SAP Business One Cloud vs AWS vs Azure: Price and What's Included
AWS and Azure rent you the servers — and charge separately for disk, backups, fixed IPs, antivirus and firewall. SAP installation, upgrades and SAP-side support come from yet another company. Our Cloud for SAP puts the servers and the SAP services in one monthly price. Compare all three for your own setup below.
Compare the monthly price for your SAP B1
Uses today's public AWS and Azure price lists and the same server sizes as our sizing calculator.
What you pay for separately on AWS and Azure
| Myalgomate Cloud for SAP | AWS or Azure | |
|---|---|---|
| Your servers | Your own private virtual servers in a Mumbai data centre | Virtual servers, billed by the hour |
| Windows Server licence | Included: official licence, with Microsoft Defender antivirus built in at no extra charge | Included in the Windows server's hourly price |
| Disk | Included | Billed per GB per month |
| Daily backups | Included: a full server snapshot every day, kept 7 to 10 days | Billed separately (backup service plus storage) |
| Fixed (static) IP | Included for each server | Billed per IP per hour |
| Server antivirus | Included: enterprise server antivirus (CrowdStrike-class) | Billed separately, per server |
| Firewall | Included: firewall rules so only your offices can connect. A paid VPN or a full managed firewall is available on request | Basic rules free; a full managed firewall is billed separately, per hour |
| VPN link from your office | Included free (open-source VPN). A paid VPN on request | Billed separately (VPN gateway per hour) |
| Remote Desktop logins | 2 users included. Need more? Ask us and we will work it out with you | 2 administrator logins included; more users cost extra |
| Linux licence for SAP HANA (SUSE or Red Hat for SAP) | We arrange it for you, or you bring your own — shown as its own line in your quote | Billed per hour on top of the server, or bring your own |
| SAP Business One installation | Included | Not offered — you hire an SAP partner |
| Move from your office server or another cloud | Included | Not offered — you hire an SAP partner |
| SAP Business One version upgrades | Included | Not offered — you hire an SAP partner |
| Log clean-up and performance tuning | Included | Not offered |
| Manual backup before you make a change | Included, on request | You do it yourself |
| Who to call | One team for the cloud and for SAP | The cloud company for servers, your SAP partner for SAP |
What is outside our scope: add-ons you bought from another SAP partner. When SAP Business One is upgraded, that partner has to supply a version of their add-on that works with the new release. Everything on the server and infrastructure side is covered by us.
Which SAP B1 cloud costs are monthly and which are one-time
Monthly
- The hosting fee, which includes your own private virtual servers, the Windows Server licence, disk, daily backups, a fixed IP for each server, server antivirus, firewall rules, the free VPN link from your office and 2 Remote Desktop users.
One-time
- Moving your SAP Business One to the cloud (the migration project): a one-time setup charge at the start, if you want us to install SAP Business One and move your data.
Separate
- SAP Business One licences.
- The SQL Server licence (SQL version).
- The Linux licence for SAP HANA (SUSE or Red Hat for SAP), shown as its own line in your quote.
- A paid VPN or a full managed firewall, if you want one.
- More Remote Desktop users than the 2 included — ask us.
- GST.
Why SAP B1 cloud prices you see online vary so much
- Some prices are for SAP Business One user licences only, some for hosting only, and some bundle both.
- Shared (multi-tenant) servers cost less per user than your own (single-tenant) server.
- Prices per named user and per concurrent user can’t be compared directly.
- Many prices are shown before tax, billed yearly or with a minimum number of users.
Compare every quote on the same basis: what is included, per what kind of user, and for how long. For a written price on that basis, ask for an exact quote.
What makes SAP Business One cloud cost go up or down
- Number of people logged in at the busiest hour (concurrent users).
- Database: SAP HANA needs much more memory than SQL Server, so HANA servers cost more.
- Number of company databases, including test copies.
- Add-ons that need their own server space or extra licences.
- How many days of backups are kept.
- SAP Business One user licences, which are a separate cost from hosting.
How we compare prices
- Same servers in all three columns. Server sizes come from our sizing calculator (SAP, Microsoft and AWS sizing guidance). For AWS and Azure we pick the cheapest standard server type with at least the same processors and memory, in their India regions (AWS Mumbai, Azure Central India).
- Public list prices. AWS and Azure prices are pay-as-you-go list prices from their public price lists (AWS EC2 pricing, AWS EBS pricing, Azure virtual machines pricing, Azure Backup pricing, Microsoft Defender for Cloud pricing), refreshed whenever we update this page, and converted from US dollars to rupees at that day's rate. Both offer discounts if you commit for one to three years.
- Backups are counted as at least one full copy of your disks; daily changes add more. Antivirus on AWS and Azure is priced as Microsoft Defender for Servers (Plan 1).
- Not in any column: SAP Business One licences, the SQL Server licence (SQL version), the SUSE or Red Hat for SAP licence (HANA version) and GST. With us, the Linux licence for HANA appears as a separate line in your quote; we arrange it or you bring your own.
- Our price is indicative. Your exact price comes in a written quote. If you want us to install SAP Business One and move your data, there is a one-time setup charge at the start.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it cheaper to run SAP Business One on AWS or Azure?
The server itself can look cheap on AWS or Azure, but disk, backups, fixed IPs, antivirus and firewall are billed separately, and SAP installation, upgrades and SAP-side support need a separate SAP partner. Use the comparison above to see the full monthly cost for your setup.
Do AWS and Azure give SAP Business One support?
No. They provide the cloud servers only. Installing SAP Business One, moving your data, upgrading versions and SAP-side support come from your SAP partner. With our Cloud for SAP these services are part of what we do.
Do I get my own server?
Yes — each customer gets their own private virtual servers in a Mumbai data centre. They are virtual servers, not separate physical machines.
How are backups kept?
We take a full snapshot of each server every day and keep 7 to 10 days of them. Before you make a big change, we can also take a manual backup on request.
Which antivirus do you use?
Enterprise server antivirus of the CrowdStrike class, included in the monthly price. Our Windows servers run an official Windows Server licence, which comes with Microsoft Defender antivirus built in, so there is no extra charge for it.
Is a firewall included?
Yes. We set firewall rules so that only your offices can connect to your servers. A VPN link from your office is included free, using an open-source VPN. If you prefer a paid VPN or a full managed firewall, we add it as an extra in your quote. On AWS and Azure the basic rules are free, but a full managed firewall costs extra every hour.
How many people can log in?
Remote Desktop access for 2 users is included. If more people need to log in, ask us and we will work out the right setup with you.
What about the Linux licence for SAP HANA?
SAP HANA runs on SUSE or Red Hat Linux for SAP, which has its own licence on every cloud. We can arrange it for you or you can bring your own; it appears as a separate line in your quote.
What is not covered?
Add-ons bought from another SAP partner: when SAP Business One is upgraded, that partner must supply a compatible version of their add-on. SAP licences are also separate.
What is included in the SAP B1 cloud monthly fee?
Disk, the official Windows Server licence with Microsoft Defender antivirus built in, daily full-server backups kept 7–10 days, a static IP for each server, firewall rules so only your offices connect, a free VPN link from your office (open-source), Remote Desktop access for 2 users (more on request), enterprise server antivirus, monitoring, SAP installation and migration, SAP version upgrades, log clean-up and performance tuning, and manual backups before your changes. SAP licences are separate.
Are SAP Business One licences included in the cloud hosting fee?
No. SAP Business One licences are not included in our price or in the AWS and Azure columns; they are a separate cost.
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Last updated: 15 November 2026