We are former SAP insiders — executives, auditors, and contract specialists — now working exclusively for enterprise buyers. No SAP ties. No reseller commissions. No conflicts. Just forensic SAP licensing advisory that protects your organisation.
SAP has a playbook for every commercial situation — audits, renewals, RISE migrations, and indirect access claims. We know it in detail, because we helped write it. Now we use that knowledge to defend you.
SAP's audit tools overcount. Their initial compliance gap is rarely accurate. We challenge the measurement, dispute the findings, and resolve audit claims at a fraction of SAP's opening position.
Your SAP Master Agreement and Order Forms contain hidden escalators, one-sided audit rights, and unfavourable T&Cs. We renegotiate from a position of knowledge, not deference.
Most SAP estates have 20-40% of licences that can be reclassified, right-sized, or returned. We run forensic analysis using USMM and LAW data to find and realise those savings.
Proactive compliance management so you are never exposed in an audit. We establish your Effective License Position (ELP), close genuine gaps, and document your defensible position.
RISE with SAP bundles infrastructure, support, and software into one deal — with pricing, SLAs, and exit terms heavily favouring SAP. We provide independent RISE contract analysis before you sign.
SAP's Digital Access model changed the rules for how third-party systems connect to SAP. Understanding Document licences — Orders, Deliveries, Invoices, Materials — is critical to avoiding multi-million claims.
The move from ECC to S/4HANA is a commercial inflection point. SAP uses migration projects to upsell. We ensure your S/4HANA BoM reflects what you actually need — not what SAP wants to sell.
SAP Enterprise Support costs 22% of licence value annually. Third-party support, support holidays, and renegotiated maintenance schedules can reduce this significantly without operational risk.
SAP's commercial model is built on complexity, opacity, and information asymmetry. The organisation that understands SAP's licensing rules best is SAP. Most enterprise procurement and IT teams are significantly outgunned in every commercial interaction.
As former SAP insiders, we understand this asymmetry because we operated inside it. We left to do something more valuable: help enterprise buyers fight back with the same forensic knowledge SAP's commercial team uses against them.
"The average SAP audit claim is 3-5x what the customer actually owes. Without independent expertise, most enterprises settle at a significant premium over their genuine obligation."
See Our Audit Defence Service →Detailed, independent guides covering the most complex areas of SAP licensing. Written by former SAP insiders. No vendor spin.
Everything you need to know about SAP's audit process — from the initial letter to the final settlement. How USMM works, what SAP's measurement team looks for, and how to challenge an inflated compliance gap.
Decode the RISE with SAP commercial model before signing. Pricing structure, BTP credit consumption, SLA comparison, exit clauses, and how to negotiate a fair RISE contract.
How SAP licensing changes when you migrate from ECC to S/4HANA. User re-classification, BoM construction, Conversion Licence programmes, and how to avoid paying twice for software you already own.
Named Users vs. engines. Professional vs. Limited Professional. How SAP measures usage with USMM and LAW. The fundamentals every CIO, CFO, and procurement leader should understand.
"SAP's initial audit claim was €8.2M. After independent review of the USMM data and user classification methodology, we settled at €1.4M. The ROI on the advisory engagement was extraordinary."
"We were about to sign a RISE contract that would have locked us into a 7-year commitment with problematic exit terms. The independent review identified €4M in unnecessary spend and renegotiated the SLAs entirely."
"Our ITAM team had been managing SAP licensing in-house for years. The forensic review found $3.2M in over-licensed Named Users that we were able to remove at renewal. We should have engaged sooner."
The USMM run, the ELP report, and what happens in the 90 days after SAP delivers its findings.
BTP credit burn rates, support escalators, and exit penalty clauses — the full picture before you sign.
How the 2018 Digital Access model shifted the liability framework — and why many organisations remain exposed.
The BoM errors, user re-classification traps, and conversion programme conditions that catch enterprises by surprise.
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