Bookmark - How to estimate your costs using Cost Estimator to track your Finops 💰

[Yogananda]

Why Cost Estimation on SAP BTP Matters

SAP BTP offers flexibility and scalability, but without proper cost visibility, you risk:

• Budget overruns
• Unplanned expenses
• Difficulty aligning IT spend with business goals

Cost estimation ensures you can plan ahead, optimize usage, and stay compliant with financial governance.

How It Supports FinOps

FinOps is about visibility, accountability, and optimization. The Cost Estimator helps by:

• Providing accurate cost projections for SAP BTP services
• Allowing scenario planning for scaling workloads
• Supporting continuous cost monitoring and optimization

Reference :

• The FinOps Foundation: https://www.finops.org/

What is the SAP BTP Cost Estimator?

The SAP BTP Cost Estimator is a tool that helps you:

• Simulate service usage across different BTP components
• Forecast monthly and annual costs based on your planned consumption
• Compare pricing models (subscription vs. consumption-based)

This tool is essential for FinOps teams, enabling transparency and collaboration between finance and engineering.

SAP BTP FinOps tool

• 📄 Blog introducing the tool: BTP FinOps: Keeping Track of Your Credits
• 🚀 Discovery Center Mission to start: Mission 4489
• 🔧 Github project with source code: SAP-samples: btp-resource-consumption-monitor
• 🎥 Installation Video step-by-step: YouTube

Past

SAP BTP FinOps webinars

• Webinar 13 March 2025 (DSAG + SUGEN) [introduction]: 📄 Invitation and 🎥 Recording
• Webinar 12 March 2025 (SAP BTP Garage) [technical]: 📄 Invitation and 🎥 Recording
• Webinar 16 December 2024 [introduction]: 🎥 Recording

Steps to Estimate Your SAP BTP Costs

1. Identify Your Services
   List the SAP BTP services you plan to use (e.g., SAP Integration Suite, SAP HANA Cloud).

2. Access the SAP BTP Cost Estimator
   Navigate to the SAP BTP Cost Estimator in the SAP Discovery Center.

3. Configure Your Usage

   • Select your region and environment.
   • Input expected usage metrics (e.g., number of API calls, storage size, compute units).

4. Review the Estimate
   Analyze projected monthly and yearly costs. Look for optimization opportunities like reserved capacity or bundled services.

5. Track and Adjust
   Compare actual costs in the SAP BTP Cockpit with your estimates. Use this feedback to refine future forecasts.

List of Cost Estimator

SAP HANA Cloud Capacity Unit Estimator	https://hcsizingestimator.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/sap/hana/estimator/index.html
SAP Cloud Logging Capacity Unit Estimator	https://sap-cloud-logging-estimator.cfapps.us10.hana.ondemand.com
SAP Datasphere Capacity Unit Estimator	https://dwc-pricing-calculator-sac-saceu10.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/index.html
SAP Business Data Cloud Capacity Unit Estimator	https://datasphere-estimator-sac-sacus10.cfapps.us10.hana.ondemand.com/
SAP Kyma runtime Cost Estimator	https://kyma-project.github.io/price-calculator/
SAP AI Core Cost Calculator	https://ai-core-calculator.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/uimodule/index.html
SAP Build Code Capacity Unit Calculator	https://build-code-calculator.cfapps.eu10-004.hana.ondemand.com/
SAP Build Runtime Capacity Unit Calculator	https://ap-capacityestimator-live.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/
SAP Build Process Automation, document understanding and task mining add-on by UiPath	https://spa-prod-eu-spa-capacity-unit-estimator.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/

All other BTP Services

SAP BTP Services

https://discovery-center.cloud.sap/estimator

 

Best Practices for SAP BTP FinOps

• Run estimates before deploying new services.
• Include all components—integration, database, networking—to avoid hidden costs.
• Collaborate with finance teams to align estimates with budget cycles.
• Leverage SAP Discovery Center missions for guidance on cost optimization.

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