Oracle NetSuite vs. SAP Business One

“Cloud is the number one technology affecting IT today. By 2021 more than half of the global enterprises already using cloud today will adopt an all-in cloud strategy.” Gartner

It is really daunting to find a full-featured, all-in-one enterprise software suite that can manage every aspect of an organisation’s processes, when you’ve options like Oracle NetSuite & SAP Business One available in the market. Both applications were developed in the mid-to-late 1990s and have a customer base comprising thousands of people. Here, we’re accessing NetSuite vs SAP Business One to give you an idea on which ERP Solution can better fit to your changing business needs.

Not All Cloud Systems Are True Cloud Systems

Undoubtedly, SAP Business One is a single comprehensive best-of-breed solution that can run your entire business. However, it was built to be installed on a user’s own IT system. On the other hand, NetSuite is a true cloud solution, built and operate in the cloud with a multi-tenant environment, are always on the current version, and continue to scale with your business as it grows.

Total Cost of Ownership

SAP Business One is sold as an upfront perpetual licence, whilst NetSuite is provided as a subscription service where the annual fee includes the cost of hosting and managing the software. So, NetSuite requires less initial investment.

Stability and Scalability

With the rise of Cloud Computing, ERP Software has changed dramatically with other vendors surpassing SAP in terms of customers and capabilities.  SAP Business One is just now making the transformation to a hosted cloud deployment model, and has minimal ERP customers on any of its cloud versions to date. With 20,000+ customers operating on the same multi-tenant cloud version, NetSuite leads the industry in terms of platform breadth, scalability, ecosystem and price. In NetSuite, product enhancements are rolled out painlessly without breaking your previously implemented customizations which is almost difficult in Version Locked SAP B1.

Customization & Integration

Both systems let users add custom or user-defined fields and tables to construct custom logic related to both custom elements and standard fields and records. However, CSV, SOAP and REST web services help NetSuite to integrate seamlessly with variety of on-premise applications and third-party cloud environments. SAP Business One involves a disconnected MS Visual Studio tool for modifications and services help for even the slightest changes. SAP B1 is a hosted SaaS solution and customizations may/may not carry forward with upgrades potentially requiring redevelopment efforts.

How Inoday Can Help You?

NetSuite is leading and winning the cloud-ERP battle for SMB and MME sized companies and taking market share by the day. NetSuite was born in the cloud since day one and uses a consistent data model and database, enabling you to get customized reports & dashboards. With SAP B1, you need additional reporting software (SAP Crystal Reports) for any/all customized reporting. However, Crystal Reports does not provide drill down / drill through capabilities which NetSuite offers. As leading Oracle NetSuite SolutionProvider, we at inoday, recommends NetSuite for companies that deal with complex, configurable products on a daily basis. If you need further assistance or want to talk to our industry expert, feel free to contact us.

We Can Help By

·         Streamlining your business process with automated processes

·         Boosting revenue with connected data & actionable business insights

·         Making you compliant with Customized Reports that can be drilled downed

·         Reducing your total cost of ownership & eliminating IT hassles

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