SAP has announced that all its partners will have free access to trial, demo, and development licenses (test, demo, and development – TDD) for SAP Build, a platform that combines low-code tools, code-first approaches, and generative AI to create intelligent applications, automations, and digital workspaces.
This initiative aims to promote AI innovation within the SAP ecosystem, lowering entry barriers for ISVs, integrators, and consulting firms to quickly develop and validate solutions, bringing them to market through SAP Store and reaching a global customer base.
What’s included in the free SAP Build partner offer
Starting now, SAP partners can use, with fair use limits, the following capabilities at no initial cost:
All SAP Build functionalities: developer, base user, and premium licenses, runtime, and access to Joule Studio and ABAP Cloud.
SAP HANA Cloud: a multimodel database serving as the engine for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) applications and a high-performance persistence layer for SAP Build projects.
Additional SAP BTP services such as generative AI hub, logging, cloud identity, among others.
SAP Joule for Developers remains free for customers and partners under the current promotion.
Advancing generative AI and intelligent agents
With Joule Studio, developers can create skills and Joule agents using visual and drag-and-drop tools, integrating generative AI into business processes without extensive programming knowledge.
Soon, the agent builder feature will enable designing and deploying customized AI agents that will integrate with:
SAP Knowledge Graph → for enriched business information.
SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) → for unifying and accessing data from SAP and non-SAP environments.
SAP’s AI Foundation acts as the central hub for building, scaling, and extending AI solutions, providing secure access to cutting-edge large language models (LLMs), prompt management, and tools like data masking.
Roadmap: more integration and data access
SAP has announced that in the second half of 2025, SAP Build will connect directly with SAP Business Data Cloud. Early 2026, partners will be able to create intelligent data applications and products leveraging this connection.
This will enable advanced use cases such as:
Intelligent automation of financial, logistic, or HR processes.
Augmented analytics applications with real-time data.
Conversational interfaces for natural interaction with business data.
Impact on the SAP ecosystem
With this move, SAP:
Strengthens its commitment to low-code development as a pathway to accelerate innovation.
Facilitates the adoption of generative AI among existing users.
Boosts partner competitiveness by providing tools to create value without initial costs.
Karl Fahrbach, SAP’s Chief Partner Officer, and Michael Ameling, SAP BTP President, agree that the goal is “empowering partners with the capabilities to innovate confidently and scale faster.”
Next steps for partners
SAP will host a free enablement webinar on August 13, 2025, to detail how to use these TDD licenses. Partners can register via the SAP Partner Portal, where they will also find the full guide on capabilities and usage limits.