Small business=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 10 pointsRank 50 → 51 of 51
7 categories · RankedSAP S/4HANA
202Judge labels
31First choices
63Negative labels
14 / 14Models named it
7Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.7, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
52% in ERP systems for enterprise buyers
Rank 10 of 73 in the mid-market standingcriticized challenger
0 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 46% of its 35 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of SAP S/4HANA →By buyer segmentAn enterprise product: leader at enterprise, not named at small business.
Small business56 of 56
0%13 labels
criticized challenger
Mid-market10 of 73
2%35 labels
criticized challenger
Enterprise1 of 47
52%74 labels
endorsed leader
In erp systems · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named SAP S/4HANA for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERP systems | Accounting and close | 2% | 10 of 73 | 46% | 35 | criticized challenger | ▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Transfer pricing | Tax and compliance | 0% | 55 of 101 | 25% | 4 | under 10 labels · led by TPGenie at 30% | |
| Professional services automation | Receivables and billing | 0% | 68 of 99 | 33% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by BigTime at 29% | |
| Supplier management | Spend and procurement | 0% | 110 of 111 | 67% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Precoro at 14% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Revenue recognition | Accounting and close | 0% | 74 of 77 | 100% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Maxio at 20% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Fixed asset accounting | Accounting and close | 0% | 97 of 107 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Sage Fixed Assets at 34% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Lease accounting | Accounting and close | 0% | 54 of 71 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by FinQuery at 29% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
Movement
Since September 2026, SAP S/4HANA held within the floor in all seven categories: no change cleared 10 points.
Best category · ERP systems · by segment
Mid-market▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
2%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 8 pointsRank 16 → 10 of 63
Enterprise▲+9Since September 2026: 48% → 57%, +9 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
57%from 48% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 1 pointRank 1 of 41, unchanged
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERP systems | 0% | 2% | ▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 16 → 10 of 73 |
| Transfer pricing | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 55 of 101, unchanged |
| PSA | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 68 of 99, unchanged |
| Supplier management | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 110 of 111, unchanged |
| Revenue recognition | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 74 of 77, unchanged |
| Fixed asset accounting | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 80 → 97 of 107 |
| Lease accounting | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 54 of 71, unchanged |
Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.
The floor is 10 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured · The editions
By model
How each model treated SAP S/4HANA across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
How each model treated SAP S/4HANA across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ShowHide| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct31 labels12
Paraphrase21 labels9
Comparative52 labels10not counted in share
Budget-constrained29 labels10
Scale-constrained22 labelsNone
Negative47 labels2not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative202 labels in all, every segment counted; 31 of the 43 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“The best ERP software in 2026 is SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, followed by Oracle NetSuite and SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud” Muse Glimmer 30B · ERP systems · comparative prompt · first choice
“SAP S/4HANA Cloud - Excellent for scalability and integration with complex business processes.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · ERP systems · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“SAP S/4HANA (top for large enterprises)” Grok 4.1 Fast · ERP systems · comparative prompt · first choice
“Choose SAP Cloud ERP if your company values structured finance processes, strong reporting, and a mature enterprise finance ecosystem.” GPT-5.4 mini · ERP systems · paraphrase prompt · alternative
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“SAP S/4HANA - due to its steep learning curve, need for skilled consultants, lengthy deployments, and significant total cost of ownership.” Llama 4 Maverick · ERP systems · negative prompt · hard negative
“Approach with Extreme Caution ... SAP (S/4HANA, ECC): Highest complexity and failure rates ... Avoid if: Small/mid-sized business” Grok 4.1 Fast · ERP systems · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid SAP Ariba if you need low training overhead, low cost, or non-SAP ERP integration without significant IT.” Muse Glimmer 30B · Supplier management · negative prompt · hard negative
“you should generally avoid heavy-enterprise suites like SAP S/4HANA or Oracle Fusion Cloud” Qwen 3.7 Flash · ERP systems · negative prompt · hard negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as SAP S/4HANA, over the 197 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and SAP S/4HANA was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as SAP S/4HANA, over the 197 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and SAP S/4HANA was named but was not.
ShowHideProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named SAP S/4HANA. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 178 of the 197 answers that named SAP S/4HANA and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
erpresearch.com94
g2.com38
erp-pilot.com37
learn.g2.com37
netsuite.com34
linkedin.com31
capterra.com26
techrepublic.com26
cio.com21
houseblend.io21
365 of the 365 domain citations in answers naming SAP S/4HANA came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
sap.com ranks 2 on Google for the category's searches. In the answers, SAP S/4HANA takes 2% of first choices and Oracle NetSuite takes 39%.ShowHide
Search and answers
sap.com ranks 2 on Google for the category's searches. In the answers, SAP S/4HANA takes 2% of first choices and Oracle NetSuite takes 39%.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimatesPosition for “erp system”
2
Position for “erp systems”
3
- Searches for its name, Google
- not counted (“sap s/4hana”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 376 a month
- Organic visits to its site
- about 2,214,514 a month
- Searches its site ranks for
- 117,113 · 18,594 in the top three
- Sites linking to it
- 113,777
- Paid Google search
- 5 searches its ads show for, about 68 clicks and $1,251 a month (estimate)
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
2%
rank 10 of 73 in ERP systems
Segment leader
39%
Oracle NetSuite
- First choices
- 31 across its categories
- Named in
- 197 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 178 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
What it publishes
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What it publishes
ShowHideAddresses on sap.com
20,663
subdomains included
Content
2,976
counted in the table below
Documentation
1,426
Product · Integration
1,660 · 3,500
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News or press | 1,797 | 92 | 2026-09-28 | ||
| Blog | 677 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 183 | 0 | 2023-08-01 | ||
| Conference or event | 146 | 0 | 2026-05-01 | ||
| Report or ebook | 98 | 0 | 2025-04-01 | ||
| Case study | 29 | 0 | 2023-10-01 | ||
| Comparison | 21 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 13 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 10 | undated | |||
| Podcast or video | 2 | 1 | 2026-09-24 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Submissions officially open 2027 sap innovation awards news or press
- 2026-09-28Coming soon customer influence feedback experience news or press
- 2026-09-28Sap nvidia openshell auditable ai agents enterprise systems news or press
- 2026-09-28Sap connect 2026 media analyst program news or press
- 2026-09-24Sap apphaus network partner bluestonex builds the bridge news or press
- 2026-09-24Autonomous enterprise podcast lesssons 16 executive conversations podcast or video
Events in person
Upcoming
- April 6, 2027 to April 8, 2027SAP ALM Summit North America 2027SAP America, Inc., Newtown Square, United States · hosts
As the event pages on sap.com state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page sap.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.
Names read as SAP S/4HANA
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as SAP S/4HANA; a claim can dispute any of them.
SAP 8SAP S/4HANA Cloud 7SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud 2Oracle NetSuite / SAP S/4HANA 1SAP (S/4HANA, ECC) 1SAP Ariba Supplier Management / SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1SAP Cloud ERP 1SAP S/4HANA Cloud (Public Edition) 1SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud 1SAP/Oracle 1
Follow SAP S/4HANA
An email the morning each edition publishes: where this product moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.
Already following? Everything you follow, with a stop for each.
The company
SAP S/4HANA is its own company.ShowHide
The company
SAP S/4HANA is its own company.
ShowHideIn its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- Gain insight into how Cloud ERP and Cloud ERP Private deliver advanced security and compliance to protect your business and enable scalable, secure growth in the cloud.
- Customers named
- FreseniusMAHLEEmpresa de Energia Rio NegroCamposol
- Not stated on the pages read
- Who it is for, price, starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, certifications, hosting
What SAP S/4HANA's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: sap.com, sap.com/about/trust-center/security/cloud-erp-security.html, sap.com/products/a-z.html. A claimed page can correct any of them.
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Claim this page
Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when SAP S/4HANA's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as SAP S/4HANA, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.
What a new claim receivesHide what a new claim receives
A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for SAP S/4HANA by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where SAP S/4HANA is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name SAP S/4HANA, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.