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, letus 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 theS/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/4HANA without any hardware or database. In the cloud model, SAP is responsible for providing and handling applications, data, runtime, middleware, operatingsystem, servers, storage, and networking for the customers.
