SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) Statistics (2026)

SAP Business Technology Platform now carries much of the integration, extension, data and AI work around an S/4HANA program. This roundup collects the BTP figures a test manager or program lead can use when scoping integration testing, extension regression and AI governance. Every number names its population and year, and each links to its publisher.

Key takeaways

Adoption: where BTP stands

Adoption figures vary by survey population, and the headline numbers differ enough that you should check each one against its methodology before quoting it.

• Precisely reports that 50% of the companies it surveyed use BTP services, up 10 points from the prior year, with another 26% just starting. The base is 173 SAP stakeholders, including IT leaders, business users and transformation experts (Precisely, 2026).
• ASUG member research found 55% of respondents currently using BTP, compared with 40% in 2023. Of organizations using BTP, 73% use it for S/4HANA transformation projects (ASUG Research, undated in our copy).
• Conflict to note: a separate ASUG release says 35% of respondents currently use the platform, and that nearly all know about it (ASUG Research). The two ASUG pages do not state their sample or fieldwork dates, so we report both values and do not reconcile them.
• SAP's customer stories page states that more than 33,000 cloud customers are live on BTP. The page is undated (SAP BTP customer stories). Wikipedia, citing SAP, reported more than 27,000 customers as of October 2024 (Wikipedia, SAP BTP). Because the two counts are from different dates, they cannot be used to compute growth.

Source: ASUG Research, undated in our copy; 2023 comparison

SAP's own AI footprint is also a useful adoption signal, though it is vendor data.

• SAP reports that 45,000 cloud customers now use its AI solutions, as of its Q3 2026 AI release highlights (SAP News Center, October 2026).

Spending and budgets

The DSAG Investment Report 2026 gives the clearest view of where SAP customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland put money. The survey covers the DACH region, so results may not transfer to other markets.

• BTP ranks first among SaaS solutions for high and medium investment, at 39% against 33% in 2024 (DSAG, February 2026). The next two are SuccessFactors at 23% and SAP Business Data Cloud at 22% (DSAG summary via IBsolution, March 2026).
• Within BTP, integration draws the most investment interest at 45%, followed by analytics at 38%, application development and automation at 27%, and AI at 16% (IBsolution summary of DSAG, March 2026). Integration was 27% and AI was 2% in the prior DSAG cycle (DSAG report coverage, in German, 2026).
• SAPinsider's benchmark, fielded December 2025 to March 2026, puts BTP first among planned investments beyond core ERP, at 48% (SAPinsider benchmark via ERP Today, 2026).
• In the same benchmark, 70% of respondents named operational efficiency and cost reduction as their top priority, and 63% expected pressure to cut IT and SAP costs this year (SAPinsider via ERP Today, 2026).
• DSAG reports SAP-specific budgets growing at 43% of companies, down from 46%, while 28% report cuts, up from 19% (DSAG summary, 2026).
• About 35% of companies base their investment decisions on SAP's target vision of the new Business Suite, which combines Cloud ERP, Business AI, Business Data Cloud and BTP. For 62%, that vision has not played a role in planning (DSAG via IBsolution, 2026).

Source: DSAG Investment Report 2026, February 2026

Source: IBsolution summary of DSAG Investment Report 2026, March 2026

Timelines and the 2027 integration deadline

• SAP PI/PO mainstream maintenance ends on 31 December 2027. Extended maintenance runs to 31 December 2030, and it is a paid option rather than an automatic extension (SAPinsider, 2026). Integration Suite on BTP is SAP's named successor (MDP Group, 2026).
• SAPinsider research found Integration Suite adoption rose from 63% to 80% year over year, which it ties to the PI/PO end-of-maintenance date (SAPinsider, 2025 research).
• In the valantic SAP Study 2026, of 409 decision-makers in German-speaking countries, around 70% are migrating to S/4HANA or have finished. Among the respondents, 28% are already productive on the new landscape, 42% are mid-implementation, 25% are planning, and 5% have no plans (valantic, 2026; valantic SAP Study 2026 summary).
• DSAG reports that only 37% of SAP users plan to finish their S/4HANA migration by the end of 2027. Nearly half of remaining ECC users plan to migrate by the end of 2030, which means paid extended maintenance (DSAG summary, 2026).
• A migration vendor citing Horváth reports that more than 60% of companies see deviations in budget, schedule or result quality during S/4HANA migration. This is a secondary citation, and we could not confirm the original study's sample (Inclusion Cloud citing Horváth, undated).

Source: SAPinsider, 2025 research

Source: valantic SAP Study 2026, 2026 (DACH, n=409)

Failure and risk

The most consistent risk in the sources is capability, not licensing or technology choice.

• Precisely's respondents named a skills gap as the largest barrier to fully using BTP, at 46%. Complexity of development followed at 43%, and difficulty understanding which services combine into end-to-end solutions at 36% (Precisely, 2026).
• In SAPinsider's 2026 research, 53% of technology leaders named BTP development and integration as the single most critical skill to acquire this year. That was ahead of direct AI investment priorities (SAPinsider, March 2026 benchmark).
• DSAG's respondents cite complex license models and highly customized landscapes as the main barriers to broader SAP-based AI (DSAG summary, 2026).

Source: Precisely, 2026

Testing and quality

We did not find an independent survey in 2024 to 2026 that publishes BTP defect rates, test coverage or regression cycle times. The closest measures are about integration and extension scope.

• SAPinsider found integration to be the most important BTP capability, cited by 85% of respondents in its 2025 research (SAPinsider, 2025 research).
• ASUG respondents using BTP to extend SAP applications while keeping the core clean rose to 35%, from 27% in 2023. Those using BTP to add AI into core SAP applications rose to 18%, from 10% (ASUG Research).
• Among DSAG's BTP investors, 45% plan integration spend. Each integration flow is a test scope item for your cutover and regression plan, which makes this the number to watch for test effort.

AI on and around BTP

• SAP released 30 Joule Agents during 2025, according to its FY2025 annual report (SAP Form 20-F, FY2025).
• On its Q3 2026 earnings call, SAP said nine of its 50 largest deals included AI and Business Data Cloud, and transcripts report that more than 110,000 SAP employees are live on Joule Work Desktop (SAP Q3 2026 call transcript, October 2026). These figures are vendor-reported.
• Conflict to note: the agent count is reported differently across transcripts. One transcript gives 400 assistants and 3,000 agents (Motley Fool transcript, October 2026). Another gives 40 assistants and 300 agents (Investing.com transcript, October 2026). We have not used either number until SAP confirms it in its own release.
• DSAG reports that 43% of companies have AI use cases in production. Of the AI users it surveyed, 77% use non-SAP AI solutions in production, and only 3% rely on SAP's own AI (DSAG report coverage, in German, 2026; DSAG summary, 2026).
• In the same DSAG survey, 31% of users were not familiar with SAP Business Data Cloud, and 15% described themselves as really familiar with it (e3mag summary of DSAG report, 2026).

Source: DSAG Investment Report 2026 summary, 2026

Outlook: what the SAP financials show

• SAP reported Q3 2026 total revenue of €10.27 billion, up 13% (12% at constant currencies). Cloud revenue grew 26% (25% at constant currencies) to €6.67 billion (SAP Quarterly Statement Q3 2026).
• Cloud ERP Suite accounts for 89% of cloud revenue in Q3 2026 (SAP Q3 2026 call transcript).
• The Q3 2026 materials we reviewed do not break out BTP revenue on its own, so BTP-specific growth is not available from SAP's statements.

What this means for your sign-off

• Put integration at the center of your BTP test scope. Integration leads both the DSAG investment list and SAPinsider's capability ranking. Build your interface regression pack before extension testing. For the broader ownership question, see RISE with SAP: what it includes, and why testing is still your job.
• Use 31 December 2027 as the PI/PO baseline. Extended maintenance to 2030 is a paid option, so a migration plan that assumes 2030 is a budgeting risk. Check the wider ECC dates in ECC end of maintenance: what 2027, 2030 and 2035 really mean.
• Govern AI as a separate test stream. Most productive AI in the DSAG sample runs on non-SAP tools. Your sign-off needs evidence for those tools too. The SAP AI for Practitioners guide covers what Joule and Business AI mean for your program.
• Plan for the skills gap in your staffing estimate. A 46% skills barrier means BTP testers and integration analysts are a bottleneck, not a nice-to-have. The SAP Testing Center of Excellence playbook outlines how to build that capacity before the migration peaks.
• Ask vendors for population-matched numbers. The BTP customer counts and Joule agent figures differ by source and date. Request the population and date behind any number before it goes into a sign-off pack.
• Connect test automation to your SAP tooling. If you plan to link automation to SAP Cloud ALM, see Integrating test automation with SAP Cloud ALM.

Frequently asked questions

How many organizations use SAP BTP?

Precisely's 2026 survey of 173 SAP stakeholders found 50% of companies now use BTP services, with another 26% beginning. ASUG's member research reports 55% currently using it, against 40% in 2023. The two surveys have different populations.

Which BTP area gets the most investment?

In the DSAG Investment Report 2026, integration draws 45% of BTP investment interest, ahead of analytics at 38%. These are German-speaking companies.

When does SAP PI/PO mainstream maintenance end?

SAP's mainstream maintenance for PI/PO ends on 31 December 2027. Extended maintenance runs to 31 December 2030 and is paid.

How many SAP users run productive AI on SAP's own tools?

DSAG reports that only 3% of active AI users rely on SAP's own AI, while 77% use non-SAP solutions in production.

How many cloud customers use SAP's AI solutions?

SAP reports that 45,000 cloud customers now use its AI solutions, as of Q3 2026. This is vendor data.

How large is the BTP skills gap?

Precisely's respondents named a lack of in-house expertise as the most significant barrier, at 46%.

Sources

1. SAP Quarterly Statement Q3 2026, SAP SE, October 2026
2. AI Release Highlights Q3 2026, SAP News Center, October 26, 2026
3. SAP SE Form 20-F, FY2025, SEC filing, 2026
4. SAP Q3 2026 earnings call transcript, Motley Fool, October 21, 2026
5. SAP SE Q3 FY2026 earnings call transcript, Yahoo Finance, October 2026
6. Earnings call transcript: SAP tops Q3 2026 estimates, Investing.com, October 2026
7. SAP BTP Customer Stories, SAP, undated
8. SAP BTP, Wikipedia (citing SAP, October 2024), accessed 2026
9. Across the ASUG Member Ecosystem, Adoption of SAP Business Technology Platform Is Accelerating, ASUG, undated
10. ASUG Research: SAP Customers Embrace Business Technology Platform, ASUG, undated
11. 2026 Trends in SAP Automation, Modernization, and BTP Adoption, Precisely, 2026
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14. DSAG Investment Report 2026 press release, DSAG, February 26, 2026
15. DSAG Investment Report 2026: Investments must be economically viable, IBsolution, March 2026
16. DSAG-Investitionsreport 2026 (German summary), IBsolution, March 2026
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20. Trends and investment in the SAP community 2026, e3mag, 2026
21. SAP Study 2026: Private cloud and AI are becoming the standard, valantic, 2026
22. valantic SAP Study 2026, valantic with techconsult, 2026
23. SAP PI/PO Migration Roadmap: Why 2027 Must Be the Baseline, SAPinsider, 2026
24. The Clock Is Ticking: Why It's Time to Plan Your PI/PO Migration to SAP Integration Suite, Inclusion Cloud, undated
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Last updated: November 13, 2026. Statistics are refreshed as new research is published.