< Continued from previous page How cloud ON-PREMISE CLOUD increases ROI Adapting the on-premise environment for SAP SuccessFactors delivers maintenance new and changing business needs – or to take and enhancements in biannual releases that advantage of SAP enhancements – requires are installed on your platform automatically. Agility technical resources to 昀椀rst maintain the system Technical resources may be engaged to at the current level of support packages. This activate and con昀椀gure enhancements; but the process requires multiple resources across IT and core functionality is always at the latest level the business area and spans at least 6-8 weeks. offered by SAP. SAP delivers localization to countless countries. SAP SuccessFactors delivers localization for an ever-growing number of countries. Multi-Country The complexity of con昀椀guring the on-premise Deployment across various countries is less environment for each country and language Con昀椀guration requires technical resources. complex in the cloud model, requiring less time and effort. Training The system is not intuitive, therefore requiring more time and materials to ensure users are Interfaces and work昀氀ows are intuitive, Costs prepared. requiring limited to no training material. Client is required to maintain their own separate Client maintains no landscape. The servers landscape – servers and back-up servers and are maintained by SAP and are available in Server procedures. The hardware and manpower local countries to support security concerns. Infrastructure add costs to the client that are sometimes SAP maintains back-up and is responsible for availability, response time and security not considered. of the servers. SAP SuccessFactors offers extensibility through Partner pre-built add-ons available Extending Customization and modi昀椀cations are possible in the SAP App Center. Some minor additional with ABAP coding. Modi昀椀cations result in customizations may also be made by the the Solution increased maintenance efforts ongoing. HR Administrator. Extensions do not affect the core product and, thus, do not result in increased maintenance complexity. Client must build custom apps using SAP SuccessFactors comes delivered a mobile Going interface readily available out of the box. Users SAP Fiori or other technology and must can download the app from the mobile app create the infrastructure to deliver and Mobile store on android or iOS and have full access to manage mobile capability. the system, including org charts and forms. Requires the client to deploy and implement As simple as activating role-based permissions. Self-Service Portal Work Packages. ESS/MSS requires ESS/MSS functionality is embedded, and no con昀椀guration, as well as technical Scalability additional con昀椀guration required. development for related portal con昀椀guration. Cloud solutions are economically focused on Mainstream maintenance will end in 2027. future development–enabling clients to agilely Keeping the solution will require further adapt to business and technology changes. Building for maintenance and increase costs. If moving The expense of hardware and technical the Future to SAP S/4HANA, client has the option to resources to manage the landscape can be continue on-premise until 2030 with additional redirected to innovation. Cloud models 昀椀t Compatibility Packs. our rapidly changing global environment, enabling organizations to keep pace with the competition forward. Continued on next page > / 5 © 2020 Rizing LLC or a Rizing LLC af昀椀liate company. All rights reserved.