Don’t be misled by RISE-colored glasses. There could be some serious, long-term ramifications of the RISE with SAP program. Here are a few things to consider:  

  • Long-term contracts that could leave you locked into SAP’s cloud roadmap 
  • Bundled software licenses, infrastructure, and services could limit flexibility  
  • Resources absorbed in re-platforming infrastructure, re-working processes, and re-training staff instead of innovation  
  • Releasing control of your owned, perpetual software licenses for a SaaS-based, subscription model  

On Rimini Street, it’s different

We help you plan your SAP strategy on your terms. For IT leaders facing the 2027 end of support date for ECC or looking for options to keep core SAP applications in place and innovate around the edges, we offer:

Freedom

Freedom

Choose your deployment model and timing
Innovation

Innovation

Accelerate innovation with an ROI-driven path
End-to-end coverage

End-to-end coverage

Support and services for the most popular SAP applications
Responsive service

Responsive service

Under 2-minute average response times 24/7/365 around the world

See the difference: Rimini ONE™ vs. RISE with SAP

Rimini ONE, our end-to-end set of unified, integrated services, gives you the freedom to start where you want and grow as needed based on your business objectives. With Rimini ONE, you can run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, monitor, optimize and help protect your SAP applications – all with one trusted provider. Adopt one piece of Rimini ONE or experience peace of mind with a complete end-to-end outsourcing solution for SAP. See how Rimini ONE compares to RISE with SAP:

Rimini ONE
RISE with SAP
Freedom
Keep your perpetual licenses, maximizing investment
Must switch to subscription - perpetual licenses will be cancelled
No migration; no re-implementation - guaranteed support of existing ECC and S/4HANAA versions for 15 years
Must migrate/re-implement to S/4HANA Cloud
No forced upgrades
Forced S/4HANA Cloud upgrades to follow official product release cycle (each 5 years now, will change for 7 years after 2023 release)
Choice of deployment - stay on-premises or your choice of hosting on any cloud hyperscaler - or hybrid
Must switch to cloud hyperscaler under a locked-in SAP contract following its SLA, terms and conditions
Immediate and future solution flexibility - your choices for vendors, apps, databases, providers, etc.
Vendor lock-in - bundled software licenses, infrastructure and operated services in a single, multifaceted contract
Acceleration
Innovate now - at your choice and speed
Wait for innovation based on SAP's choice and speed - innovations only when and what —and forwhom— SAP chooses
Self-funded, business-driven innovation innovative around the edges of your SAP ERP core now, selecting the best cloud technology providers
"Premium" innovations for SAP's choosing only offered to RISE/cloud customers and at 30% additional cost
ROI
Lower risk - avoid the risk and disruption of a large-scale reimplementation
High cost, high-risk migration to S/4HANA (reimplementation)
Predictable costs - 50-90% savings vs SAP support
Unpredictable future escalations of subscription and cloud costs, costs of migrations and more frequent upgrades, and costs to support customizations
Support for customizations
No support for customizations - SAP recommends "clean core" and "run standard" (note: customizations should be done in BTP, but still won't be supported)
End-to-end, unified services across IT landscape (support and services for SAP and non-SAP software)
Support for SAP products only - under a locked-in SAP contract following its SLAs, terms and conditions

Explore your SAP roadmap options!

We can help you choose wisely. Request a complimentary assessment with one of our SAP experts to review your strategy and roadmap opportunities.

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With Rimini Street, you have a partner that’s always ready with depth of expertise and a demonstrated, heartfelt commitment to helping support you.”

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