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Soterion’s SAP License Manager reaches 100 FUE assessments, offering a usage‑based way to counter rising SAP STAR licensing costs

Executive summary: Soterion announced that its SAP License Manager has completed 100 Full User Equivalent (FUE) assessments one year after launch, helping customers size SAP licences based on actual usage rather than assigned access. This milestone highlights growing demand for tools that mitigate the cost impact of SAP's STAR licensing model, offering a way for enterprises to optimize software spending.

Who is involved: Soterion (provider of the SAP License Manager), SAP (whose STAR licensing drives customer cost concerns), and enterprise customers using SAP software.

Likely next: Soterion may pursue additional FUE assessments and expand its License Manager adoption among SAP users seeking cost control.

One year after its launch, Soterion's SAP License Manager has completed 100 Full User Equivalent (FUE) assessments, a milestone that underscores growing enterprise urgency to control costs under SAP's STAR licensing model. FUE measures license consumption based on actual user activity rather than assigned access, giving customers a granular, usage-based view of their SAP footprint. The pace of adoption — 100 assessments in twelve months — reflects how quickly organizations have moved from evaluating the tool to embedding it in license governance workflows. The STAR model, introduced to simplify licensing, has in practice raised expenses for many customers by bundling capabilities and shifting measurement metrics. Soterion's assessments directly address this pain point by identifying inactive or underused licenses, enabling firms to right-size contracts before renewal negotiations. For SAP, the trend signals that customers are deploying third-party analytics to challenge vendor-defined entitlements, potentially compressing revenue per user. Looking ahead, the near term will likely see more SAP customers mandate FUE or equivalent analyses as a prerequisite for STAR renewals. Competitors in the license optimization space will accelerate similar usage-based offerings, while SAP may face pressure to introduce more flexible, consumption-aligned pricing tiers to retain negotiating leverage. The 100-assessment threshold suggests the market has moved beyond pilot phase into standard practice.

Timeline

2026-08-17 — Soterion's SAP License Manager Passes 100 FUE Assessments as Customers Confront the Cost of SAP's STAR Licensing (PR Newswire)
2026-08-17 — Soterion's SAP License Manager supera las 100 evaluaciones FUE (PR Newswire)
2026-08-17 — Alors que les clients sont confrontés au coût lié au système de mesure STAR des besoins en licences SAP, Soterion's SAP License Manager franchit le cap des 100 évaluations de l'équivalent en utilisation complète (FUE) (PR Newswire)