SAP CRM Reviews

I'm a data engineer and we are end-users of SAP CRM. 

In terms of visibility of the data, there's a very limited set that we have access to and sometimes it's very difficult and not user-friendly to analyze from front end to back end. It's the biggest challenge, even if I'm working with an organization where we've implemented SAP. They don't have proper mapping so we are more dependent on our data analysis rather than any mappings provided. Consultants and data analysis functions should be improved or included. It's sometimes difficult to navigate in terms of data. Even some technical users might see challenges with data analysis and base their findings on assumptions rather than concrete findings. I know the payment solution is currently somewhat disconnected from the current CRM and it would be a helpful feature to have an integrated payment solution.

I've been using this solution for three years. 

The stability is good. 

This is an enterprise solution so it's scalable. 

Customer service is reasonable, not great.

The initial setup is quite complex and can sometimes take three to six months for a small deployment which makes life difficult for a business use case. We used SAP consultants for our deployment. 

I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

SAP CRM is primarily being used to monitor our sales team's performance.

It's a software as a service (SaaS) model. It's run from a public cloud.

Our sales team is located in different geographies in the world, and their interactions with our customers are being tracked and recorded in the CRM platform. At any point in time, we can see the performance of the salespersons. We can see:

• What is there in the pipeline in the upcoming three to six months?
• What kind of order is available? 
• What kind of engagement is happening? 

All these can be tracked through the CRM.

The most important factor for recommending SAP CRM is its integration with the core SAP platform. Globally, most enterprises are using SAP as an ERP platform to manage their key business functions. SAP CRM has out-of-the-box integration with the core SAP platform. You can integrate your pre-sales and post-sales into the single platform on the SAP CRM very easily, and you can extend that CRM to your customers who can actually see what is happening to their orders—such as whether it is dispatched or not dispatched or at what stage it is—simply by logging onto the CRM platform.

The integration of SAP CRM with the SAP platform is relatively easier as compared to any other third-party product. If you go for any other third-party product, you will have a lot of challenges in terms of integration. 

Every end-user uses a smartphone nowadays. The user interface on the smartphone can be improved a bit so that you can do almost all the work from your mobile. You don't have to go to the desktop or the laptop to log in. The mobile user interface can be further improved and enriched so that you can easily manage your CRM functionalities straight from your smartphone. 

SAP CRM is being used for almost two years.

It is a stable product.

It is very scalable.

Technical support is available for the platform 24/7 when you subscribe to it.

It is fairly easy to set up. It is not at all complex.

Its price is reasonable. As compared to other CRMs, this CRM is competitively priced.

They have multiple flavors with different sets of functionality. Pricing is based on the flavor that suits your requirement. If you have more users, the cost will come down. 

For an SAP ERP customer, SAP CRM should be a natural choice. Because of the out-of-the-box integration feature, you need not put too much effort to integrate these two platforms. This is the single most important factor for considering SAP CRM. You can easily integrate the cloud CRM, as well as on-premises SAP CRM. It also has all the required and standard features of CRM functionality.

I would rate it an eight out of 10.

We are using SAP CRM for maintaining our customers, visits, leads, opportunities, etc... We are also using SAP CRM for our marketing campaign activities. We maintain our product and price list on it, and we are also using it for our sales forecast.

The features that I have found most valuable are that our management side can see the report instantly, they can predict the forecast, and see what is in the pipeline. They can predict how many orders they will have in each month. This is one of the good things. One of the main things is that the reports are very  customizable. It is very easy and user-friendly to customize the reports the way the user wants. They can see the reports as per their expectations and change them accordingly.

In terms of improvements, sometimes we experience downtime and maintenance time. Additionally, we sometimes see difficulties with the quotation output. So quotation output can be improved.

Our users are using it primarily from their laptop browser and very few are using it on their mobile because the mobile is not that user-friendly. So mostly people use it on their laptop.

As for what I would like to see in the next release, it is more or less okay. I don't have any specific suggestions to improve - but it could be more user-friendly. I think it could be more user-friendly like Microsoft Dynamics which is easier for a new user, they feel comfortable using Microsoft Dynamics. Whereas sometimes for SAP CRM users see some bugs. This will happen in the C4C, which needs to be improved, because we see many bugs and error messages, even if the inputs are okay.

The interface needs to be improved.

I have been using SAP CRM for almost four years. Before that we used a different CRM system.

Initially SAP CRM feels a little bit difficult, but when users become used to this software, it is a very good solution compared to other solutions, because I have used other solutions before, including the Lotus Notes based CRM system. It was not that much faster. I cannot compare it with Microsoft Dynamics or Salesforce, because although some might say they are better and others do not, I have not used them in our customer center.

SAP CRM is scalable.

We have both technical support from SAP and we also have an internal support team. In addition, there are very good training materials internally developed. I think the support system is very, very good. If there is any problem, then we get immediate support from our internal support team and if it's not in their scope, then we get immediate support from the SAP team.

The initial setup is not straightforward like Microsoft Dynamics. To be fully workable, the administrator needs to customize many things. From scratch it is not very usable. To make it usable, you need to customize many things to get the expected results.

It was deployed in different countries and it took a different amount of time for different customer centers. But for Bangladesh, it took almost three to four months because we needed to extract data and to upload that from the previous CRM system. Later we needed to customize many things as per our business requirements. So it took almost three months for the implementation.

Our deployment was initially done by a third party. One implementation engineer was there and I was there from  our side - so two people were involved for the implementation, but many other people were involved in different parts.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate SAP CRM an eight.

This is because, as I have said, sometimes I see some downtime and sometimes some error messages coming. For some technical reason, users faces some error messages and sometime it becomes very slow. It should not be like this. That's why I have taken 2 points off. Otherwise it is okay.

We use SAP CRM mostly for customer contact and lead management.

The most valuable feature is lead management and integration.

SAP CRM could improve by being easier to use and customer-friendly.

I have been using SAP CRM for approximately 13 years.

The implementation is difficult and could be easier.

SAP CRM costs approximately a couple of thousand a month.

I rate SAP CRM a six out of ten.

This solution is primarily a customer-facing portal for placing and tracking orders. I'm a service delivery manager and we are customers of SAP CRM.

When we implemented this solution nine years ago it was the best product on the market. It provides good performance. 

Many similar solutions have come on to the market in the last few years that have a better GUI, and better connectivity to the back-end SAP system. That is where this product started fizzling out. SAP GUI is not very attractive. Secondly, it doesn't capture people who visit the site and the products which were of interest to that person. Features were never upgraded and people started losing interest in the product because there were many other attractive products available. The solution has some serious issues at this point. 

We've been using this solution for almost nine years. 

Performance and stability were good, we never had any issues. 

Scalability was not an issue.

In general, their support is quite slow and requires a lot of follow-up to get what we need.

The initial setup was not very complex, it connected to our back-end SAP system. We have a Java portal at the front. We used a third-party service provider who was an SAP gold partner and carried out the implementation. The product requires the usual security-related patches to be applied as and when there are issues, then regular database upgrades and OS upgrades. We have around 450 people who are working on this solution.

SAP prices are always on the higher side, but we went with it after evaluating everything. Over time though, we stopped getting value for money. 

We've decided to move to an SAS solution. The solution we've chosen doesn't require maintenance and has a very good GUI with all interfaces available on APIs. In addition, it has all the functionalities which customers want. If a customer visits the site, it's recorded along with the product they looked at. If an order is placed, the customer can track it and get the account statement from the portal. 

This product does not have a future roadmap so we decided to decommission it and move to another solution. 

I rate this solution three out of 10. 

The solution is popular in Turkey. Overall, the solution is very good. The product integrates with third-party tools easily. It also integrates very easily with SAP solutions like S/4HANA.

SAP doesn’t have a trial solution for CRM. Salesforce allows customers to try the tool online. SAP must provide a demo system for the customers. The tool must add a WhatsApp integration to the standard solution. It already provides integration with Microsoft Teams.

We are providing the solution to our customers.

The tool is scalable.

The technical support is very good. It is better than SAP Hybris. The response time is very good.

Positive

The implementation process is straightforward.

The product is expensive.

In Turkey, SAP’s main competitor is Microsoft. It is cheaper than SAP CRM. Globally, Salesforce is SAP’s main competitor. The UI and UX of Salesforce are very good. SAP is developing a new solution to compete with Salesforce, but it is not launched yet. SAP is working on improving its user interface.

I recommend the tool to others. Overall, I rate the product a ten out of ten.

We are using SAP CRM for the payroll process, personnel administration, organization management.

SAP has a cloud version available which helps large companies. It is very powerful for talent acquisition.

When we are using SAP CRM we receive more accurate results than using any other CRM system.

The solution needs more flexible customization, tender request, and they need to think about some of the localization aspects. 

I have been using SAP CRM for approximately five years.

The solution is stable.

SAP CRM is scalable.

Our local vendor does not have that much experience. It makes it difficult for them to give training or fix some issues. The customization is very hard to understand and not only by the end-user.

The implementation of SAP CRM is complex sometimes. Our team cannot deal with some functions in the solution. We have some trouble, some aspects are not as easy to fix as some other CRM systems. 

If someone takes training and understands how the processes and functions work, it will be very easy.

SAP CRM is an expensive solution and is the most challenging aspect of the solution.

At this time my company is looking for another CRM system because of the cost. If the cost is reduced we might not choose another solution.

I recommend SAP CRM price be reduced, it is a problem for companies to be able to afford it.

I rate SAP CRM a seven out of ten.

We are a consultancy and advising company. It is used for sales, B2B sales, and sales force automation. It is used when our salesmen sell to our customers, and it is also used for the customers of our clients. The customers of our clients buy directly through the B2B portal on SAP.

The flexibility to design the portal and customize it according to the needs of the clients is valuable. The integration with SAP ERP is also valuable.

The B2C features of SAP are strong, but they are not very known to the public and companies. They must make it more known for B2C applications or B2C use cases.

I have been using this solution since 2010. It has been 11 years.

It is very scalable. It can cater to huge traffic and thousands of simultaneous users.

It is good, but it depends on the partner you select for implementation. You have to select a knowledgeable partner in order to get good support. It is not only about the application but also about the partner.

There is a great need for consultancy work. You need to first understand the needs and then design and configure the application. You need to understand all the features of the software in order to have a good installation. It is not for a common user. You need specialization and knowledge about it.

For its deployment and maintenance, we have at least 10 people. We have five engineers and five power users or business users.

I don't have the numbers, but you can get the results in approximately one year.

I would advise others to first clearly understand the business needs and have a good design or a good project. Only after that, they should begin the implementation.

I would rate it a nine out of 10.