For the on-premises version of the product, the solution offers a perpetual-based licensing model to its users. In general, SAP offers a monthly subscription-based licensing model to its users. The product's customers state that the solution is expensive. SAP is always open to negotiations with its customers.
SAP BW/4HANA Specialist at a government with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 10
2022-07-12T12:35:29Z
Jul 12, 2022
The SAP HANA application still hasn't been leveraged to the fullest extent, but it's a multi-year enterprise license. They moved from on-premise to a IAAS solution that is hosted on Azure. They must have worked out some other licensing during this migration, but I'm not familiar with that.
I can't comment on the cost because it keeps changing based on the plan and company requirements. There are different procedures and corporate discounts.
Associate Manager at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2021-01-27T20:42:58Z
Jan 27, 2021
As an investment, the solution is very expensive. We pay 72% every year to SAP. Additionally, we pay for support for the solution and a vendor to do maintenance.
Head of Enterprise Reporting & Analytics at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2021-01-07T16:23:42Z
Jan 7, 2021
We started as early birds from the SAP side. We got this entire suite for free. I cannot really talk about the price because we didn't have to pay anything.
SAP BW4HANA is a data warehouse solution developed by SAP for businesses looking to analyze big data in real time. It is designed to run on the SAP HANA database, offering improved performance and optimized processing of large data sets. SAP BW/4HANA provides an array of advanced analytics capabilities, including predictive analytics, text analytics, and spatial data processing. It also offers a modern, intuitive user interface and streamlined data modeling and administration tools, making...
For the on-premises version of the product, the solution offers a perpetual-based licensing model to its users. In general, SAP offers a monthly subscription-based licensing model to its users. The product's customers state that the solution is expensive. SAP is always open to negotiations with its customers.
The solution is expensive.
The product is free if we have the ECC license.
It's a little expensive compared to Microsoft Azure.
The price is high and currently only affordable for large organizations.
It is an expensive product. The licensing strategy is pretty much the same for all SAP products, and I or my team are not exposed to it.
The solution is extremely expensive. I'd rate them three out of ten in terms of affordability.
The cost and licensing depends on how the customer is going to use the solution.
The cost is average. I'd rate it five out of ten in terms of the affordability of the standard license.
The SAP HANA application still hasn't been leveraged to the fullest extent, but it's a multi-year enterprise license. They moved from on-premise to a IAAS solution that is hosted on Azure. They must have worked out some other licensing during this migration, but I'm not familiar with that.
I can't comment on the cost because it keeps changing based on the plan and company requirements. There are different procedures and corporate discounts.
SAP BW/4HANA is expensive.
In general, it's quite expensive.
As an investment, the solution is very expensive. We pay 72% every year to SAP. Additionally, we pay for support for the solution and a vendor to do maintenance.
We started as early birds from the SAP side. We got this entire suite for free. I cannot really talk about the price because we didn't have to pay anything.
We have to pay extra in addition to licensing. Migration to HANA has costs that are higher than expected.
This is an expensive solution and there are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees.