Guidebook: Oracle ERP Cloud

In analyzing the experience of enterprise resource planning (ERP) customers, Nucleus found that the total cost of ownership of traditional on-premise ERP deployments was 2.1 times more than Oracle ERP Cloud. In looking at the key ERP cost areas — software, hardware, consulting, personnel, and training over a 3-year period — we found that initial costs for on-premise ERP were 2.4 times higher than Oracle ERP cloud. After deployment, personnel costs were the primary differentiator, with overall annual costs for cloud ERP averaging 1.8 times less than on premise.