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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) is a modular, cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that brings embedded AI into core business processes to help organizations improve productivity, efficiency, and scalability. It supports critical business functions including finance, supply chain, human resources, and sales, while providing industry best-practice processes, predictable subscription-based costs, and the ability to add capabilities, users, and functionality as…

    $295

    per month per user

    Solid Edge

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ASolid Edge is a software solutions for product development — 3D design, simulation, manufacturing, data management, and cloud collaboration. Solid Edge aims to combine the speed and simplicity of direct modeling with the flexibility and control of parametric design.

    $110

    per month

    Pricing
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)Solid Edge
    Editions & Modules
    SAP Supply Chain Base
    $295
    per month per user
    SAP Finance Base
    $295
    per month per user
    Design and Drafting XaaS
    $110.00
    per month
    Foundation XaaS
    $267.00
    per month
    Classic XaaS
    $335.00
    per month
    Premium XaaS
    $481.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)Solid Edge
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)Solid Edge
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
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    Siemens AG
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    782 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    601 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    777 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    432 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    565 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)Solid Edge
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.1
    442 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation7.9390 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration7.9376 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.7375 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.6
    673 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    API for custom integration7.7646 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins7.5592 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.3
    769 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability8.5725 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.2757 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.7
    778 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards7.7717 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.8765 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.6705 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.2
    812 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable8.2788 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable8.2748 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support7.8292 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.9310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations7.9332 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.9306 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.3343 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.3
    675 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    Inventory tracking8.2661 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering7.8567 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management7.9545 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.2
    685 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    Pricing8.0653 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry8.0664 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing8.827 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold8.3627 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration7.9248 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.9
    325 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    Billing Management7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management7.9295 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.4253 Ratings00 Ratings
    Period Close7.9319 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.7
    4 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    Project Planning and Scheduling8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality7.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.0
    139 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    Award Lifecycle Management8.0139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.8
    267 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    Bids Analyzed and Compared7.7188 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Authoring7.8188 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Repository7.6182 Ratings00 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated8.0241 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supplier Management8.0236 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.2
    3 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    Risk Repository7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Management8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue Detection7.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.9
    217 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    Transportation Planning and Optimization8.0192 Ratings00 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management8.0185 Ratings00 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management7.6168 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management8.2177 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management8.0172 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.1
    204 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    Production Process Design8.1185 Ratings00 Ratings
    Production Management8.1189 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration Management8.1177 Ratings00 Ratings
    Work Execution8.1182 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs8.1181 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.7
    251 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting7.5226 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Planning7.9242 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring7.7230 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Designcenter Solid Edge
    Feature
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.1
    221 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Designcenter Solid Edge
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal Management8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management7.9221 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score6.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho One
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score6.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    Score4.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)Solid Edge
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (881 ratings)
    8.1
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (23 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (769 ratings)
    5.3
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.7
    (80 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    5.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.4
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    7.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)Solid Edge
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    SAP Cloud ERP is best suited for medium- to large-sized organizations seeking scalability, real-time insights, and standardized processes. It will help them streamline financial operations & core HR functions, optimize inventory management & procurement process. Its intelligent automation will help them automate repetitive, routine tasks and use machine learning for predictive analysis.
    Incentivized
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    Siemens AG
    Well Suited for:
    • Integrated designs performed by multiple designers simultaneously (designs requiring a Product Lifecycle Management system);
    • Designs requiring a high degree of parameterisation;
    • Large companies where specific standards and best practices are applied to all models and drawings created.
    Not Well Suited for:
    • Personal use in designing one-off models and drawings;
    • Small business use where very few of the expensive features are actually used.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Siemens AG
    • It has very good user interface in classic or ordered environment.
    • In 2D or drafting, you can give any Geometric tolerancing and symbols to any dimension. There is a wide range of options available.
    • You can convert any files in step file (.stp) and can open it in other designing applications easily.
    • After converting 3D drawings in 2D you can make changes in 2D drawing by converting it in the draft. You can also add details like cross-sections and detailed view.
    • You can directly make threads without creating holes.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Siemens AG
    • Being used to 2-key and 3-key commands from the keyboard, it would be nice if this was more robust in Solid Edge. The capability of programming keystroke commands exists in Solid Edge, but it would be more user friendly in that regard.
    • Editing hatches can be a challenge.
    • I'm not a fan of the ribbon bar, but that seems to be a feature across software platforms in Windows.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Siemens AG
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    SAP
    SAP Cloud ERP is a useful solution for automating and streamlining business processes. It offers modern technologies such as built-in AI, machine learning, and real-time data analytics. It offers multi-currency, multi-language support to manage international operations smoothly. It comes with a modern, role-based user interface that enhances your user experience and lets you perform tasks smoothly.
    Incentivized
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    Siemens AG
    As mentioned previously, Siemens Solid Edge is not the most user-friendly of products at all. It requires intense training to make sure that the basics are understood, and after that, there are numerous other training interventions needed to be able to perform expert-level CAD functions. The GUI is not intuitive, as many other packages are, and the features built-in are not well defined. The process to use many of these features is counter-intuitive and requires a mind-shift.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    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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    Siemens AG
    I have been involved with support and training of Solid Edge for 24 years. Given that I based my business model on support, and have been successful for all these years, I know excellent support. Siemens support for Solid Edge, "GTAC", is the definition of support for a product in every aspect.
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    In-Person Training
    SAP
    More effective
    Incentivized
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    Siemens AG
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Siemens AG
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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
    Incentivized
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    Siemens AG
    FreeCAD is often better than Solid Edge 2021 when converting files, but I hope this changes with 2023 NX is overall more powerful, but that is to be expected (and you cant add it above because it is too short for whatever reason).
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • Surpasses many well reputed applications in terms of performance and data insight when you are into SAP products
    • More reliable and secure as we are not going to create multiple copy of master data, one single shared master data and all will work like charm
    • For authentication we can also use Microsoft MFA or Google single sign-on , so less complexity
    • For customized business process, we can implement extension packages which are like templates
    Incentivized
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    Siemens AG
    • It took about 20 hours of use to get the basics of Synchronous Technology, and with just a basic competency I was able to make useful changes to the design. One of those changes was impossible to do our other CAD program.
    • My use lately has mostly been on personal time and self-driven, so learning other aspects and features of Solid Edge has been slower. Creating a drawing for a part required a few hours to learn and do the first time, but luckily there were YouTube videos for examples. With practice, I would expect the time to reflect what it takes in SolidWorks (about 30 minutes).
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    SAP Cloud ERP (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.