Stop paying for SAP you don’t use — and stop fearing the audit
Many SAP estates carry years of accumulated licensing debt: named users classified by habit, shelfware from finished programmes and indirect-access exposure nobody has quantified.
Altivate’s license audit and optimization service establishes exactly what you own, what you use and where you are exposed — then turns that position into leverage for renewals, audits and your S/4HANA move.
Lower spend, zero audit surprises, your SAP investment protected.
From baseline to audit-ready
Altivate reviews your SAP license position, quantifies named-user and digital-access exposure, right-sizes it, and keeps it optimized.
Baseline position
What you own, set against what you actually use.
Analyze exposure
Named-user exposure, plus digital and indirect access.
Right-size & remediate
Cut over-licensing, fix risk.
Audit-ready
Ready for audit — and for S/4HANA conversion.
Continuous license governance loops back around all four stages: your position is reviewed at every renewal and every landscape change.
What we assess
A complete picture of your license position — commercial, technical and contractual.
Your license-position baseline
We reconcile contracts, entitlements and actual usage measurements into a single defensible baseline — the number every renewal and audit conversation should start from.
Named-user classification and right-sizing
Users are re-classified against real activity, dormant and duplicate accounts are retired, and license types are matched to what people actually do.
Digital access exposure
We quantify indirect and digital access under SAP’s document-based licensing model — third-party systems creating documents in SAP — and design the most cost-effective way to contain it.
Audit readiness and response
We prepare your measurement runs, review results before anything is submitted, and stand beside your team through the audit process itself.
Licensing is a pillar of your S/4HANA business case
If you are moving off ECC — with mainstream maintenance ending in 2027 — the licensing decision is as consequential as the technical one. A contract conversion replaces your existing agreement with a new S/4HANA contract; a product conversion carries existing entitlements across. Which is right depends on your shelfware, your growth plans and your negotiating position, and the difference can swing the business case materially. We model both paths before you sign, so the conversion happens on your terms rather than the vendor’s timeline.
Signals it is time for a review
S/4HANA transitions, delivered
License advice is only as good as the delivery capability behind it. Altivate delivered the SAP S/4HANA cloud upgrade and migration for Farabi Petrochemicals — the same transition our license reviews are designed to de-risk.
Plan the whole journey
Our SAP practice
License advisory backed by an SAP Gold Partner with a certified Partner Center of Expertise. Explore the SAP hub →
SAP S/4HANA delivery
Planning the move? See how we deliver S/4HANA conversions, upgrades and rollouts. See our S/4HANA services →
RISE with SAP
RISE changes the licensing conversation entirely — subscription rather than perpetual. We help you compare both worlds before you commit. Learn about RISE with SAP →
Forward Deployed Consultants
Keep your license position continuously optimized with senior SAP expertise embedded in your team. Meet our Forward Deployed Consultants →
Are you over-licensed or audit-exposed?
Over-licensing and audit exposure usually travel together. Share your contract shape and estate size, and we will give you a straight answer on whether a full license review is worth running.
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