The Business Value of SAP HANA Cloud - A Snapshot
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The Business Value of
SAP HANA Cloud
IDC’s study demonstrates the significant value organizations can achieve by using SAP HANA Cloud
to scale databases and increase access to data. Due to IT efficiencies, performance improvements,
and business enablement achieved with SAP HANA Cloud, IDC projects that interviewed
organizations will realize $13.7 million per year in business benefits, which results in an average
three-year ROI of 352%.
April 2025 | Business Value Snapshot, sponsored by SAP
KEY RESULTS
$820,000
average annual
benefits per SAP
HANA Cloud database
352%
three-year return
on investment
10.3-month
payback on
investment
CUSTOMER QUOTE (ENTERTAINMENT):
“My organization has recognized several benefits from using SAP HANA Cloud.
Importantly, it provides strong data monitoring, security, and performance. It’s a more
modernized system that has resulted in time savings for developers, analytics, and
administration because of the robust integrated tools provided, templates, and modelling
capabilities. SAP HANA Cloud has enabled my organization to make better business
decisions and build better models, which drives business growth.”
IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
• 35% reduction in three-year total cost of ownership compared to previous environment
• 33% more efficient IT infrastructure management team
• 35% reduction in annual helpdesk tickets
• 19% more efficient security teams
• 30% more efficient database administration teams
• 38% quicker database deployment
PERFORMANCE BENEFITS
• 71% reduction in unplanned downtime
• 88% more queries/information requests run per day
• 31% quicker queries
• 29% improved response time
• 25% more productive analytics teams
• 30% more productive development teams
• 154% more applications and features developed annually
BUSINESS ENABLEMENT BENEFITS
• 159% more employees with access to analytics
to do their jobs
• $5.9 million in additional net revenue
per year
This IDC material is licensed for external use and in no way does the use or publication of IDC research indicate
IDC’s endorsement of the sponsor’s or licensee’s products or strategies.
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The Business Value of
SAP HANA Cloud
IDC’s study demonstrates the significant value organizations can achieve by using SAP HANA Cloud
to scale databases and increase access to data. Due to IT efficiencies, performance improvements,
and business enablement achieved with SAP HANA Cloud, IDC projects that interviewed
organizations will realize $13.7 million per year in business benefits, which results in an average
three-year ROI of 352%.
April 2025 | Business Value Snapshot, sponsored by SAP
KEY RESULTS
$820,000
average annual
benefits per SAP
HANA Cloud database
352%
three-year return
on investment
10.3-month
payback on
investment
CUSTOMER QUOTE (ENTERTAINMENT):
“My organization has recognized several benefits from using SAP HANA Cloud.
Importantly, it provides strong data monitoring, security, and performance. It’s a more
modernized system that has resulted in time savings for developers, analytics, and
administration because of the robust integrated tools provided, templates, and modelling
capabilities. SAP HANA Cloud has enabled my organization to make better business
decisions and build better models, which drives business growth.”
IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
• 35% reduction in three-year total cost of ownership compared to previous environment
• 33% more efficient IT infrastructure management team
• 35% reduction in annual helpdesk tickets
• 19% more efficient security teams
• 30% more efficient database administration teams
• 38% quicker database deployment
PERFORMANCE BENEFITS
• 71% reduction in unplanned downtime
• 88% more queries/information requests run per day
• 31% quicker queries
• 29% improved response time
• 25% more productive analytics teams
• 30% more productive development teams
• 154% more applications and features developed annually
BUSINESS ENABLEMENT BENEFITS
• 159% more employees with access to analytics
to do their jobs
• $5.9 million in additional net revenue
per year