For SAP Mobile Platform, pricing varies based on usage and deployment options. There are no charges for on-premises deployment, but for cloud usage, costs depend on usage levels. There are two modes: creating your own APIs or using SAP's API management, each with different pricing structures.
It's a per account license, a per wallet license, so the cost really depends on the number of users. The market has changed in the past six or seven years. I was working for another company in 2013 and there, I was actually also working on the SAP platform. There were three different implementations at that time and the cost was higher. However, at that time, in the market, there was no other competitor as well. You would be able to sell $2 a wallet very quickly, however, now, the competition is more comprehensive and the cost is higher. From the AutoSoft Dynamics perspective, we have some inventory licenses. We have already purchased from SAP at a much better cost. We can get good pricing.
From the feedback I have received from clients, they are mostly okay with the main pricing scheme. However, when you go into CPI, the charges are hidden. While the Mobile Platform is pretty clear, other areas are murky and, since mobility won't work without CPI, and CPI is being unclear about the pricing, it can get confusing. Therefore, with just the Mobile Platform it's straightforward, and with other add-ons like CPI, it can get confusing and sometimes costly.
The industry has evolved now. In 2015, it wasn't that expensive. However, at this point in time, there is a lot of competition in the industry on the mobile wallet platform. There are multiple mobile platforms available and they are offering multiple pricing models. However, we are with SAP on their pricing model with a number of accounts. It could be more competitive in the market if we could have different pricing models for the platforms. SAP needs to adjust how they license.
SAP Mobile Platform is a mobile enterprise application platform developed to make it easier to create applications that connect business data to mobile devices for workflow management and back-office integration. SAP Mobile Platform provides a layer of middleware between heterogeneous back-end data sources such as relational databases, enterprise applications and files, and mobile devices that need to read and write back-end data. The platform is very helpful to developers, making it quick...
The tool is expensive. I rate the tool's price as an eight or nine out of ten.
For SAP Mobile Platform, pricing varies based on usage and deployment options. There are no charges for on-premises deployment, but for cloud usage, costs depend on usage levels. There are two modes: creating your own APIs or using SAP's API management, each with different pricing structures.
The cost of SAP is extremely high, and it's not affordable for everyone.
If you already paying for an SAP license and have SAP products that you are using, the price for SAP Mobile Platform is negligible.
It's a per account license, a per wallet license, so the cost really depends on the number of users. The market has changed in the past six or seven years. I was working for another company in 2013 and there, I was actually also working on the SAP platform. There were three different implementations at that time and the cost was higher. However, at that time, in the market, there was no other competitor as well. You would be able to sell $2 a wallet very quickly, however, now, the competition is more comprehensive and the cost is higher. From the AutoSoft Dynamics perspective, we have some inventory licenses. We have already purchased from SAP at a much better cost. We can get good pricing.
From the feedback I have received from clients, they are mostly okay with the main pricing scheme. However, when you go into CPI, the charges are hidden. While the Mobile Platform is pretty clear, other areas are murky and, since mobility won't work without CPI, and CPI is being unclear about the pricing, it can get confusing. Therefore, with just the Mobile Platform it's straightforward, and with other add-ons like CPI, it can get confusing and sometimes costly.
The industry has evolved now. In 2015, it wasn't that expensive. However, at this point in time, there is a lot of competition in the industry on the mobile wallet platform. There are multiple mobile platforms available and they are offering multiple pricing models. However, we are with SAP on their pricing model with a number of accounts. It could be more competitive in the market if we could have different pricing models for the platforms. SAP needs to adjust how they license.