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SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Overview

What is SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a modular cloud ERP software designed for every business need – powered by AI and analytics. SAP S/4HANA Cloud enables users to run mission-critical operations in real time from anywhere, introduce new business models in an…

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Recent Reviews

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

8 out of 10
April 10, 2024
As the Inventory Controller for my organization, I use SAP S/4HANA Cloud on my day-to-day operations such as creating materials, running …
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SAP S/4HANA Cloud Review

8 out of 10
March 22, 2024
Incentivized
We are starting to use the SAP S/4HANA Cloud and also using the BTP products. We are working on RTI and GTS solution right now. These …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Accounts payable (415)
    8.1
    81%
  • Role-based user permissions (412)
    8.0
    80%
  • Accounts receivable (397)
    8.0
    80%
  • Standard reports (417)
    7.6
    76%

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Pricing

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SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Custom Pricing

On Premise
per month FUE users*

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee required
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.sap.com/products/s4hana…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Clean Core ERP Strategy: Accelerating the Adoption of Innovation

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Moving Toward a Green Ledger

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Cirque du Soleil Bounces Forward with SAP

YouTube

What is GROW with SAP? Three Questions to Jürgen Röhricht, Head of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud MEE

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The RISE with SAP Journey

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SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition | Maximize Benefits, Minimize Disruption

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Features

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

7.7
Avg 7.2

Customization

This addresses a company’s ability to configure the software to fit its specific use case and workflow.

7.3
Avg 7.3

Security

This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.

8.3
Avg 8.1

Reporting & Analytics

Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.

7.4
Avg 7.0

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

Financial management solution, including capabilities for general ledger and configurable accounting

8.3
Avg 7.6

Inventory Management

The ability to track and manage the flow of goods or materials into and out of an inventory.

7.9
Avg 7.9

Order Management

The ability to process orders, and track them from quote to cash.

8
Avg 7.8
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Product Details

What is SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a modular cloud ERP software designed for every business need – powered by AI and analytics. SAP S/4HANA Cloud enables users to run mission-critical operations in real time from anywhere, introduce new business models in an industry, and expand globally. It can be deployed either on premise, in the cloud, or in a hybrid combination for quicker time-to-value.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Features

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting Features

  • Supported: Accounts payable
  • Supported: Accounts receivable

Inventory Management Features

  • Supported: Inventory tracking
  • Supported: Automatic reordering
  • Supported: Location management

Order Management Features

  • Supported: Pricing
  • Supported: Order entry
  • Supported: Cost of goods sold

Payroll Management Features

  • Supported: Pay calculation
  • Supported: Benefit plan administration
  • Supported: Direct deposit files

Reporting & Analytics Features

  • Supported: Dashboards
  • Supported: Standard reports
  • Supported: Custom reports

Customization Features

  • Supported: API for custom integration
  • Supported: Plug-ins

Security Features

  • Supported: Role-based user permissions
  • Supported: Single sign-on capability
  • Supported: Multi-factor authentication
  • Supported: User-level audit trail

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.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Videos

Watch An overview of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition and how it helps businesses grow.

Watch The GROW with SAP offering is designed to help users adopt cloud ERP with speed, predictability, and continuous innovation.

Watch SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition, is a tailored-to-fit cloud ERP that adapts to the organization’s unique transformation.

Watch RefrenceLIVE event featuring MOD Pizza discussing S/4HANA Public cloud, BTP and SuccessFactors.

Watch In a world that never stands still, standing apart from the competition is increasingly difficult. This video shows how SAP S/4HANA Cloud helps businesses in any industry keep pace and rise to the challenge.

Watch How bathroom specialist, RIHO, unified business processes and visibility group-wide by standardizing on SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition with the support of SAP partner, NTT. Now the business benefits from a complete picture of stock to inform manufacturing, and consistency across product data and pricing.

Watch How marine engine manufacturer, Yanmar Marine, has redesigned the company to adapt to a changing business environment with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition. Now the business has the real-time visibility to accurately plan working capital, and has reduced financial close from 3 days to just half a day.

Watch Innotec, provider of innovative chemical products, implemented SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition to respond better to distributors and customers and set the foundation for growth.

Watch How Neolync is set to redefine the manufacture of electronic products by unifying its international operations with SAP. S/4HANA Cloud, private edition simplifies and automates business processes, allowing the company to focus on its core business, innovation while increasing its global reach.

Watch How Unipart is leveraging RISE with SAP to modernise its own IT and change its current business model. Combining its deep logistics expertise with the experience of implementing RISE with SAP to help it's customers accomplish digital transformation.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Competitors

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone
Supported CountriesWorldwide
Supported LanguagesMost languages

Frequently Asked Questions

SAP S/4HANA Cloud starts at $0.

Oracle E-Business Suite and NetSuite ERP are common alternatives for SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

Reviewers rate Single sign-on capability and Order entry highest, with a score of 8.5.

The most common users of SAP S/4HANA Cloud are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Gaurang Shah ☁️ ⎈ | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are using SAP S/4HANA cloud in finance for accounts receivable, incoming payments are matched automatically to open receivables like invoice.
Saving accountants time & efforts in day to day work .
It's useful when one payment made for many invoices.
Helps in improving overall service quality for shared services.
We reprocess bank statements which are not processed automatically.

  • Assign payments to customer/supplier accounts
  • Post payment to customer/supplier
  • Confirms company-initiated payments like checks or bank transfer
  • Different receivable process for different countries
  • Integration challenges with current system
  • Data security and compliance
  • Data migration and cleansing
  • User training and hands on adoption
It's useful for enterprise level financial transactions in big firms but for small scale organisation due to budget constraints they are not able to use the same .
It's having limited customisation scope as compared to on Prem version .

January 02, 2024

ERP consultant

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SAP-HANA is very user friendly and advanced compared to other ERPs-JDE,Oracle,AS400 etc. we used to use SAP-HANA for Account receivable - maintaining Master data, Apply payments etc. The only challenge we faced was SAP-HANA is expensive and comparable with limited IT interfaces
  • Data base and data warehouse management
  • Customer base, customer relationship and Vendor management
  • Human resource management
  • The complex integration we have with ERPs make it difficult to move or upgrade to SAP S4 HANA. Reimplementing all integrations and not impact business is a challenge
  • Requires a lot of tedious testing so that no role or function is impacted
  • Very time consuming to implement or upgrade. For large corporations it would take years to slowly migrate to S4HANA
SAP S/4HANA Cloud is well suited for small or medium Organizations where data and transactions are low/medium. For larger enterprises, given the huge data, cloud based SAP S4 HANA solutions become challenging
Vineet Singh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SAP 4hana is updated version of SAP .Use SAP Hana for inventory management and purchase request and purchase order and details of invoice and inventory of all equipment and supplies resources and also use for warehouse requirements and production details tracking of materials details also use for Preparation of new BOM and extend material for one site to another site very easily.
  • Manufacturing
  • Engineering
  • Warehouse
  • Human resources
  • Quality assurance
  • Quality control
  • Attachment attached very easy
  • Purchase request and purchase order very easy
  • Tracking of materials and batches
very easy to handle and tracking of material inventory batches details tracking and synchronised other software and services like track and trace system.old attachment recovery is less appropriate.
Mohamed Adil Shaikh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We basically use different modules in SAP ERP in my Organization, like SAP PM/MM/BI. My department basically use SAP PM Module.We support the Site team based in different locations for SAP PM requirements. This Module comes under CMMS Computerized maintenance management system. This module automates all the maintenance related activity. It also helps us to reduce the maintenance cost by analyzing the data. It incorporates all the details related to maintenance, the tool helps to optimize the maintenance and reduced the cost involves in the maintenance activity.
  • Automate Maintenance
  • Optimize Maintenance
  • Reduce Cost per maintenance
  • User Interface
  • Dashboards
  • Analyzing Data
For a product-based organization having a huge turnover can use SAP ERP much more effectively, because the cost involves is very high for implementing SAP. Whereas on the other hand a fresh startup or a low budget organization should not use SAP ERP System in my opinion, they can go for less cost software's like Maximo.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SAP software is used to control all types of critical business functions. By integrating and automating key processes, SAP helps organisations to run faster and more efficiently. By storing data centrally, SAP software provides multiple business functions with real-time and accurate insight into operations. SAP's various ERP products enable its customers to run their business processes, including accounting, sales, production, HR and finance, in an integrated environment, with data from each module stored in a central database. The close integration and common data store ensure that information flows from one SAP ERP component to another without the need for redundant data entry and help enforce financial, process and legal controls.
  • Transactions history
  • Bill of Material storage
  • Part codes history and aging
  • Inventory management
  • Part specific configuration control
  • System flexibility to support business
  • History transfer in new versions with all attributes
SAP has to many functions availability to do changes as and when needed based on business need and process improvement front. We faced issues with one of process of source change qualification systems control but when we connected with experts and they provided solution with some creation of sub inventory in system for transactions to store materials at different with full control to ensure FAI are closed
December 14, 2023

S/4HANA Public Cloud

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
We do S/4HANA Public Cloud implementations for customers. Cloud comes with few limitations from extensibility/custom development perspective.
  • Event Driven Integration is limited
  • Extensions on RAP objects are not available for all BOs
  • Extensibility
It offers lots of new features and upgrades are smooth. But this all comes with a cost, where the system is pretty closed system.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Have been using SAP for over 4 years now. It makes life so easy by managing almost all company operations in a single software, with best in class agility and ability to customise it as per one’s specific requirements.
Addresses all business problems, be it production planning, costing, sales or payroll. Vast repository of reference data and 24x7 available support makes it even more reliable. Every new update brings something better.
Cheers to making all our lives better.
  • Complete production cycle, right from planning to final product manufacturing.
  • Keeping all documents in one place, with ability to upload important stuff against the particular entries.
  • Maintain trail of any changes made to data, validations at the right places and methodological working of each process
  • The details of errors that a user mag face while trying to do a transaction may be explained within the system itself would be helpful
As mentioned in earlier answers, in case of production, procurement, costing, sales and financing, it is second to none. Very versatile and user friendly. Helps manage end to end business real well. Audit trail and traceability of ever transaction is an added advantage.
SAP still has room to improve in the area of HR management where mostly businesses have to rely on outside softwares
Melissa Hallam | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We implemented SAP S/4HANA Cloud to revolutionize our enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The deployment scope covered various departments, streamlining processes from finance to supply chain. SAP S/4HANA Cloud became the backbone of our digital transformation, optimizing workflows and enhancing real-time decision-making, Seamless integration with other SAP solutions for a cohesive ecosystem.
  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud's analytics capabilities are outstanding.
  • The scalability of SAP S/4HANA Cloud has proven invaluable.
  • The seamless integration with other SAP solutions.
  • Customizing certain aspects of SAP S/4HANA Cloud may pose a learning curve, particularly for users unfamiliar with SAP solutions.
  • As a cloud-based solution, SAP S/4HANA Cloud's optimal performance is dependent on internet connectivity.
  • While the return on investment is notable, the initial implementation costs and ongoing subscription fees should be carefully considered.
Companies that are serious about digital transformation should seriously consider SAP S/4HANA Cloud. It is a full-featured ERP system due to its sophisticated analytics, scalability, and easy integration. SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a great option for companies that want to stay at the forefront of digital innovation, despite some initial challenges. This is due to the return on investment (ROI) and the revolutionary influence on operational efficiency.
Basudha Singh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is seamless integration with Core SAP Modules and most productive SAP System.
  • Fiori application for Financial Accounting
  • Accounting transaction and Invoice booking
  • Provide more flexibility to end user to customze more application and fields by themselves without much technical Person's help.
User oriented applications where data from Logistics are much easier for access for better Financial and Accouting reporting.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We us SAP S/4HANA Cloud as our ERP system company wide. We use it to store data, report from, and manage all of our company data. We have locations nationwide and multiple business units to manage and SAP handles it all with ease.
  • In is incredibly reliable.
  • It gives us the ability to report out very quickly and efficiently.
  • Flexibility of use is greater than the R3 system.
  • Cost can be somewhat prohibitive
  • Migrating to S/4HANA can be time consuming
After moving to S/4HANA, our ability to output data increased dramatically. Integration with other analysis software is much more common than before. We now have much greater ability to access raw data and report out than ever before.
Bahram Ilman Zadian | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
From receiving the order to announcing the price and checking the service provider team, they are all managed in an integrated ERP system. It's smart ERP platform and help us to managing different parts of the organization through an automation system under the cloud, and it has a positive role in managing the company's costs. Clients are very satisfied with the process of ordering and the speed of operation
  • Cloud based ERP platform
  • Customization of the ERP system according to the size and needs of the company
  • Process of receiving and management orders easier
  • The employees/user license price can be lower for SMB companies
  • Creating more sample training videos in several different languages with simple examples

All steps of receiving the order are checked from the beginning to the end, but with the help of a powerful ERP
In order to hold an event, a request is received from the client and immediately the time of the event and the inventory along with the number of personnel required on that day are checked and the result of the price inquiry is sent to the client in less than an hour.
Sari Mikkonen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Responding on behalf of our customers: Running core business processes better, having better visibility to business with real-time data, less manual work, automated and digitalized processes with workflow mgmt, enabling business growth with global solution, having always up-to-date business platform and new innovations for business as part of the cloud based license model.
  • Intuitive User Interface
  • Always available on any device at any location as long as you have access to internet
  • Best practice processes
  • Embedded analytics for faster decision making
  • Embedded tools, templates and best practices to enable high-quality solution implementation and further development based on business needs
  • More advanced capabilities for project business
Really powerful solution for organizations in SME segment but also an excellent fix for fast-growing start-up and bigger organizations that are open for cloud based solutions and want to focus their own skills and focus to run and grow their business not to worry about technical platform related topics but still have the world-class innovative and sustainable solutions in use.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The most efficient SAP S/4HANA Cloud platform helps to achieve operational efficiency at optimum level.
We have been struggling with the performance inside the warehouse due to multiple external integration reducing productivity.
With SAP S/4HANA Cloud platform we could see great improvement in integration times and so it helps to provide better data availability on time.
  • Fiori Report output
  • SAP EWM Exectution of transaction
  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud standard report output
  • Embedded User drive Reporting and analytics
Best scenario where we are multiple SAP instances like BTP, Ariba, SAP S/4HANA Cloud and EWM and TM, cloud is the best.
Cons, not any so far.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Develop automation for it
Write tests for it
Integrate with other technologies
  • Speed
  • Availability
  • Stability
  • Customizing
  • Architecture
Well suited if the company IT policy is to move into the cloud. Less appropriate if critical software should stay on premise.
November 16, 2023

Review on SAP S/4HANA

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
1. Real-time analytics - It provides real-time data processing and analytics, which enables businesses to make decisions.
2. It helps to improve efficiency which integrates different business functions.
3. It supports Global operations by providing functionalities for multi-language, multi-currency, etc.
4. It addresses concerns related to data and security compliance.
5. It incorporates advanced technologies like machine learning, AI, and Internet of Things
  • Real time analytics
  • Data security and compliance
  • Innovation
  • Integration
  • Flexibility
  • Agility
  • Scalability
1. It is well suited for: Cloud Adoption strategy, Global operations, Industry specific solutions, Real time analytics and reporting, Digital transformation, Compliance and security concerns, User experience improvement, Integration requirements, Growing business.
2. It is less appropriate when: Complex customization needs, Initial implementation cost concerns, Preference for full control, Large scale data migrations
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SAP S/4HANA Cloud is currently being implemented in various customer projects. It addresses the need for customers that are not yet based strongly in SAP or seek to go with a more standardized, lightweight and easy-to-maintain approach. The scope of this use case is a greenfield implementation of the three system landscape option.
  • Maintenance
  • Deployment Strategy
  • Total Cost Ownership
  • Performance
  • Feature Parity in various aspects, i.e. Financials / Coding
  • Overall CBC DEV and CUST System parity safekeeping
SAP S/4HANA Cloud takes both the best and worst aspects of being cutting edge, as it allows you to modernize your system landscape with the most recent technologies in a highly integrated manner. However this also conflicts with the existing software, both SAP and nonSAP being used, as customers not willing to spend highly on all the additional components around it will run into pains and bleeding as to integrate their exisiting landscape well with SAP S/4HANA Cloud. This is where the products turns bitter, as this is complex, time and effort intensive.
November 16, 2023

A review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Moving from ECC for the advantages of the newer technology and cloud utilization.
  • User interface
  • Process integration
  • availability
  • cultural differences
  • mobile use
  • 3rd party device integration
In a global dynamic environment integrating multiple streamlines of live global data.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The scope of our use case is : Automation of daily business processes for Finance, Controlling, Treasury, Logistic and Sales departments, Statutory and Tax reporting, communication with authorities and banks. The products help to cover company needs for end-to-end business processes and improve efficiency of operations. The SAP S/4HANA Cloud product is more user friendly than previous SAP products.
  • Treasury Workstation
  • Communication with Banks
  • Group Reporting
  • AI and Machine Learning
  • eTax reporting
  • eInvoicing
  • Smooth upgrade process from previous versions
  • Intercompany processes
  • MDG is not easy to use
SAP S/4HANA Cloud is doing well in the following:
End-to-end Treasury Workstation
Bank Communication
AI and Machine Learning
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are largely evaluating and using SAP S/4HANA Cloud across our different organizations and evaluating the possibilities together with our partner and SAP to secure and modernize our ways of working with SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Business problems are directly addressed and supported by SAP as they are a part of the implementation.
  • Analytics
  • Fiori
  • Easy user experience
  • Please re-design Fiori apps where ever possible as too many GUI transactions are just embedded directly into Fiori
Less maintenance support from a supplier or the organization itself as SAP takes care of the upgrades and releases and we are always up to date on the market with the latest offerings.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
We integrate our solution to SAP S/4 HANA Cloud, for end to end automation for the customers. We optimize Solultion Manager, iDocs, BASIS, MDM sanity check, user access security etc
  • Ease of use
  • Intuitive UI
  • Easy adoption
  • Wider SaaS availability
  • Deeper solution
  • More use cases incorporation
Manufacturing vertical is a slam dunk for SAP S/4 HANA Cloud. Not so much in software SaaS only industry in my opinion. we need presence there I believe.
November 15, 2023

S/4 HANA cloud review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We need to go to SAP private cloud due to strategic decisions for efficiency. Better performance, better user experience.
  • Advanced Financial Closing
  • Intercompany reconciliation
  • Tax challenges
  • New LMD is not part of cloud license
Well suited - Financial Closing
Less appropriate - Route Settlement
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Used as financial modelling and reporting from management systems systems toaid the sales engagements.
  • Simplified reporting
  • Access and integration to the system to aid reporting
  • visualization
  • simple screen forms
  • Remote access from the system and consoldation
Completeness of solutions na daccessibility with latest trends to change to match the business.
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