How long does enterprise MLM software implementation actually take?

Cloud-native platforms run 14 to 30 days for standard configurations and 30 to 60 days for the bespoke work. Self-hosted deployments run 45 to 120 days. The rate-limiting step is almost always comp-plan modeling, which typically takes two weeks of business-rule clarification regardless of vendor. The migration phase runs another 8 to 13 weeks if you're moving off a legacy system. End-to-end timeline from contract signature to production cutover is 13 weeks for cloud-native standard configurations, and longer for everything else. Compress this at your peril; the cost of accelerating procurement and seeing reconciliation failures in cutover is materially higher than the cost of an extra two weeks at the right phase.