Compare SAP PLM and Aha! - Mar 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - SAP PLM or Aha!?

SAP PLM is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Aha!, and Aha! is rated higher (91/100) than SAP PLM (77/100). SAP PLM offers users more features (8) than Aha! (5).

Looking for the right Product Lifecycle Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

SAP Vs. Aha! Labs

SAP: SAP ® AG is German software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. SAP ® is the market leader in enterprise application software. The company's best-known software products are its enterprise resource planning application (SAP ® ERP), its enterpr...

Aha! Labs: Brian de Haaff and Dr. Chris Waters founded Aha! in the spring of 2013 in Menlo Park, California. They wanted to help themselves and product development teams just like them build better software. Collectively, they have founded or been early employees of six cloud- based technology companies in Silicon Valley, where they have led product and engin...

Who is more expensive? SAP PLM or Aha!?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Product Lifecycle Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for SAP PLM and Aha!.

SAP PLM accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 SAP Product Lifecycle Management is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Product Lifecycle Management software. Aha! price starts at $39 per user/month , When comparing Aha! to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Product Lifecycle Management software cost.

Bottom line: SAP PLM cost is around the same cost of Aha!.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared SAP PLM Vs. Aha! based on some of the most important and required Product Lifecycle Management features.

SAP PLM: Audit Trail, Contract Expirations, Contract Renewals, Dashboard, Microsoft Word Export, Microsoft Word Integration, Templates, Track Changes.

Aha!: Project Management, Project Collaboration, Document Management, Design Simulation, Engineering requirements.

Target customer size

Customers of the software include businesses of all sizes and types. The general customers of Aha! software are the individuals and organizations that engage with SMBs (small and/or medium sized businesses that has employees ranging from one to 100 and 100 to 1,000 respectively) that are relying on the services from Information technology/IT, data and web hosting and other information related services, mainly with project management and product road map management.