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November 14, 2019

The best ERP solution on cloud

Henry Winchonlong | TrustRadius Reviewer
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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 ByDesign is a cloud solution and has multi-tenancy architecture.
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December 03, 2019

The best ERP system for small companies.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Oracle did not fit the size of our company and the needs that we had. It was also much more expensive but the product itself was not really designed for our size. We selected SAP Business ByDesign, even over the regular SAP software, because it is designed for small and medium companies. We use it in our headquarters in France and in our subsidiaries, and it is perfect. We choose the language and we can work together or independently, remotely or not.
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February 15, 2018

SAP ByDesign great for companies with multiple business units

Brandon Knight | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Score 8 out of 10
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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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September 18, 2015

Why we chose SAP Business ByDesign

Rod Taubman | TrustRadius Reviewer
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As far as cloud ERP is concerned SAP Business ByDesign was the best in terms of what it had on offer for a professional services company managing projects and service requests. Also, I liked the SAP migration path and the move to running the whole system on the in memory HANA system. An ERP system is a very stick platform and I have confidence a company as large as SAP will continue to invest heavily in it in the future. I don't want to be shopping around in a few years for a new platform.
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July 08, 2014

SAP BYD meets expectations

Larry Peck, CPA | TrustRadius Reviewer
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The accounting team went from struggling to keep data integrity and completeness to the ability to have more capacity to grow with the increased revenue and not need to hire any additional accounting staff. Now that we have completed one year on the system and had our financials from the system audited by a third party, the system is working as planned, and now we are moving to use more functionality beyond the basics, such as exception reporting, approval routing, and more.
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July 15, 2014

ByDesign is decent, but not designed for public companies

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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By Design was selected before I joined the company. Recently I have started working with NetSuite, which has its strengths and weaknesses as well, but is easier to customize to your business needs.
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SAP Business ByDesign Scorecard Summary

Likelihood to Recommend (45)
9.0
Likelihood to Renew (3)
9.0
Usability (1)
8.0
Support Rating (1)
9.0
Implementation Rating (1)
8.0

Feature Scorecard Summary

Payroll Management
8.4
Benefit plan administration (1)
4.5
Direct deposit files (1)
9.1
Salary revision and increment management (2)
10.0
Reimbursement management (2)
10.0
Customization
9.1
API for custom integration (4)
9.1
Plug-ins (5)
9.1
Security
9.3
Single sign-on capability (4)
9.0
Role-based user permissions (5)
9.5
Reporting & Analytics
9.1
Dashboards (5)
8.6
Standard reports (5)
9.1
Custom reports (5)
9.5
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
8.7
Accounts payable (4)
9.1
Accounts receivable (4)
9.1
Global Financial Support (2)
9.1
Primary and Secondary Ledgers (2)
9.1
Intercompany Accounting (3)
8.6
Localizations (3)
8.2
Journals and Reconciliations (2)
8.6
Enterprise Accounting (3)
9.1
Configurable Accounting (2)
9.1
Centralized Rules Framework (1)
8
Standardized Processes (1)
8
Inventory Management
9.0
Inventory tracking (4)
9.1
Automatic reordering (3)
10.0
Location management (3)
8.0
Manufacturing module (2)
9.0
Order Management
8.4
Pricing (4)
9.1
Order entry (4)
9.1
Credit card processing (1)
4.5
Cost of goods sold (4)
9.1
Order Orchestration (2)
9.1
End-to-end order visibility (2)
10.0
Order exception Resolution (2)
8.0
Subledger and Financial Process
9.1
Automated Invoice Processing (2)
9.1
Shared Services Payments (2)
9.1
Billings Management (3)
8.6
Customer Receipt Applications (2)
9.1
Customer Collections (2)
9.1
Revenue Recognition (3)
9.1
Cash Management (2)
9.1
Asset Management (2)
9.1
Travel & Expense Management (2)
10.0
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting (1)
10
Period Close (2)
9.1
Transactions Tax (1)
8
Subledger Reconciliations (2)
9.1
Project Financial Management
9.1
Budgeting and Forecasting (1)
10
Project Costing (2)
9.1
Cost Capture (2)
9.1
Capital Project Management (2)
9.1
Customer Invoicing (2)
9.1
Customer Contract Compliance (1)
8
Project Revenue Recognition (2)
9.1
Project Financial Performance Analysis (2)
9.1
Project Financials Dashboard (2)
9.1
Real-time Financial Reporting (2)
9.1
Embedded Business Intelligence (2)
9.1
Project Planning Collaboration (2)
9.1
Project Execution Management
8.3
Project Planning and Scheduling (3)
9.1
Project Manager Dashboard (3)
9.1
Resource Manager Dashboard (2)
8.0
Task Insight for Project Managers (2)
8.0
Project Manager Mobile Functionality (2)
8.0
Team Member Task Collaboration (1)
8
Real-Time Project Reporting (1)
8
Grants Management
10.0
Award Lifecycle Management (1)
10
Spending Control (1)
10
Billing (1)
10
Procurement
8.0
Sourcing Analysis (1)
8
Bids Analyzed and Compared (1)
8
Invoice Automated Matching (1)
8
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated (1)
8
Spend Compliance Management (1)
8
Supplier Management (1)
8
Logistics
9.1
Inventory Visibility (3)
9.1
Warehouse Workforce Management (2)
9.1
Manufacturing
8.9
Production Process Design (3)
9.1
Supply Chain Business Flows (3)
9.1
Production Management (3)
9.1
Contracted Manufacturing Management (1)
10
Configuration Management (2)
8.0
Work Definition (1)
10
Work Execution (2)
8.0
Advanced Fulfillment (2)
8.0
Manufacturing Costs (3)
9.1
Supply Chain
8.5
Forecasting (3)
9.1
Inventory Planning (3)
9.1
Multi-tier Supply Chain Planning (2)
8.0
Performance Monitoring (2)
8.0

What is SAP Business ByDesign?

SAP Business ByDesign (ByD) is a cloud enterprise resource planning software (Cloud ERP) that is sold and operated as software as a service (SaaS) by SAP SE. It is designed for small to medium-sized enterprises as well as subsidiary businesses. The software is designed to provide business processes across application areas from financials to human resources with embedded business analytics, mobility, e-learning, and support.

SAP Business ByDesign is built on the principles of a service-oriented architecture (SOA). The underlying technology is leveraging SAP's in-memory HANA database.

A comprehensive set of prepackaged integrations as well as SOAP and oData webservices ensure easy integrations to other SAP or non-SAP applications.

The main application areas:

  • Financial Management
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Project Management and Professional Service Automation
  • Supplier Relationship Management and Procurement
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Fund and Grant Management
  • Business Analytics
  • Executive support and compliance management.

ByDesign is deployed in 144 countries and supports 12 languages.

SAP Business ByDesign is available for a monthly software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscription, based on a base package, user types, and number of users. The price includes hosting, unlimited storage, access to all application areas (see above), support etc.

Updates are delivered automatically four times a year with no IT staff required.

Categories:  Customer Relationship Management (CRM),  Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

SAP Business ByDesign Features

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting Features

Has featureAccounts payable
Has featureAccounts receivable
Has featureGlobal Financial Support
Has featurePrimary and Secondary Ledgers
Has featureIntercompany Accounting
Has featureLocalizations
Has featureJournals and Reconciliations
Has featureEnterprise Accounting
Has featureConfigurable Accounting
Has featureCentralized Rules Framework
Has featureStandardized Processes

Subledger and Financial Process Features

Has featureAutomated Invoice Processing
Has featureShared Services Payments
Has featureBillings Management
Has featureCustomer Receipt Applications
Has featureCustomer Collections
Has featureRevenue Recognition
Has featureCash Management
Has featureAsset Management
Has featureTravel & Expense Management
Has featureBudgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
Has featurePeriod Close
Has featureTransactions Tax
Has featureSubledger Reconciliations

Inventory Management Features

Has featureInventory tracking
Has featureAutomatic reordering
Has featureLocation management
Has featureManufacturing module

Order Management Features

Has featurePricing
Has featureOrder entry
Has featureCredit card processing
Has featureCost of goods sold
Has featureOrder Orchestration
Has featureEnd-to-end order visibility
Has featureOrder exception Resolution

Payroll Management Features

Has featureSalary revision and increment management
Has featureReimbursement management

Reporting & Analytics Features

Has featureDashboards
Has featureStandard reports
Has featureCustom reports

Customization Features

Has featureAPI for custom integration
Has featurePlug-ins

Security Features

Has featureRole-based user permissions
Has featureSingle sign-on capability
Has featureMulti-factor authentication
Has featureUser-level audit trail

Grants Management Features

Has featureAward Lifecycle Management
Has featureSpending Control
Has featureIndirect Cost Management
Has featureBilling

Project Financial Management Features

Has featureBudgeting and Forecasting
Has featureProject Costing
Has featureCost Capture
Has featureCapital Project Management
Has featureCustomer Invoicing
Has featureCustomer Contract Compliance
Has featureProject Revenue Recognition
Has featureProject Financial Performance Analysis
Has featureProject Financials Dashboard
Has featureReal-time Financial Reporting
Has featureEmbedded Business Intelligence
Has featureProject Planning Collaboration

Project Execution Management Features

Has featureProject Planning and Scheduling
Has featureProject Manager Dashboard
Has featureResource Manager Dashboard
Has featureTask Insight for Project Managers
Has featureProject Manager Mobile Functionality
Has featureTeam Member Task Collaboration
Has featureTeam Member Mobile Functionality
Has featureProject Candidate Search
Has featureDefineable Resource Pools
Has featureDefineable Resource Pools
Has featureTalent Profiles
Has featureReal-Time Project Reporting
Has featureAbsence Management

Procurement Features

Has featureSourcing Analysis
Has featureBids Analyzed and Compared
Has featureCatalog Shopping E-Commerce for Employees
Has featureInvoice Automated Matching
Has featureRequisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated
Has featureSpend Compliance Management
Has featureSupplier Management

Logistics Features

Has featureInventory Visibility
Has featureWarehouse Workforce Management

Manufacturing Features

Has featureProduction Process Design
Has featureSupply Chain Business Flows
Has featureProduction Management
Has featureConfiguration Management
Has featureWork Execution
Has featureAdvanced Fulfillment
Has featureManufacturing Costs

Supply Chain Features

Has featureForecasting
Has featureInventory Planning
Has featureMulti-tier Supply Chain Planning
Has featurePerformance Monitoring
Additional Features
Has featureLead and Opportunity Management
Has featureQuality Management
Has featureAfter Sales Service

SAP Business ByDesign Screenshots

SAP Business ByDesign Videos (8)

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SAP Business ByDesign Downloadables

SAP Business ByDesign Integrations

SAP Business ByDesign Competitors

SAP Business ByDesign Pricing

  • Has featureFree Trial Available?Yes
  • Does not have featureFree or Freemium Version Available?No
  • Does not have featurePremium Consulting/Integration Services Available?No
  • Entry-level set up fee?Optional

SAP Business ByDesign is available for a monthly software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscription, based on a base package, user types, and number of users.

SAP Business ByDesign Customer Size Distribution

Consumers
0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
10%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)
80%
Enterprises (> 500 employees)
10%

SAP Business ByDesign Support Options

 Free Version
Phone
Live Chat
Email
Forum/Community
FAQ/Knowledgebase
Social Media
Video Tutorials / Webinar

SAP Business ByDesign Technical Details

Deployment Types:SaaS
Operating Systems: Unspecified
Mobile Application:Apple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Mobile Web
Supported Countries:Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom (UK), United States (US), Albania (Partner localized), Algeria (Partner localized), Bahrain (Partner localized), Belarus (Partner localized), Bosnia (Partner localized), Bulgaria (Partner localized), Chile (Partner localized), Columbia (Partner localized), Costa Rica (Partner localized), Croatia (Partner localized), Czech Repubilc (Partner localized), Ecuador (Partner localized), El Salvador (Partner localized), Guatemala (Partner localized), Honduras (Partner localized), Kazakhstan (Partner localized), Kuwait (Partner localized), Lebanon (Partner localized), Montenegro (Partner localized), Morocco (Partner localized), Egypt (Partner localized), Oman (Partner localized), Panama (Partner localized), Peru (Partner localized), Poland (Partner localized), Qatar (Partner localized), Romania (Partner localized), Serbia (Partner localized), Slovenia (Partner localized), Sweden (Partner localized), Ukraine (Partner localized), Thailand (Partner localized)
Supported Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Dutch, simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Hebrew