SAP HANA Cloud vs. SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP HANA Cloud
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
SAP HANA is an application that uses in-memory database technology to process very large amounts of real-time data from relational databases, both SAP and non-SAP, in a very short time. The in-memory computing engine allows HANA to process data stored in RAM as opposed to reading it from a disk which means that the data can be accessed in real time by the applications using HANA. The product is sold both as an appliance and as a cloud-based software solution.
$0.95
per month Capacity Units
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a modular cloud ERP. Embedded with AI and analytics, it helps business run anywhere, in real time. SAP S/4HANA Cloud can be deployed either on premise, in the cloud, or in a hybrid combination.N/A
Pricing
SAP HANA CloudSAP S/4HANA Cloud
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Custom Pricing
per month FUE users*
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP HANA CloudSAP S/4HANA Cloud
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
Additional DetailsIncludes a one year free trial.* FUE = Full user equivalent, which allows flexible customer choice among: 1 Advanced user, 3 Core-users, or 30 self-service users per FUE. Minimum purchase is 35 FUEs.
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Community Pulse
SAP HANA CloudSAP S/4HANA Cloud
Considered Both Products
SAP HANA Cloud
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
The main reason is purely HANA database performance, and it supports both row and column store data. And the way optimization is running behind the schedule is another added benefit.
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
We evaluated both SAP HANA on Suite and S/4 HANA and decided to proceed with on Suite. SAP HANA on-suite has minimal disruptions to the business and delivers the best performance. S/4 HANA is the future, but it introduces many new business processes that might be confusing for …
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
Ease of deployment and the capability of business and technical user access across various SAP products.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud
I selected SAP S/4HANA Cloud because it great tool use very organized and very useful in our business. Like I stated before this platform makes my job easier for report and if i need to see more information for prediction i am able to do so. This product is one of the best I …
Chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud
We think it is the best option regarding the performance it has
Chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP ECC/ERP was the erstwhile enterprise solution which was widely used by SAP customers and is in fact still being used by a lot of them today. This was a conventional ERP and didn't have the advanced features of SAP S/4HANA Cloud. With SAP S/4HANA Cloud, the memory and data …
Chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud
We have selected SAP S/4HANA Cloud because we're running on ECC already. Now we have moved to SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... performance is faster because it runs on only HANA DB.
Chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud
I didn't try. SAP S/4HANA Cloud is natural successor of existing ECC systems
Features
SAP HANA CloudSAP S/4HANA Cloud
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.1
320 Ratings
9% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings7.8276 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.8274 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.7271 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
7.7
482 Ratings
2% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings7.7462 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings7.7428 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.2
556 Ratings
2% below category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.5521 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.0548 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
7.7
561 Ratings
4% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings7.7521 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings7.8551 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings7.6515 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.3
563 Ratings
8% above category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings8.2555 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.2529 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.8111 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings7.9115 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.0119 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.0109 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.3123 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.3
484 Ratings
4% above category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.3474 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings7.9406 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings7.8393 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.1
496 Ratings
2% above category average
Pricing00 Ratings8.0472 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings8.1482 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings8.724 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings8.2453 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings7.791 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.4
121 Ratings
12% above category average
Billing Management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings7.7108 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings7.497 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings7.9120 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
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Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
9.3
1 Ratings
29% above category average
Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.1
52 Ratings
10% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings8.152 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
7.8
105 Ratings
11% above category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings7.773 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings7.874 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings7.670 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings8.193 Ratings
Supplier Management00 Ratings7.992 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
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Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
9.8
1 Ratings
39% above category average
Risk Repository00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Control Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Issue Detection00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Remediation and Certification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
7.9
80 Ratings
14% above category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings8.174 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings7.873 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings7.766 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings8.169 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings7.969 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
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Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.2
87 Ratings
10% above category average
Production Process Design00 Ratings8.280 Ratings
Production Management00 Ratings8.381 Ratings
Configuration Management00 Ratings8.174 Ratings
Work Execution00 Ratings8.278 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings8.276 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
7.8
96 Ratings
7% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings7.784 Ratings
Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.992 Ratings
Performance Monitoring00 Ratings7.789 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
9.0
87 Ratings
21% above category average
Proposal Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Product Master Data Management00 Ratings8.087 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP HANA CloudSAP S/4HANA Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(293 ratings)
8.4
(644 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(6 ratings)
9.0
(14 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(12 ratings)
8.1
(538 ratings)
Availability
3.6
(1 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
3.6
(1 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(251 ratings)
7.5
(78 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(2 ratings)
7.5
(9 ratings)
Configurability
3.6
(1 ratings)
8.4
(4 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
5.1
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
4.5
(1 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
4.5
(1 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
4.5
(1 ratings)
6.9
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
3.6
(1 ratings)
7.3
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP HANA CloudSAP S/4HANA Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
It is well organized. One can use it for the company's portfolio management. Various tasks can be done for managerial purposes. One can track the material from start to end product: for example, raw material, packing material & consumable material to formulated bulk and formulated drug product. This can help to manage spending as well as finding costing of the product.
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SAP
SAP S/4HANA provides Real-Time financial insights and performs automation for routine tasks. It reduced dependency on spreadsheets, resulting in fewer data losses, errors, and manual tasks. SAP S/4HANA may be less suitable for companies with highly specialized or higher financial requirements that require extensive customization, as the cloud version has certain limitations.
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Pros
SAP
  • Real-time reporting and analytics on data: because of its in-memory architecture, it is perfect for businesses that need to make quick decisions based on current information.
  • Managing workload with complex data: it can handle a vast range of data types, including relational, documental, geospatial, graph, vector, and time series data.
  • Developing and deploying intelligent data applications: it provides various tools for such applications and can be used for machine learning and artificial intelligence to automate tasks, gain insights from data, and make predictions.
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SAP
  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud uses the SAP HANA in-memory database, allowing companies to process massive amounts of data in real-time.
  • The system integrates AI, machine learning (ML), and robotic process automation (RPA) to automate manual tasks.
  • S/4HANA Cloud unifies core business processes like finance, procurement, supply chain, and human resources under one system.
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Cons
SAP
  • Requires higher processing power, otherwise it won't fly. How ever computing costs are lower. Incase you are migrating to cloud please do not select the highest config available in that series . Upgrading it later against a reserved instance can cost you dearly with a series change
  • Lack of clarity on licensing is one major challenge
  • Unless S/4 with additional features are enabled mere migration HANA DB is not a rewarding journey. Power is in S/4
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SAP
  • I would like to have an offline functionality as well which is not available at the moment.
  • I would like to see in-built templates that can be used according to organization needs and have to be industry specific.
  • Navigation of this platform is quite difficult to learn and requires training. So, new users will find learning a steep curve.
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
At this moment we are not focusing on SAP, however would love to in the future. This is primarily because of our limited ability to generate more revenue to fund for SAP partnerships and products. Our initial tryst with SAP Partneredge open ecosystem didn't go as planned and we have shelved that for now. Hope we can revive in the future
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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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Usability
SAP
In addition to the points described in the previous parts of the review, I believe that as I gain more experience with the product over time, I will be able to better describe my experience with this tool. Meanwhile, I can confirm that the possibilities presented to my organization by the change to SAP HANA, at the moment, have been very important to evolve the analytical and strategic field towards a new path.
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SAP
Day to day data insight is more accurate for manufacturing industry to procure as per forecasted from supplier. Supply and fulfillment cycle becomes more easier. I would say more about performance as we are using this new server so we can see clear difference between SAP S/4HANA Cloud and ECC. Also it has customized business extensions for rapid development.
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Support Rating
SAP
One specific example of how the support for SAP HANA Cloud impacted us is in our efforts to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues. Whenever we encountered an issue or had a question, the support team was quick to respond and provided us with clear and actionable guidance. This helped us avoid downtime and keep our analytics operations running smoothly.
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SAP
The technical support received by the ITT design teams and OS implementation team has been very useful in ensuring that the SAP ERP is well-tailored to our company's specific needs and operations. This coupled with the training materials, business process maps, and concept demos (sand-box demos) makes adoption easy on end-users.
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In-Person Training
SAP
No answers on this topic
SAP
More effective
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Implementation Rating
SAP
Professional GIS people are some of the most risk-averse there are, and it's difficult to get them to move to HANA in one step. Start with small projects building to 80% use of HANA spatial over time.
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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.
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
I have deep knowledge of other disk based DBMSs. They are venerable technology, but the attempts to extend them to current architectures belie the fact they are built on 40 year old technology. There are some good columnar in-memory databases but they lack the completeness of capability present in the HANA platform.
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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
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Scalability
SAP
Limitation of training deliverable by organization
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
SAP
  • ROI has always been high in terms of the functionality that it offers and the security features it comes with.
  • Managing large volumes of data in real-time is not an easy task, but it does it pretty well with faster data processing.
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SAP
  • SAP is as stable as an ERP can get, so there an mandays lost on recovering from problems, etc.
  • As as big and stable system, there are quite a few master data tables that need to be maintained on a constant base, so this does cost some extra time, but one gets to have fine tuned processes in return. So this is well invested time.
  • SAP is an expensive system in general, but it is as they say. You get what you pay for and SAP is just the best ERP you can get, so...
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ScreenShots

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 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 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.