SAP glossary · Cloud ERP, RISE and GROW

SAP S/4HANA (on premise)

What it is

In SAP's own wording, the on-premise ERP suite for customers that have not yet moved to the cloud. It is the direct successor to SAP ECC on the SAP HANA database.

Why it matters for executives

On premise remains a legitimate path, but SAP's innovation and commercial incentives now point to the cloud editions. Price that trade-off explicitly rather than by default.

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Source and currency. Summarised in our own words from SAP's publicly available SAP Corporate Glossary (February 2025 edition). SAP updates names, editions and packaging often; check the current wording on sap.com before relying on it.

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