- Pay-As-You-Go
This commercial model lets you sign up to start using cloud services in your production environment with no upfront cost, no minimum usage requirements, and no financial commitments. Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) for SAP BTP helps you start small and grow without constraints. You can easily start with this commercial model through the SAP Store.
What does this mean?
- Pay-As-You-Go for SAP BTP allows you to build applications in your production environment and pay only for what you use
- You can start small, build productive apps, and convert to the SAP BTP Enterprise Agreement once you have achieved predictable usage
- Respond quickly to changing business needs with confidence by delivering productive applications and scaling them fast
- With no minimum usage requirements, you can avoid over-provisioning
- Access to free tier service plans to try out services without any costs within your productive environment
- Available services for this commercial model: https://discovery-center.cloud.sap/serviceCatalog?commercialModel=payg&provider=all®ions=all
- BTPEA
SAP BTPEA (SAP BTP Enterprise Agreement) is a commercial model that allows for the consumption of cloud credits based on actual usage. These cloud credits get paid upfront like a pre-paid model.
What does this mean?
- Get access to all services available under BTPEA and configure them in your global account with just one contract. This includes new features or innovations available after the contract signing date
- Choose how to spend cloud credits and monitor real-time service usage to better understand project costs
- Consume services based on project requirements, without having to change your contract, and only get charged for what is used
- Access to free tier service plans to try out services without any costs within your productive environment
- The BTPEA model provides an ongoing access to any new SAP BTP services added to the consumption-based service catalog.
- Available services for this commercial model.
- Subscription
This commercial model lets you choose a fixed set of services for a fixed rate, regardless of actual consumption.
What does this mean?
- The contract includes the exact services you can use in your project and will be provisioned in your global account for entitlements
- The entitled cloud services can be used up to the limit of your purchased subscription. To use more, you can increase your license volume
- You can add new services or modify your contract by contacting your SAP sales representative or by visiting the SAP Store
- You can optimize your cost by knowing exactly what you need, get higher discounts, and benefit from budget security throughout the contract period
- Available services for this commercial model.
Free Tier Services in a Nutshell
- Each free tier service plan is limited by usage capacity on a monthly basis
- Free tier service plans do not expire
- You can consume free tier services for as long as your account is active, and you have not reached the service plan limits
- If you have a PAYG/BTPEA account, you automatically have access to the free tier service plans
- Upgrade to a paid service plan through the SAP BTP cockpit – no technical migration required
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