SAP Competitors or Alternatives

SAP's top competitors include Oracle, IBM and Salesforce.

RANK

COMPANY

CEO

CEO RATING

EMPLOYEES

FUNDING

REVENUE

SAP's company profile

Christian Klein

CEO

76/100
105,315
$0
$36.9B
1
SAP's Competitor - Oracle logo

Safra A Catz

CEO

85/100
143,000
$7.8B
$55.8B
2
SAP's Competitor - IBM logo

Arvind Krishna

Chairman & CEO

62/100
311,300
$2.5B
$62.8B
3
SAP's Competitor - Salesforce logo

Marc Benioff

Chairman & CEO

83/100
73,500
$10.7B
$65.8B
4
SAP's Competitor - Adobe logo

Shantanu Narayen

CEO

80/100
29,200
- -
$22B
5
SAP's Competitor - VMware logo

Raghu Raghuram

CEO

55/100
10,000 - 50,000
$1.3B
$10B - 50B

SAP VS Microsoft

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has a 83 approval rating. That is a slightly lower approval rating than SAP CEO Christian Klein who has a rating of 89. Microsoft's employee count is larger than SAP. Microsoft employs 221,000 people compared to SAP which has an employee count of 111,9961. The average revenue of Microsoft totals $61M. SAP leads in annual revenue by comparison with $33B. Microsoft has 235 subsidiaries with its latest acquisition occurring Dec 2022. Recent investments include $100M invested in machine learning company Humane and $10B invested in artificial intelligence research company OpenAI. April saw Microsoft partner with Samsung to launch gaming hubs located in London and New York for fans of cloud gaming. In Mar 2023, Microsoft named Lillian Barnard as President For Africa.

SAP VS IBM

With a rating of 67 out of 100, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna has a lower approval rating than the SAP CEO Christian Klein. IBM's employee count and annual revenue outnumber that of SAP. The employee count at IBM is 311,300. Annual revenue at IBM totals $60.6B. IBM has 199 subsidiaries with its latest acquisition of Ahana Cloud Inc. occurring in Apr 2023. In May 2023, IBM announced the launch of its newest artificial intelligence program called Watsonx. In Jun 2022, IBM’s revenue increased from $59.68B to $60.53B in Sep of the same year. Sep 2022 to $60.53B in Dec 2022 did not see a change in revenue. In May, IBM announced its Cloud Carbon Calculator, created to enable organizations to track their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In Jan 2023, Nicola Hodson was welcomed to IBM as CEO for the United Kingdom and Ireland. IBM welcomed Raman Kalra to the company as Vice President and Senior Partner for India/south Asia in early May 2023.

SAP VS Oracle

The CEO of Oracle, Safra A Catz has a lower approval rating than the SAP CEO Christian Klein. Catz has a 70 out 100 compared to Klein’s approval rating of 89. Oracle's annual revenue totals $48B. This is greater revenue than the $33B that SAP has generated. Oracle also has a larger employee count than SAP. Oracle employs 143,000 people while SAP employs 111,961 people. Oracle has 129 subsidiaries with its latest acquisition of Newmetrix occurring in Dec 2022.Mar 2023 saw the launch of Oracle’s Java 20, the company’s latest version of its programming language and development platform. The launch took place on Java Developer Day. In Apr 2023, Oracle welcomed Seema Verma as SVP and General Manager of Oracle Life Sciences.

Frequently Asked Questions about SAP

  1. Who are SAP's top competitors?

    SAP's top 3 competitors are Oracle, IBM, Salesforce.
  2. Who is similar to SAP?

    Oracle is the most similar to SAP. IBM and Salesforce are also similar to SAP.
  1. Are SAP and Oracle competitors?

    Yes, Oracle is one of SAP’s top competitors.