Snow Optimizer for SAP® Software
Optimize SAP License Costs With Snow Optimizer for SAP Software
Gain the visibility to maximize ROI from existing SAP assets, plan your migration to S/4HANA, align SAP resources to strategic goals, and take advantage of SAP incentives.
Optimize your SAP spend
Spend just enough
Align SAP spend with company priorities
Understand actual usage and simulate alternative scenarios to plan your renewal strategy and take advantage of SAP offerings such as DAAP and RISE with SAP.
S/4HANA transition
Efficiently migrate to the cloud
Get visibility to the licenses you need in your new S/4HANA environment, including private cloud, public cloud or on-premises to ensure an efficient migration. Compare your users and roles with integrated S/4HANA Trusted Authorization Review (STAR) License Intelligence rules to get the most value from your SAP licenses.
Automate SAP license tracking
One console for all SAP licensing data
Tracking SAP licenses manually is a resource-hungry task. Having all licensing information in one central repository, coupled with the ability to run custom rule sets at regular intervals and automate recommendations, reduces key-person dependencies and frees up resources to focus on strategic company goals.
MOST LOVED FEATURES
Complete SAP management in one console
Snow Optimizer for SAP Software is an SAP-certified application that provides complete SAP license management through a single integrated console. Once installed in a single SAP system, the agentless application collects and aggregates data from all connected SAP systems for a complete view of SAP licensing data.
Comprehensive data collection
Collects user profiles, usage activity, memory usage, and user access to standard and industry-specific modules, engines and self-declaration products. With the Supermaster data synchronization folder, you can manage multiple, disparate SAP environments centrally.
Built within SAP
Written in ABAP and built within SAP, security is assured because no data is taken outside the protected SAP environment.
Measure indirect access
Capabilities include activity checks, external accesses, iDocs access, batch access, third-party product namespaces, digital documents estimation, and digital document measurement.
Near real-time visibility
Provides a near real-time view of license consumption so teams can monitor license allocations and avoid unnecessary overspend. Organizations can typically optimize their licenses within 1 to 3 weeks post purchase.
Track SAP package/engine licensing
Utilize Flexera’s native contract management capability to enter and maintain all SAP products in your contract (named user, engine, database). Collect and aggregate all system measurement data for the connected satellite systems. For engines that cannot be measured by USMM, you can self-declare their usage in the Snow Optimizer for SAP’s contract management section or use the product-specific inventory detection (classes).
Engine compliance reporting
Snow Optimizer for SAP Software’s engine compliance analysis report helps you monitor your license position. Receive warnings when your organization reaches its limit of contractual licenses, engines, self-declaration products, memory usage or specific activity types.
HOW IT WORKS
SAP license optimization workflow
Install once
Install in a single SAP system.
Connect systems
Aggregate data from all connected SAP systems.
Analyze usage
Review profiles, usage activity, memory usage and module access.
Optimize licensing
Align license types with actual use and monitor consumption.
See how Flexera customers get the most value from their contracts.
Edeka Digital
From misallocated licenses to significant savings
“Because Snow Optimizer for SAP® Software makes it much easier for us to track the user license types across all of our SAP instances, we were able to achieve significant savings by identifying wrongly allocated license types and optimizing the license usage across the company.”
Small Business Healthcare Company
Reduced costs across SAP, Microsoft and Adobe.
“Flexera has significantly improved our visibility into software usage and cloud spend, helping us optimize costs and eliminate waste. With its powerful insights and automation, we've streamlined license management and compliance. It has led cost savings in SAP, Microsoft and Adobe specifically which boosted our confidence into the software."
Maynilad
Selected with confidence
“Maynilad selected Snow Optimizer for SAP® Software because it is quick to implement and easy to configure, without impacting SAP. Both SAP and KPMG certify Snow Optimizer for SAP® Software, and it is a Gartner Magic Quadrant leader, which confirmed our choice."
Korina Monoso IT Operations Head, Maynilad
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Frequently asked questions
Yes. Snow Optimizer for SAP Software maintains up-to-date details on which licenses are assigned and where. This enables license managers and SAP administrators to automatically rebalance license allocations and right size licensing across the SAP landscape, be it on ECC, S/4HANA or S/4HANA Cloud. Rule sets are created to align the user with the correct license and system quickly and to perform simulations of licensing models such as when migrating to S/4HANA. The product has standard functionality to measure indirect access. Capabilities include activity checks, external accesses, iDocs access, batch access, third-party product namespaces, digital documents estimation, and digital document measurement.
Yes. Snow Optimizer for SAP is certified by SAP. It is an SAP add-on written in native SAP language, ABAP, and operates within the protected SAP environment.
Benefits include identifying unused licenses so you don’t purchase unnecessary license and so you can prepare for an efficient transition to S/4HANA; detecting unlicensed and non-compliant users accessing SAP systems; detecting duplicate named users to reclaim licenses; and help with choosing the right licensing model for indirect/digital access. Many of our customers have saved millions on SAP licenses with our solution.
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