Running SAP BTP on AWS What Businesses Are Learning from Real Deployments
Posted on November 27, 2025 by Laeeq Siddique
Introduction
In today’s cloud-first era, businesses are continuously challenged to innovate faster while minimizing the cost and operational risks of driving innovation—often without compromising SAP landscapes that keep enterprises running. One fast-emerging option is running SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
With this platform, SAP BTP offers the services for applications, data integration and AI required to extend and modernize SAP as well as non-SAP systems, while AWS delivers a reliable, secure and flexible cloud foundation built on uninterrupted innovation. Moreover, Combined, they provide businesses a place where they can develop extensions, connect to other systems and run scale-out analytics.
SAP BTP on AWS Explained
What is SAP BTP?
SAP Business Technology Platform With the integrated and unified offering of SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) you may have questions on:
- App development & extensions (pro-code & low-code)
- Data & Database management (SAP HANA Cloud)
- Integration (SAP Integration Suite, APIs, events)
- Analytics and planning (SAP Analyt ics Cloud)
- AI & Automatisation (SAP KI-Services, SAP Build Process Automation)
Crucial Business Benefits of Implementing SAP BTP on AWS
When companies transition from theory to actual implementations, there are several common advantages that you’ll see across projects.
Scalability on Demand
Scale up (or down) integration runtimes, extension apps and analytics workloads based on usage.
Tackle peak times (month-end close, Black Friday or other seasonal demand) without over-investing in on-prem hardware.
Leverage AWS autoscaling concepts with BTP services for elastic architectures.
Cost effectiveness and level of consumption flexibility
Pay only for what you use; save money on AWS (elastic compute, storage and egress costs).
Leverage synergy between SAP BTP service plans and AWS cost-optimization best practices (reserved instances, savings plans, storage tiers).
Transition from CAPEX-intensive to OPEX-based, consumption-oriented IT.
Security and Compliance
Use AWS’s shared responsibility model, powerful identity and access management, encryption, logging, monitoring capabilities as well as compliance certification.
Unite SAP BTP security (IAS/IPS, role collections, destinations) with AWS security tooling (IAM, KMS, Security Hub, GuardDuty etc.) for a holistic secure landscape.
Host data and workloads in certain regions to meet data residency and compliance needs.
Acceleration of Innovation thanks to Cloud-Native Services
Develop SAP Extensions, SAP CAP, SAP Build Apps, SAP UI5/Fiori deployed on BTP but backed by AWS infrastructure.
Leverage AWS native services in conjunction with BTP—e.g., use S3 for object storage, Lambda for event handling or AI/ML services—while keeping SAP data flows controlled through BTP integration.
Introduce new digital services (customer portals, partner apps, mobile experiences) sooner, without changing the SAP core.
On-The-Ground Business Implementation – What Companies Are Actually Doing
Here are a few sample scenario-style examples from the field: Real-time patterns we see such as integrating SAP BTP with AWS in enterprise environments.
Manufacturing Low Latency Integration and Analytics
Context:
A manufacturing company with global presence runs SAP S/4HANA for core ERP, and operates a number of shop-floor systems and IoT platforms hosted on AWS. In the past, data is siloed and difficult to consolidate when it does, says Foster and it’s commonly stodgy while reporting.
Challenges:
Latency to the SAP systems from factory data on AWS
Multiple point-to-point interfaces
No unified analytics layer for prod KPIs
Business Outcomes:
Noticeable reduction in end-to-end latency of production KPIs
Detects bottlenecks and quality related issues faster.
One source of truth for operations and leadership
Retail: Instant Customer Intelligence and Promotion
Context:
One major retail group is already using AWS for e-commerce web and recommendation engines such as SAP S/4HANA and SAP CAR which run their retail core. They hoped to leverage real-time customer and inventory data to inform custom promotions.
Challenges:
Data spread across SAP, e-commerce, CRM and marketing tools
Lack of an integrated, real-time analytics layer for customer journeys
Shouldn’t do extensive customizing in/sap core
SAP BTP on AWS Solution:
Integration & Extensibility:** With SAP BTP as the integration + extensibility platform, integrated with orchestration to connect SAP and AWS workloads
From regular customer interactions in AWS hosted e-commerce and marketing platform into BTP via APIs and events
customer 360 profiles, segmentations and promotion rules in SAP BTP apps
Real time promotion APIs** exposed to the website and mobile application to show optimized offers
Business Outcomes:
Higher conversion and average basket sizes
Provide more efficient utilization of inventory by matching offers with actual stock
The ability to experiment fast, with no impact on core SAP processes
Services (HR & Project Automation)
Context:
A consulting and professional services Co runs its HR and finance in SAP (SuccessFactors + S/4HANA), and leans on AWS heavily for internal tooling and data storage. They sought to automate project staffing, timesheets and HR workflows.
Challenges:
HR and project data diverted between SAP, custom apps
Manual timesheet approvals and onboarding processes
Problems with matching resources available to project needs
SAP BTP on AWS Solution:
Workflow apps located on SAP BTP which orchestrate the boarding of personnel onto a project, project task allocations, approvals and time entry
Integrations with SAP SuccessFactors, S/4HANA, and AWS hosted internal tools through SAP Integration Suite
Low-code SAP Build Apps which used to support a single portal for consultants and managers
Business Outcomes:
Accelerated on-boarding and project assignment timeframes
Better and more accurate billing, as well as use tracking
HR and project management teams focus more on strategic work, less time on admin
Lessons-Learned and Best Practices from the Field
Architecture Considerations
Ensure that SAP BTP subaccounts and AWS regions are in proximate where possible to reduce latency.
Utilize SAP Cloud Connector (for on-prem, or private cloud SAP) in conjunction with secure connections AWS resources (VPN, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway).
Build out BTP Apps using clean core principles: do not clutter the SAP core with custom logic.
Integration Strategy
Adopt SAP Integration Suite for SAP-to-SAP and SAP to non-SAP integrations.
Utilize event-driven patterns with SAP Event Mesh and AWS event services where possible (e.g. near real time updates).
Purposefully implement error handling, retries and monitoring of hybrid flows.
Security & Identity
Align IdP strategy: central IdP, integrate SAP IAS/IPS wherever possible with AWS IAM / SSO.
Implement end-to-end encryption, role-based access, and logging in both the BTP and AWS layers.
Perform regular network path review and harden (security groups, NACLs, WAF, API gateways).
Cost Optimization Lessons
leverage AWS cost monitoring (Cost Explorer, budgets) and SAP BTP usage metrics for tracking summed up spend.
size application runtimes, HANA instances, and storage tiers.
If you are sure about your workloads, then consider committed-use models for AWS and BTP if they exist.
Everyday Challenges – And How They’re Being Met by Companies
Complexity of hybrid landscapes
Challenge: Quickly get over the complexity of multiple clouds, on-prem systems, networks and identities.
Mitigation: Adopt a reference architecture, standardize patterns (integration, events, security), and ensure that they are clearly documented.
Competence and governance gaps
Challenge: Teams may know SAP, or know AWS — but not both.
Mitigation: Establish cross-functional teams, invest in upskilling (BTP + AWS) and establish clear governance for extensions and integrations.
Migration and Co-Existence
Challenge: Migrating custom code or existing integrations to a BTP on AWS model without disruption.
Remediation: Approach this with a phased migration: begin with new use cases or “edge” scenarios (analytics, portals, workflows) and refactor older customizations over time.
Conclusion
Deploying SAP BTP on AWS is more than a technical hosting choice, it marks a strategic play.
Through the powerful combination of SAP BTP’s integration, extension, data and analytics services with AWS’s trusted global infrastructure and proven ability to scale to any workload, companies are gaining insight on how to:
- And innovate faster without disrupting that core action of SAP.
- Integrate SAP and non-SAP systems in a scalable way
- Make better decisions with real-time insights
- Simplify and lower costs over time with cloud-native architectures
SAP BTP on AWS is becoming a proven, not trendy, path for organizations committed to modernizing their SAP stack, stretching the legs of side-by-side extensions, and constructing future-proof digital services.
Enquire with Cremencing Solutions to kick off your What Is an SAP BTP Developer? on AWS journey to get those cloud strategy real business outcomes.
FAQs – People Also Ask
1. What is SAP BTP and what role does it play with AWS?
SAP BTP is SAP’s platform for integration and extension, data management of all or any type, analytics, AI and automation. With AWS, BTP services are deployed on the underlying aws infrastructure, and you can connect SAP and non-SAP systems as well as build next to existing workloads while taking advantage of the proximity to your SAP systems and other cloud applications.
2. How much does it cost for SAP BTP to work in AWS?
There are two primary sources of costs:
SAP BTP services (like Integration Suite, HANA Cloud, Build Apps…)
Resources within AWS** (computing/storage/power/rete, etc)
Since both are predominately consumption-based, you can help drive efficiencies by ensuring resources are right-sized and any appropriate reserved capacity is used, as well as shutting down non-requisite workloads out of hours.
3. How does SAP BTP on AWS improve security for my company?
Identity, roles and secure connectivity (BTP IAS/IPS, Destinations, Cloud Connector) are provided services by SAP BTP.
AWS Density: IAM, encryption, network controls, monitoring and compliance certifications all layered as security tiles.
In conjunction, they give an end-to-end security posture over applications, data and assets.
4. Towards which industries do SAP BTP on AWS add the most value?
Strong potential in verticals with complex processes and strong integration requirements such as:
Manufacturing and automotive
Retail and e-commerce
Financial services and insurance
But any SAP customer interested in modernizing and extending their landscape should find value from the BTP + AWS package.
5. Is it compulsory to be running SAP S/4HANA on AWS in order to avail of SAP BTP on AWS?
No. You can use SAP BTP on AWS, regardless of whether your core by name (S/4HANA or ECC) is:
On-premises
In another cloud
In the SAP managed world themselves
You only need a reliably connection (SAP Cloud Connector, VPN, Direct Connect) and a clear integration architecture.