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Six Things To Consider When Choosing Between SAP PO and CPI: 1. Do You Have An Existing SAP PI System?

The document discusses six factors to consider when choosing between SAP PO and CPI for integration middleware: 1) existing SAP PI systems, 2) internal integration traffic volume, 3) preferences for established vs new technologies, 4) willingness to invest upfront, 5) extent of cloud-based applications and data, and 6) SAP's focus on cloud technologies in their roadmap. It recommends SAP CPI for new implementations or if migrating from older SAP PI versions with under 50 interfaces, as CPI offers simpler subscription licensing, faster setup, and alignment with SAP's cloud-focused future. SAP PO may be preferable for larger on-premise integration volumes or migrations involving over 50 interfaces.

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Six Things To Consider When Choosing Between SAP PO and CPI: 1. Do You Have An Existing SAP PI System?

The document discusses six factors to consider when choosing between SAP PO and CPI for integration middleware: 1) existing SAP PI systems, 2) internal integration traffic volume, 3) preferences for established vs new technologies, 4) willingness to invest upfront, 5) extent of cloud-based applications and data, and 6) SAP's focus on cloud technologies in their roadmap. It recommends SAP CPI for new implementations or if migrating from older SAP PI versions with under 50 interfaces, as CPI offers simpler subscription licensing, faster setup, and alignment with SAP's cloud-focused future. SAP PO may be preferable for larger on-premise integration volumes or migrations involving over 50 interfaces.

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Six things to consider when

choosing between SAP PO and CPI


Allowing your SAP ERP to communicate with your third-party applications is a must. But which
middleware should you choose? Picking the right integration platform is crucial. It reflects on
your business processes, your IT landscape, and your return of investment.

SAP PO is the older, on-premises middleware option. PO (or its former version, PI) has many
loyal customers. SAP CPI is a newer addition for cloud integrations. In this post we’ll go over
some scenarios and see which option might be best for your business.

There’s a myriad of factors to consider when choosing between SAP PO and CPI: licensing,
functionalities, integration possibilities, ROI. The following are the first questions we ask
customers who need help deciding.

1. Do you have an existing SAP PI system?


If you’re running on older versions of SAP PI, 7.1 to 7.4, you can either migrate to SAP PO 7.5
or to SAP CPI. The former option would cost less, but if you feel there’s a chance you’ll
eventually migrate to CPI, upgrading twice doesn’t make sense.

Keep in mind that SAP’s roadmap is pushing customers to move to the cloud. So if the following
points don’t provide a good reason otherwise, CPI might be a better choice in the long run.

2. How large is your internal integration traffic?


In other words, how heavy is your on-premise communication? If it’s a lot, transferring it to the
cloud and back to on-premises may seem unnecessary.

However, SAP provides its BTP customers with the Cloud Connector, which connects on-
premise systems to cloud applications. This way, you can run communication in your own
network’s mail server while running on the cloud.

3. Where do you stand in the old vs. new debate?


On one hand you’ve got SAP PO. 15+ years’ worth of updates, a devoted developer community,
reliable monitoring and error handling tools, great for point to point connections. SAP PO is like
a trusted uncle you’ve known your whole life.

On the other hand, you have SAP CPI. CPI is the talk of the town. SAP makes it really simple to
get into CPI. Services like CPI Suite, BTP, and RISE with SAP are all encompassing, with
predetermined business processes and packaged integration solutions. Flashy features like
analytics and AI make promises of higher efficiency. Subscription pricing models are easy on the
wallet. CPI is the hip new neighbour who just moved in.

4. How much are you willing to invest upfront?


SAP PO has varying licensing costs. You can choose to pay per number of machine processors,
number of transactions, or number of users. You can request a quote from SAP by filling out a
form.

CPI licensing is a lot simpler. SAP Cloud Platform, SAP Business Technology Platform, or RISE
with SAP all have monthly subscription fees. Configuration can be completed in one day (for
most cases) and doesn’t require a basis team. This means faster time to value and fewer resources
to allocate.

5. How much of your landscape is on the cloud?


How many third-party applications are there in your ecosystem? Do you use a cloud-based CRM
application like Salesforce? Do you store your data in cloud storage services like Amazon S3,
Dropbox, or Google Drive? If so, SAP CPI is a much better fit compared to SAP PO.

Simplifying cloud integration is what CPI was invented for. And out-of-the-box adapters make it
nearly effortless.

6. What does SAP’s future roadmap look like?


SAP is accelerating efforts to move customers to the cloud. CEO Christian Klein promises higher
long-term value and improved productivity for cloud users. SAP began a mega-project to
encourage this transformation. All of SAP’s main solutions have adopted the cloud and will soon
provide services via a single data model: Business Technology Platform, powered by SAP
HANA.

Keep in mind that support for SAP PO will end in 2027; extended support will end in 2030. SAP
is focusing most of its efforts and investments on the cloud.

Summing Up
If you have no history with SAP PI, we strongly recommend creating your integrations in SAP
CPI. It’s current, it’s promising, and it’s sustainable. You’ll have various subscription models to
choose from. Set up will be quick and you’ll get faster time to value.
If you’re running on previous SAP PI versions but have fewer than 50 interfaces, again, we
recommend migrating to SAP CPI. If you have more than 50 interfaces and feel that migration is
too daunting, you could upgrade to SAP PO 7.5 for now. SAP PO will be supported for another
six years. We’ll be talking about PO to CPI.

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