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Harish Golla - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP Consultant at Quadricit
Real User
User-friendly, effective business module, and scales well
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of SAP Business One is its user-friendly and useful business module."
  • "The solution could improve by having better integration with other systems and reporting."

What is our primary use case?

I was using this solution for small to medium-sized businesses.

How has it helped my organization?

The solution has helped customers because it is more user-friendly than the SAP ERP.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of SAP Business One is its user-friendly and useful business module.

What needs improvement?

The solution could improve by having better integration with other systems and reporting.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using SAP Business One for approximately 10 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the stability of SAP Business One an eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the scalability of SAP Business One an eight out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

I rate the support of SAP Business One a seven out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The setup of the solution is straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

We used less than 10 people to deploy the solution.

What was our ROI?

I have seen a return on investment using SAP Business One.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I rate the price of SAP Business One a seven out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution to others. It is a good solution.

I rate SAP Business One an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Ranjan Dwivedi - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Business Development Manager at Softcore Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Real User
Strong production capabilities, highly scalable, and reduces management personnel
Pros and Cons
  • "SAP Business One has valuable and helpful features for standard utilities, such as sales, purchasing, inventory, and finance, including Indian localization. Additionally, it is strong in the area of production. It has enhanced capabilities in advanced production planning, maintenance, and other features as needed through the use of add-ons provided by partners. These add-ons run within the solution and can be provided to customers based on their specific production needs."
  • "The standard SAP Business One is sufficient for the Indian region. There is no need for further enhancement as custom solutions can be designed and developed to meet specific needs. For example, HR and payroll is not a standard feature of the solution, but they can be created as a separate custom solution. However, payroll is not a standard function due to the varying norms and regulations across India's 29 states and union territories. Therefore, a standard payroll solution cannot be provided by SAP to add utility and features. Adding it would lead to different versions of the solution and more complexity in managing them. However, it would be useful to have addons to cover the other states which have different regulations."

What is our primary use case?

The main use case for SAP Business One is for small and medium-sized enterprises in various industries, such as manufacturing, trading, and services. It can be implemented across various domains.

What is most valuable?

SAP Business One has valuable and helpful features for standard utilities, such as sales, purchasing, inventory, and finance, including Indian localization. Additionally, it is strong in the area of production. It has enhanced capabilities in advanced production planning, maintenance, and other features as needed through the use of add-ons provided by partners. These add-ons run within the solution and can be provided to customers based on their specific production needs.

What needs improvement?

The standard SAP Business One is sufficient for the Indian region. There is no need for further enhancement as custom solutions can be designed and developed to meet specific needs. For example, HR and payroll is not a standard feature of the solution, but they can be created as a separate custom solution. However, payroll is not a standard function due to the varying norms and regulations across India's 29 states and union territories. Therefore, a standard payroll solution cannot be provided by SAP to add utility and features. Adding it would lead to different versions of the solution and more complexity in managing them. However, it would be useful to have addons to cover the other states which have different regulations.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using SAP Business One for approximately 12 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

SAP Business One is highly stable in regions or countries where the taxation norms are simple, such as European and American companies. However, in regions such as India or Asia, where more customizations are required, it may be less stable. In those cases, support would be needed to manage stability.

I rate the stability of SAP Business One an eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of SAP Business One is great. It is highly scalable and can be designed and developed to add any kind of features and functionalities required. Additionally, it is highly integrable with other third-party applications.

I rate the scalability of SAP Business One a ten out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

The support typically provides query resolution for the customers and customization if it is required.

I rate the support from SAP Business One a nine out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of SAP Business One is straightforward, but it depends on the specific processes and requirements of the organization. It may need to be configured to fit the organization's needs.

The implementation for a trading company will take a minimum of two and a half months. If it is a manufacturing company, the time can be higher, approximately eight to nine months.

I rate the initial setup of SAP Business One an eight out of ten.

What about the implementation team?

We used three to four technical people for the implementation of the solution.

What was our ROI?

Utilizing SAP Business One can greatly reduce the people needed for management and time efforts for the organization. Additionally, when it comes to managing inventory, using the solution can lead to a significant ROI by reducing leakage and inefficiencies. We estimate that by using this system, inventory management costs can be reduced by five to eight percent.

I rate the ROI from SAP Business One an eight out of ten.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of SAP Business One is not comparable to other solutions. SAP is a well-known brand, and its price is on the higher side. However, if the solution offers the right fit for an organization the price is not a major concern for those who choose to use it.

There are two main types of licenses, one for administrative management and the other for users. Users are the ones who input the transactions. In addition, there are other licenses, such as integration licenses that are provided as needed. However, generally, there are two types of licenses.

What other advice do I have?

SAP Business One does require annual maintenance and support from the partner who implemented the solution after implementation. We provide maintenance to our customers the solution.

A dedicated team is responsible for providing support services for SAP Business One, consisting of approximately 32 individuals. This support is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week as customers are located in various time zones, including India, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and European countries.

I rate SAP Business One a ten out of ten.

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Sichon Theamkaew - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
A scalable solution, but it can be improved by allowing customers to move to cloud
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is scalable."
  • "More support can be provided on the web client end."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case for the solution is as implementers for our customers.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature depends on the requirements.

What needs improvement?

The solution can be improved by allowing customers to move to the cloud. Additionally, more support can be provided on the web client end.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using the solution for a year and are currently using version 10.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. There are currently six users utilizing the solution.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is not difficult for on-premises but difficult for cloud. Implementation took approximately six months.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution a six out of ten. The solution is good but can be improved by providing options for the solution to be moved to cloud.

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Luis Guillermo Morales Kestler - PeerSpot reviewer
Gerente Informatica Corporación Arium at Arium Co
Real User
A solution with great sales and wholesale distribution features
Pros and Cons
  • "The sales and wholesale distribution are great."
  • "We don't have the functionality of the supply chain and mobile applications."

How has it helped my organization?

We are very satisfied with SAP Business One application. It is deployed on-premises. We reviewed the cost of cloud, and it is very expensive. We have about 200 users on-premises and plan to remain on-premises.

What is most valuable?

The sales and wholesale distribution are great.

What needs improvement?

We don't have the functionality of the supply chain and mobile applications and use third-party applications for this. We sell our products in little stores, and we need a phone to take the requirements of our customers, and the information goes to SAP. We have 15 warehouses to track picking, packing and all the processes in sales and the supply chain. So it is also essential to have good business intelligence.

Our problem is that we have five or six companies using SAP Business One, and when we need to have a disaster recovery plan, we need to execute a full backup of all of our companies. We need to have a backup for only one company, which is impossible.

How are customer service and support?

Our technical support is from our partner in Guatemala City, and we don't need to scale the problem to SAP. Our partner has great support, and we are very satisfied with their service.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution a nine out of ten. We are concerned with the Web Client because it doesn't have the old features we had on a desktop. In addition, we need more flexibility in the authorization process for purchasing because we don't have all the information we need to approve. We need to navigate different areas for information, and we only need one screen with all the information for the approved process.

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Independent Consultant at Bosch&Cia
Real User
Powerful with good integrations and excellent online documentation
Pros and Cons
  • "It's very powerful and very complete."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

Both of our customers are retailers - one in the construction sector and other with automotive parts. We have a great number of items and clients in both enterprises. 

We can use the solution to guarantee the enterprise, the technology platform. We've been working with COBOL and SQL for more than 20 years, and we have to migrate to a platform with international knowledge or experience.

We have experience in ERP development and also the technological projection for the short and long term. That's why we chose to work with SAP Business One.

What is most valuable?

The parametrization and the integration of all the models is great. All the models are integrated well. 

The UX experience is also very good.

It's very powerful and very complete.

The setup is pretty straightforward. 

It's a scalable product.

It is quite stable. 

The solution offers excellent online documentation.

It seems that SAP is always giving you much more tips and upgrades than you are expecting.

What needs improvement?

Business One has a lot of data in each model, and it should be quite important to make the UX or interface for end users more simple. We can do it with other software and with some user interface that comes with SAP, however, that is perhaps the one meaningful issue to solve. 

When you want to work with data master items, there is no good manner to classify or to group the items. We have to do it with user information. They really need better classification of items. We have a lot of items, and SAP Business One comes only with one parameter to group the items and 64 properties. However, that is not what the system needs at all.

There's not much that needs fixing. It's been a very good experience through the years.

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. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for ten years. I started using it in 2012.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's stable and reliable. The performance is good. There are no bugs or glitches. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution scales well. 

I am working with 200 end users now, and it seems that the two people we have for support of the ERP is good. 

How are customer service and support?

We have the contact and support of the partner that sold us the SAP application. Therefore, support comes through a third party.

From the vendor, support is very good. In some areas, we must view and understand the topics through information on the web, not directly through them. 

SAP doesn't give us support directly. The support of SAP is with partner intermediation. However, you must study and learn from the web every time. That's key for understanding and giving good support for the software.

We had to change partners to get a better support system in place and now they are good. The documentation, however, is stellar, and I would rate what's online a ten out of ten. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

After you know stuff about the software, it's easy. 

YOu only need two or three people to put up the solution. They are specialists. 

What other advice do I have?

I'm a consultant and a user. We consider ourselves a partner. 

It's a very good product. Whoever wants to buy this product, needs to understand how SAP works through a partner or directly. The enterprise must have a technical counterpart with a lot of experience, real experience since the software doesn't work alone. It's very good software, however, if you depend exclusively on the partner, that doesn't work very well.

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.

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PradeepKumar22 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Governance Lead at Centrient
Real User
Top 20
Reliable with good automation capabilities but needs more integrations
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is stable."
  • "I'd like to see the solution become more user-friendly."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for daily data transactions and market data.

What is most valuable?

The automation on offer is very good.

The solution is stable.

The pricing isn't too bad.

What needs improvement?

I'd like to see the solution become more user-friendly.

It could use more integration capabilities. 

The initial setup can be a bit difficult. 

It scales only minimally.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for about ten years. I've used it for a while at this point. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution only scales a little. 

We have about 30 users on the solution currently.

At this point, we do not have plans to increase usage.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is a bit complex. It is not extremely straightforward. It took us about a day or two to deploy the solution. 

I'm not that technical and therefore don't have many details about the general setup.

What about the implementation team?

We had some outside assistance to help us with the initial setup. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is my understanding that we pay for a perpetual license. You just pay for it once and then handle maintenance. It is not too expensive.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We have been looking into other options as well. 

What other advice do I have?

I am using an older version. It may be version four or six. 

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. 

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Sohail Ali - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Vice President at Abacus Consulting
Real User
It's one of the best solutions for automotive use cases
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Business One depends on the industry. Generally speaking, Business One works best in automotive industry use cases."
  • "Business One's production module has room for improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We are a consultancy with more than 500 customers worldwide in Pakistan, the UK, the United States, and the Middle East. Our customers are in various industries, including pharmaceuticals and manufacturing. 

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Business One depends on the industry. Generally speaking, Business One works best in automotive industry use cases.  

What needs improvement?

Business One's production module has room for improvement. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We have used SAP Business One for 17 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate SAP Business One eight out of 10 for stability. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate SAP Business One 10 out of 10 for scalability. 

How are customer service and support?

I've contacted SAP support many times, and they've been very helpful. 

How was the initial setup?

The complexity of the deployment and the time needed depends on the project's scope. You can complete the deployment in two weeks to a month if you are doing a standard implementation without much customization. We handle the implementation for the customer, and we have teams in various cities who specialize in different industries. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate SAP Business One eight out of 10. I recommend it. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

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Vice President at Ayurvet Limited
Real User
Good ERP software for overall company management
Pros and Cons
  • "SAP Business One consolidates various functions, including production, sales, inventory, and purchase management."
  • "There are issues with inventory management and quality management."

How has it helped my organization?

Our organization has been using SAP Business One as an ERP software for overall company management, which includes production, sales, inventory management, and purchase management.

What needs improvement?

We have continued to use SAP Business ONE due to its add-ons and customization options, but there are still some areas that could use improvement. Otherwise, there are issues with inventory management and quality management, as well as the software not providing detailed information for production.

We managed to continue using SAP Business One with the help of add-ons.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using SAP Business One for the past eleven years. The current version we are using is 9.2.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. I would rate it a seven out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

I would give technical support a six out of ten. There is room for improvement, particularly in areas such as quality management, production operations, and store inventory management. We faced some constraints but managed to overcome them by using add-ons.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

We deployed the solution on the premises, on our own servers. The whole process took almost a year.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I would rate the cost of licensing SAP Business One a six out of ten, with one being low-priced and ten being very expensive.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I would rate it an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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