SAP Alternatives & Competitors

SAP is one of the most popular ERP software vendors in the world, currently providing three ERP solutions covering different market segments. However, customers or prospective customers of SAP often ask us:

Which ERP systems can be compared to SAP?

What alternatives are there to SAP ERP?

Who are SAP ERP competitors?

Which ERP software should I evaluate alongside SAP?

In this article, we'll explore some of the most popular ERP alternatives to SAP ERP products such as SAP Business One, SAP Business ByDesign & SAP S/4HANA ERP.

Why consider SAP ERP alternatives?

You could have many reasons for looking at alternatives to SAP ERP ranging from product weaknesses, poor past experiences, or simply to negotiate a better deal. Let's explore more below.

Poor User Interface

Many users of older SAP products such as SAP ECC 6.0 complain of a poor user interface. With an ageing workforce and new employees entering the jobs market, it is important to offer a good user experience for your employees, and this is often a key reason why organisations consider SAP alternatives and competitors.

SAP ECC 6.0 Maintenance Sunset

As we explore in this article, SAP ECC 6.0 will go out of mainstream support in 2027, meaning that users will most likely need to consider SAP competitors or look at upgrading.

Best SAP ERP Alternatives & Competitors

Let's review some of the most popular alternatives to SAP ERP and competitive ERP software to SAP below:

Netsuite

Netsuite is an ERP software that is commonly compared with SAP ERP software in the SMB space, such as SAP Business One, SAP Business ByDesign and sometimes SAP S/4HANA ERP. Netsuite is generally aimed at companies in the SME or SMB space, from a handful of employees through to several thousands.

Netsuite ERP provides many of the same core capabilities as SAP ERP software including financial management, professional services automation, project management, inventory and stock management, supply chain management and more. Netsuite is a strong alternative to SAP ERP for small and fast-growing companies.

Get the full NetSuite Guide Here >>>

Oracle

Oracle is one of the key competitors to larger SAP ERP solutions such as SAP S/4HANA & SAP ECC6.

Oracle is a strong alternative to SAP ERP if you are a large or hypergrowth company looking for a scalable ERP software that also offers other best-of-breed enterprise solutions for HCM, CX, EPM and more.

Get the full Oracle ERP Cloud Guide Here >>>

Microsoft Dynamics 365 & Business Central

Microsoft, like SAP, offers several ERP products such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Business Central. Microsoft ERP is therefore frequently compared with SAP ERP products like SAP Business One, SAP Business ByDesign and SAP S/4HANA ERP.

Microsoft 365 Business Central is typically compared with SAP ERP solutions such as SAP Business One or ByDesign, whereas its larger counterpart Dynamics 365 typically goes head-to-head with SAP S/4HANA.

Get the full Microsoft Dynamics Guide Here >>>

Acumatica is a native Cloud ERP solution which is generally used by small and mid-sized companies. As such, companies evaluating Acumatica will often compare it to similar solutions from SAP such as SAP Business One & SAP Business ByDesign.

Get the full Acumatica Guide Here >>>

Infor

Infor is a common SAP ERP alternative. With several ERP products, Infor is commonly compared with all of SAP's ERP products from SAP Business One to S/4HANA.

For small and mid-sized businesses looking for an SAP ERP alternative, we recommend Infor Cloudsuite Industrial, also known as Syteline.

Get the full Odoo Guide Here >>>

Odoo

Odoo is a relatively recent ERP software which is open source. Odoo has become extremely popular with small businesses over the last few years and has grown to hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. Odoo is probably best compared with small business software solutions from SAP, such as SAP Business One.