
7.7
(71 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.2
(49 ratings)
8.3
(24 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(231 ratings)
9.0
(14 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(16 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(15 ratings)
9.0
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(215 ratings)
8.6
(16 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.3
(2 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Online Training
6.4
(10 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.4
(17 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Configurability
8.7
(5 ratings)
9.0
(2 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)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
NetSuite ERPSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
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
The proper management of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards requires an expert on the team to manage and build reports. If an organization does not have the proper expertise on board to build and deploy reports it will fail. Data analytics, dropping into excel, and broadcasting of information are major bonuses for the use of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards.
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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
  • This software is easy to initially learn, and very powerful in producing reusable reports.
  • It is much faster than my company's internal manual queries. The ability to build off of a saved query and share queries to other users is a great positive.
  • My favorite part is that you can run queries in the background and it does not interfere with your current work or slow your computer down.
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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
  • The installation can be very complex and time-consuming, it requires a lot of planning and foresight as to what role the software will play in the organization.
  • The software has a relatively large learning curve that takes dedicated users months to get comfortable with, the UI is a bit intimidating for new users.
  • SAP could organize their help better, it can be difficult to find dependable solutions to issues via their website and support channels.
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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
The institution has decided to move in a different direction, and will be using MSBI for reporting. I have been very happy with the Business Objects suite of tools, and will continue to use them heavily until we make the transition.
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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
From a server and client side perspective. the Business Intelligence Platform provides a foundation for all aspects of content development, distribution, analysis, collaboration and self service. Ease of use from targeted content delivery through controlled accessibility. Content exporting in the format of the users choice. Scheduling for internal or external delivery. Public and private folders for secure content access when requied. Web based for viewing on the users device of choice without the need to download additional applications.
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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
When we implemented 3.1, we had a tough time managing the system: It took almost a year to stabilize.

With 4.0, we want to roll out to more users, and are holding back because of fears about the performance issue
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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
Overall, the tool (Web Intelligence 4.2) is fast and solid. One issue is a dependability on JAVA for a full feature report creation/edit capabilities (as opposed to limited HTML option). Second, planned end of JAVA support by major browsers (Chrome is already not supporting JAVA applet).
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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
SAP has released various versions of SAP BO BI. starting from 3.1 and going to 4.0,4.1,4.2 and latest being 4.3. SAP provides support to these new versions. As new versions keep on coming, support for the very old software goes out of scope from SAP. it is when the different organization plans to get their BO content migrated from a lower version to a newer version. The newer version had definitely added functionality and features which ease the work of users.
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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
SAP authorized training is best, Please go ahead with it. Even lot of online training options/videos available for self learning
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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
I haven't used it or got feedback from the end user.

Content looks to be pretty detailed. Focused on SQL but not BW.
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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
Hire specialists and experienced staff. Mix some beginners so that everyone is not a leader but a learner too. Plan well; architect well; break down implementation in small steps and move towards larger steps. Create a centralized and authorized SAP Business Objects implementation team.
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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
We selected SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) based on price. It can stack up against others in terms of price and honestly, that's about it. Salesforce Commerce does a hell of a better job at handling it. However, in the space of Business Intelligence, SAP can do more, and that's why at the end we went with it
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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
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform supports SOA Service Oriented Architecture. You can start/restart/enable/disable all the servers. You can seamless do load balancing and clustering. It supports all leading application and web server. Supports LDAP SSO integration. People who can work on excel with training they can work on SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence, dashboard, Lumira, Information design tool product suite. Tool is very user friendly and easy to learn and implement
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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
  • By generating and distributing reports in a timely manner, we were able to save millions of dollars for the company which otherwise would not have been visible.
  • Almost realtime dashboard, saved the company a huge amount by showing the outages and kept the company from buying a tool to do just that.
  • It showed the customers who were not paying the bills and were missing in the system due to some loophole. This was visible by doing reporting on the theft usage of electricity.
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