# SAP LeanIX

> SAP LeanIX provides cloud-based enterprise architecture software for mapping applications, their business purpose, dependencies, costs and technology risks. Founded in Bonn in 2012 and acquired by SAP in 2023, it helps enterprise architects and business leaders plan modernization, ERP transformations and application retirement using shared architecture data.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Bonn, Germany
- **Founders:** André Christ (Co-founder; former CEO, later General Manager under SAP), Jörg G. Beyer (Co-founder and former Co-CEO; departed in October 2019)
- **Products:** Application Portfolio Management, Technology Risk and Compliance, Architecture and Road Map Planning, AI-assisted inventory builder, Professional services and customer success
- **Notable:** Bootstrapped for approximately three years; first product released in August 2012., Ranked tenth in Germany’s Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in 2018., SAP completed its acquisition on November 8, 2023.

## Products & services

- **Application Portfolio Management** — Build an application inventory, connect it to business capabilities, assess fit and cost, and identify rationalization opportunities.
- **Technology Risk and Compliance** — Track technology lifecycles, obsolescence and dependencies, including components in self-built software.
- **Architecture and Road Map Planning** — Model target architectures and plan transformations with templates, road maps and impact reporting.
- **AI-assisted inventory builder** — Extract architectural elements and relationships from files such as diagrams, images, PDFs, XML and JSON; highlighted in the 2026 review of 2025 releases.
- **Professional services and customer success** — Implementation guidance, integration assistance, enablement and ongoing adoption support.

## Achievements

- Bootstrapped for approximately three years; first product released in August 2012.
- Ranked tenth in Germany’s Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in 2018.
- SAP completed its acquisition on November 8, 2023.
- SAP LeanIX reported a fifth consecutive Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader placement for enterprise architecture tools in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Year-in-review highlighted AI-assisted inventory building, architecture decision records, executive dashboards, TCO capabilities, AI agent oversight and an MCP server.
- **2025-12** — Published an IT cost optimization survey of 225 enterprise architecture managers from its customer base; 61% cited lack of business-IT collaboration as the biggest rationalization challenge.
- **2025-05** — Published details of its out-of-the-box GitHub Enterprise integration for discovering self-built software.

## Links

- Website: https://www.leanix.net/en/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sapleanix/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/leanix_net
- GitHub: https://github.com/leanix
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SAPLeanIX
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sapleanix/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leanix.gmbh

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