SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Supports integration with a digital assistant (for example Joule) for natural language interaction, alongside a Predictive Analytics integrator and machine learning intelligence in procurement.
SAP's software-as-a-service ERP suite, built on the SAP HANA in-memory platform with a SAP Fiori user experience.
- Starting price
- Price on request
- API
- Yes, a publicly available catalog of application programming interfaces for connecting, integrating and developing extensions
- Hosting
- Cloud (SaaS), built on the SAP HANA in-memory platform
Overview
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition is delivered as software-as-a-service and is fully built on the in-memory platform SAP HANA, which SAP describes as a single source of truth. The SAP Fiori user experience and a less complex data model reduce the data footprint. Its documented scope spans Finance, Sourcing and Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sales, Service, Asset Management, Professional Services with customer project management, and Core HR with time recording. Customers scope and configure the system through a configuration environment and migrate data with predefined migration objects.
Our take
This is the option for organisations that have already committed to SAP and want the suite itself rather than one function of it. Depth is its selling point and its cost: the same breadth that lets finance, procurement, manufacturing and professional services run on one data model is what makes a rollout a project rather than a signup. Budget for that, and for the configuration and migration work that the scoping environment implies. Anyone who wants a published price before a first conversation, or who needs only a corner of an ERP, should look further down this category.
Key Facts
| Category | |
|---|---|
| Starting price | Price on request SAP does not publish a price list for S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition. Certain features may need a separate subscription license, and SAP directs customers to their account executive. |
| API | Yes, a publicly available catalog of application programming interfaces for connecting, integrating and developing extensions |
| Hosting | Cloud (SaaS), built on the SAP HANA in-memory platform |
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Features
- Project costing
- Yes, customer project management with planned cost, revenue and margin, plan versus actual variance, and estimate to complete
- Invoicing
- Yes, billing plans on customer projects and supplier invoice processing with invoice verification
- Digital receipt capture
- Yes, through integration with an OCR program, currently OpenText: supplier invoices can be created from data files uploaded by the optical character recognition program. An external invoice processing system, currently SAP Ariba Central Invoice Management, can be integrated as well for the mutual transfer of invoice data.
- Reporting and controlling
- Yes, real-time analysis on a single source of truth, plus the Analysis Path Framework and a Predictive Analytics integrator
- Time tracking
- Yes, a timesheet for activity-based time recording by employees and contingent workers
- Integrations and API
- Yes, a public API catalog for connecting business processes, integrating external systems and developing custom applications
Integrations
Integrations coming soon.
Deployment and Support
- Deployment
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- Cloud (SaaS)
- Browser-based
- Support
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- Email helpdesk
- Chat
- Community forum
- Onboarding
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- Documentation and knowledge base
- Company size
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- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Suitability
| Industry | Freelancers | Small and mid-sized | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agencies | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Architecture & Engineering | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Consulting | Not stated | Stated as a fit | Stated as a fit |
| Media & Creative | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Technology | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
The table combines the industries the vendor addresses with the company sizes the tool is aimed at. An empty cell means the combination is not stated, not that it is ruled out.
Pros and Cons
Strengths
- One data model across finance, procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, sales, service and professional services
- Delivered as software-as-a-service and built on the SAP HANA in-memory platform
- Guided scoping, configuration and business process testing before go-live
- Data migration from predecessor systems with predefined migration objects
- Public API catalog for integration and custom extensions
Limitations
- No published price list; SAP quotes through an account executive
- Certain features may require a separate subscription license
- Some documented features require the three-system landscape, whose availability has to be checked with SAP
- Scoped as a full enterprise suite rather than a single function
Pricing
Price on Request
The vendor does not publish a price list. Ask them for a quote for your team size.
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FAQ
- How is SAP S/4HANA Cloud delivered?
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition is available as software-as-a-service and is fully built on the in-memory platform SAP HANA.
- Which business areas does it cover?
- Its documented feature scope covers Finance, Sourcing and Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sales, Service, Asset Management, R&D and Engineering, Professional Services with customer project management, and Core HR with time recording.
- How much does SAP S/4HANA Cloud cost?
- SAP does not publish a price list. Certain features may need a separate subscription license, and SAP directs customers to their account executive for pricing.
- Can data be migrated from an existing system?
- Yes. Migration projects can be defined, run and monitored, and predefined migration objects help key users transfer business data from predecessor systems.
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