Differences between SAP Enable Now Cloud Vs. On-premise licences

[AngadJadhav]

First,

I understand that Clients can buy SAP Enable Now (SEN) licences as On-premise version OR Cloud version.

• We can purchase SEN Cloud licences from SAP Enable Now Cloud, which is a public cloud.
• When we purchase SEN On-premise licences, they are mainly used in the private cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.). OR does the On-premise version mean they are physically installed in users' local computers?

Please confirm whether my above understanding is correct.

Next,

• I assume that when we buy SEN On-premise licences, we buy Developer Licences and Learner Licences separately.
• However, when we buy SEN Cloud licences, there is no categorization like Developer Licences and Learner Licences. In this case, SEN licences purchased can be used as Developer ones or Learner ones.

Please confirm whether my above understanding is correct.

[ShaneLipke · Accepted solution]

Hi Angad,

There are two components to the On Premise Enable Now solution:

1. Manager - Manager must be installed on a server running the Tomcat web server. Customers can purchase their own server or they could run it on an AWS or similar server, I guess. The key is that the server can run Tomcat and the server can access an SQL Server or HANA database, which contains the data associated with the use of SAP Enable Now

2. Client software - in the On Premise version, client software, such as Producer, is physically installed on individual user PCs. So, for example, every author must have Producer installed on their PC. If a customer is using SAP Companion for Desktop, every user must have the SAP Companion for Desktop client functionality installed on their PC

You are correct with your understanding of licensing. There is a difference between authoring and consumer licenses with the On Premise version but no difference with the Cloud version. Every active Cloud user can consume and create content with the one license.

Regards
Shane

[AngadJadhav · Accepted solution]

Hello Shane,

Thank you for your detailed response. This is the best response. One quick follow-up question:

• If I want to create custom SAP Companion In-App Help content for SAP Desktop application (e.g., SAP ECC) or SAP Web-based application (e.g., SAP S4), can I use the on-premise licences as well as cloud SEN licences? Will there be any restriction on what type of licence works best for SAP Desktop application and AP Web-based application?

[DirkManuel · Accepted solution]

You would not need both On Prem and Cloud licenses. It is based on where your SAP Enable Now instance is (on prem or cloud) - not where the content is consumed from or the type of content created. So either (authoring) license type can be used to create help/training content for browser-based applications (e.g. S/4HANA cloud) and/or desktop applications (such as SAP ECC).

[BartRhoten · Accepted solution]

And even with Cloud, if you're using Producer, you launch it from Cloud Manager and it installs Producer on your laptop. You don't get a shortcut on your laptop - you still always launch Producer from the Cloud Manager so that the Manager + Producer versions stay the same. If Manager gets upgraded, then the next time you launch Producer, it's automatically upgraded for you.