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SAP Business One

Composite Score

8.2 /10

CX Score

8.4 /10

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What is SAP Business One?

SAP Business One is a world class award winning business management software product created by the German multinational software corporation SAP SE. It allows small and medium sized companies to automate their sales, purchase, financial, CRM, banking, production and service processes, including project and resource management. All the areas are tightly integrated and easy to use, complemented by deep industry solution capability from SAP partners and leveraging the revolutionary SAP HANA database as an in-memory platform for users to be competitive and innovative in the digital economy.

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Awards & Recognition

SAP Business One won the following awards in the Enterprise Resource Planning - Midmarket category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

10 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

11 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

2022

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

8 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2022

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2021

SAP Business One Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love SAP Business One?

4% Negative

0% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Inspires Innovation
Performance Enhancing
Client Friendly Policies

Feature Ratings

Average 87

Procurement Management

Accounting and Financial Management

Analytics and Reporting

Supply Chain Management

BI and Performance Management

Industry Specific Capabilities

Governance Risk and Compliance

Service Management

Job and Project Management

Human Capital Management

Customer Relationship Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

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SAP Business One Reviews

Ing. Julston D.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2022

"Fantastic product!"

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates SAP Business One from other similar products?

SAP Business One Professional has good features and flexibility overall, but is designed as an "old school" enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform. It may be too complex for many users especially small to midsize businesses (SMBs).

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Extensive customization available. Underlying SAP HANA database allows for complex business analytics. Microsoft SQL Server also available. Includes Crystal Reports for custom reporting. Excellent documentation.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Initial configuration and installation usually requires partner or expensive Value Added Reseller (VAR). Extensive customization necessary. Only supports Mozilla Firefox browser; testing failed.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Can handle multiple currencies. Benefits administration module.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Mubashir H.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2022

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates SAP Business One from other similar products?

It's is full of features required for any business.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

External Integrations.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Technical Issues and sld connectivity (sometimes)

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Alwasy go with the latest Version.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Unique Features
Respectful
Helps Innovate

Vignesh A.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2022

A must implement Audit software

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates SAP Business One from other similar products?

One thing that differentiates SAP Business one from others is the fact that the overall integration between the process, risk management, and access controls helps in unifying department functions effectively

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect about SAP business one is its effective way of data management and cloud data storage capabilities

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is quite difficult to understand and start using the product from the get-go. A learning curve efficiency is required

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For better automation of audit process and for an overall integration, SAP Business One is very much recommended.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Unique Features

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

SAP Business One Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love SAP Business One?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Procurement Management Includes purchasing and procurement management, as well as supplier management and optimization.

Accounting and Financial Management Includes accounting and finance functions such as general ledger, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Supply Chain Management Includes all aspects of logistics, distribution, and inventory management, as well as warehouse and shipping, order promising, and asset management.

BI and Performance Management Includes all aspects of reporting and BI analytics, as well as planning and optimization.

Industry Specific Capabilities Includes all unmentioned industry specific modules and capabilities related to the primary industry of your company.

Governance Risk and Compliance Includes governance, risk management, compliance, security management, controls and audit.

Service Management Includes all aspects of service management, service orders, requests, field service and contracts.

Job and Project Management Includes all aspects of project planning management, costing and billing, resource management and controls, and product data management.

Human Capital Management Includes employee management functions such as recruiting, payroll, development and performance management.

Customer Relationship Management Includes sales order management functions such as quotes, contract, marketing, and automation.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Also Featured in...

Discrete Manufacturing ERP

Accounting - Small Business

Accounting - Midmarket

SAP Business One Reviews

Ing. Julston D.

"Fantastic product!"

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mubashir H.

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Vignesh A.

A must implement Audit software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Procurement Management

Accounting and Financial Management

Analytics and Reporting

Supply Chain Management

BI and Performance Management

Industry Specific Capabilities

Governance Risk and Compliance

Service Management

Job and Project Management

Human Capital Management

Customer Relationship Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration