Has Oracle knocked SAP off the ERP throne?

However, neither provider explicitly discloses its results in the ERP sector. Instead, Apps Run The World made estimates based on public records, cloud and non-cloud business models in its supplier database, and the results of annual surveys including supplier feedback.

Oracle customers are being milked harder

According to the analysts, the reason for the change in leadership is simple math. Oracle, for example, has more than 100,000 customers in the entire ERP segment (which includes both financial management and industry-specific back-office solutions), each of which contributed an average of $87,700 last year. In contrast, SAP only generated an average of $61,429 with each of its 141,399 ERP customers, or around 30% less per customer.

Apps Run The World puts the average turnover of a customer with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP at $257,286 and one with SAP S/4 HANA at $253,100. At the same time, the analysts point out that Oracle grew by 17.7% in 2024, while SAP only grew by 13.7%.