Why would some suppliers need to pay fees to use SAP Business Network?

SAP invests significantly in SAP Business Network to ensure it offers suppliers and other trading partners more value and support than any other collaboration product in the industry. This includes providing suppliers with onboarding services and support in multiple languages and locations worldwide, which requires investment from our customers as well. In addition, SAP bundles value-added functionality, services, and support into subscriptions tailored to suppliers’ level of participation

How do suppliers obtain access to specific features or services available at their subscription level?

We offer five subscription levels: Premium, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. The subscription level each supplier receives is aligned with the financial volume and number of documents they transact on SAP Business Network as well as their technology usage. Many of the subscription features and services are available directly on SAP Business Network, so suppliers can access them by simply logging in to their accounts. For answers to more specific questions regarding subscription services or billing, suppliers may sign into their SAP Business Network account to contact support through the help centre.

How are supplier fees calculated?

To understand how fees are calculated, please download the subscription overview and fee schedule above. You can also try the fee calculator that can help you estimate fees based on your expected SAP Business Network activity.

How are “transaction volume” and “document counts” calculated?

Transaction volume is calculated as the total financial value in the applicable currency, including any taxes such as value-added taxes (VAT), of all non-PO invoices plus the total financial value of all POs, excluding cancelled orders, or all invoices generated from a PO, whichever is greater, sent over SAP Business Network for the preceding 12 months. To avoid double counting, PO-based invoices sent through SAP Business Network are not included in the transaction volume.

Which documents are included in these annual counts?

Only purchase order and invoice, both PO- and non-PO-based, documents are included in the annual counts.

Pricing for SAP Business Network supplier account

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SAP Business Network Supplier Account – Standard

Metric:

- Transact unlimited number of documents

- Create and manage multiple users per account

Included:

- Searchable company profile

- Document collaboration on orders, invoices, order confirmations, ship notices, order change requests

- Document and payment status updates

- Private catalogues for individual customers

- Searchable catalogues on network; file upload only, limited editing capability

- RFI receipt and response to up to 10 leads

- Web and mobile access to account

- Customer messaging

- Standardised human rights assessment compliance tool

Price: Free

SAP Business Network Supplier Account – Enterprise

Metric:

- Transact unlimited number of documents including those for forecasting and quality collaboration

- Capabilities evolve with usage in a tiered structure

Included – All standard features, plus:

- Advanced analytics, including KPIs, benchmarked performance, and aggregated views

- Business intelligence capabilities, including unique access to demand trends across the entire buying community

- Automated and touchless transactions through system integration

- Extended support options, including chat, phone, and dedicated assistance

Price: Based on fixed subscription level fee plus transacted volume

See fee schedule and calculator

SAP Business Network, promote subscription add-on

Metric:

- Annual subscription

- Auto-renewal

Included:

- Profile verification status and badge

- Exposure to network buyers initiating billions of dollars in business opportunities

- RFI receipt and response to an unlimited number of leads

- Generative AI to write tailored lead responses more quickly

- Insights and analytics with personalised recommendations

- Advanced network catalogue tools: open APIs and generative AI

- No limit on the number of products in your network catalogue

Price: Available with SAP Business Network supplier account, standard or enterprise, and priced per parent supplier account. To see pricing, log in and select the "Store" tab.

Account details at a glance

	Standard	Enterprise	Promote subscription
Price	Free	Tiered subscription tied to transactions	Subscription
Supplier portal/dashboard	+	+
Catalogues	Basic \| Limited Network	Advanced \| Limited Network	Unlimited Network \| APIs
Searchable profile	+	+	+ Increased visibility
Mobile app for suppliers	+	+
Certifications	+	+
Financing options for suppliers	+	+
Buyer announcement/messaging feature	+	+
User/Role and account management	+	+
Supplier support	Basic	Advanced
Reporting	Basic	Advanced
Business analytics		+	Promote-specific insights
Invoice archiving		+
System-to-system integration		+
Verified profile status and badge			+
Private sector discovery lead response			+
Gen AI (discovery response and catalogue enrichment)			+
	Read the info sheet	Read the info sheet	Read the info sheet

Enterprise account fee schedule

Using an enterprise account may incur fees depending on the volume and value of transacted documents. The total fee consists of two elements – a subscription fee and a transaction fee. See the information sheet for more details.

Frequently asked questions

: SAP invests significantly in SAP Business Network to ensure it offers suppliers and other trading partners more value and support than any other collaboration product in the industry. This includes providing suppliers with onboarding services and support in multiple languages and locations worldwide, which requires investment from our customers as well. In addition, SAP bundles value-added functionality, services, and support into subscriptions tailored to suppliers’ level of participation
: We offer five subscription levels: Premium, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. The subscription level each supplier receives is aligned with the financial volume and number of documents they transact on SAP Business Network as well as their technology usage. Many of the subscription features and services are available directly on SAP Business Network, so suppliers can access them by simply logging in to their accounts. For answers to more specific questions regarding subscription services or billing, suppliers may sign into their SAP Business Network account to contact support through the help centre.
: To understand how fees are calculated, please download the subscription overview and fee schedule above. You can also try the fee calculator that can help you estimate fees based on your expected SAP Business Network activity.
: Transaction volume is calculated as the total financial value in the applicable currency, including any taxes such as value-added taxes (VAT), of all non-PO invoices plus the total financial value of all POs, excluding cancelled orders, or all invoices generated from a PO, whichever is greater, sent over SAP Business Network for the preceding 12 months. To avoid double counting, PO-based invoices sent through SAP Business Network are not included in the transaction volume.
: Only purchase order and invoice, both PO- and non-PO-based, documents are included in the annual counts.