SAP Business One is a core product for accounting, sales, inventory, and operations. It also includes business intelligence and analytics, purchasing, distribution, customer relationship management (CRM), inventory management, production, project management, field services, and mobile apps for sales and service.
SAP Business ByDesign is a core product for financial management and accounting. It also includes the basics for CRM, sales management, human resources, project management, purchasing and supplier management, engineering and production, and inventory distribution.
SAP Business ByDesign doesn’t support complex processes such as logistics, pick-and-pack, electronic data interchange (EDI), and advanced warehouse management system (WMS) capabilities.
SAP Business One can be deployed on-premises, in the cloud, or both. SAP Business ByDesign is cloud-based only.