A Small-by-Design Alternative to the Big SAP Integrators

As enterprises work through SAP S/4HANA transformations and stretched delivery budgets, a segment of specialized providers has emerged alongside the global system integrators. EXSAPT — shorthand for “Experts in SAP Technology” — is one of them: a firm built around a nearshore delivery model and a deliberate service portfolio.

A Lean Nearshore Alternative to the Big Integrators

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Bratislava, Slovakia, EXSAPT was established by consultants with backgrounds in large corporate SAP delivery who set out to run a leaner alternative — what the company calls its “small company concept,” emphasizing flexibility, transparency, and lower overhead.

Clients can engage EXSAPT in three ways: booking individual expert capacity to supplement in-house teams, commissioning a managed team to deliver a defined product or workstream, or outsourcing a project in full. The company positions cost as a core differentiator, claiming the most competitive rates on the European nearshoring market and backing that claim with a price-match pledge.

The model is expanding geographically. In April 2025, EXSAPT established a Swiss entity in Cham, giving the firm a legal presence in the DACH region, where much of Europe’s SAP transformation demand is concentrated.

Two Service Pillars: Maintenance Capacity and CRM Migration

EXSAPT’s portfolio rests on two pillars.

The first, its Expert Capacity Service, provides blended functional and technical consultants to manage and maintain existing SAP environments — day-to-day application management for customers who need SAP skills without permanent headcount.

The second, its Migration Support Service, addresses a narrower and more technical problem: moving SAP CRM systems into an S/4HANA on-premise environment. It is a timely specialty. Mainstream maintenance for SAP Business Suite 7 core applications, including SAP CRM 7.0, ends in December 2027, and unlike ECC, there is no direct upgrade path from CRM 7.0 — the transition requires a new implementation.

To shorten those projects, EXSAPT deploys self-developed Project Accelerators, tooling the company says reduces timelines and delivery risk.

EXSAPT presents SAP teams with a straightforward proposition: a focused nearshore firm offering maintenance capacity and a niche migration practice at rates it claims the large integrators cannot match. And with the maintenance deadline hardening, organizations still running SAP CRM 7.0 may find that niche the more compelling half of the story.

What This Means for SAPinsiders

• CRM migration expertise is a depreciating asset. Demand for CRM 7.0 transition skills will spike toward 2027 and then collapse, meaning specialist capacity will be scarcest exactly when late movers need it. Organizations that delay scoping risk paying premium rates for a shrinking talent pool.
• Cost clarity accelerates partner shortlisting decisions. Public rate commitments remove the drawn-out pricing discovery that typically slows SAP vendor evaluations. Teams facing the 2027 deadline can compress procurement cycles and redirect that saved time toward migration scoping itself.
• Tiered engagement models de-risk trying boutique providers. The individual expert capacity option functions as a low-commitment audition, letting cautious enterprises validate a small firm’s quality before entrusting it with a full migration. That laddered structure directly counters the concentration-risk objection that typically keeps boutiques off enterprise shortlists.