SAP S4HANA on AWS vs Virtustream xStream comparison

"The solution is scalable."

"The HANA database is a valuable feature"

"It's easy to use and user-friendly."

"We have found the retail business features to be the most valuable."

"The support is top-notch."

"The most valuable feature of SAP S4HANA on AWS is the latency and speed. When we use the various typical relation database, the performance was visible."

"SAP S4HANA on AWS has high performance. All the data is in one place and it's real-time. When you make an entry you don't have to wait a couple of minutes, hours, or overnight as something the batch process takes time. It is instantaneous and is available to everybody."

"SAP S4HANA on AWS is an easy-to-use solution."

"The solution has encryption which we did not have before."

"The platform's front-end user interface needs improvement compared to other applications."

"We had some storage and legacy migrations problems with SAP S4HANA on AWS."

"Sometimes, the tool has bugs."

"I would like to see a lower price for the solution."

"The product could use more capabilities in the areas of robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence, but these improvements are already on the way."

"Businesses are particularly interested in process automation, mobile, and web applications. These are the areas that SAP S4HANA is and should be looking to improve on, especially in terms of streamlining processes and automating certain steps."

"The solution needs a warehouse management feature. Right now, there's a built-in WM, but they don't have an EWM extended warehouse management built-in, in S/4HANA. It's a separate product. So if they can add that, that would be great."

"The tool should undergo an overall improvement, including support. Data sharing should also be faster."

"Our account representative was inexperienced, they could improve on how they are managing accounts."

"I would rate the pricing as a two and a half out of five."

"There are additional modules-wise, it's needed for modules, and also for any new functions."

"The pricing is on the higher end."

"We pay a monthly fee for the use of SAP S4HANA on AWS for approximately five years. That's the time of the contract."

"We pay an annual subscription fee for the solution, which is slightly expensive."

"The pricing is a little bit high."

"The vendors have different pricing, ways of serving, security, and providing the service. You go and compare the offerings. Some might be better with smaller companies. For example, Microsoft Azure can handle small and medium-sized companies best but still can cover some large companies. Whereas Amazon AWS and IBM are going to cover sized companies. There's no clear advantage. Probably Amazon AWS may have been the first to be certified by SAP as a cloud-hosting partner. Then Microsoft Azure and IBM were certified at the same time. You have to partner up and be certified by the software."

"The price of SAP S4HANA on AWS is reasonable, given how much it costs to maintain a scratch-built system. To upgrade the support there is a fee."

"The solution is a bit expensive, we are still negotiating the price."