Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Debate: Salesforce vs SAP

The Churchill Club hosted a debate between Marc Benioff and Hasso Plattner co-founders of respective companies.


My takeway, contrasts

SAP - high margins, low growth
SF - high growth, low margins

SAP - customisation, change within
SF - configuration, build on top

SAP - slow innovation delivery
SF - fast innovation delivery

SAP - distribution by installation
SF - distribution by browser

SAP - sweet spot, thousands of users
SF - sweet spot, small biz

SAP - IT complexity
SF - IT simplicity

SAP - high pct business functionality coverage
SF - low pct business functionality coverage

SAP - certain privicy
SF - trust privicy

Bottom line, choices

After thought...
SAP - Sales person, BMW and Swiss watch
SF - Sales person, Camry and Swatch watch

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