The Ultimate
SAP Business One Pricing & Licensing Guide

SAP Business One is licensed exclusively through leading SAP Channel Partners like Michell Consulting Group. We'll help you evaluate what SAP Business One licenses you'll need and help you navigate the complexities of the software licensing agreement all the way through the implementation of the application for your business.  

SAP Business One Implementation Pricing

SAP Business One implementations costs are varied depending project scope and complexity however the majority of SAP Business One implementations will cost between $25,000 to $100,000 and will take three to four months to complete from start to finish.  Michell Consulting Group offers multiple implementation methodologies designed to accommodate the unique needs of each business requirements, budget and timeline.

SAP Business One Integration Cost

SAP Business One is designed to be able extend the use of the application across all your LOB applications.  Whether its interfacing SAP Business One with Salesforce CRM or a Shopify ecommerce site we have you covered with a variety of integration options.  SAP Business One integration costs can vary between $5,000 to $10,000 per year depending upon the number of applications and end points required for your integration needs.

SAP Business One is ultimately designed for small to medium sized businesses to run SAP ERP software.

Most SAP Business One deployments take roughly three months from requirements gathering to go-live.

HANA is SAP's in-memory computing engine that enables organizations with large volumes of data be able to easily leverage SAP Business One without performance challenges.

SAP Business One comes with the following modules:

•       Financial Management
•       Sales and Customer Management
•       Purchasing and Inventory Control
•       Business Intelligence
•       Analytics and Reporting

Training

It’s important to make sure that your employees are properly trained on how to use Business One before implementing it in your company. Otherwise, you won’t be getting the full return value of your investment. 

There are a few different ways to train your employees on Business One. You can hire a consultant to come in and train your staff, or you can purchase a Business One training kit. If you're on a tight budget, you can also find free Business One training materials online.

SAP Business One comes with the following reports out-of-the-box:

Accounting

•       G/L Accounts & Business Partners
•       General Ledger
•       Aging Reports
•       Transaction Journal Report
•       Transaction Report by Projects
•       Locate Journal Transaction by Amount Range
•       Locate Journal Transaction by FC Amount Range
•       Transactions Received from Voucher Report
•       Document Journal
•       1099/1096 Report
•       Tax Reports
•       Customer Open Document List

Financial

•       Balance Sheet
•       Trial Balance
•       Profit & Loss Statement
•       Cash Flow (learn more about the cash flow forecast)
•       Statement of Cash Flows
•       Cash Flow Reference Report

Comparison

•       Balance Sheet Comparison
•       Trial Balance Comparison
•       Profit & Loss Statement Comparison

Budget

•       Budget Report
•       Balance Sheet Budget Report
•       Trial Balance Budget Report
•       Profit & Loss Statement Budget Report

Opportunities Reports

•       Opportunities Forecast Report
•       Opportunities Forecast Over Time Report
•       Opportunities Statistics Report
•       Opportunities Report
•       Stage Analysis
•       Opportunities Pipeline
•       Information Source Distribution Over Time Report
•       Won Opportunities Report
•       Lost Opportunities Report
•       My Open Opportunities Report
•       My Closed Opportunities Report

Sales Reports

•       Open Items List
•       Document Drafts Report
•       Backorder Report
•       Sales Analysis
•       Salesperson Commission by Invoices in Posting Date Cross-section
•       Sales Order Without Deposit
•       Sales Order Linked to Deposit
•       Monthly Customer Status Report
•       Annual Sales Analysis (by Quarter)
•       Purchasing Reports
•       Purchase Analysis

Purchase Request Report

•       Purchase Quotation and Comparison Report
•       Blanket Agreement Fulfillment Report
•       Locate Exceptional Discount in Invoice
•       Purchase Order Without Deposit
•       Purchase Order Linked to Deposit 

Business Partner Reports

•       My Activities
•       My Activities Overview
•       Inactive Customers
•       Dunning History Report
•       Campaigns List
•       Customer Receivables by Customer Cross-section
•       Customers Credit Limit Deviation
•       Aging Report
•       Internal Reconciliation Report

Banking Reports

•       Check Register Report
•       Payment Drafts Report
•       Checks for Payment in Date Cross-section Report
•       BP Bank Accounts Query
•       House Bank Accounts Query
•       External Reconciliation Reports
•       Payment Orders Report by Business Partner
•       Payment Orders Report by Payment Run

Inventory Reports

•       Items List
•       Last Prices Report
•       Inactive Items
•       Inventory Posting List
•       Inventory Status
•       Inventory in Warehouse Report
•       Inventory Audit Report
•       Batches & Serials Inventory Audit Report
•       Inventory Valuation Simulation Report
•       Serial Number Transactions Report
•       Batch Number Transactions Report
•       Price Report
•       Discount Group Report
•       Inventory Counting Transactions Report
•       Inventory Valuation Method Report
•       Inventory Turnover Analysis

Production Reports

•       Bill of Materials Report
•       Open Items List

MRP (Material Requirements Planning) Reports

•       Order Recommendation

Service Reports

•       Service Calls
•       Service Calls by Queue
•       Response Time by Assigned To
•       Average Closure Time
•       Service Contracts
•       Customer Equipment Card Report
•       Service Monitor
•       My Service Calls
•       My Open Service Calls
•       My Overview Service Calls

HR (Human Resources) Reports

•       Employee List
•       Absence Report
•       Phone Book

On-Premise System Requirements

If you may not have a constant internet connection, recently updated your infrastructure, or just like having your databases physically in your HQ, on-premise is a good option. However, Business One capabilities will be relative to the hardware capabilities of your servers. 

Minimum Requirements:

Server Software Platform - Business One SAP, if you are using an MS SQL database, requires Windows Server 012 R2, 64 Bit. Note: Business One SAP only supports 64 Bit server software; there are no 32 Bit options.

Users Computers: Users must be using Windows 10-11 only; older versions of Windows are not supported. Again, no 32 Bit Operating System is compatible fo risers. 

Database Software Requirements: Microsoft SQL Server 2016 or newer (64 Bit) is required to run Business One ERP. 

Office Applications - Microsoft Office must be 2016 or newer to be usable in the Business One SAP system. 

Web Browser: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Apple Safari are all supported browsers if they are current versions. 

Hardware for On-Premise Implementation: 

Servers - Should have at least an Intel Xeon E3 processor or equivalent to meet minimum processing requirements. While the minimum RAM is 4 GB, it is recommended for best performance to use 16-32 GB.

The hard drive space required is 32GB for the system and a second partition for data of a minimum of 10GB. 

SAP Business One offers multiple deployment options.  It all depends upon your unique requirements.  You can deploy SAP Business One in the cloud, on-premise or a hybrid approach.

Business One is used throughout the world and supports many languages. These include Custom Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Norwegian; with more languages added every year.