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Many SAP customers feel the pressure to adopt, or at least license S/4HANA now due to the planned end of mainstream maintenance support for SAP Business Suite 7 until 2027(1). Two-thirds of SAP customers responding - according to a recent survey(2) - plan to run their stable and proven SAP ERP releases while waiting for S/4HANA to mature, for the cost and risk to decrease and an ROI to emerge.
Rimini Street's cost model, which accounts for licensing and support, hardware, implementations and upgrades estimates that it can cost customers, paying $1M in annual SAP support and maintenance, an average of $35M to migrate to S/4HANA and operate the system over a 7 year period.
Do the math and find out what it will cost YOUR organization to make the move.
Calculate your estimated cost to move to S/4HANA below.

(1) SAP Support Strategy
Your Projected SAP S/4HANA Suite Costs Over Years is
S/4HANA is an early stage product - with perceived high costs, low maturity and hard-to-find ROI today.
Perhaps, that's why only 3% of SAP customers are live on S/4HANA now.
Don't get locked into a strategy now that may or may not be the right move for you. Consider these facts before you "rip and replace" your stable, mature ECC application.

SAP Licensee S/4HANA Report Prepared for
These are near-term costs which cover an initial, baseline deployment of S/4HANA. Other costs may be incurred later as the solution continues to evolve.
These are long-term costs for S/4HANA deployment with upgrades, feature pack deployments and necessary customizations as the S/4HANA solution continues to evolve.
Your projected S/4HANA suite costs over years
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Your
costs to support and maintain SAP Business Suite ERP during your S/4HANA suite
reimplementation over years
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Total all-in costs for both
S/4HANA and SAP Business Suites
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Your projected S/4HANA suite costs over years
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Your
costs to support and maintain SAP Business Suite ERP during your S/4HANA suite
reimplementation over years
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Total all-in costs for both
S/4HANA and SAP Business Suites
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Cumulative Cost Comparison: "Move to S/4HANA Now" vs. Rimini Street
Year S/4HANA Suite Total Cost Summary
Category | Licenses | Support | Implement | Upgrades
and Feature Packs |
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S/4HANA Suite Total Cost Summary
Category | Licenses | Support | Implement | Upgrades
and Feature Packs |
Total |
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S/4HANA Suite | |||||
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SAP Licensee S/4HANA Report Prepared for
These are near-term costs which cover an initial, baseline deployment of S/4HANA. Other costs may be incurred later as the solution continues to evolve.
These are long-term costs for S/4HANA deployment with upgrades, feature pack deployments and necessary customizations as the S/4HANA solution continues to evolve.
The above report is generated using following input
values:
SAP Business Suite Licensing | |
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Current Business Suite Annual
Maintenance Fee
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Current Annual Maintenance
Rate(%)
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Estimated Business Suite Annual
Maintenance Fee Discount(%)
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S/4HANA Suite Licensing | |
Select Number of Solutions to be
Implemented
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Estimated S/4HANA Suite License
Discount(%)
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S/4HANA Suite Annual Maintenance
Rate(%)
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Payroll | |
Payroll Required
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HANA Database | |
HANA Database Runtime License
Rate(%)
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HANA Database Annual Maintenance
Rate(%)
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HANA Database Hardware Fees
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HANA Database Hardware Annual
Maintenance Fee(%)
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Implementation | |
S/4HANA Suite and HANA
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Payroll
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Upgrades | |
S/4HANA Suite Cost per Upgrade(%)
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S/4HANA Suite Initial Upgrade
Year
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S/4HANA Suite Upgrade Frequency
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HANA Database Cost per Upgrade(%)
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HANA Database Initial Upgrade
Year
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HANA Database Upgrade Frequency
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S/4HANA Feature Packages | |
Cost per Feature Package(%)
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Initial Feature Pack Year
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Feature Pack Frequency
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MaxAttention Support
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MaxAttention Support Rate(%)
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