MUNICH and NEW YORK – June 5, 2025 – We are pleased that today Celonis and SAP entered into a stipulation that provides immediate relief to Celonis customers while litigation continues.
SAP has agreed not to interfere with use of Celonis’ data extractor to enable customers to access their own data, nor impose any additional fees or licenses on customers for such use, until the case has been resolved. In view of the relief that this provides for Celonis and its customers, Celonis has withdrawn its motion for preliminary injunction.
In March 2025, Celonis sued SAP in federal district court in San Francisco alleging that SAP engaged in anticompetitive practices that hinder Celonis’ ability to compete in the process mining market. Among other things, Celonis claims SAP is leveraging its dominance in the ERP market to systematically exclude Celonis and other competitors from the market by making it more difficult and expensive to use third-party vendors, such as Celonis.
“No system should hold customers back from transforming their processes. Processes should be designed to work best for the company, not the systems the company operates on. That's why the Celonis platform was designed to help customers optimize their processes to achieve their goals across systems and departments,” said Carsten Thoma, President and Board Director at Celonis.
Celonis is committed to fair competition, innovation and customer choice. Businesses should have the freedom to select the best technology solutions for their needs without interference, misinformation or unfair restrictions.