SAP Business ByDesign Reviews & Product Details

It's a cloud-based system suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in automating internal processes. It's convenient to use and navigate. Important controls required in the financial reporting and ensuring accuracy in the data are present in the system. It has an available API for other system integrations. The price is reasonable for the standard user license and its functionalities such as financials, CRM, project management, supply chain, and HR. It's easy to implement and quickly configurable. It has also a mobile app for submission and approvals of expense reports or employee reimbursements. For those SMEs who would like to have a system that will increase efficiency, accuracy in data and aid the scalability of the company, SAP Business ByDesign could be a solution for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Since it's cloud-based, the system has a tendency to become slow. There are times that due to the large volume of data, it will leave the screen unloading and potentially can lose data being entered. The response time can take quite long if several tabs are open. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SAP Bydesign has a very straightforward process driven structure around a limited set of very well documented business scenario's that cover the full ERP scope from simple CRM, logistics, limited production capabilities, sales and purchasing, basic HR including onboarding and finance. It covers multi company, multi- currency functionlity and is a fully SAAS product from SAP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Customization capabilities are limited to dynamic field creation and limited software development kit allows for small developments. If you implement SAP Bydesign you have to accept that not all functional wimps of your users will be covered. It is a cost effective ERP as long as you have a good functional fit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most helpful about SAP ByD is ,

It is very easy to use.

There is a help center where you can write your queries and you will get the solution.

Also there is an option to raise an incident on priority basis.

It is an best ERP cloud platform for midsize businesses as you find every solution for the business in just one click

Provides end to end solution

Transparent system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The changes made into the system takes too much time to reflect.

Once the data is feeded into the system , reversal of data is mostly not possible in all cases.

After the incident is raised the revert from SAP support takes too much time

No constant update of the system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Integration of Different Business Processes into the system.

Upsides of using SAP ByD is Increased productivity, Better use of time, Transparency in every Business Process and Quick collection of information whenever required particular to any Business Process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One should always be alert and attentive when feeding information into the system because there are certain things which cannot be reversed so if any mistake happens the whole cycle is compromised. So employees need to take care on very minute level.

Well sometimes it gets tedious to do the same repetitive work again and again so some automation should be inculcated as it is not readily available in the standard offering.

Customisations are possible but still in basic process a little bit of automation is must and it can differ from business to business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The hardly the best feature for this version of generally SAP for all intents and purposes is that is way pretty much easier to use than kind of other versions (just as definitely SAP R3). So if the company mostly is small or medium, and there''s not a lot of complecity in the operations and there actually are not too many employees i specifically think this version definitely is suitable for the company since the use essentially is easy and the trainings for the employees and new company members would mostly be generally easy as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Well, I particularly think that if the simplicity of the verison is a fairly strong point, I generally think it would generally be as well a weakness too because since it works in a "cloud\" system or something, the operation generally is not that fluid because sometimes the time you for the most part spend waiting for the web page to refresh specifically is kinda frustrating, specially when you actually are making a lot of transactions (it can for the most part be frustrating). Also sometimes you need to for the most part spend extra time working outside the system in order to specifically create for all intents and purposes more reports, extra literally excel files, controls and something. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Business ByDesign from InCloud Solutions www.incloudsolutions.co.uk enables us to get access to all our financial data quickly so we can get a snapshot of the business position in real time.

Processes matched to best practice on great advice from www.incloudsolutions.co.uk Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the new dark screen much better than the blue one - cant wait to switch to this view! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Intuitive UI with easy navigation

- Integrated suite covering FIN, P2P, OTC, HCM, SCM, PLM and Project Management

- Analytical dashboard and reports

- OData/REST web services for better connectivity with external systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Low coverage in areas like HCM & SCM. Especially in HCM they can give more coverage to remove dependency on implementing a system like SuccessFactors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the strengths of business by design is how easy is to configure a new tenant and once it's live is very easy to adapt the system to reflect the grow of a company. Changes in the company structure can be done on the systems in short time and without the neccesity of external consultants.

Good support for connectivity with the use of odata and web services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has very streamlined business scenarios defined but It can be a little restrictive when trying to adapt complex very specialized not standard business processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it minimizes mistakes, and it gives you the ability to connect SAP Business ByDesign with excel, which helps in building many interesting reports, and enables to automize many tasks easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it is regit, it lags sometimes, sometimes you enter a date in a closed period, and then you open the period but it still shows you that it is closed although it is not, also if u modify the bank statement, it modifies it but sometimes it keeps the heading of the unmodified bank statements, looking for invoices, journal entries, and anything is a bit complex, choosing an entity is also complex, because u can't always just right the initials and look for it, you have to know the number of the entity and if you have many entities then it is a struggle Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Can have very detailed columns for Sales History, Demand Planning, and Supply planning.

Love the SQVI feature which can be used for table joins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The fact that we need to use SQVI and not a query for table join - which can be a little tedious. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cloud ERP Business byDesign software is specifically developed for small and medium enterprises. First and foremost advantage of this software is that you don't need a large IT team to manage and monitor the ERP. It is designed for scalability. The entire ERP software is built on a dynamic framework which gives you a comprehensive outlook. And it covers everything. Literally. Finance, operations, marketing, purchasing, admin, finance, procurement, and whatnot. This one tool is the gateway of unlocking smoother business processes and higher efficiency.

Benefits in a nutshell -

1. Transparent

You want fast and accurate decisions, right? Well, you are in luck because this little piece of wonder does exactly that. With everything in your view (in and out information) and a completely transparent view, you can make better decisions.

2. Cloud-Based

Go back 10 years. ERP software meant huge on-premise legacy systems and a large bundle of wires & cables. Now, come to the present. ByDesign is a cloud-based system. That means no setting up servers in your premise, no wires, no cables, and no headache.

3. Grows with You

As said above, scalability is at the core of SAP ByDesign. So, this software grows along with your business. Simply add modules as your requirements expand vertically and add users as you grow horizontally. Start with the basic suite and unlock more as you grow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has all the built in features needed for finance operation and planning. However, at times there are some requirements which cannot be straight away implemented using the in built features, as such, to implement those solutions were time consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ByDesign platform offers a great customer experience and has many features, which makes it a fantastic product. Some of them are listed below:

- In-built & ready to use API ecosystem for 3rd party integration

- Upgraded HTML5 User Interface

- Best Security Practices baked into the product

- Ability to add bespoke features and behaviour using their Cloud Development Platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

However, I think the below issues are the shortcomings:

- Cloud Development Platform (formerly SDK) has many bugs

- The default APIs should be RESTful, which is used in most the modern web applications

- Releases can be more agile and frequent Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The system integrates all the business modules together under the same roof!

Works great for small & mid-size companies. I also believe, that the price is very reasonable comparing it to other ERP systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In the retailers perspective, Some of the main functionalities are not supported. example: Cart rules.

However, you can customize it but it will not be very easy and it will affect the performance of the system.

On the other hand, the support is good but not always, it really varies on the person handling the ticket or the incident raised. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's very easy to access, as it is available over a cloud platform. The user interface is very attractive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The restrictions or bugs in some of the scenarios in SRM and CRM, Limited features in Inventory management, FIFO, Batch inventory costing not available, System load, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bydesign is sufficient for a medium size company as it delivers exactly what fits their needs. The best feature would be the Scoping and Questionnare, there is no large config as SAP ECC or HANA, it includes straight to business questions and a simple configuration. This is what makes it unique that a partner need not always be there for post implementation support.

Data migration to a Bydesign system is the simplest as the customer himself can fill out the Excel files given as standard by SAP for Bydesign and upload, as it shows on which line or column the error is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Organizational Structure for HCM module should be different as following a MM or SD module structure is a bit difficult for the reporting and utilization part.

Also some part of payroll configuration should also be given for non-standard countries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like the most about this application is the capability to deep dive into the details of a KPI. Hence assign or request for counter measure/s from the task owner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It takes time to really learn the system ie., the features & tools. Nevertheless it is understandable considering the fact the complexity involved in the process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

All kinds of Reports, and all departments like SCM, Accounts, Purchase, CRM, and Hr, And it brings lots of dept in each department Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If it's a Retailer with many sales, it will be difficult for SAP By design Users to generate quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There’s a separate tab for each function. The had separate sections on the side and each part had proper subheading. There was an easy search/help function on the side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can get a bit overwhelming since there’s more subcategories. Sometimes the tab had to be loaded and refreshed a lot to display the changes that were made. Done of the tasks can be repetitive, such as picking the same location again instead of it being auto loaded. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. It is a product running on cloud (SaaS)

2. Combines the core ERP Functionalities along with CRM, SRM to be grown as a matured product perfectly suitable to SMB market and High-end market (subject to business needs)

3. The UI is designed for easy navigation and runs on HANA DB

4. Easy to customize which enables business to run in short project duration

5. Facilitates easy add-on development. Developers can code the functionality which can be deployed backend. The software used for development is C# which will be converted to its equivalent ABAP code and deployed through API's

Note: The above feedback was provided based on my hands-on and add-on deployment earlier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing specific I could find now, but can provide later after testing.

Note: I have not worked on the latest versions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Supply chain management Module

Project management Module

Production Module

Financial Module

CRM Module

Easy personalization of the screens and easy adoption for new user defined fields

Interactive analysis and how easy you can build analytics KPIs, Dashboards, and reports

Procurement Cycle

Logistics Cycle

I like how SAP ByDesign take care of the integrations, and the ready made integration scenarios Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No HR and Payroll inside the system and development somehow tough, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Business by Design is best for small industries, highly secured and stable, as its on cloud can be available anytime and anywhere

Very fast to implement so the implementation cost is very less as compared to On premise ERPs.

Less dependency on core technical .

I liked the embedded dashboard for analysis. mostly required reports are available. Not much coding needed to create new.

SAP Business ByDesign is great value. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Little expensive for small industries

Technical knowledge needed.

data issues.

Sometimes performance issues like when fetching data for reporting purpose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cloud solutions best suits for some business which opts std. Business process and little modification.

I like as business grows ERP can grow with no effort.

Most of things user can do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike, the SAP cost, technical expertise , knowledge available in market. And solutions gaps with reference to other SAP product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cloud based SaaS solution, it allows easy scalability and all the latest innovations available as they come. whithout worrying about upgrades and the complexities involved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Limited inbuilt customizations, can only be achieved through integrations or SCP by building custom programs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Readily available Help content

Bydesign online forums for help Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No payroll management

Sometimes system may be slow due to the cloud Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Depending on the scope of an SAP Business ByDesign implementation, companies can have business processes up-and-running and see results in as little as six weeks. Firms can choose whether to use the whole solution or deploy it selectively. If companies decide to implement only certain business processes, they can concurrently build a blueprint for future growth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Needs to be more user-friendly.

Proper structuring needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.