We performed a comparison between IFS Cloud Platform and SAP S/4HANA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two ERP solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the distribution module."
"IFS Applications is an all-in-one solution for finance, accounting, and production."
"When it comes to financing, the solution has helped us to concentrate finance functions like accounting processes in one system. This includes about 70 internal entities around the world."
"Individual user profiles that can be configured as templates to minimize data entry."
"The best feature is the maintenance module, which is essentially an industry-specific workflow designed with a manufacturing module as per industry standards. It's very precise and specific without having complex functionalities. It's straightforward. Field Service Management is definitely a wonderful product that IFS has developed because it caters to field services. The energy and utility sectors can answer their business needs using the software."
"The main reason for the ERP project was to bring together our fourteen sites, which had until then worked in separate silos."
"Having a young talented programmer, during the six years of use, we were able to save around 75 000 EUR preparing simple modifications using customization rather than ordering them in IFS / Partner."
"The solution overall is very versatile and flexible, especially compared to other products."
"The Fiori design is a valuable feature."
"SAP S/4HANA is the preferred database because of its scalability, faster accessibility, compatibility, and other well-suited features for large data sets."
"S4HANA is relatively stable."
"The performance of the solution is excellent."
"The solution can scale well."
"This tool helps us to manage business in a faster and smarter way."
"From a technological point of view, the in-memory database is one of the key highlights."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Ability to place approval check-points in the custom workflow, so clients can decide what they want it."
"IFS Applications is not robust enough to handle high-volume transactions, so it's not suitable for larger enterprises."
"The solution needs to improve its documentation and user-friendliness."
"IFS uses Crystal Report mostly, which isn't too user-friendly. Developing reports isn't easy and requires a lot of dev time. Since SAP bought it, Crystal Report has become more complicated to use on IFS. You have a dashboard for reporting that is good, but it's incomplete. Most of our clients use Power BI or some additional tooling for BI."
"The next version has already been released, and some of the technical things are a little bit behind the curve in development. This is specifically security, maintenance, security role maintenance, and creation. This is in their new product, called IFS Cloud."
"Customization needs to be improved."
"Sometimes from the sales perspective, clients don't always fully understand how large a task or a project they're getting involved in when they decide, "We're going to switch across to IFS." They could probably do a little bit more, maybe around preparing people for these projects."
"The solution's initial setup process was complex...The technical support my company receives from the implementation partners of the solution is not that great."
"SAP S4HANA could improve by having a more seamless easier integration, faster integration. The overall implementation timelines should be reduced."
"A virtual machine could exist to make everything available on a single deployment."
"In an upcoming release, it would be beneficial to have more practical intelligence in the system, such as protective maintenance, or artificial intelligence."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"The initial setup could be better. They can make the process a little easier. The functions that we require will be available in the next release. We specifically need a new model, and I think we have some versions to implement. I already read on the SAP website that some functionalities we are waiting for are available in this new version."
"The theory-side of the solution needs to be improved."
"We are always looking for a better user experience. We would like to see more consolidation in SAP S4HANA because of all the financial compliance and regulatory changes."
"Maybe its user interface and reporting can be improved across the board, but it is manageable."
IFS Cloud Platform is ranked 10th in ERP with 29 reviews while SAP S/4HANA is ranked 2nd in ERP with 65 reviews. IFS Cloud Platform is rated 7.8, while SAP S/4HANA is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IFS Cloud Platform writes "Robust, customizable, and modern". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP S/4HANA writes "The solution is highly scalable, with solid performance and integration". IFS Cloud Platform is most compared with SAP ERP, Oracle E-Business Suite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, IBM Maximo and ServiceNow, whereas SAP S/4HANA is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP Business One, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Infor LN. See our IFS Cloud Platform vs. SAP S/4HANA report.
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