SAP Business One & S/4HANA Public Cloud: Choice Guide

Eyüp Kalkan
Business Development Executive

SAP Business One & S/4HANA Public Cloud: Choice Guide

According to research, 77% of transaction revenues worldwide are processed through SAP systems. As we all know, solutions in the SAP ecosystem offer flexibility and advantages suitable for the various needs of businesses.

SAP Business One and SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud are the two alternative solutions preferred by fast-growing businesses to support their digital transformation journey and make their operational processes more efficient. Understanding how these solutions differ is key to choosing the right one for your company.

Join us and let’s explore each solution based on your company profile and identify which one best aligns with your business’s technological and commercial objectives.

Digital Transformation with SAP: The Most Suitable Solutions for Your Business Profile

SAP Business One and SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud are enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions designed for different business sizes and needs to support companies in their digital transformation journey.

SAP Business One is a basic ERP solution designed to meet the needs of small and small/medium-sized businesses. It is a suitable option for companies with less complex business processes. This solution can operate on local servers with limited cloud options.

SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Edition is a next-generation ERP solution tailored for medium and large enterprises, particularly those seeking rapid digital transformation and global expansion. With standardised functionality, it enables integrated management of your company’s operations across multiple countries.

SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud vs. SAP Business One: Key Differences

With the Public Cloud model, your business can benefit from SAP’s standard features that provide rapid solution deployment, low infrastructure costs, and continuous update advantages

Meanwhile, SAP Business One is a compact solution designed for small businesses with simpler business processes, offering local server installation or limited cloud options. As your business expands, transitioning from this solution with limited features to S/4HANA Public Cloud becomes inevitable to increase operational efficiency.

This table below compares the key features of both solutions, making it easier for you to make the best choice for your business:

Feature SAP Business One SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud
Deployment On-premise or limited cloud option Fully cloud-based (Public Cloud)
Target Audience Small and small/medium enterprises Medium and large-scale enterprises
Database Technology Traditional relational database In-memory HANA database
Updates Requires manual updates Includes continuous and automatic updates
Scalability Limited scalability High scalability to support global operations
Advanced Features Limited advanced features Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and real-time analytics
Integration Requires traditional integration efforts Includes special services for integrations within SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform)
Analytics Basic reporting tools Real-time insights with integrated analytics
Compliance and Security Manual processes for compliance Automatic compliance with regulatory updates
Customization Requires comprehensive development strategies Extensible with minimal coding through Fiori applications

In conclusion, if your company operates on a local scale and focuses on basic ERP needs, SAP Business One may be the right alternative for you. However, if your expanding company operates in a multi-company structure with international operations and manages complex business processes, SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud edition gives you a significant competitive advantage.

SAP Business One: A Core ERP Solution for SMEs

SAP Business One offers small and small/medium-sized businesses a core ERP solution that enables them to manage business processes across existing systems from a single platform.

SAP Business One can be customized to your business’s specific needs with both on-premises installation and limited cloud-based deployment options. Although this solution can be customized with industry-specific solutions and additional modules, as your business grows, you may need to transition to a more comprehensive ERP solution.

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SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud: A Cloud-Based Intelligent Solution for Fast-Growing Businesses

SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud is a ready-to-use ERP model that incorporates industry best practices and pre-configured processes. With its SaaS model, it is a prominent solution for companies with agile business structures that demand flexibility and speed.

The in-memory technology of the HANA database, which forms the foundation of SAP S/4HANA, provides your business with unique advantages such as real-time data processing and analytics.  

Thanks to in-memory technology, businesses can store critical data directly in RAM memory. In this way, operational processes can be performed much faster than traditional methods.

For instance, with SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, complex financial reporting or supply chain analyses can be completed within seconds. In this way, your business can accelerate decision-making processes, increase efficiency, and quickly adapt to dynamic market conditions.

Additionally, innovative tools such as SAP Joule, an embedded analytics and AI-powered business assistant available in the SAP S/4HANA solution, help your business make smarter and more data-driven decisions.

With these tools, users can quickly access the insights they need and easily manage complex business processes. For example, when you need to make a sales trend analysis, SAP Joule compiles the right information and recommends the most appropriate actions aligned with your business objectives.

Accelerate Global Growth with SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud

Businesses aiming for global growth can achieve 50% savings in implementation costs with SAP 4/HANA Public Cloud. Furthermore, your company can significantly benefit from integrated business processes, real-time data analytics, AI/ML-powered, and industry-based solutions.

One of the most important features of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud which supports global growth is its predictive analytics capability that makes it easier to create customised experiences for your customers. 

With this cloud-based solution, SAP enables automatic resource scaling during peak periods while ensuring operations are completed seamlessly in accordance with customer demands.

With SAP’s ready-to-use S/4HANA solution that includes industry best practices and pre-configured processes, your business can achieve value from investments more quickly, lower implementation costs, and minimise operational disruptions. With these features, SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud creates a solid foundation for your company’s transition from local markets to the international business landscape.

Nagarro + MBIS: Your Trusted Partner on Your SAP Transformation Journey

In summary, SAP Business One is convenient for simple and local operations, while SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud stands out as the most suitable choice for multi-company structures, international operations, and integration with innovative technologies.

Choosing the right SAP solution for your company’s digital transformation journey should align with your operational needs as well as your company’s scale, growth strategy, and long-term technological vision.

As Nagarro + MBIS, with our SAP Turkey Gold Business Partner status and our expert team, we are here to help you implement and customise SAP solutions to meet the specific needs of your business.

With our extensive SAP know-how and years of experience, we work passionately to make your company’s digital transformation processes smooth, efficient, and sustainable.

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