SAP S4HANA on AWS Reviews

S4HANA is an analytics suite. It's a cloud-based solution for managing an enterprise. Each enterprise has different departments, like finance, procurement, sales, quality assurance, planning, etc. The system has the capacity to manage all these departments in a single box and they're all integrated. 

The purpose of the solution actually is to manage all the organization's activities within your organization on a single platform. For example, when you register a transaction from procurement, the finance part of the system deducts it from the balance sheet. The same thing happens with sales, maintenance, or any other department. It helps you visualize your data in real time and make decisions.

SAP S4HANA is the same regardless of whether you host it on AWS or Azure like water is the same whether it's in a black or white bucket. It's the same solution. But within the solution, you have different models. Each of them is equally important depending on the industry.

We first deployed S4HANA for HSDF in 2017. We did OiServe during the lockdown and now we're doing it for NEP.

S4HANA is a highly stable solution because it's on the cloud. The solution is available 24/7.

S4HANA on AWS is scalable. We currently have three clients on it: OiServe, HSDM, and NDEP. The others are using on-premise solutions. So I will count those ones.

The support is okay because there's a support structure for that. You need to have first-level support and second-level support from a partner. SAP provides third-level support. SAP also has a platform where the partner can raise the ticket to SAP when there are issues that the partner cannot resolve.

S4HANA can be complex if your customer makes it complicated. At the same time, it can also be a straightforward solution if you meet a customer who is just willing to use the best practices. It's the same as SuccessFactors. You have standard rapid deployment and tools that SAP provides to deploy S4HANA within a short period. Some clients complicate the entire thing and say, "Well, I want to do this." In those cases, the project can last six months or longer than a year.

Or deployments for HSDF and OSA took six months. We expect to complete MDEP in six months because they have a simple process.

S4HANA is expensive. It costs much more than SuccessFactors. However, depending on the company, you can also get it at a steep discount. In Nigeria, they're trying to reduce the price because of the exchange rate issues. They're working on that, but generally, the solution is fine. It's an excellent tool. 

I rate SAP S4HANA on AWS eight out fo 10. I won't give it a nine because there is still room for improvement. 

SAP S4HANA on AWS is used mostly for SAP. Amazon AWS is one of the biggest installed bases for SAP solutions is why we selected Amazon AWS mostly for our clients.

The most valuable features of SAP S4HANA on AWS are that it's simplified and the analytical capabilities are good.

SAP S4HANA on AWS could improve by having more data centers because there are limited data centers in the region I am in. Amazon AWS has announced a few more data centers to be added, but they're still not 100 percent operational for SAP solutions.

I have been using SAP S4HANA on AWS for approximately two years.

SAP S4HANA on AWS is highly stable. I have not found any performance issues.

I rate the stability of SAP S4HANA on AWS a four out of five.

The scalability of SAP S4HANA on AWS is very good.

I rate the scalability of SAP S4HANA on AWS a five out of five.

The support was good. We only interacted once or twice with them, but not on a continuous day-to-day basis. Wherever we interacted with them it was good.

I rate the support from SAP S4HANA on AWS an eight out of ten.

Positive

The initial setup of SAP S4HANA on AWS is easy. The full implementation of the solution could take between 15 to 20 days. If it is only one system and it is a straight version with no upgrades and other things, then it will be only maximum of five to 10 days.

We use different teams for the deployment of SAP S4HANA on AWS, and currently, we are using two people.

We have approximately three to four people supporting this solution for maintenance.

My advice to others is this solution is straightforward and the deployment is very easy. I would suggest choosing Amazon AWS for SAP S4HANA if you have a nearshore data center to avoid any latency issues if we are in a different time zone.

I rate SAP S4HANA on AWS an eight out of ten.

SAP S4HANA on AWS is a core end-to-end ERP enterprise for the organization. AWS, Azure, and GCP are hyper scalars that we use for hosting the solution instead of SAP data centers or on-premise data centers. The solution is used largely for managing enterprise planning and the organization's finances.

SAP S4HANA on AWS is an easy-to-use solution. The time to deploy the solution is higher and needs a lot of configuration. However, once the tool has been configured, it can help you provide a near real-time analysis option. As an organization, we are happy to use the solution.

SAP S4HANA on AWS is a configurable solution, and I can customize it based on whatever I need.

The solution's overall enterprise support could be improved.

I have been using SAP S4HANA on AWS for over a year to support some of our customers who are on AWS.

SAP S4HANA on AWS is a pretty stable solution, and we had no issues with its stability.

SAP S4HANA on AWS is a scalable solution. Over 200 users are using the solution in our organization.

The solution's technical team is knowledgeable, but the support could be a little faster.

Depending on your business, the solution's initial setup is doable but complex.

It takes about six to eight months to set up the solution. We followed the activate methodology recommended by SAP India for the solution's deployment.

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

We've got a strong in-house team that currently manages SAP S4HANA on AWS.

Overall, I rate SAP S4HANA on AWS a nine out of ten.

S4HANA can be used for multiple functions throughout industry from material management to finance and production planning. I'm an SAP technical consultant.

The solution provides good performance and SAP is constantly releasing new features. 

The AI aspect of SAP S4HANA can be improved upon. 

We've been using this product for 17 years. 

Stability has definitely improved over the years. Many customers are migrating to this solution but it requires a change in how business is done, which is too difficult for some companies. Moving involves a lot of digitization, a different GUI. 

The solution is scalable. 

Support for SAP is not that simple but AWS provides good service. Complex problems can take some time to solve, but they usually have a quick response time. 

This is a complex application so the initial setup is not straightforward and requires planning and expertise. Migration time depends on the size of the landscape and the database. It can take a couple of years in an enterprise environment. The main work is around configuring the solution. Deployment usually requires a team of six to eight people. Managed services or maintenance depends on the size. Our in-house consultants are multi-skilled in both SAP and the cloud.

It's important to plan, prepare, and choose a service partner with adequate experience. 

I rate this solution eight out of 10.

The documentation isn't clear enough. There are a few native services that are available for increasing the IOPS. We can either go for the database storage striping to improve the IOPS for the HWCCT requirement, or we can go for the data volume partitioning, which is available with HANA for increasing the IOPS. 

It would help during maintenance to add new storage due to the data growth. It would be easy to go for the data volume partitioning feature with HANA. It's available even with other databases, but there's no comparison with the different features.

There are a few features that are in-built and available with SAP. When it comes to the on-premises solution, we used to go with those options. When it comes to the cloud, most people compare it to their past experience with the on-premises environment rather than the new cloud solutions. They might have an in-house benchmarking comparison or test results for those things, but it would be good if they published that. It would be very helpful for us when we need to take a particular call, or when we need to go for data volume partitioning or data striping.

In Azure, files can be downloaded and easily repurposed based on our solutions, which is lacking in AWS and in GCP.

I have used this solution for the past seven years.

With Azure, there are a lot of tools available for monitoring SAP-related information. When it comes to AWS, the infrastructure isn't specific to SAP. The monitoring and backup solutions that are available with Azure are missing with AWS.

For example, take a case for HCM enrollment. For Sonic, you need to go with the SBD devices. It should be separate. The SBD devices need to be provisioned with the three nodes with AWS. We have a fencing agent in Azure, which would be cost effective, rather than provisioning three additional VMs. It's a minimal cost, but there are additional loads which need to be done on top of it.

I would rate the stability as nine out of ten. Almost all of the public cloud providers provide the same kind of stability.

The scalability is good. 

SAP has an auto-scaling feature, but Azure doesn't.

There weren't a lot of challenges with the setup.

I would rate the setup as five out of five.

It's expensive. It would be good if AWS and Azure could reduce the computing cost for people who move to the public cloud.

I would rate the pricing as four out of five.

There's not a lot of difference in the pricing of AWS and Azure. AWS is about $1 or $2 higher than Azure. Azure is cheaper when it comes to the computing part. From the partner side, I feel we are getting more benefit when it comes to Azure Cloud.

I would rate this solution as nine out of ten. 

When it comes to Azure, if you're already using existing solutions, it's easy to leverage that into a public cloud.

There are challenges with implementing AWS in India, but not Azure.

SAP S4HANA on AWS is mainly used for deploying SAP applications.

SAP S4HANA's most valuable features include backup, security, storage, infrastructure, and enabling AI. 

SAP S4HANA could be improved by adding a click-to-deploy model.

I've been using SAP S4HANA on AWS for three years.

SAP S4HANA is 100% stable.

SAP S4HANA is scalable.

Amazon's technical support is good.

Positive

The initial setup is very simple - they have the AWS launch widget, which helps to enable the deployment on cloud.

We used an in-house team.

SAP S4HANA gives really good ROI.

SAP S4HANA's pricing model should be more flexible and transparent - there's a lot of negotiation and internal factors, and some customers get better value and services for the same product.

I would give SAP S4HANA a rating of eight out of ten.

SAP S4HANA on AWS can be used for managing financials, sales, inventory, quotes, or supply chains.

The most valuable feature of SAP S4HANA on AWS is that when developed on a new structured system it can be configured.

Whoever developed the current system that my clients have are no longer available and both engineers have retired, the solution's hardware has become a black box and they don't know how works. They spend an awful lot of time figuring out systems. They should reduce the ID expenditures.

If you go to AWS's site they offer training programs that are very good. SAP does not do the same, if SAP could provide some training that would be great.

There are other solutions that can connect with SAP S4HANA on AWS but there is not a lot of information that is provided on what they can do. If they could provide these details it would be helpful.

I have been using SAP S4HANA on AWS for three months.

SAP S4HANA on AWS, but in general, the response from SAP is not great unless you pay for extra services. 

I have not used another similar solution to SAP S4HANA on AWS.

SAP S4HANA on AWS is still difficult to configure. It requires professional help. If the client can do it themselves it would be great. The implementation needs to be a lot easier than it is today, that would be great.

I would rate the complexity of the deployment of SAP S4HANA on AWS a four out of five.

To implementation SAP S4HANA on AWS it requires professionals. The solution does not require maintenance. However, you need foresight as to what you want to do in the future because once you set it up some things are hard to change. This aspect can be difficult.

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.

I rate SAP S4HANA on AWS a nine out of ten.

We use SAP S/4HANA on AWS for an enterprise environment encompassing multiple departments and functions like JBA, operations, finance, HR, and EIBM.

The product efficiently manages the data center without manual intervention.

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

We have been using SAP S4HANA on AWS for more than ten years.

I rate the product's stability a ten out of ten.

I rate the product's scalability a ten out of ten.

I have been using SAP for 20 years. The initial setup process for deploying it on AWS is similar to the on-premise infrastructure.

SAP S4HANA on AWS has reasonable pricing.

It is a complete enterprise application. I recommend it to those looking for an ERP product to deploy on AWS. I rate it a ten out of ten.