OpenLazarus: moving an SAP budget into an AI system the company owns

Contents

1. Who it is for
2. What it provides
3. What it costs
4. Strengths and limits
5. Pricing
6. Questions to ask OpenLazarus
7. Sources

Type	AI operating system the company owns
Pricing	Published
Website	openlazarus.ai

A company that pays SAP each year is renting a system built for every company. OpenLazarus starts from the opposite premise: the company should own its software, its agents and its data, and should be able to build them without starting from nothing⁠1OpenLazarus: the AI operating system your company ownsOpenLazarus.

Best for: Established companies that want to move the SAP budget into an AI operating system, agents and data layer they own, built by their own team or built for them.

Not the right fit for: Companies that want to keep SAP unchanged and only lower the support bill, or that want a packaged ERP configured by a reseller.

Who it is for

Leaders of established companies who see that AI will change how their business runs and whose software budget is tied up in licences, maintenance and integrator fees. The company works in two ways: a leader with a builder’s mindset can design the system in the no-code builder, and a company that wants a proven approach can have it built by the OpenLazarus team⁠1OpenLazarus: the AI operating system your company ownsOpenLazarus.

What it provides

In the company’s own description:

• Prebuilt modules for CRM, ERP, email, messaging, telephony and customer service, swapped in to replace separate tools.
• One AI and data layer the company owns, so people and agents learn from the same information.
• Automatic model selection across several LLMs; OpenLazarus says this lowers token costs by more than 80%.
• A headless design that lets the company adopt new AI models without rebuilding.
• No vendor lock-in: the company owns the code and can maintain it itself, with any developer or with OpenLazarus engineering support.

This guide’s position is that such a system can fully replace SAP: the ERP module takes over orders, purchasing, stock and finance, the CRM and customer service modules replace the add-ons, and AI teammates work inside the system on the company’s data. The reallocation guide sets out what replaces what.

What it costs

Its pricing page lists managed hosting from $150 a month, developer support from $4,500 a month including 10 engineering credits, a 5.5% fee on AI credits and consultancy priced per engagement⁠2PricingOpenLazarus. There is no licence value, so there is no maintenance percentage and no index applied to one. OpenLazarus says a single AI operating system and fleet of agents cuts IT costs by 80% to 90%; the figure is the company’s own.

Strengths and limits

Strengths

• No licence base: the published costs are hosting, developer support and AI credits, so there is no percentage maintenance and no index-linked uplift on a licence value.
• Prebuilt CRM, ERP, email, messaging, telephony and customer service modules sit on one AI and data layer, so AI is part of the system and not a premium add-on.
• The company owns the code and can maintain it itself, with any developer or with OpenLazarus engineering support.
• Automatic model selection across several LLMs and a headless design, so a new model can be adopted without rebuilding the system.

Limits

• No published case study of a named company that replaced SAP with it; a first project should fix the scope and acceptance tests in writing.
• The savings figures (80–90% lower IT cost, 80%+ lower token cost) are the company’s own claims, not independently measured.
• Consultancy is priced per engagement, so the full cost of a build is known only after scoping.
• A company that builds its own system carries the design decisions a packaged ERP makes for it.

Choose another option if: You intend to stay on SAP and only want a smaller support bill (Rimini Street), or you want a packaged ERP at a list price per user (Business Central, Odoo).

Pricing

Published on its site: managed hosting from $150 a month, developer support from $4,500 a month including 10 engineering credits, a 5.5% fee on AI credits, and consultancy priced per engagement.

Questions to ask OpenLazarus

• Which of our SAP modules does the prebuilt ERP module cover today, and what would be built for us?
• Can we speak to a company in our industry that runs its finance on the system?
• What will the engagement cost for one process, and what are the acceptance tests?
• How is our data moved out of SAP, and who checks it?
• What does maintaining the code ourselves involve after hand-over?

For OpenLazarus against the other options, see the comparison on the cost guide.

Sources

1. OpenLazarus: the AI operating system your company owns. OpenLazarus. Accessed 11 Nov 2026.
2. Pricing. OpenLazarus. Accessed 11 Nov 2026.

Further reading

• Price guide · Updated quarterlyHow much does SAP cost in 2027? The real bill, line by lineSAP publishes no price list a buyer can open. This guide assembles the bill from SAP’s own statements, user-group surveys, court records and market data, shows the formulas, and sets out what the same budget buys as an AI system a company owns.
• Guide · ReallocationHow to reallocate an SAP budget to an AI system your company ownsAn SAP budget is a recurring payment for a system the company does not own. This guide shows what the same money funds as a company’s own AI operating system, and how to move it without a single cut-over.
• Guide · The price structureWhy is SAP so expensive? Seven reasons, each with a sourceThe price of SAP is a structure more than a number. Each layer is defensible on its own. Together they produce a bill that rises while the system stays the same.

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