How much cost the module BI?

Question

Hello:
I only speak a bit english so, I hope that you can understand me.
My boss is interesting in the functions of BI. He saw other modules that are similar. So, he want to know which the difference in price. how much is the price of FI, approximately?
Thank you very much.
Best regards.

Answer 1

You really do need to know talk to your SAP account manager
But depending on your licensing agreements it may be already included in your mysap license or variants of your mysap license (ie it's free)
However you should know that the current BW front ends are included in the mysap licemse but these front ends are not goign to be developed any longer
The replacement front ends (ie Business Objects) are classified as premium products and are chargeable!
(yes a HUGE problem which every single customer I know of is deeply unhappy about!)
In addition you will have pay for servers - ie a dev, q and P box
The hardware costs on these depend on the discount arrangements you have with your hardware supplier.
But for a small company you could look aroudn a budget of a few hundred thousand euros - for a large implementation around 2-3 million
(but then if it were a large implementation you wouldnt be seekign advice from a forum)
In addition there are additional licenses you have to purchase if you wish addition functionality:
You need an open hub license is you wish to use BW data in 3rd party products that further analyse the data (the cost is not in the hundred or even thouands of euros)
You need a broadcasting license if you are sending data to end users via email who do not have a BW license
If you purchase the BI accelerator hardware to speed up your queries then you need to purchase the blade servers from one of three hardware vendors and in addition you need to purchase another license from SAP (who are acting as a 3rd party reseller of the software technology)
total cost you can anticpate for a exampel blade server including licenses is approx 150k euros
Then.. you will need a a BW support team and addituional basis resources to maintain the box - salry costs for a small implementation will be two basis and 2 bw developers - cost approx EUR 200k per year (if you are lucky!)
Then you have the implementation costs. I used to sell BW consultancy - and for a small implementation - as an example I have charge eur 350k
Now - these are all example figures and I am sorry if some of these sound really high - but you really need to talk to your SAP account manager (most of th items above are discountable - but not all!)
This is not something to be taken lightly