SAP won’t interfere with Celonis data extractor in antitrust litigation case
Celonis is suing SAP for engaging in anticompetitive practices that hinder its ability to compete in the process mining market
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SAP will not interfere with Celonis data extractor to enable customers to access their own data as the antitrust litigation case between the two companies continues. SAP will also not 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In view of the relief that this provides for Celonis and its customers, Celonis has withdrawn its motion for preliminary injunction.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.
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Why is Celonis suing SAP?
Celonis claims SAP has deliberately exploited its market power over its large, entrenched enterprise resource planning (ERP) customer base by imposing new policies and restrictions in an attempt to destroy Celonis’ business. What’s more, Celonis accuses SAP of engaging in increasingly egregious conduct targeting its customers to coerce them into using Signavio, SAP’s own process mining offering.
“This case is about SAP’s campaign of anticompetitive conduct designed to exclude third-party application and technology providers from its dominant ecosystem, including its acts of tortious interference and false advertising in furtherance of that campaign, in contravention of the promises SAP has made to the market and regulators,” the lawsuit reads.
SAP’s “anticompetitive scheme” has caused, and will cause, irreparable and ongoing harm to Celonis, according to the lawsuit. Celonis sought an injunction prohibiting SAP’s illegal conduct, monetary damages and all other legal and equitable relief available under law and which the court may deem proper.
“No system should hold customers back from transforming their processes,” commented Carsten Thoma, president and board director at Celonis. “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.”
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