IBM Maximo Application Suite vs. SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Maximo Application Suite
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
IBM Maximo Application Suite is an enterprise asset management (EAM) platform.N/A
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
SAP 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
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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 DetailsPer user, per month
More Pricing Information
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IBM Maximo Application SuiteSAP S/4HANA Cloud
Considered Both Products
IBM Maximo Application Suite

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SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a more user friendly and easier to navigate then using IBM Maximo
Features
IBM Maximo Application SuiteSAP S/4HANA Cloud
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.3
290 Ratings
15% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.0248 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.3248 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.0242 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
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 Ratings7.8376 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.4
487 Ratings
3% 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 Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
7.9
494 Ratings
9% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings7.9462 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.0487 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings7.8453 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.3
485 Ratings
7% above category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings8.4478 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.3460 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings8.149 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 Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.6
426 Ratings
8% above category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.5417 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings8.3361 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings8.2344 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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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 Ratings8.040 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.6
52 Ratings
14% above category average
Billing Management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings7.946 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings8.042 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings8.250 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
9.3
1 Ratings
29% 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 Product A and Product B
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 Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.2
49 Ratings
17% above category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings8.138 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings8.238 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 Product A and Product B
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 Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.2
37 Ratings
21% above category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings8.435 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings8.036 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings8.031 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings8.532 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings8.131 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
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Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.5
39 Ratings
14% above category average
Production Process Design00 Ratings8.536 Ratings
Production Management00 Ratings8.737 Ratings
Configuration Management00 Ratings8.436 Ratings
Work Execution00 Ratings8.236 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings8.533 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
IBM Maximo Application Suite
-
Ratings
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
8.2
45 Ratings
14% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings8.240 Ratings
Inventory Planning00 Ratings8.243 Ratings
Performance Monitoring00 Ratings8.342 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
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 Ratings8.042 Ratings
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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
7.9
(5 ratings)
9.2
(14 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(5 ratings)
8.2
(455 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(4 ratings)
5.9
(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)
6.8
(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
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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
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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.