Most firms that call themselves SAP advisors hold an active SAP reseller agreement, a consulting partnership, or both. The fee they charge you is only one part of their revenue model. Our firm is structurally independent. We hold no SAP partnership, no SAP reseller relationship, and no SAP services line. Our only revenue comes from the enterprise buyer in front of us.
There is no licensing body for SAP advisors. The term is used by SAP Gold Partners, SAP Platinum Partners, SAP Services Partners, SAP Cloud Resellers, SAP-aligned Big 4 practices, system integrators with active SAP referral fees, and ITAM tooling vendors whose dashboards depend on SAP API access. Each of those firms can give you correct licensing advice. None of them are working only for you.
The conflict is not theoretical. A firm with an SAP referral agreement that closes a deal you may have walked away from receives a kickback. A firm with an SAP services line that hopes to be awarded the implementation has every incentive to keep SAP happy at your contract signing. Our firm has neither. Read the differences in detail in our SAP partner versus independent advisor comparison.
We are not Silver, Gold or Platinum partners. We hold no SAP referral agreement. SAP cannot remove our access to any product or program because we have none to remove. Outcome: zero risk that a future SAP relationship influences our current advice.
We never sell SAP licences. We do not resell RISE with SAP, GROW with SAP, BTP credits, AI Units, or any third-party SAP-adjacent software. Our compensation comes only from the buyer engagement fee. Outcome: no hidden incentive to inflate the deal size.
We are not an SI. We do not deploy S/4HANA, we do not run BTP build engagements, we do not staff SAP delivery teams. Outcome: no incentive to recommend technical choices that drive downstream services revenue for us.
Before every engagement, we provide a written conflict-of-interest statement. We disclose every commercial relationship that touches your SAP estate, even indirectly. Outcome: you can verify our independence rather than take it on trust.
We never share buyer data with SAP or any SAP-adjacent vendor. Engagement documents do not leave the firm. Outcome: nothing you tell us can be used against you in a future SAP audit or negotiation.
Because we hold no SAP partnership, we are eligible to defend you in an SAP audit. SAP partners with active referral agreements often have a contractual obligation to support SAP's measurement methodology, which structurally limits the defence position they can take.
A 30-minute call with a senior advisor. You describe the SAP issue. We describe what independent advisory does and does not solve. We provide our written conflict-of-interest disclosure before any engagement letter is signed.
A fixed-fee or fixed-fee-plus-success engagement letter, with deliverables, timeline, and exit clauses defined. No open-ended hourly billing. No success fee tied to SAP's commercial outcome.
Diagnostic, counter-position, negotiation representation or audit defence, depending on scope. Weekly written status reports. A clear escalation path for your CFO, CIO and General Counsel.
Quarterly check-ins to review the contractual position, flag upcoming triggers, and pre-empt the next SAP commercial event. You can move from active engagement to governance at any time. See the underlying methodology in our SAP license advisory service.
A global Tier 1 supplier engaged our firm specifically because two prior advisors held active SAP partnerships and could not credibly challenge SAP's Digital Access methodology. Independent advisory produced a 70 to 85% reduction on a $40-60M exposure claim.
A European universal bank disengaged a Big 4 advisor mid-audit when conflict of interest emerged with their SAP services line. Our team rebuilt the defence position and settled a $200M opening claim in the $10M to $20M range.
A specialty retailer received a renewal proposal that an SAP Gold Partner had flagged as fair-market. Independent benchmarking against peer deals proved a 32% gap. Renegotiation closed the gap entirely.
Ask any SAP advisor for a written conflict-of-interest disclosure. If they cannot produce one, you do not have an independent advisor. We provide ours before any engagement letter, and we walk through every relationship that could affect your outcome.
Book a Free Consultation →CFOs, CIOs, Heads of Procurement, General Counsel and Audit Committee members at enterprises facing a material SAP commercial event. Particularly relevant for regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, pharma, utilities) where audit committees require demonstrable independence in third-party advice, and where conflict-of-interest documentation is a procurement requirement. Background on the underlying mechanics: our SAP licensing basics guide.
The free consultation includes our written conflict-of-interest disclosure. You can take that disclosure to your General Counsel and verify our independence before any engagement letter is signed.