SAP Business ByDesign vs. SAP Business One

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Business ByDesign
Score 7.5 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
SAP Business ByDesign is SAP's cloud ERP suite offering, launched in 2007, designed for the SMB market. The product includes a broad range of capabilities including financials, human resources, sales, procurement, customer service, and supply chain. Business ByDesign is a new platform, delivered entirely through a SaaS model, with functionality that overlaps somewhat with BusinessOne, which is also an SMB product, although not a true SaaS product.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
SAP Business ByDesignSAP Business One
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Limited
$99.00
per month
Starter
$110.00
per month
Pro
$132.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP Business ByDesignSAP Business One
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsSAP Business ByDesign is available for a monthly software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscription, based on a base package, user types, and number of users.—
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Community Pulse
SAP Business ByDesignSAP Business One
Considered Both Products
SAP Business ByDesign
Chose SAP Business ByDesign
SAP Business ByDesign has all functionalities that other systems have and more. Additionally, SAP Business ByDesign can be used from activation. The processes in this system are ready to use. SAP Business ByDesign only needs a few initial configurations to work. SAP Business …
Chose SAP Business ByDesign
ByDesign is a step in the right direction for improving and advancing. I would say that it has a way to go before it is a reliable replacement.
SAP Business One
Chose SAP Business One
SAP Business One is a good fit for an organization that wants to transform its business operation with a reasonable cost for migration from the legacy system. SAP Business One can match and support the organization needs because it has most of the best business practices …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
SAP Business ByDesignSAP Business One
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
8.4
2 Ratings
15% above category average
SAP Business One
10.0
9 Ratings
32% above category average
Benefit plan administration4.51 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.11 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Pay calculation00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
9.2
5 Ratings
24% above category average
SAP Business One
5.3
35 Ratings
31% below category average
API for custom integration9.24 Ratings4.233 Ratings
Plug-ins9.25 Ratings6.333 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
9.3
5 Ratings
13% above category average
SAP Business One
7.1
39 Ratings
13% below category average
Single sign-on capability9.04 Ratings7.032 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.65 Ratings7.239 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
9.2
5 Ratings
28% above category average
SAP Business One
6.3
40 Ratings
10% below category average
Dashboards8.85 Ratings4.636 Ratings
Standard reports9.25 Ratings6.440 Ratings
Custom reports9.65 Ratings8.036 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
8.7
5 Ratings
13% above category average
SAP Business One
5.1
41 Ratings
40% below category average
Accounts payable9.24 Ratings7.841 Ratings
Accounts receivable9.24 Ratings7.840 Ratings
Global Financial Support9.22 Ratings7.026 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers9.22 Ratings7.026 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations8.82 Ratings6.633 Ratings
Configurable Accounting9.22 Ratings6.131 Ratings
Standardized Processes8.01 Ratings7.036 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
9.1
4 Ratings
15% above category average
SAP Business One
7.5
40 Ratings
5% below category average
Inventory tracking9.24 Ratings6.540 Ratings
Automatic reordering10.03 Ratings8.128 Ratings
Location management8.03 Ratings7.337 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
8.5
4 Ratings
9% above category average
SAP Business One
6.4
38 Ratings
19% below category average
Pricing9.24 Ratings7.337 Ratings
Order entry9.24 Ratings7.338 Ratings
Credit card processing4.51 Ratings8.522 Ratings
Cost of goods sold9.24 Ratings7.338 Ratings
Order Orchestration9.22 Ratings7.030 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
9.2
3 Ratings
22% above category average
SAP Business One
5.9
34 Ratings
23% below category average
Billing Management8.83 Ratings6.129 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management9.22 Ratings3.226 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management10.02 Ratings8.821 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting10.01 Ratings2.225 Ratings
Period Close9.22 Ratings8.031 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
9.2
2 Ratings
19% above category average
SAP Business One
7.0
19 Ratings
8% below category average
Budgeting and Forecasting10.01 Ratings7.017 Ratings
Project Costing9.22 Ratings7.016 Ratings
Cost Capture9.22 Ratings7.016 Ratings
Capital Project Management9.22 Ratings7.011 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance8.01 Ratings7.014 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition9.22 Ratings6.116 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
8.3
3 Ratings
19% above category average
SAP Business One
8.9
15 Ratings
26% above category average
Project Planning and Scheduling9.23 Ratings7.014 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers8.02 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality8.02 Ratings10.010 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
10.0
1 Ratings
28% above category average
SAP Business One
7.7
15 Ratings
2% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management10.01 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
8.0
1 Ratings
14% above category average
SAP Business One
8.1
16 Ratings
15% above category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared8.01 Ratings9.310 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated8.01 Ratings8.213 Ratings
Supplier Management8.01 Ratings7.012 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings7.511 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings8.69 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
9.2
3 Ratings
29% above category average
SAP Business One
6.9
20 Ratings
1% above category average
Warehouse Workforce Management9.22 Ratings6.213 Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings6.213 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings6.211 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings6.816 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
9.0
3 Ratings
18% above category average
SAP Business One
8.3
19 Ratings
10% above category average
Production Process Design9.23 Ratings8.217 Ratings
Production Management9.23 Ratings8.218 Ratings
Configuration Management8.02 Ratings7.613 Ratings
Work Execution8.02 Ratings8.215 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs9.23 Ratings8.215 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
8.6
3 Ratings
17% above category average
SAP Business One
6.4
23 Ratings
12% below category average
Forecasting9.23 Ratings6.322 Ratings
Inventory Planning9.23 Ratings6.323 Ratings
Performance Monitoring8.02 Ratings6.017 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
8.0
8 Ratings
20% above category average
Risk Repository00 Ratings8.36 Ratings
Control Management00 Ratings8.97 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings7.76 Ratings
Issue Detection00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
Remediation and Certification00 Ratings7.76 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business ByDesign
-
Ratings
SAP Business One
9.0
15 Ratings
21% above category average
Proposal Management00 Ratings6.012 Ratings
Product Master Data Management00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP Business ByDesignSAP Business One
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(7 ratings)
7.7
(46 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(3 ratings)
4.6
(9 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.1
(11 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(11 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
2.9
(24 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP Business ByDesignSAP Business One
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
Do you plan on going public at some point? If so, this may not be the best solution for you
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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
SAP
  • I like the ease of use and the implementation methodology.
  • With SAP Business ByDesign you can integrate other systems with Web Services, and data technology to get information easy and fast.
  • SAP Business ByDesign includes an Analytics Module to create new reports in regards to your needs.
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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
SAP
  • Time off request could be better. Right now, there is no option for sick time
  • It crashes often
  • Customization could be better
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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
SAP
SAP BYD work centers are consistent and easy to navigate once you understand one work center. The document flow tab that is in each window allows one to see all related transactions. Document flow is important because one is able to see the flow of transactions and can therefore reverse transactions by following the document flow in reverse. It is possible to group items in each overview screen to see what items are open. The system is working as hoped.
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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
SAP
Because SAP Business ByDesign allows us to improve our work, reduce the operational steps, implement audit controls, allows us found standard reports or it allows us to create new ones if you need more than the exists are enough for your work or your needs. Overall, SAP Business ByDesign allows us to standardize our operations, enhance our work, improve our skills, work over a web environment or mobile interface.
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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
SAP
No answers on this topic
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
SAP
No answers on this topic
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
SAP
The Business ByDesign support is stablished since you contract the service with SAP. SAP resolves according to the service level agreement. Currently, we continue with the service and we are using the support channels available. We are receiving the support. The SAP support gets an incident and after that, they contact us to resolve the incident, if necessary, they set the meeting to understand it or we explain the incident
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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
SAP
No answers on this topic
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
SAP
No answers on this topic
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
SAP
I recommend implementing all workshops during the ERP selection that you need to know very well about the ERP software. It allows us to gather information to accurate the plan of the project implementation. Additionally, we must reach the high-level commitment to achieve the main goals, to define the RACI matrix and communicate to all project stakeholders.
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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
SAP
ByDesign stacks up well against the competition. Companies that do multiple things are usually the best fit (manufacturing, distribution, and service). The more 'modules' used, the fewer competitors will be able to meet the company's needs. It is not inexpensive, but if the needs of the company have the complexity from either a global perspective and need localizations and foreign currency, or a volume perspective and need resources greater than what can be easily housed on-premise, ByDesign should be a top consideration.
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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
SAP
No answers on this topic
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
SAP
  • Positive - Access to the real-time reporting allowing for faster decision making especially when fixed price projects are heading into an over budget position.
  • Positive - Complex KPI can now be tracked and as a consequence intensive plans can be made to capitalise on this level of reporting. Staff also have clear visibility over their own performance.
  • Negative - We are a bit on the small side at 30 employees for a ByD solution so it was relatively expensive for us. It would be a much better value preposition above 50 employees.
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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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ScreenShots

SAP Business ByDesign Screenshots

Screenshot of With the embedded analytics of SAP Business ByDesign this is easily possible for key users or end users to define dashboards that contain tailored reports and KPIs for their roleScreenshot of Screenshot of SAP Business ByDesign comes with many reports pre-delivered by SAP. Customers can easily create additional reports or KPIsScreenshot of For each business document in ByDesign you can open the document flow, which shows you in a graphical the predecessor and successor business docuemnts as well as any associated accounting documents. This shows at what point you are in the entire business process.Screenshot of SAP Business ByDesign includes a Project Management module that is integrated with CRM to sell and bill projects, with HR to staff projects, and with SCM and SRM for procurement.Screenshot of The Financial Closing business scenario helps you to perform financial period-end closing activities to ensure correct financial statements, such as Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Cash Flow Statement. The Closing Cockpit helps to minimize the risk of missing important steps or incorrect timing.