SAP Cloud Appliance Library

Score8.9 out of 10

11 Reviews and Ratings

What is SAP Cloud Appliance Library?

The SAP Cloud Appliance Library supports automated provisioning and rapid deployment of SAP cloud applications to support rapid undertaking of projects with minimal setup and delay.

Categories & Use Cases

Cloud Management

Automation and Orchestration
Provision of automated services for application migration, VM images, and configuration management
Category average: 8.3
Governance and Compliance
Risk assessment analysis, audits and resource governance capabilities
Category average: 8.4
Systems Integration
Integration of internal and external systems to support multi-cloud management
Category average: 8.2

Cloud Management Performance Monitoring
Monitoring of storage, network and application performance metrics to achieve business service levels
Category average: 8.6
Cost Management
Provision of tools for cloud instance rightsizing and user chargeback and billing
Category average: 8.1
Resource Management
Ability to manage and deliver cloud resources such as resource discovery and tagging, asset and license management and cloud-to-cloud migration
Category average: 9

#1 most frequent

Manufacturing

38.5%

5 installations of 13

#2 most frequent

Retail Trade

15.4%

2 installations of 13

#3 most frequent

Public Administration

15.4%

2 installations of 13

Verified User

Consultant in Legal (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are currently exploring the CAL system for Sandboxing and Proof of Concept purpose because we are migrating to S/4HANA Public cloud version. It is mainly used for evaluation and testing purposes.

Pros

Accelerates S/4HANA readiness without disrupting ECC
Supports development and integration testing for apps and custom solutions
PoC purpose

Cons

As we are still in exploring phase, I don't have anything right now to suggest improvements

Return on Investment

It will help for digital transformation - positive impact
Cost efficiency
Integration testing becomes easy for BTP Fiori apps

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Joule

Other Software Used

SAP Build, Joule, IBM Cloud Foundry

Mohanraj Vellingiri View profile

Project Manager in Information Technology at IBM (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SAP CAL is cloud utility for our client to run our proof of concept(POC) as trail system to testing our real time scenario and get to know our challenge's and take a necessary action plan during our discovery phase and it will help plan our next strategy in preparation phase .

Pros

Easy installation
Click and use and pay as you use
SAAS

Cons

Features are simple good and perfect,i dont think any changes while im using SAP CAL
Maybe color differentiation for usage's per bite or time
Over all time display on master dashboard

Return on Investment

Cost effecitive solution's
real time testing platform with low cost
100 reliable server and data security

Alternatives Considered

Google Cloud Functions

Other Software Used

Google Cloud Build

Verified User

Analyst in Finance and Accounting (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

Cost comparisons between the hyperscalers.
Easy instructions to follow.
Spin up on-premise solutions in less than 2 hours.

Cons

None at this time, it has worked well for us.

Return on Investment

Easy, quick way to access SAP systems.
Evaluations.
System trials.

SAP Cloud Appliance Library

What is SAP Cloud Appliance Library?

Categories & Use Cases