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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Maximo Application Suite

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AIBM Maximo Application Suite is an enterprise asset management (EAM) platform.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
    IBM Maximo Application SuiteSAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Maximo Application SuiteSAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details—Per user, per month
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Maximo Application SuiteSAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM Maximo Application Suite
    IBM is leader in field of IT and brand always add reliability
    Incentivized
    SAP
    Chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a more user friendly and easier to navigate then using IBM Maximo
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    32 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    504 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    396 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    33 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    502 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    288 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    358 Answers
    Features
    IBM Maximo Application SuiteSAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.3
    290 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings8.1248 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.3248 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.0242 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    7.9
    424 Ratings
    4% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.9406 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings7.9376 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.5
    487 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.7457 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.2480 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    7.9
    494 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.9462 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.1487 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.8453 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.4
    485 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings8.4478 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.3460 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings8.249 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings8.148 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.248 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.245 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.651 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.6
    426 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.6417 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings8.4361 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings8.2344 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.4
    437 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pricing00 Ratings8.2416 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings8.5425 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings9.024 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings8.5400 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings8.140 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.7
    52 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Billing Management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings8.046 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings8.142 Ratings
    Period Close00 Ratings8.350 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    30% above category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    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 IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    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 Ratings8.235 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings8.443 Ratings
    Supplier Management00 Ratings8.343 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    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 IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    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 IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    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 Ratings8.536 Ratings
    Work Execution00 Ratings8.336 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings8.633 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    Ratings
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    8.3
    45 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.340 Ratings
    Inventory Planning00 Ratings8.343 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring00 Ratings8.342 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of IBM Maximo Application Suite and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    IBM Maximo Application SuiteSAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Small Businesses
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    Zoho One
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Zoho One
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Maximo Application SuiteSAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (45 ratings)
    8.6
    (561 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.4
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    8.3
    (455 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (4 ratings)
    5.6
    (77 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (3 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
    IBM Maximo Application SuiteSAP S/4HANA Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    It’s really good for organizing all your assets and managing your field technician teams. The new features, like the assistant and remote assistant, are also really good. On the other side, for the second part of the question, what’s less appropriate, for example, for network scanning, there used to be a part of the product that handled natural discovery. Now IBM has discontinued that, so we have to use two different products now to scan the IT environment, which is not so efficient, I would say.
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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.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Delivers Out-of-Box solutions for various industries without the need for customization and configuration
    • Modules and Applications are well developed and linked in an orderly way, with proper documentation and help guides that allow end users to start using the system with ease
    • Powerful Work Management, Contracts, Inventory, and Purchasing applications and features that are a better match to other ERP applications today
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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.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • The interface is not friendly, and it took a lot of time for our team to get comfortable with it.
    • Sometimes updates can led to unexpected lag and downtime.
    • It has many useful modules and features, but it is not well known, and I only recently found it after I was actively searching for it.
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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
    IBM
    IBM Maximo Application Suite has provided a solution to our desire to consolidate the multiple applications serving the layers of the Procurement process we has been accustomed to using. By consolidating applications, licensing and software costs are reduced, and the overall headcount to support the various applications was able to be minimized.
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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
    IBM
    The IBM Maximo Application Suite is well known for inventory management solutions. This solution is in use by many corporations but mostly I have seen its use in Ports, defense and aerospace industries. Some of the benefits are 1. asset tracking is amazing 2. Maintenance cost is less 3. Reduced inspection costs 4. Less downtime 5. It allows customization 6 Simplify data management 7. Highly adaptable
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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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    Performance
    IBM
    Depends on DB tuning, Query builds etc
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    IBM
    I have regularly contacted IBM Support to report issues and raise requests for issues we face during project implementations. The response from them has overall been good and to the point, and they get back to us within a day or 2 and guide us through the process of fixing it or providing an interim fix of the product
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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
    IBM
    As expected, good content and instructions
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    SAP
    More effective
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    Implementation of IBM MAS as a service provider has been easy. The functionality in the OEM space has been the best of its class with all related modules and application subject to maintenance
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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
    IBM
    As a computerized maintenance management system i do not have experience of any other system. The only experience I have is for Maximo and it works excellent for me. I am using many modules available in Maximo and all of these modules are almost fulfilling all of my business needs.
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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
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    Scalability
    IBM
    Cognos on its own is a great BI tool, but integration with Maximo is complex and could be better
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Being the core business of my organization, IBM Maximo had a complete ROI for our objectives. We are able to successfully maintain and offer multiple solutions based on our interaction with Maximo.
    • Based on our contracts, we are able to provide a great partnership with IBM thru Maximo and it's tools.
    • We are able to maintain our business with steady market growth based mainly on our offer of the IBM Maximo in various layers.
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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.
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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.