The Big Q: SAP S/4 HANA On-Premise or Cloud?

SAP S/4 HANA On-Premise or Cloud? The selection between On-Premise and Cloud deployment of SAP S/4 HANA is one of the most important questions that the IT CIOs today face when they’re looking to implement SAP S/4 HANA.

Owing to its simplified architecture, real-time analysis, enhancements in performance, SAP S/4 HANA does offer time efficiency and faster ROI. Migration to SAP S/4 HANA does provide competitive advantages to the business.

Before moving to the difference between the two deployment models, let us understand in brief what these models are.

SAP S/4 HANA On-Premise

It is the SAP ERP Business Suite based on the SAP HANA in-memory database platform. This is an internal platform present on the business’s servers and managed by themselves only. The businesses are responsible for managing and controlling the HANA database, applications, servers, networks along with other related systems.

SAP S/4 HANA Cloud

It is the SaaS deployment of the S/4 HANA. The cloud deployment model is available to the businesses in both- public and private cloud. It enables businesses to use functionalities of S/4 HANA without any hardware or database. In the cloud model, SAP is responsible for providing and handling applications, data, runtime, middleware, operating system, servers, storage, and networking for the customers.

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