AI assistant for SAP
Powerful AI on your SAP - inside Microsoft Teams.
Innovate your SAP.
Comparing AI assistants for SAP - SAP Joule, SAP Business AI or Databricks Genie? Xient Bridge brings curated, governance-compliant AI to your existing SAP - right inside Microsoft Teams and Copilot, where your people already work.
The starting point
Every major vendor is building its assistant. The question is how it fits you.
SAP integrates Joule deep into its own suite. Databricks brings conversational analytics to data in the lakehouse. Microsoft puts Copilot into the workplace. They all want to own the same ground: AI on your business data.
The difference is not the promise but the path to it. Xient Bridge requires neither a platform switch nor waiting for an S/4HANA migration - and your data stays where it is.
The difference in approach
What Xient Bridge does differently.
On your existing SAP
ECC and S/4HANA, via released interfaces. No platform switch, no waiting for the migration.
In Microsoft Teams & Copilot
In the workplace your people already use - no extra tool, no new interface.
Operational and analytical
From the document-level lookup in daily work to the condensed decision brief - on live SAP, not just on a data extract.
Your data stays with you
In your own Microsoft tenant. No move into a vendor cloud, no detour via Xient.
Curated, not free
A defined set of released functions, deterministically routed, read-only first, fully auditable. The AI plans nothing on its own.
Vendor-neutral
Xient Bridge complements your Microsoft and SAP stack instead of tying you to yet another AI vendor.
In comparison
The approach at a glance.
| Xient Bridge | SAP Joule / Business AI | Databricks Genie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Microsoft Teams & Copilot | SAP surfaces & BTP | Databricks (also Teams via API) |
| Data basis | Existing SAP (ECC & S/4HANA), live | SAP suite, mainly S/4HANA | Data in the Databricks lakehouse |
| Focus | Operational lookups + decision briefs on SAP | SAP-wide agents & workflows | Conversational analytics / BI |
| Prerequisite | Released SAP interfaces | SAP cloud suite, S/4HANA data quality | Data already in the lakehouse, Genie space upkeep |
The overview reflects publicly described positioning; the products evolve continuously. SAP, SAP Joule, SAP Business AI, S/4HANA and Databricks are trademarks of their respective owners. Xient is not affiliated with these companies.
Use cases
What that means in practice - along your SAP processes.
Operational and analytical, across procurement, sales, finance, production and utilities - each in the SAP standard and with the human in the decision.
The daily lookup
Document-level questions from everyday work, answered factually - one prompt instead of a click-path.
The decision brief
Condensed across time, customers, suppliers or periods - with charts and diagrams right in the answer.
Governance
AI that does not give up your control.
Every access through your existing identities and SAP roles, every answer logged and traceable. The AI delivers a reasoned proposal - the decision and the posting stay with the human.
FAQs
What decision-makers ask first.
Is there an alternative to SAP Joule?
Yes. Xient Bridge brings AI to your existing SAP - in Microsoft Teams and Copilot, curated and with the human in the decision. Unlike an SAP-native assistant, Xient Bridge does not require a particular SAP release and runs in the workplace your people already use.
Do I need S/4HANA for AI on SAP?
No. Xient Bridge works via released interfaces on ECC and S/4HANA. You do not have to wait for the migration to use AI on your SAP data.
Does AI on SAP also run in Microsoft Teams?
Yes - that is exactly the Xient Bridge approach. The answer comes to where work happens: in Microsoft Teams and Copilot, without an extra interface.
Does our SAP data stay in-house?
Yes. Xient Bridge runs in your own Microsoft tenant; the data never leaves it and is not stored with Xient.
How does Xient Bridge differ from Databricks Genie?
Databricks Genie answers questions about data that already sits in the Databricks lakehouse. Xient Bridge works directly on your live SAP - operational and analytical - and needs no upfront data move.
Next step
See Xient Bridge on your own processes.
In an intro call we show the use cases live - tailored to your SAP, curated and governance-compliant.
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