The RISE with SAP business case rarely survives an honest seven year cost model. SAP account teams present a three year subscription comparison against a static on premise baseline, and the math closes the deal. The buyer is left to discover the real cost curve after signature, by which point the leverage is gone.
This paper documents the seven year total cost of ownership framework the firm runs on every RISE engagement. It covers compute, storage, FUE entitlement structure, application support, hyperscaler reserved capacity, migration cost, change management, and exit cost. Each line is sourced independently and pressure tested against open market benchmarks. The framework has been applied across 500 plus deals and consistently moves the headline RISE figure between thirty and sixty eight percent below the first SAP proposal.
The paper is written for CIOs, CFOs, and SAP programme leads who are preparing for a RISE conversion, a RISE renewal, or a brownfield versus RISE decision. The intent is operational, not theoretical. Every step is one a buyer can run against a real proposal.
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