The SAP BTP Multi-Cloud Strategy: Why Running on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Makes Sense
Posted on November 27, 2025 by Laeeq Siddique
Introduction
The online business world has changed faster than at any other time. Firms are under intense pressure to innovate at speed, have systems that talk nicely together and not fail out of business hours. It is SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) that plays a star role in this transformation with application development, integration, automation, AI and data management brought together into one platform.
And what SAP BTP really brings to the table is its multi-cloud value: you can run in AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure and GCP (Google Cloud Platform) natively. This flexibility means businesses can select the cloud which is best for performance, compliance, cost or innovation – or run all three to achieve maximum resilience.
In this blog, we go deep to understand why SAP BTP Multi Cloud strategy is strategically and operationally sound, the business gains that enterprises can achieve, and how organizations can construct a winning deployment plan.
What is SAP BTP – and Why Does Multi-Cloud Matter?
SAP BTP consolidates application development, integration and automation services, data management and analytics on a single cloud platform. Once in a multi-cloud setting, it provides an unparalleled choice for organizations on where and how to run their SAP workloads.
What Does this Multi-Cloud SAP BTP Mean?
You choose where your SAP workloads run
You avoid vendor lock-in
Use VS on cloud spend w/ AWS, Azure and GCP
You have redundancy built in to keep your business running
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With multi-cloud BTP, organizations can allocate workloads across cloud providers for business, technical and regulatory reasons. This kind of control is essential in a world where data sovereignty, and regional specifics at a moment´s notice or high availability are business critical. Instead of being limited to the roadmap or constraints of any one vendor, companies can combine the best of each hyperscaler to create digital architectures that are future-proof.
Why SAP BTP On More Than One Cloud?
Now customers can run their SAP BTP with AWS, Azure and GCP running specialized upstream native characteristics from each of the clouds to provide unmatched operational resiliency.
Flexibility and Choice – The Strengths of Both Clouds
AWS → Unparalleled scalability, pioneering serverless methodology, massive worldwide footprint
Azure → Thorough enterprise integration, especially for companies who are Microsoft
Google Cloud → Leadership AI, ML and advanced data analytics
SAP ensures that customers can:
- Make use of the cloud that maps to their technology strategy
- Build hybrid landscapes
- Quickly shift workloads as needs evolve
- Leverage a cloud services component from every provider
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All cloud vendors have their strengths when it comes to technology. And running SAP BTP across the three provides unparalleled flexibility for companies to select the right environment for each workload. This is a level of freedom in architecture that can’t be realized single-cloud, enables businesses to innovate without boundaries.
Cost Optimization
- Compare and select cost-effective regions
- Balance profile overhead to decrease costs of operation
- Utilize committed-use discounts across clouds
- Avoid expensive overprovisioning
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Every cloud provider has different mechanisms for pricing, discounting and regionalized-prices. SAP BTP multi-cloud means that enterprises can also gain financial efficiency by deploying workloads in the most economically advantageous place. A few companies are even doing real-time cloud arbitrage to maximize the ROI and cost effectiveness.
Enhanced Redundancy and High Availability
Redundant applications and data
Built-in automatic failover in and across cloud providers
Geographical resilience
High availability multi-region deployment
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Depending on just one cloud makes it a single point of failure. BTP is multi-cloud, so it has built-in redundancy — if one provider goes down, you can still run apps. For international companies, resiliency is not a nice-to-have; it’s crucial in order to keep operating.
Compliance and Data Sovereignty
Businesses using multi-cloud BTP can:
- Select cloud regions that meet government rules
- Make sure personal data remains in legal limits
- Meet sector-specific compliance rules
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With legislations such as GDPR, CCPA and data laws of various countries, organizations need to store and process their sensitive information within particular geolocations. Multi-cloud BTP provides enterprises the freedom to choose compliant regions while taking advantage of the agility of cloud-native development.
Benefits of Running SAP BTP on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
Nowadays most companies already work in multi-cloud scenarios. SAP BTP is the central platform bridging SAP and non-SAP systems in a consolidated manner.
Integration into Existing IT Landscapes
SAP BTP integrates seamlessly with:
- SAP S/4HANA and ECC
- Third-party SaaS platforms
- Cloud native services (AI, ML, storage, APIs)
- On-premise perform SAP Integration Suite
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Multi-cloud SAP BTP brings different systems together in one central integration hub, simplifying and accelerating digital transformation. Organizations can maintain their current tools and infrastructures while incorporating modern cloud technologies.
Empowerment of Cloud-Native AI, Analytics & Automation
Each cloud brings unique capabilities:
- AWS → Lambda, Kinesis, Step Functions
- Azure → Cognitive Services (AS, Speech service), Synapse Analytics
- Google Cloud → Vertex AI, BigQuery, Dataflow
Combined with BTP services like:
- SAP HANA Cloud
- SAP Build Apps
- SAP Integration Suite
- SAP Event Mesh
- SAP UI5 & CAP frameworks
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Leveraging BTP as the innovation and intelligence engine, enterprises can then harness the hyperscaler native offerings to develop next-gen apps driven by AI, serverless, event-driven architecture or real-time analytics.
Better Application Performance
Multi-Cloud Setups allow applications to operate:
- Closer to end users
- In regions with low latency
- Near critical SAP systems
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By optimizing workloads, you can enhance the performance of applications developed with SAP CAP, Node.js, Java, Python, Fiori, Work Zone and SAP Kyma Kubernetes. This provides rapid and responsive touch so that you can access all your content quickly.
Future-Proof Architecture
A multi-cloud approach ensures that:
- New technologies are adopted instantly
- Not dependent on a single vendor
- Businesses own their architecture
- Is quick to adjust for changing markets
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Digital transformation never stops. Multi-cloud SAP BTP will enable businesses to build for the future ensuring that they stay agile, flexible and technologically competitive in the long term.
Implementation & Best Practices for SAP BTP Multi-Cloud
Cloud Readiness Assessment
Evaluate:
- Current SAP landscape
- Compliance requirements
- Performance needs
- Integration points
- Growth projections
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This preliminary evaluation will help shape where to distribute workloads across AWS, Azure, and GCP; provides a service launch plan for high performance, compliance deployment.
Use SAP BTP Subaccounts Strategically
Organize workloads by:
- Region
- Project
- Business unit
- Sensitivity
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Well-architected subaccounts create efficiencies and add interoperability in governance, security, cost visibility and operational management across clouds.
Embrace Automation
Use:
- CI/CD pipelines
- Terraform or BTP Setup Automator
- Kyma Kubernetes automation
- Cloud-native monitoring tools
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By automating, you ensure uniformity, reduce possibility of manual error, speed deployment cycles and gain more reliability across all cloud environments.
Build a Unified Security Model
Implement:
- Identity federation (Azure AD, AWS IAM, Google IAM etc.)
- Network isolation
- RBAC
- Continuous monitoring
- Native encryption
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A consolidated security model guarantees policies are applied uniformly across clouds and safeguard sensitive SAP workloads from external and insider threats.
Monitor Costs and Performance Continuously
Tools:
- AWS Cost Explorer
- Azure Cost Management
- Google Billing Reports
- SAP BTP Cockpit
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The work of minimizing cost and maximizing performance is ongoing. Regular monitoring assists in preventing overspending and guarantees that workloads always run in the most cost-effective place.
Conclusion
SAP BTP multi-cloud is more than just a deployment model – it’s an advantage. Running SAP workloads on AWS, Azure and GCP delivers:
- Flexibility
- Resiliency
- Innovation
- Cost efficiency
- Freedom to innovate
- Freedom from past architecture
With organizations driving their digital transformation, multi-cloud is increasingly becoming the strategy of choice for mission-critical SAP landscapes.
For more insights on SAP BTP, check out our detailed blog on Why Choose SAP BTP for Application Development and Extending SAP Systems to deepen your understanding.
FAQs
What is SAP BTP?
SAP BTP is SAP’s all-in-one, modular cloud platform that delivers services in development, integration, data management, analytics, automation, and orchestration, allowing enterprises to create intelligent enterprise applications.
Why the mix of clouds for SAP BTP?
It brings flexibility, redundancy, alignment with compliance standards, performance optimization, and removes vendor lock-in.
Is SAP BTP cloud-neutral?
Yes. SAP BTP is available across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, which allows customers full flexibility in their hosting and architecture options.
What does multi-cloud mean for SAP performance?
Multi-cloud lowers latency, increases throughput, and produces faster response times by deploying workloads closer to users and SAP systems.
How Cremencing Solutions can assist with SAP BTP projects?
We offer:
- Custom SAP BTP development (Node.js, CAP, Fiori, Integrations)
- Multi-cloud architecture design
- SAP Integration Suite implementations
- Automation & CI/CD
- Cloud cost optimization
- Long-term support