What is the Difference Between SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition and GROW with SAP?

When the decision has been made to adopt a new SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP), business leaders quickly encounter several variants that sound confusingly similar. Specifically, there’s SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, GROW with SAP, and even RISE with SAP. All have similarities on first look.

So let’s look at the difference between SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition and GROW with SAP, and in the process, we’ll also explain where RISE fits into the picture.

The Foundation: SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

SAP offers several different ERP solutions depending on the size and growth plans of a business. For fast-growing small and medium-sized businesses that are flirting with the extra features and customization of SAP’s largest and most sophisticated offering, S/4HANA, there is S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.

The majority of Fortune 500 companies use SAP S/4HANA on the backend, the industry standard for large enterprises such as Coca-Cola and British Petroleum. Larger businesses use S/4HANA because it is both full-featured and highly customizable, built to handle the complexity and transaction volume of even the largest organizations. It comes with a suite of end-to-end applications for handling complex multi-site operations, manufacturing, distribution, supply chain management, financial management, human resources, and all other parts of a mature business.

S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition is effectively the same as S/4HANA, but it runs on the SAP cloud infrastructure instead of a company’s private cloud infrastructure. By running in an SAP-managed cloud environment, companies trade full infrastructure control for reduced complexity and maintenance, as well as a greater emphasis on best practices.

Many businesses are taking a long look at S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition because it comes with the industrial-grade power necessary to run even the most complex organization but without the associated cost and headaches of fully managing an S/4HANA instance. It is a tempting solution because previously, businesses might have wanted the extra power of S/4HANA but were put off by the cost and complexity of rolling out and fully managing S/4HANA. With the relatively new Public Cloud Edition, the barrier to entry with S/4HANA is now much lower.

Migration and Assistance: GROW with SAP

Businesses that choose SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition as their ERP can roll out the solution on their own or adopt a starter bundle that also includes predefined best practices, acceleration services, and enhanced community support for easier implementation.

GROW with SAP is S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition combined with all that a business needs for a fast rollout. It is intended for businesses that are transitioning from traditional enterprise resource planning methods and is designed to facilitate effective implementation with its services, solutions, and knowledge resources.

The GROW with SAP solution caters to the needs of less experienced ERP implementors and requires less IT specialists because there are default templates and workflows, access to the SAP Business Technology Platform that has a wide range of turnkey add-ons, and enhanced support through a community of seasoned software developers, consultants, mentors and users for enhanced support.

Using GROW with SAP, a mid-sized business can roll out S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition in as little as four weeks.

RISE with SAP, on the other hand, is a migration assistance package for S/4HANA Public Cloud Public Edition that is built for businesses that are already using an SAP ERP solution and just need help moving to the Public Cloud Edition. It shares many of the implementation advantages of GROW with SAP, but RISE is oriented more toward businesses with deeper SAP experience and a clearer sense of configuration needs.

So, businesses that choose S/4HANA Public Cloud Public Edition can go it alone, or they can use either GROW with SAP or RISE with SAP for a faster and more sure implementation. The choice comes down to the experience and position of the business at the time of adoption.

Get Help Selecting the Right ERP Solution for Your Business

There are many different ERP solutions because businesses are at different places in their growth journey, and every business is different. This can make ERP selection complicated.

But choosing the right solution doesn’t have to be hard. We can help.

Navigator Business Solutions has been helping small and mid-sized businesses select and implement SAP ERP solutions for more than 30 years as an SAP Gold Partner, and we have more than 500 ERP implementations under our belt. So, we both understand the various needs of a business, and we have deep knowledge of the various SAP solutions and how to make them fit with your goals and processes.

Get help with your ERP selection and implementation by calling one of our experienced ERP consultants at www.nbs-us.com | (801) 642-0123 | info@nbs-us.com.

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