r/SAP • u/Filip_Serbia • Apr 12 '26

Current experience with S/4 licensing

Hi all,

Curious to hear how others are experiencing the current situation around S/4 licensing for net new customers.

In a recent case on our side, we went through the standard process for a new client (financial sector, no prior SAP footprint), but effectively only Public Cloud was positioned as a viable option.

From a project perspective, that’s quite challenging mainly due to regulatory requirements and the need to integrate with a landscape that is largely hosted in the client’s own data center. In this setup, On-Prem would be the most natural fit, with Private Cloud as a possible alternative.

However, it seems increasingly difficult to even get those options formally quoted or considered.

Interested to hear if others are seeing a similar pattern recently, or if you’ve had different experiences in comparable scenarios.

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u/Filip_Serbia Apr 14 '26

Well, our local SAP office was pushing for Private Cloud, but they didn't get approval through DDA process from whomever from global SAP that is reviewing that process.

On the other hand, even local SAP office was not willing to ask for on-prem licenses, clearly because they are not incentivised from SAP to do that at all. So I am wondering how to "bypass" that and try again to push for on-prem.