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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAP Ariba

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AWith advanced tools to automate manual processes and support close collaboration with suppliers, SAP Ariba helps streamline source-to-pay processes across organizations.N/A

    SAP Business One

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/ASAP Business One is an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for small and medium-sized businesses, The product encompasses functionality around sales, customer relationships, inventory, operations, financials and human resources.

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    Pricing
    SAP AribaSAP Business One
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Limited
    $99.00
    per month
    Starter
    $110.00
    per month
    Pro
    $132.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP AribaSAP Business One
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Features
    SAP AribaSAP Business One
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    10.0
    10 Ratings
    33% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    9.5
    37 Ratings
    22% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings9.635 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings9.535 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    9.3
    41 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.133 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.541 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    7.3
    42 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings5.737 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.042 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings8.338 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    5.8
    43 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings9.743 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings9.742 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.727 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings9.228 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings9.235 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings9.533 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings9.238 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    8.5
    42 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings9.442 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings7.029 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings9.539 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    6.2
    40 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Pricing00 Ratings8.039 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings8.840 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings2.023 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings7.739 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings9.331 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    6.9
    36 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Billing Management00 Ratings8.731 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings9.128 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings6.022 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings8.727 Ratings
    Period Close00 Ratings9.633 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    7.0
    19 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    Project Costing00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    Cost Capture00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    Capital Project Management00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings7.014 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings6.116 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    7.9
    16 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings1.011 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    7.7
    15 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    8.1
    17 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Contract Authoring00 Ratings7.511 Ratings
    Contract Repository00 Ratings8.69 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings8.213 Ratings
    Supplier Management00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    7.7
    9 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Risk Repository00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Control Management00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Issue Detection00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification00 Ratings7.76 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    6.5
    22 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings7.415 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings6.913 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings6.312 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management00 Ratings4.917 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings2.014 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    6.1
    20 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Production Process Design00 Ratings2.018 Ratings
    Production Management00 Ratings8.218 Ratings
    Configuration Management00 Ratings2.014 Ratings
    Work Execution00 Ratings4.016 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings5.016 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    7.6
    25 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.423 Ratings
    Inventory Planning00 Ratings8.325 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring00 Ratings7.519 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of SAP Ariba and SAP Business One
    Feature
    SAP Ariba
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Business One
    8.9
    16 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Proposal Management00 Ratings4.613 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management00 Ratings7.714 Ratings
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    SAP AribaSAP Business One
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    Score8.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Precoro
    Score2.8 out of 10
    Zoho One
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Coupa
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAP AribaSAP Business One
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (179 ratings)
    8.8
    (48 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    4.6
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (131 ratings)
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.5
    (22 ratings)
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    2.8
    (24 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP AribaSAP Business One
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    SAP Ariba is pivotal for our organization's supply chain requirements. The purchasing department needs it for vendor purchase order issuance and vendor order management. We can check procurement history for the last purchased price, standard price, price breaks, lead time for products, vendor, and alternate vendor details.
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    SAP
    SAP Business One would be more useful if it contained tools to acommodate the growing need of online sales. A more complete shipping module which handles tracking numbers with the common couriers would be great. A built in warehouse management system would be great designed to be used with barcode scanners
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    Pros
    SAP
    • Complete Procurement of Inventory step easy through GUI-Ariba integration once Purchase order is created and it is sent to the SAP Ariba Supplier Network. Vendor confirms the order and sends notification of Inbound Delivery to the warehouse through ASN and the Inbound process, Goods Receipt Process, Unloading, Put away process easy.
    • SAP Ariba integrates the different SAP Sourcing platforms, services and their tools in order to optimize operations, saves cost and meeting customer requirements through its easy to use tools. Such as integration with SAP S/4 HANA, SAP EWM using Idocs for End to End sourcing and Procurement coverage.
    • As a part of the SAP Direct Sourcing suite, it helps allow customer manage their direct materials in the single dashboard and helping customer to have view of the comprehensive info about BoM and the structure. Based on requirements, buyers can run materials and/or entire Bill of Materials. When these are sent from ERP to SAP Ariba, managers can manage them in the direct spend dashboard. Can search for desired items in the dashboard and view details of BoM or deeper view of information of the material. Buyers can run sourcing, run details for materials, create material quotes, and create pricing using book quotes.
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    SAP
    • SAP Business One is more suitable for small and medium scale enterprises
    • SAP Business One is : analytics, mobile technologies, cloud technologies
    • SAP Business One has exceptional performance in handling business functions such as purchasing and operations and customer relationship management
    • An important key features of SAP Business One is Reporting and Analytics.
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    Cons
    SAP
    • While SAP Ariba offers workflow capabilities, users have suggested more advanced customization options for workflows
    • SAP Ariba has a mobile app, users have suggested improvements in terms of functionality and responsiveness. Enhancements to the mobile app could provide a more seamless and efficient experience for users on the go
    • SAP Ariba integrates well with various enterprise systems, users have reported that the initial setup and integration processes can be complex. Improvements in integration tools and documentation could facilitate a smoother onboarding experience
    • AP Ariba provides robust reporting and analytics capabilities, some users desire greater flexibility in creating and customizing reports. Improvements in the ability to generate ad-hoc reports and customize dashboards could enhance analytics capabilities
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    SAP
    • Following a bench mark process - this seems contradicting to flexibility however we have wished we could follow more of an industry benchmark. Our challenge as a small company has been knowing how to properly use the system. We have discovered that we have set up the system wrong based and are using it improperly which has cause a lot work to correct.
    • Better live reporting options - current we are on prem SQL. Yes SAP is moving to HANA however smaller companies like ourselves are not ready for that. We need to be able to maintain our existing SQL DB. We also have a demand for live BI Reporting. It has been difficult to do this with our current set up.
    • Error handling - have found it very difficult to troubleshoot. Errors are not always clear and answers are hard to find.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    Established product and we are now using it as a mean for our procurement transformation
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    SAP
    As I said before, it is a first level tool, well developed, and with very strong development support, although the learning curve, its implementation, the cost-benefit ratio, the price and the user experience is not the most suitable for small and medium-sized companies. It is a company with extensive experience, market positioning, technical support and expanded use
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    Usability
    SAP
    While its great at usability. I would love ut have it more simplified. I would like to advocate for some personas who are non tech savvy or who have less or no experience in procurement. I sometimes feel that the valley of user learning fir such personas is quite steep and it may take them long time of learning to get adept to the platform.
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    SAP
    I would like to give 8 out of 10 rating for SAP Business One because SAP Business One is a good choice for the mostly used business management solutions for the small and medium-sized companies. SAP Business One can help in optimizing the existing business process and enables streamline business processes for the daily activities for all users across the entire organization. The importance realization of SAP Business One implementation is based on the selection of the good reputation partner and its approach for the entire implementation. SAP Business One is a user-friendly and easy to use Enterprise system that the organization can benefit its features and functionalities by utilizing it.
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    Reliability and Availability
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    The SAP Business One software is up and running every time
    you need it as it was planned. In more than 6 years that we have been
    using the product, it has never been unavailable and if it ever was, it was because of a planned maintenance window scheduled in the company.
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    Performance
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    SAP Business One performance depends mostly on the speed of your internal servers, should you have the solution on premise as we do. Sometimes the system tends to be a little slower for some users when others are executing really big reports of performing some batch loads, but generally, the performance is acceptable to all the users.
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    Support Rating
    SAP
    Customer support has always been top notch. From small configuration changes to overall process changes, support has the teammates in place with excellent knowledge and is able to provide solutions based on business challenges quickly. Their customer support through their Account teams continues to be hands on and very responsive to needs in a timely fashion.
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    SAP
    I rate my experience with SAP Business One's support team as excellent (10). They are easy to contact and effortless to work with on any issue or concern. I like the support SAP provides for any of their products. SAP has a great backing and I would recommend them to any of my colleagues.
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    In-Person Training
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    The training I get was a consultant level training, so it's basically a 6 weeks training covering every aspect and every module of the system. It covered most common use cases and exercise training so you can get along with the software, as well as examples so there culd be a better understanding.
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    Online Training
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Over the past two years SAP has added a great deal of new SAP Business One on-line training for version 9.0 and 9.1. Most of the training is very strong, but some is difficult to understand and follow. Additionally, SAP still has a few holes in their on-line training around Production, Bill-of-Materials, MRP and Service.
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    Implementation Rating
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    These implementations are not easy. Even a standard implementation can be difficult. With a never-been-done-before implementation, the implementation team and the user team need to be thorough with planning, make a decision on key points, and stick to them before any design happens. Our biggest challenge was not from StellarOne, rather it was from the mid-implementation decisions from our internal team. StellarOne did a great job warning us, implementing our decision, and then helping us adjust our SAP to handle the new direction we took.
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    It improves over all vendor management system of an organization by providing less costly ways of procurement and making business simple. AribaSAP Ariba digitally transforms your supply chain, procurement and contract management process. acts as supply chain, procurement service to do business globally In today’s world, there is a need to control your supply chain and to collaborate with your suppliers in an efficient way. To enable healthy supply chain, you need to have suppliers with visibility to every part of procurement process so that they can maintain an efficient supply chain and help organizations to grow their and own business..
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    SAP
    SAP provides the most robust solution, with modules available for all department managers and even options for customization according to the company's special needs. We especially used the Crystal reports options to provide reports for each module. Overall, even if it's not the least expensive option, it has the best value for money.
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    Scalability
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    For most small businesses, the only way you outgrow SAP Business One is if the nature of your business changes radically. Going from 1 to 50 users is quite easy with SAP B1. Going beyond 50 may require moving to the Hana SAP B1 platform to maintain or improve performance, but the path is there.
    Add-ons to SAP B1 can also be added as specific needs are encountered that are not closely met by the standard product. These may be required early in the product life because of the nature of your business, or as you expand the use of SAP B1.
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    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • We saved nearly 10% of planned costs due to the large database of vendors we created within the company as a whole.
    • Saving in time due to shortening of procurement cycles. Procurement activities were never on the critical path and were accomplished with less Supply Chain resources than originally planned.
    • In the process we created a huge database of Vendors and Pricing which well be beneficial in our future projects.
    • It is an excellent tool and just what are business required and could afford.
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    SAP
    • Employee efficiency has definitely increased with SAP Business One. This is attributed in a lot of ways to information visibility. Our employees are able to gather the data they need, quickly, and effectively.
    • Identifying inconsistencies in pricing has also been accomplished through use of reporting off individual tables. Previously, we weren't able to access our data in such a way as to enable us to write custom reports in-house.
    • We have also benefited greatly from having a single source of all business information. We utilize SAP Business One exclusively in-house. All documentation is attached to specific orders and Business Partners, as well as serialized equipment that has been sold.
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    ScreenShots

    SAP Ariba Screenshots

    Screenshot of the advanced tools that automate manual processes and support close collaboration with suppliers. The SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing solution help streamline procure-to-pay processes across organizations.Screenshot of SAP Ariba's digitalization, which covers processes from contract requests, authoring, and workflows to negotiation, approval, and execution for lower costs and improved relationships.Screenshot of an instance of SAP Ariba's support for industry-specific processes and systems. This helps process manufacturers, retailers, and discrete manufacturers that rely on external manufacturers to capture more savings by improving source-to-contract processes and supplier collaboration.Screenshot of the digitalizing and automating of invoice management over a global business network, in SAP Ariba. This delivers visibility and efficiency to capture more early-payment discounts and optimize working capital.