Arkyn FastPlan vs SAP MRS
How Arkyn FastPlan compares to SAP MRS.
SAP plans to sunset Multiresource Scheduling (MRS) by the end of 2030. FastPlan gives your planners visual scheduling for SAP EAM (PM/CS) on ECC and S/4HANA, with no dependency on SAP's scheduling roadmap.
Why maintenance teams on SAP choose Arkyn.
FastApps give your planners, technicians, operators, and contractors simple apps for SAP EAM, with every update recorded in SAP.
Arkyn FastPlan and SAP MRS compared.
Your planning survives the S/4HANA migration.
FastPlan runs on SAP ECC and S/4HANA, so if you move planning off MRS while you are still on ECC, your planners keep the same workspace after you migrate to S/4HANA.
MRS comes as a separate version for each of SAP ECC and S/4HANA, and SAP plans to sunset every version by December 31, 2030.
Your planning does not depend on SAP's roadmap.
MRS is in maintenance mode, and SAP is moving its scheduling work into SAP Field Service and Asset Management (FSA), with features arriving release by release.
FastPlan connects to standard SAP EAM through FastCloud, so your planning keeps working whatever happens to SAP's scheduling products, and it can run alongside MRS while you switch over.
You see the price up front.
FastPlan starts at $250 per planner per month, with lower prices per planner at higher volumes, and one FastCloud subscription from $4,000 per month connects it to SAP.
If you run MRS today, SAP has not said whether moving to FSA needs a new cloud subscription, and DSAG, the German-speaking SAP user group, has argued that it should not.
Which is best for your team?
Find out whether FastPlan, SAP MRS, or another alternative suits your planning team.
Choose FastPlan if
You want planning settled before your S/4HANA migration or the 2030 sunset.
Your planners want views for their own role and to test plans before they reach SAP.
You want planning software that does not depend on SAP's scheduling roadmap.
You want to work with an SAP OEM partner whose software aligns with clean core.
Stay on SAP MRS if
You want to stay on ECC and MRS with extended maintenance until 2030.
Your planners know MRS well and it covers everything they need.
You plan to move to SAP FSA once it covers what you use in MRS.
You want every part of your scheduling software stack to come from SAP.
Browse Arkyn's FastApps for SAP EAM (PM/CS).
The Arkyn FastApp Suite covers the full maintenance workflow, all connected to SAP, and ready to go live in weeks, not months.
FastPlan
A live view of workloads, capacity, and schedules that replaces spreadsheets.
FastNotifications
Let any employee report maintenance issues to SAP with an easy-to-use app.
FastWork
A native iOS and Android app for executing and reporting on work orders.
FastExternals
Distribute work orders to contractors and get structured reporting back.
FastForms
Build digital forms that write back to SAP via the FastForms mobile app.
FastInsights
FastInsights is Arkyn's EAM analytics dashboard for SAP maintenance teams.
“It’s clearly designed around technicians and field crews, not around people who enjoy navigating SAP screens.”
Frequently asked questions.
SAP plans to sunset all versions of SAP Multiresource Scheduling by December 31, 2030. On ECC, mainstream maintenance for MRS 10.0 ends on December 31, 2027, with extended maintenance to December 31, 2030, the same dates as ECC itself. MRS for S/4HANA has mainstream maintenance to December 31, 2030.
SAP Field Service and Asset Management (FSA), the renamed and expanded SAP Field Service Management. Its planning features are arriving release by release, with general availability planned for the fourth quarter of 2026, and SAP's advice is to keep using MRS for now. Moving from MRS to FSA may need a new cloud subscription, and SAP has not published a position on that yet.
Within SAP, you can move to FSA as its planning features arrive or, on S/4HANA, use SAP S/4HANA Asset Management for Resource Scheduling (RSH), which still works but gets no new features after S/4HANA 2025 FPS0. Outside SAP, planning and scheduling software such as FastPlan, Prometheus, myPlanner, Sigga, and osapiens works with SAP EAM, and our comparison of SAP planning and scheduling software covers each one with listed pricing.
Yes. FastPlan connects to standard SAP EAM through FastCloud and does not need MRS, so it can run alongside MRS while your planners switch over. It works on SAP ECC and S/4HANA, and most customers go live in 2 to 6 weeks.
Test FastPlan on your own SAP system.
Run a one-month proof of concept on your own SAP system, or send us your planner numbers for a quote.