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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Certinia ERP Cloud

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/ACertinia ERP Cloud automates financial management on the Salesforce platform. The customer-centric ERP software includes a general ledger, automated billing processes, and financial intelligence.N/A

    SAP S/4HANA Cloud

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASAP S/4HANA Cloud is a modular ERP that enables users to run mission-critical operations in real time from anywhere, introduce new business models in any industry, and expand globally. SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a SaaS product and can also be deployed in a hybrid landscape for quicker time to value.​ ​​ SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a foundational component of the SAP…N/A
    Pricing
    Certinia ERP CloudSAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Certinia ERP CloudSAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsPer user, per month
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Certinia ERP CloudSAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Certinia
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Would buy again
    504 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    396 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    502 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    288 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    358 Answers
    Features
    Certinia ERP CloudSAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.3
    290 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Pay calculation8.52 Ratings8.1248 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.02 Ratings8.3248 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.02 Ratings8.0242 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    7.9
    424 Ratings
    4% above category average
    API for custom integration8.84 Ratings7.9406 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.03 Ratings7.9376 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    8.4
    5 Ratings
    3% above category average
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.5
    487 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Single sign-on capability8.65 Ratings8.7457 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.15 Ratings8.2480 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    7.9
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    7.9
    494 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Dashboards8.45 Ratings7.9462 Ratings
    Standard reports6.55 Ratings8.1487 Ratings
    Custom reports8.85 Ratings7.8453 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    7.9
    6 Ratings
    2% above category average
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.4
    485 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Accounts payable8.05 Ratings8.4478 Ratings
    Accounts receivable7.14 Ratings8.3460 Ratings
    Global Financial Support8.01 Ratings8.249 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.01 Ratings8.148 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations6.33 Ratings8.248 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.43 Ratings8.245 Ratings
    Standardized Processes8.73 Ratings8.651 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    23% above category average
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.6
    426 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Inventory tracking10.03 Ratings8.6417 Ratings
    Automatic reordering10.03 Ratings8.4361 Ratings
    Location management10.03 Ratings8.2344 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.4
    437 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pricing8.02 Ratings8.2416 Ratings
    Order entry8.02 Ratings8.5425 Ratings
    Credit card processing8.52 Ratings9.024 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold8.02 Ratings8.5400 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings8.140 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.7
    52 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Travel & Expense Management10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.01 Ratings8.042 Ratings
    Billing Management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings8.046 Ratings
    Period Close00 Ratings8.350 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Budgeting and Forecasting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Costing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost Capture10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Capital Project Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    30% above category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling7.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers7.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality8.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools8.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.3
    27 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings8.327 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.3
    49 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings8.238 Ratings
    Contract Authoring00 Ratings8.338 Ratings
    Contract Repository00 Ratings8.135 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings8.443 Ratings
    Supplier Management00 Ratings8.343 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    9.8
    1 Ratings
    40% above category average
    Risk Repository00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Control Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Issue Detection00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.2
    37 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings8.435 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings7.936 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings8.031 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management00 Ratings8.632 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings8.231 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.5
    39 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Production Process Design00 Ratings8.636 Ratings
    Production Management00 Ratings8.737 Ratings
    Configuration Management00 Ratings8.436 Ratings
    Work Execution00 Ratings8.336 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings8.533 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.3
    45 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.240 Ratings
    Inventory Planning00 Ratings8.343 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring00 Ratings8.342 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Certinia ERP Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    Certinia ERP Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    9.0
    42 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Proposal Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management00 Ratings8.142 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Certinia ERP CloudSAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.6
    (561 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.4
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (455 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.6
    (77 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.7
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Certinia ERP CloudSAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Certinia
    For accounting systems, users and/or evaluators often want to see some type of matrix or "heads up" comparisons of specific features and functionality of a system in key areas such as: 1) General Ledger 2) Order to Cash cycle 3) Purchase to Pay cycle 4) Cash management 5) Inventory and/or Cost Accounting (Projects/Jobs, etc) 6) Revenue Recognition 7) Fixed Assets management 8) Budgets 9) Tax 10) Reports and Analysis It would be great if this kind of matrix existed to be filled in by reviewers so that others could benefit from their perspectives about the applications and how they address or handle the specific features/functionality. With respect to FinancialForce, the company has found that nearly all the key features it needed were available from the application.
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    SAP
    I think it well suited for organizations with a large and complex infrastructures as it can handle them very easily in my opinion. It is also recommended for companies which are planning to move to mostly automated environments, in which it can be implemented in a good manner. I also think it is not suited or less suited for smaller scale organizations as the cost of operation could exceed the budget.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Certinia
    • User interface is more modern and user-friendly than other software
    • Dashboards allow for good visual interpretation
    • Reports are able to be customized to better fit users' needs
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    • The software helps in forecasting and identifying potential challenges that would affect our organisation in the near future. This enables us to prepare in advance and also adopt practical and viable measures.
    • It enables faster and accurate data processing, which enhances decision-making.
    • It's easily customizable according to specific organizational needs. This promotes overall efficiency and productivity of the organization.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Certinia
    • Since SalesForce was not made with accounting in mind, building FinancialForce as a module on top of SalesForce gives problems because the overarching architect of SalesForce cannot facilitate all the accounting requirements.
    • The FinancialForce integration team was not very good, and did not help us set up our FinancialForce very well. Their customer support is also lacking and takes a long time to respond and troubleshoot our problems.
    • FinancialForce doesn't actually build financial statement reports. We were only able to run a trial balance, and we had to build the statements ourselves in Excel.
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    SAP
    • The beginner's user-friendly UI can help learners learn easily, and it feels a bit complex.
    • Implementation of AI bot on common tasks.
    • There are no offline functionality that users can use remotely.
    • As the scalability of the products grows, they become more expensive.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Certinia
    The company has now converted its legacy, "home grown" operations system and built it on the force.com platform, and the integration between it and FinancialForce is deeply entrenched. No other application would be able to replicate this functionality, and the company will be able to scale and leverage the force.com platform as it grows.
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    SAP
    The cost of SAP as an ERP is quite high and the switching costs associated with ERP systems are even higher. That being said moving from one ERP to another only happens once in a great while for large organizations. Those switching costs include retraining, IT hardware requirements, outside consultants and more
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    Usability
    Certinia
    Change management is always an issue, but the evidence of the application's usability is that both long-time employees (used to the legacy systems for many years) and newer employees have been able to learn the system and improve their business processes.
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    SAP
    Day to day data insight is more accurate for manufacturing industry to procure as per forecasted from supplier. Supply and fulfillment cycle becomes more easier. I would say more about performance as we are using this new server so we can see clear difference between SAP S/4HANA Cloud and ECC. Also it has customized business extensions for rapid development.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Certinia
    Unless the internet is completely unavailable - which has not happened yet - the application is always accessible. Since FinancialForce is built on the force.com platform, it's uptime is tied to Salesforce security and system performance standards
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Certinia
    If Visualforce pages are enabled, they sometimes slow down the load time.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Certinia
    The response time for FinancialForce is exemplary. Immediate acknowledgement of the support request by automatically logging a case/ticket on the provider side, then less than 24-hour follow up by a support team member with specific questions, information or resolution for the issue.
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    SAP
    The support system I find great as whenever I run into problems they rectify them quickly as possible they never reacted late the support is just up to the mark for me. They provide many solutions to the problems I faced the [technical] team support is always amazing they [listen] to mean work accordingly.
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    In-Person Training
    Certinia
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    More effective
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Certinia
    Through its Xtra login website available to its customers, FinancialForce offers a complete set of online, video tutorials, training and documentation. Each tutorial is "bite-sized", meaning it imparts instructional, step-by-step information in 2-3 minute narrated videos. For a particular cycle or process, like invoices to payments for example, each tutorial builds on the last so that the user can get a complete picture of the steps and process in less than 10 minutes.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Certinia
    The company decided to run parallel for three months in order to soften the impact of the change from the legacy "system" - which users had been interfacing with for over a decade - to FinancialForce. While not recommended, this did provide time for the in-house "super user" team of 2 people to become completely familiar with the application, and thus provide hands-on training and be a resource for the users who would be processing the daily accounting transactions.
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    SAP
    SAP requires
    a lot of internal and external resources to complete its successful
    implementation. The cloud version requires a deeper understanding of the
    different capabilities of the local systems (hardware) and the connection
    towards your local IT team. We found several problems on our systems that we
    couldn't foresee before the implementation and roll out.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Certinia
    FinancialForce Subscription & Usage Billing has more features, more useability, and manages higher numbers of customers. The systems I have used in the past are easier to navigate but couldn't handle this number of customers.
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    SAP
    The platform utilizes advanced predictive analytics to anticipate operational bottlenecks and put them out of commission before the problems become larger. We can proactively develop effective strategies that help keep service quality in the face of unexpected changes in the market, or external disruptions, by continuously analyzing historical performance data as well as elements of the current market
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Certinia
    • Beneficial to easily be able to track impact of fluctuating currencies.
    • Integration with Salesforce.com reduced/elimintated manual entry which saves various colleagues time.
    • Increased visibility over the entire sales cycle because of the integration between Salesforce.com & FinancialForce Accounting.
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    SAP
    • The financial management part ensures every process is well planned and allocated resources are used efficiently.
    • The development of payroll management ensures that all employees are happily remunerated and, hence, very productive.
    • The creation of solid financial reporting acts as the primary driver in decision-making, which brings more insights into development.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    SAP S/4HANA Cloud Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Order to Cash Dashboard - For the management of the order-to-cash process more efficiently across revenue streams and business models - including sales of physical and digital goods, services, subscriptions, projects, and bundles.Screenshot of a Sales Management Overview - Helps ensure sales reps meet their goals with an overview of orders and key sales performance metrics, with status tracking for each order in real time for the early detection of potential issues.Screenshot of the Purchasing Spend Dashboard - For weighing various aspects of purchasing spend through quick access to clear, complete, and real-time data, with less risk, and without opening different reports and transactions.Screenshot of Operational Supplier Evaluation - Provides a transparent overview of suppliers. Users can approve the most reliable vendors and get the right mix to serve business needs while reducing risk.Screenshot of Inventory Management - Provides visibility to manage supply chains, to mitigate risk, avoid unnecessary costs, maximize efficiency, and fulfill customer orders on time.Screenshot of Inventory Processing - Enables real-time supply chain visibility and provides meaningful metrics, with customizable dashboards and reports that display real-time inventory that track the status of inbound and outbound deliveries.