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Free allowance
"When using Kyma, the free plan is available only once in a global account for up to 30 days." Quoted from the pricing page: "SAP BTP trial is a non-commercial, time-limited offering that gives you 90 days...
Verdict
triala time-boxed or one-time trial, not a recurring allowance
Cost
free tier
Identity
cardcard required, no phone
Binding limit
retention-clampedKyma, the managed Kubernetes runtime, is free once per global account and only for 30 days, and the free tier model itself needs a Pay-As-You-Go or enterprise agreement account, so there is no renewable free cluster.
Evidence
documented7 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness
stale on 2026-12-05checked 2026-11-04 (live); stale on 2026-12-05
Free tier"When using Kyma, the free plan is available only once in a global account for up to 30 days." Quoted from the pricing page: "SAP BTP trial is a non-commercial, time-limited offering that gives you 90 days... At the end of the trial period, your SAP BTP trial account will be shut down."
unit none; metered on wall-clock; trial-credit
Pricenone stated
Limits
  • retention-clamped (binding) Kyma, the managed Kubernetes runtime, is free once per global account and only for 30 days, and the free tier model itself needs a Pay-As-You-Go or enterprise agreement account, so there is no renewable free cluster. source
Identitycard not published
Egressnot stated
RetentionKyma, the managed Kubernetes runtime, is free once per global account and only for 30 days, and the free tier model itself needs a Pay-As-You-Go or enterprise agreement account, so there is no renewable free cluster.
Interfacecli btp CLI (command line client) for account administration, an alternative to the SAP BTP cockpit web console; the cf CLI is used to enable Cloud Foundry; SSH and REST access not read
Toolingbtp CLI (the SAP BTP command line client, with JSON output for scripting) and the cf CLI for Cloud Foundry
Composes withNothing durable. A 30-day Kyma cluster is enough to test a manifest once, and the 90-day trial covers the build, which is the shape of a trial rather than a platform to run on.
Reliabilityno reliability event recorded
NotesThe widely quoted '4 GB of free memory' figure was not confirmed on any page read and is deliberately absent rather than repeated.
Parsed numbers
  • has-free-tier 1
Evidence 7
datesourcewhat it proved
2026-10-22github.com/SAP-docs/btp-cloud-platform/blob/main/docs/10-con"When using Kyma, the free plan is available only once in a global account for up to 30 days", and a trial account runs 90 days, quoted
2026-10-22www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/pricing.htmlthe free tier model is "a commercial model that can be accessed by signing up for an SAP BTP Enterprise Agreement or Pay-As-You-Go"; the trial is shut down after 90 days with data deleted, quoted
2026-10-22developers.sap.com/tutorials/cp-kyma-getting-started/the Kyma enablement path selects a plan called free for kymaruntime, which is the plan the 30-day rule applies to
2026-11-03github.com/SAP-docs/btp-cloud-platform/blob/main/docs/50-adma CLI and a web cockpit both exist
2026-11-03github.com/SAP-docs/btp-cloud-platform/blob/main/docs/10-conthe trial and free-tier page states durations and no egress allowance or egress price
2026-11-04github.com/SAP-docs/btp-cloud-platform/blob/main/docs/50-admthe btp CLI is documented beside the cockpit web console
2026-11-04github.com/SAP-docs/btp-cloud-platform/blob/main/docs/50-admthe page names the BTP CLI and the cf CLI
More fields 1
facets{"class": "refutation-trial-only","free_tier_kind": "trial-credit","shape": null}
Unknown values 4
  • egress metered: egress metering was not published
  • egress terms: a source was read and is silent on this field
  • per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
  • reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed