SAP Ariba vs. SAP Integrated Business Planning

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Ariba
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
SAP Ariba provides technology offering guided buying and spot buy, plus supplier and catalog enablement, and integration with Ariba Network – which the vendor states is more than 4.6 million connected companies strong and growing.N/A
SAP Integrated Business Planning
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
SAP supports supply chain management with Integrated Business Planning, the company's real-time cloud-based supply chain planning platform supporting demand response, supply planning and inventory management oriented features, with supply chain analytics to support decisioning.N/A
Pricing
SAP AribaSAP Integrated Business Planning
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP AribaSAP Integrated Business Planning
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional Details
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Top Pros
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Features
SAP AribaSAP Integrated Business Planning
Supply Chain Planning
Comparison of Supply Chain Planning features of Product A and Product B
SAP Ariba
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Ratings
SAP Integrated Business Planning
7.1
20 Ratings
2% below category average
Custom alerts00 Ratings6.219 Ratings
Scenario-based planning00 Ratings7.119 Ratings
Resource optimization00 Ratings7.518 Ratings
Supply forecasting00 Ratings6.918 Ratings
Capacity estimation00 Ratings7.115 Ratings
Employee allocation00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Supply network coordination00 Ratings7.614 Ratings
Procurement Management
Comparison of Procurement Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
SAP Integrated Business Planning
8.3
2 Ratings
12% above category average
Raw material sourcing00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Supply market analysis00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Cost analysis00 Ratings7.62 Ratings
Expense Logging00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Order Fulfillment Management
Comparison of Order Fulfillment Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Ariba
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Ratings
SAP Integrated Business Planning
8.1
2 Ratings
3% above category average
Order fulfillment optimization00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Return services00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Purchase order generation00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Purchase order tracking00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Supplier delivery scheduling00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Pricing and product configurations generation00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Logistics and Transportation Management
Comparison of Logistics and Transportation Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
SAP Integrated Business Planning
8.0
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Packaging00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Delivery planning00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Route optimization00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Shipping performance00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Fleet management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Warehouse & Inventory Management
Comparison of Warehouse & Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
SAP Integrated Business Planning
8.3
2 Ratings
5% above category average
Automation of warehouse operations00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Inventory storage00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Stock monitoring00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Warehouse asset management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Inventory and price forecasting00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
Demand Management
Comparison of Demand Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Ariba
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Ratings
SAP Integrated Business Planning
7.4
20 Ratings
2% above category average
Demand signal sensing00 Ratings7.417 Ratings
Demand forecasting00 Ratings7.619 Ratings
Customer analytics00 Ratings7.315 Ratings
Inventory stock optimization00 Ratings7.714 Ratings
Sales and operations planning00 Ratings7.418 Ratings
Pricing and promotion tracking00 Ratings6.914 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP AribaSAP Integrated Business Planning
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(159 ratings)
7.3
(23 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.3
(4 ratings)
6.4
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(110 ratings)
7.3
(22 ratings)
Support Rating
5.5
(22 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP AribaSAP Integrated Business Planning
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
Industries with stringent regulatory compliance requirements, such as healthcare and finance, benefit from SAP Ariba's robust features for maintaining compliance throughout the procurement process. The platform helps organizations adhere to industry-specific regulations and standards.Organizations seeking an end-to-end source-to-pay solution find SAP Ariba suitable. Its seamless integration of procurement processes, from sourcing to invoicing, simplifies workflows and improves overall operational efficiency.
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SAP
Integrate SAP Integrated Business Planning in the daily operation of the core business is easy if the use of SAP HANA Cloud requires to increase in budget and is not possible for all types or sizes of organisations, but if your IT department requires to connect to on-premise data, connect to other data repositories on cloud or off-premise and customize reports for specific businesses cases, these tasks can increase the projected costs and require to adopt other SAP modules that can not be required at all.
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Pros
SAP
  • Its data driven user solution helps in gaining visibility into the landscape and thus helps in informed decision making
  • End to end procurement process under single platform and integration makes it easier
  • We have always experienced cost reduction using SAP ariba
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SAP
  • Comfortable database, it adjusts to what we know how to use.
  • The platform acts quickly, and throws metrics and analysis adjusted to the times we need, thus automating the results.
  • Complete and detailed reports, we can dynamically evaluate all the information.
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Cons
SAP
  • User Interface Complexity:
  • Some users find the user interface to be complex, particularly for new users. Simplifying the interface and providing more user-friendly navigation could enhance the overall user experience.
  • Customization Challenges:
  • Customizing certain aspects of the system, such as reports or templates, can be challenging. A more intuitive customization process would empower users to tailor the system to their specific needs more easily.
  • Learning Curve:
  • The platform has a steeper learning curve for some users, especially those less familiar with advanced procurement tools. Improved onboarding resources and training materials could help users get up to speed more quickly.
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SAP
  • The trial version is very limited, but it's a trial! But for the awareness of the platform, SAP could improve the free version.
  • SAP IBP has a lot of functions, but not all are easy to understand and put into practice. Maybe a better demo would be a plus for the awareness of all of them.
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
Established product and we are now using it as a mean for our procurement transformation
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SAP
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Usability
SAP
UI is good from tech perspective Customisations and personalisations are very intuitive and allows user to make the maximum usaage of the dashboard. Integrations with existing systems matters a lot for large enterprises. Training and support is very crucial. Mobile availability enhances the overall customer experience. Feedback is underrated but comapnies take it very seriously now a days.
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SAP
Because It is is a cloud-based platform that can be accessed from anywhere and also it has a user-friendly which is great for navigation within the software. As it offers a wide range of features including demand forecasting, supply chain planning, and collaboration tools which makes it even more powerful
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Support Rating
SAP
Customer support has always been top notch. From small configuration changes to overall process changes, support has the teammates in place with excellent knowledge and is able to provide solutions based on business challenges quickly. Their customer support through their Account teams continues to be hands on and very responsive to needs in a timely fashion.
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SAP
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
It improves over all vendor management system of an organization by providing less costly ways of procurement and making business simple. AribaSAP Ariba digitally transforms your supply chain, procurement and contract management process. acts as supply chain, procurement service to do business globally In today’s world, there is a need to control your supply chain and to collaborate with your suppliers in an efficient way. To enable healthy supply chain, you need to have suppliers with visibility to every part of procurement process so that they can maintain an efficient supply chain and help organizations to grow their and own business..
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SAP
They are entirely different solutions so ‘stacking them up’ doesn’t make sense. I raise this solution because PaPM is a highly-scalable analytics engine. If SAP sold IBP with PaPM it would eliminate the issues we have with scalability as we develop our top-down, bottom-up planning structure. Yes, it would raise the price, but given the focus on analytics to improve decision making, it seems a necessity for a company combining analytics and planning.
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Return on Investment
SAP
  • We saved nearly 10% of planned costs due to the large database of vendors we created within the company as a whole.
  • Saving in time due to shortening of procurement cycles. Procurement activities were never on the critical path and were accomplished with less Supply Chain resources than originally planned.
  • In the process we created a huge database of Vendors and Pricing which well be beneficial in our future projects.
  • It is an excellent tool and just what are business required and could afford.
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SAP
  • IBP helped improve the overall S&OP Process
  • It provides a central platform for our teams globally to manage the forecast and the demand
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ScreenShots

SAP Integrated Business Planning Screenshots

Screenshot of SAP IBP Statistical ForecastScreenshot of SAP IBP for DemandScreenshot of SAP Supply Chain Control TowerScreenshot of Supply Chain Visibility