SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Private Edition

A tailored-to-fit cloud ERP that adapts to your organization's unique transformation
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What is SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition?

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition safeguards your existing investment in SAP ERP while benefiting from the latest capabilities and greater flexibility.

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Running on your standard

  • Maximize your differentiation by tailoring business processes to your unique requirements​​

  • Protect your investment and move to the cloud at your pace

Modernizing your business

  • Achieve bottom-line growth with proven business processes for your industry

  • Deliver green-line growth by building sustainability directly into your business

Keeping control

  • Manage the speed of change by rolling out innovations on your timeline

  • Choose the cloud infrastructure based on your landscape and preferences

Why migrate to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition?

It's an opportunity to tailor ERP software to meet specific needs while retaining company-specific configurations and customizations and accessing capabilities that offer a competitive edge.

Key benefits of moving from on premise to a tailored-to-fit cloud ERP

  • Streamlined operations and support, enabling the handover of technical operations for your mission-critical system to SAP

  • Innovation at your pace with a minimum upgrade cycle of five years, releases on a yearly basis, and support packages

  • High availability of your mission-critical systems based on a standard service level agreement (SLA) of 99.7% for your cloud ERP

  • Lower total cost of ownership (TCO) through a subscription-based model and the increased cost efficiency of shifting upfront capital expenses to operating expenses

Key features that differentiate our cloud ERP from SAP ERP

  • Real-time insights with transaction and analytical data in one system

  • Newly embedded functionality, including central procurement, customer management, and production planning and scheduling

  • Up-to-date business processes that support the latest industry requirements

  • Artificial intelligence that optimizes and automates your mission-critical processes

  • Predefined integration with a cohesive user experience, SAP best practices, and extensions to connect processes across your business

Key features of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition

Explore features of the cloud ERP that's helping mature enterprises worldwide run effectively.

Finance

Modernize finance—from payables and receivables to expense and tax compliance.

Product lifecycle

Define, develop, deliver, and manage innovative and sustainable products.

Procurement

Boost efficiency and secure a sustainable supply of materials and services.

Supply chain

Gain a foundation for a risk-resilient and sustainable supply chain operation.

Manufacturing

Plan and control production processes, including engineering and operations.

Sales

Improve sales outcomes across every channel and function—from quote to cash.

Service

Improve revenue recognition while excelling in service lifecycle management.

Assets

Modernize asset management processes—from allocation to maintenance.

See how customers are succeeding with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition

Adopting a cloud mindset to exceed customer expectations

Learn how drinks manufacturer Twinings Ovaltine digitalized its global operations in the cloud using a fit-to-standard approach.

Streamlining clients’ cloud migration journeys

See how IT company HCL Technologies prepares for growth by giving clients a smooth digital transformation experience.

Leaping ahead in the cloud during disruption

Explore how live entertainment leader Cirque du Soleil reimagined itself to bounce back and bounce forward with cloud ERP.

Creating consistent employee experiences

Discover how frozen food manufacturer FRoSTA gives mobile users one entry point for core data.

Resources

Learn what's new in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, and find additional resources to help you on your journey to cloud ERP.

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Discover some of the latest innovations from SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition

Check out the new and enhanced features in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, including​​:

  • Use Joule, our digital assistant, for help with information, navigation, and transactions in natural language

  • ​Automate mission-critical processes to optimize sales and supply chain management using generative AI and business AI

  • Improve customer service and efficiency with a unified process for field service and in-house repair

Mapping your journey to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition

Get the expert guidance you need to successfully plan your migration to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.

Read the white paper

Managing cloud ERP with proven cloud application services

Maximize the value, savings, and performance of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition with the proactive operational support of SAP Cloud Application Services.

Read the solution brief

Top rated by TrustRadius

The leading independent research and review platform recognizes top software solutions based on user feedback.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition earns the 2024 "Top Rated" award

Check out what users think about SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, giving the cloud ERP the 2024 "Top Rated" award in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) category.

"SAP S/4HANA Cloud is our ERP. We use it for logistics, supply chain, production, sales, distribution, maintenance, finance, payroll, and payments. We use it fully integrated to manage the company."

"With SAP S/4HANA Cloud we could see great improvement in integration times, and so it helps to provide better data availability on time."

"One of the best domains where SAP S/4HANA Cloud is doing well is supply chain management. We used SAP for integrating the data from raw material to finished product for almost 50+ warehouses of our client."

Technical and security information

Protect your enterprise with the built-in security features and add-on solutions from SAP.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition is our answer to enabling a cloud experience with the same functional scope and upgrade flexibility that SAP S/4HANA Cloud offers.

Installation and setup

Follow these setup instructions so you can start running your SAP software quickly and confidently.

Configuration

Optimize the configuration of SAP products with our comprehensive configuration guide.

Integration

Find out how you can integrate SAP products with your existing IT landscape.

Data security

Help protect confidentiality and data integrity.

Business process security

Support compliance with regulatory requirements.

Risk and threat mitigation

Drive continuous improvement across your operations.

Cloud delivery options

Enable a smooth transformation while meeting security and compliance requirements.

Get started

Take the next steps toward cloud ERP. Jump-start your implementation and drive ROI by collaborating with industry experts, consultants, and support engineers throughout your journey.

RISE with SAP

Prepare to meet your business challenges head-on with a complete, up-to-date package of private cloud ERP software, analytics, and supporting services.

Product tour

Tour SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition to explore some of its key features and how you can apply them to different business scenarios.

Demo

Experience a live demo of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition and explore the advantages of cloud ERP.​

Services

Transform your business quickly and effectively by taking advantage of our holistic service and support plans, expert consulting services, custom application development, proven best practices, and deep industry and technical knowledge.

Support

Help keep your SAP solutions running at peak performance with our IT experts and support services, including long-term plans, embedded teams, remote technology support, self-service portal, and innovation strategies.

Localization capabilities

Scale your business confidently, both locally and globally, with more than 1,000 local versions of SAP products. Integrated regional processes enable you to comply with regulations worldwide.

Frequently asked questions

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition is a tailored-to-fit cloud ERP that adapts to your organization's unique transformation while enabling the migration of your on-premise ERP investment from SAP, such as SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC), SAP S/4HANA, and SAP ERP.

Visit our innovations page to learn about the innovations available in the latest release.

The solution has a two-year release cycle, with new innovations and enhancements rolled out every six months. Every release receives maintenance for seven years.​

The cloud ERP solution comes as part of RISE with SAP – a complete offering that also includes industry best practices and services to help you migrate to and thrive in the cloud.

There are two SAP S/4HANA Cloud solutions to choose from:

  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition: Our ready-to-run cloud ERP managed by SAP.

  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition: Our tailored-to-fit cloud ERP that adapts to your unique business needs while enabling the migration of your on-premise ERP investment from SAP.