We performed a comparison between SAP Business One and SAP S4HANA based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: When comparing SAP Business One and SAP S4HANA, users rate SAP S4HANA as the better solution. In contrast to SAP Business One, reviewers of SAP S4HANA feel that SAP S4HANA is a very powerful and highly customizable tool. That being said, the pricing and service of SAP Business One are rated as better.
"Business One's best feature is transport management and collections."
"The sales and wholesale distribution are great."
"The most valuable feature of SAP Business One is the price and reputation of the vendor. The solution is widely accepted around the world."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable features of SAP Business One are the financials, sales, and production. They are very helpful. Additionally, it is very easy to use and the user interface is stable in the application and on the web."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Financial Management."
"We like it as it's easy to use, cost-effective, easy to deploy, and easy to get support for."
"The SAP Business One is simple and it provides us the control we need."
"S/4HANA falls under a single terminal. We can easily access the data, and the performance is good."
"It is a very powerful, highly customizable tool."
"The solution's most valuable features are performance and processes."
"SAP S/4HANA is the preferred database because of its scalability, faster accessibility, compatibility, and other well-suited features for large data sets."
"SAP S4HANA is a stable solution."
"I find the Production Planning Cockpit (PPC) and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) most valuable modules."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be the SAP Fiori application."
"I can verify and provide the overall financial aid report and also the management report."
"You get support through the vendor, not SAP directly. If your vendor is good, you get good support. If it is not a good vendor, the support is very bad."
"SAP Business One could improve asset management, inventory management, banking system, and production. Additionally, SAP Business One did not deduct TDS, withholding tax on payments."
"The solution could improve by adding HR and payroll, and consolidation should be included by default."
"Business One lacks built-in HR features."
"In the next release, I would like to see the inclusion of cloud features."
"SAP could improve the performance of the business alignment with other products."
"The solution needs to have comprehensive visibility into the entire sales-to-purchase cycle, enabling businesses to monitor SO-PO relationships, track order progress, and generate insightful reports."
"There should be a portal so that our providers can give us their invoices. This is something that it is missing currently. SAP provides such a portal with SAP ERP, but it is not available with SAP Business One."
"This solution works with the configuration, if the prerequisites are very clear and can be configured it works perfectly. If you need to simulate something, as a predictive tool this kind of simulation is not very accurate and it has limitations. This is something that could improve."
"If S4HANA has more AI and machine learning, it will be better and easier for reporting and dashboarding."
"SAP S4HANA is not suitable for all-size companies. If you have a small company there are better fit solutions for your needs."
"The classic interface needs improvement"
"I'm not a big fan of SAP S/4HANA because it needs a lot of hardware. It is really fast, but it needs a lot of hardware. The hardware for S/4HANA is too expensive."
"Planned Order List needs a change of screen."
"The cost of the solution is quite high. It needs to be adjusted."
"It is simple to implement SAP S4HANA. If you are already in this type of environment, then the transition is not very complex. However, if you do not then it can be difficult."
SAP Business One is ranked 4th in ERP with 61 reviews while SAP S/4HANA is ranked 2nd in ERP with 81 reviews. SAP Business One is rated 8.0, while SAP S/4HANA is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SAP Business One writes "Helps with intercompany sales and purchase orders, and optimizes inventory management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP S/4HANA writes "The solution is highly scalable, with solid performance and integration". SAP Business One is most compared with SAP ERP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud and Epicor ERP, whereas SAP S/4HANA is most compared with SAP ERP, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, Oracle E-Business Suite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and NetSuite ERP. See our SAP Business One vs. SAP S/4HANA report.
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Hi Shibu,
Here is a brief comparison between SAPB1 and SAP S/4 Hana. SAP B1 was not originally a SAP product it was a product developed by an Israel founder in 195 built only for MAC OS SAP bought it over in 2003, Whereas SAP S/4 Hana is natively built by SAP.
Scope and Complexity:
SAP B1: SAP Business One is designed for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and covers a broad range of business processes, including accounting, inventory management, and sales.
SAP S/4HANA: SAP S/4HANA is an enterprise-level solution designed for larger organizations, offering a more comprehensive suite of applications that include advanced analytics, industry-specific features, and support for complex business processes. It's strong in manufacturing, Service industry, government, and Oil & Gas industries.
Database Technology:
SAP B1: SAP B1 typically uses Microsoft SQL Server as its underlying database management system, but there is a new variant where you can use the HANA database with Business One.
SAP S/4HANA: SAP S/4HANA uses in-memory computing and the SAP HANA database, which enables real-time data processing, faster reporting, and advanced analytics capabilities. This technology shift is a major differentiator and provides significant performance advantages.
Scalability:
SAP B1: SAP B1 is not scalable for large organizations due to the complexity of the processes.
SAP S/4HANA: SAP S/4HANA is made for larger organizations which can cater to any complicated business processes.
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Hello Shibu, I am writing this answer on behalf of a Director at a small tech services company:
The key difference is about 2 and a half million dollars - jokingly - we’ve had some clients go with B1 and the projects were smallish - $70k - $120k. We’ve also had clients spending nearly $3m on S/4HANA projects. I’d say B1 is more for mid-market, and S/4HANA is a tier one large company, Fortune 1000 size project. Now of course that’s super generalized from a small sample size - for what it’s worth.