Contract Strategy
SAP Audit Rights: What SAP Can Demand
SAP audit clauses give SAP broad rights, but they are not unlimited. This paper examines the standard language, identifies the contractually negotiable boundaries, and sets out the customer protections that work in practice.
36Pages
18Minute read
2026Updated
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- The standard audit rights and their typical scope
- What the customer must provide and what is contestable
- Notice periods, frequency limits, and other procedural protections
- How to limit audit scope contractually at the next renewal
- Data protection limits on what SAP can collect during audits
- The clauses that produce the worst customer outcomes and how to replace them
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