SAP BTP ABAP environment

Develop and run ABAP Cloud apps and extensions.
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What is SAP BTP ABAP environment?

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SAP BTP ABAP environment is the platform as a service for ABAP developers. It’s a cloud-optimized ABAP platform based on SAP HANA Cloud that serves as a development and runtime environment for cloud apps.

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Modernize legacy ERP code faster

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Key benefits

Extend SAP applications

Use the side-by-side approach to develop and run custom extensions for SAP S/4HANA.

Accelerate cloud transformation

Reuse ABAP assets and knowledge to build breakthrough innovations in the cloud.

Keep the core clean

Transform on-premise custom code to a separate platform to decouple it from the digital core and profit from independent release cycles.

Key features

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Development

  • Develop ABAP cloud apps with Eclipse: Easily connect your ABAP cloud systems and leverage the rich toolset to develop your projects

  • Create OData-based SAP Fiori applications: Build your own OData services using the ABAP RESTful application programming model optimized for SAP HANA Cloud

  • Analyze ABAP code with remote ABAP test cockpit: Use static code checks, including SAP Code Vulnerability Analyzer, for quality assurance of private cloud and on-premises systems. Assess the impact of your custom code during conversion to SAP S/4HANA and transition to a clean core.

Administration and Integration

  • Role-based access: Use the role-based SAP Fiori launchpad to perform administration tasks in your ABAP system, such as user management and security setup

  • Integrate with systems: Create extension projects between ABAP Cloud and other SAP Build tools, and easily integrate with existing on-premises systems and any SAP S/4HANA systems

  • Integrate with external services: Integrate third-party services using HTTP with SAP BTP ABAP environment

ABAP AI capabilities

  • Enhance classic ABAP code: Enhance code quality and accelerate code migration using Joule directly within the ABAP development tools environment

  • Accelerate development: Generate code, business objects, application logic, data models, and unit tests using generative AI capabilities, and use the ABAP AI SDK to connect custom AI solutions

  • Better understand code: Deliver contextual code explanation and generate documentation

 

Pricing

SAP BTP ABAP environment

How to purchase:

If you wish to license SAP BTP ABAP environment service you can do it via Pay-As-You-Go for SAP BTP or SAP BTP Enterprise Agreement at Try and Buy SAP BTP

Explore service plans, metrics, and pricing options at SAP Discovery Center.

Flexible usage-based billing
  • In blocks of 16 Gigabyte
  • Contract duration 3 to 12 months
  • Auto-renewal
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Terms and conditions

How to purchase:

If you wish to license SAP BTP ABAP environment service you can do it via Pay-As-You-Go for SAP BTP or SAP BTP Enterprise Agreement at Try and Buy SAP BTP

Explore service plans, metrics, and pricing options at SAP Discovery Center.

Pay-As-You-Go for SAP BTP for Cloud test, demo, and development

How to purchase:

If you already have an active Pay-As-You-Go for SAP BTP for cloud test, demo, and development license, skip to Step 3 to get started in the SAP BTP cockpit.

Step 1: Discover SAP BTP services available for test, demo, and development under Pay-As-You-Go and explore pricing details at a glance. Note that usage beyond fair use limits is billable.

Step 2: Order "Pay-As-You-Go for SAP BTP for cloud test, demo, and development" by clicking the "Start now" button.

Step 3: Once your Pay-As-You-Go for TDD account has been provisioned, your Technical Administrator can access and manage services directly through the SAP BTP cockpit. This includes:

Managing entitlements and quotas for your SAP BTP Services projects.

Activating or deactivating SAP BTP services, applications and environments.

Control usage and costs.

Tip: Use the SAP BTP cockpit to track consumption of your SAP BTP services regularly. This helps you stay informed and avoid unexpected charges before fair use limits are exceeded.

Consumption-based
  • In blocks of 1 Flat Fee
  • Minimum contract 3 months
  • Auto-renewal
    • See all pricing details
Terms and conditions

How to purchase:

If you already have an active Pay-As-You-Go for SAP BTP for cloud test, demo, and development license, skip to Step 3 to get started in the SAP BTP cockpit.

Step 1: Discover SAP BTP services available for test, demo, and development under Pay-As-You-Go and explore pricing details at a glance. Note that usage beyond fair use limits is billable.

Step 2: Order "Pay-As-You-Go for SAP BTP for cloud test, demo, and development" by clicking the "Start now" button.

Step 3: Once your Pay-As-You-Go for TDD account has been provisioned, your Technical Administrator can access and manage services directly through the SAP BTP cockpit. This includes:

Managing entitlements and quotas for your SAP BTP Services projects.

Activating or deactivating SAP BTP services, applications and environments.

Control usage and costs.

Tip: Use the SAP BTP cockpit to track consumption of your SAP BTP services regularly. This helps you stay informed and avoid unexpected charges before fair use limits are exceeded.

SAP Build meets ABAP Cloud
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Customers

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We’d like to empower our IT teams to not simply add a fresh feature to a new development package but, rather, refactor the entire package to bring it up to current standards and then continue its development.
Gamze Öztürk, Head, Center of Excellence ERP Product Excellence, Bosch Digital

 

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The possibility to deliver our software in SAP BTP ABAP Environment through the new option Add-On Product is a great alternative to the SaaS way. To align with the custom-specific needs, this option provides maximum flexibility through developer extensibility to individually enhance the solution with ABAP Cloud.
Sebastian Freilinger-Huber, Principal IT Consultant and Head of CoE App Development, msg
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SAP BTP ABAP Environment is the ideal platform for our product development. Together with our customers, we can leverage our ABAP expertise in an AI-powered way to build and flexibly extend our product, rps Agreement Management – enabling tailored solutions within a clean core approach.
Martin Rau, Managing Partner, ramp professional services (rps), part of RealCore Group
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The SAP BTP ABAP environment provides us with a stable foundation for our SaaS solutions. In particular, the secure connection to SAP systems and the modern development environment are ideal for developing future-proof and clean core-compliant solutions.
Andreas Klose, Director Software Development, Blue-Zone GmbH
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With our e-invoicing solution Global E-Invoice Cloud, we’ve implemented the perfect side-by-side scenario on the SAP BTP ABAP Environment – managed SaaS, clean core, and future-proof.
Frank Engert, CEO, Softway AG
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Using the SAP BTP ABAP Environment helps us, to improve our knowledge in ABAP Cloud, build Extensions for On-Premise and keep our systems clean and secure with ABAP Test Cockpit.
Björn Schulz, IT Software Engineer Lead, REWE digital GmbH
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SAP BTP ABAP environment allows us to analyze all custom ABAP code centrally. Fast setup, smooth integration of cloud and on-premise systems, advanced migration tools, and custom checks are what we consider to be key to successful migration projects. And by the way we take the quality of our ABAP development to the next level.
Christian Reutebuch, Head of SAP Development, Geberit Verwaltungs GmbH
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SAP BTP ABAP Environment is the foundational cornerstone upon which we've meticulously built our groundbreaking tax technology solution. From seamless integrations to unparalleled performance, it has been pivotal in ensuring our software consistently delivers global compliance excellence to our clients globally.
Paul Antunes, CEO , Taxera Technologies
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The SAP BTP ABAP Environment has been particularly transformative, facilitating the smooth migration of custom code from SAP ERP applications and building uniquely customized SaaS add-on products and innovative solutions leveraging multitenancy, SAP Fiori-based graphical interfaces elevating customer experiences from any device.
Sunil Gupta, Founder and Managing Director Innoval Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
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Frequently asked questions

Joule for developers, ABAP AI capabilities can be subscribed for no charge until September 15, 2025. This limited-time offer is available to developers licensed for:

  • SAP BTP ABAP Environment

  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition (developer user)

If you need help enabling this for your developers, contact your SAP account executive.

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