3741620 - Understanding the SAP Business AI commercial model of SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

• Premium & Base AI in SAC
• Which feature is under Premium AI in SAC? How to enable the Premium AI features?
• Which feature is under Base AI in SAC? How to enable the Premium AI features?

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Enterprise 1.0

Update on April 29, 2026. Content will be updated following any new releases or updated information.

SAP Analytics Cloud also follow SAP Business AI commercial model: Base AI & Premium AI.

"Base AI" means feature is included in product subscription and " Premium AI" means requires SAP AI Units and each use of the feature will consume AI Units.

• Overall reference page: 
  • SAC AI features in Business AI Catalog: https://discovery-center.cloud.sap/ai-catalog/?productId=f754af8c-a3a2-4bf7-bbd7-2face9ca4139
  • SAP Help: AI for Planning and Analytics
  • Info on AI Units https://www.sap.com/products/artificial-intelligence/ai-units.html
  • Which includes the AI features list  https://www.sap.com/products/artificial-intelligence/price-list/list.pupm-ai-automation.world.html
• Premium AI in SAC
  • Which features are under Premium AI in SAC?
    • AI-Assisted features: 
      • AI-assisted calculations
      • AI-assisted chart summary
      • AI-assisted commenting
      • AI-assisted data actions
  • How to enable the Premium AI features of SAC?
    • Prerequisites
      • AI-Assisted features are available on Data Centers listed under Data Center that supports SAP Business AI
      • You've purchased the SAP AI Units license. For details on AI Unit license, contact your Account Executive. (KBA 2626344 - Who is the SAP Account Manager/Executive for my company?)
    • If above Prerequisites are met already. Then Create a support case to LOD-ANA-GAI component, with tenant URL and the list of above AI-Assisted features you would like to activate. Support team and operation team will assist on the request. 
• Base AI in SAC
  • Which features are under Base AI in SAC?
    • Just Ask - Natural Language Query 
    • Run Forecasts in Time Series or Line Charts
    • Smart Insights
    • Smart Predict
    • Smart Grouping
  • Free tier, available for all SAC Enterprise users by default.
  • How to use the features
    • SAP Help: AI for Planning and Analytics

• SAP Community: SAP PUPM Business AI: what does it cost to run ONE AI feature ONE time?
• SAP Community: SAP Business AI : what does it cost?
• SAP KBA: 3658326 - How to Enable AI-Assisted Easy Filter Functionality in SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud
• SAP Note: 3651017 - Activation of SAP Business AI Features in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

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