Profiles
One profile per option reviewed: what it does, the evidence it publishes, how it is priced and when to choose something else.
1. OpenLazarus
Leave SAP: an AI operating system you own
Best for: Established companies on SAP ECC that would rather spend the next three years of maintenance and migration budget on an AI operating system they own than on another SAP contract.
2. SAP extended maintenance
Stay on ECC to 2030
Best for: ECC customers that need three more years to decide or to finish a project, and accept a higher maintenance fee for an unchanged system.
3. SAP S/4HANA
Migrate within SAP
Best for: Groups whose processes, reporting and partners are standardised on SAP and that have the budget and people for a multi-year programme.
4. SAP ERP, private edition, transition option
ECC as a cloud subscription to 2033
Best for: Very large ECC estates that cannot finish a move by 2030 and are prepared to commit to SAP’s cloud to gain time.
5. Third-party support (Rimini Street)
Stay on ECC without SAP support
Best for: Companies with a stable ECC system that want to cut the maintenance bill and keep the system running while they build its replacement.