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ECC 6.0 mainstream maintenance ends in 14 months

Stay on ECC, move to S/4,or bring AI in first?

ERP Pulse Index is independent community research for SAP teams. Five minutes of honest answers gets you a personal benchmark and the full 2026 report on what peers decided, spent and learned.

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Three questions the community keeps asking

The decisions that cost the most get the least data.

The ECC decision

Move, wait, or leave?

Moving off ECC is often a seven-figure program. See how teams like yours are deciding: target, approach, partner, budget band and real go-live dates.

Life after go-live

Live on S/4HANA. Now what?

Go-live is the start, not the finish. Compare how much value teams see 6-18 months in, and how many users quietly go back to Excel.

AI in SAP

The honest AI scorecard

Pilots that stalled, licenses nobody uses, and the few teams getting real value. What separated them, in their own answers.

What you get, the moment you finish

A benchmark built from your own answers.

  • Migration readiness. How far along your ECC decision really is, and which gaps to close first.
  • AI reality check. Where you are and the most common reason projects like yours stall.
  • Friction and team resilience. Excel reliance, side tools, open roles and knowledge risk, all in one place.
Start - about 5 minutes
Example
Your SAP benchmark
SAP ECC 6.0 · Evaluating
Migration readiness
45
AI on SAP data
Stalled
Team resilience
50
1Put a decision date in the calendar
2Diagnose the stall before buying the next tool
3Write down how your SAP actually works
The State of SAP 2026: ECC Exit & AI Reality

Seven chapters. Free for everyone who contributes.

Preview the report
  1. 01
    Where the community runs

    How many SAP teams are still on ECC?

  2. 02
    The ECC decision

    Who has decided, who is evaluating and who is waiting?

  3. 03
    Life after go-live

    How much value do teams see 6-18 months after S/4HANA go-live?

  4. 04
    AI in SAP: the reality check

    How many AI pilots stall or get switched off - and why?

  5. 05
    The SAP team under pressure

    How long do SAP roles stay open?

  6. 06
    Working around SAP

    How many people live in SAP-to-Excel exports?

  7. 07
    The next 12 months

    What SAP teams will spend on in 2027

Your answers stay yours.

Results are published only in aggregate, and any group of fewer than 5 organizations is suppressed. You decide whether anyone may follow up, and you can withdraw at any time.