SAP Data Services vs StreamSets comparison

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We performed a comparison between SAP Data Services and StreamSets based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed SAP Data Services vs. StreamSets Report (Updated: June 2024).

SAP Data Services vs. StreamSets

June 2024

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Categories and Ranking

SAP Data Services

Ranking in Data Integration

10th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Quality (2nd)

StreamSets

Ranking in Data Integration

8th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of SAP Data Services is 2.7%, down from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of StreamSets is 1.6%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Syam Srikanth

Data Engineer at KASP

Jun 13, 2023

A stable integration and ETL tool with data warehousing and reporting capabilities

Improvement is required since so many SQL-related things are happening. So, we can reduce those SQL parts, and we can use some in-built functions of the solution. So, the reduction in the SQL part is something that is an ongoing process and is not something that has completely been improved. Slowly, SAP is releasing some functions, and we are using those functions. The processing side has been improved. So, the features are the same. Improvement is required. All kinds of new functionalities are coming, including new processing techniques. The execution engines and processing engines have shortcomings and need improvements. Because right now, all kinds of big data technologies have come, and those integrations need to be adapted by SAP more.

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Saket Pandey

Product Manager at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees

May 17, 2023

Provides a good bifurcation rate and accuracy, and saves time and money

The design or the way they have set up the protocol is pretty good. One thing that I would like to add is the ability to manually enter data. The way the solution currently works is we don't have the option to manually change the data at any point in time. Being able to do that will allow us to do everything that we want to do with our data. Sometimes, we need to manually manipulate the data to make it more accurate in case our prior bifurcation filters are not good. If we have the option to manually enter the data or make the exact iterations on the data set, that would be a good thing. It does not have that feature. None of the solutions provides this feature, but this is the feature that we are looking for. If we could bifurcate the data or do manual manipulation of data at any point in time, it would be a game changer. Its initial setup could also be a bit easier.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"We can extract data at a table level, extract data at the ETL level, and we can extract data at an ODP level."

"Data Services' best features are its robustness and plug-and-play integration with other SAP applications."

"The logic is also simple. It makes it easy to build your extraction."

"The most valuable features of SAP Data Services lie in its ability to effectively observe and interpret the information within data related to people or facts, stands out."

"The most valuable feature is the ETL functionality."

"The HANA database, which is very fast, is a valuable feature."

"The product's most valuable features are data validation and rules."

"The solution offers very good integration capabilities."

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"The ability to have a good bifurcation rate and fewer mistakes is valuable."

"The UI is user-friendly, it doesn't require any technical know-how and we can navigate to social media or use it more easily."

"Important features include that it comprises lots of functionality to connect data from various sources through connector availability, scheduling pipelines at any time, and integration with third-party and security solutions for encryption."

"The Ease of configuration for pipes is amazing. It has a lot of connectors. Mainly, we can do everything with the data in the pipe. I really like the graphical interface too"

"The most valuable feature is the pipelines because they enable us to pull in and push out data from different sources and to manipulate and clean things up within them."

"I have used Data Collector, Transformer, and Control Hub products from StreamSets. What I really like about these products is that they're very user-friendly. People who are not from a technological or core development background find it easy to get started and build data pipelines and connect to the databases. They would be comfortable like any technical person within a couple of weeks."

"In StreamSets, everything is in one place."

"StreamSets Transformer is a good feature because it helps you when you are developing applications and when you don't want to write a lot of code. That is the best feature overall."

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Cons

"There needs to be multi-language support, however, my understanding is they are working on multi-language now."

"Data Services SAP is lacking in sources and target databases compared to Informatica. SAP Data Services should have more connectivity."

"They could make it easier to work with web services."

"An area for improvement in SAP Data Services could involve making the product more accessible to non-technical end-users."

"We encounter challenges while exporting implemented rules, such as those applied to objects like the material master, into a format like Excel for documentation and further analysis."

"The solution shows a lack of cloud support data services."

"The pricing of the solution should be improved."

"Scheduling of jobs in the sequence is not available. It's a very tedious process to do that particular task. If there was a tool to schedule in the sequence that would be extremely helpful."

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"They need to improve their customer care services. Sometimes it has taken more than 48 hours to resolve an issue. That should be reduced. They are aware of small or generic issues, but not the more technical or deep issues. For those, they require some time, generally 48 to 72 hours to respond. That should be improved."

"The monitoring visualization is not that user-friendly. It should include other features to visualize things, like how many records were streamed from a source to a destination on a particular date."

"We create pipelines or jobs in StreamSets Control Hub. It is a great feature, but if there is a way to have a folder structure or organize the pipelines and jobs in Control Hub, it would be great. I submitted a ticket for this some time back."

"Currently, we can only use the query to read data from SAP HANA. What we would like to see, as soon as possible, is the ability to read from multiple tables from SAP HANA. That would be a really good thing that we could use immediately. For example, if you have 100 tables in SQL Server or Oracle, then you could just point it to the schema or the 100 tables and ingestion information. However, you can't do that in SAP HANA since StreamSets currently is lacking in this. They do not have a multi-table feature for SAP HANA. Therefore, a multi-table origin for SAP HANA would be helpful."

"There aren't enough hands-on labs, and debugging is also an issue because it takes a lot of time. Logs are not that clear when you are debugging, and you can only select a single source for a pipeline."

"One area for improvement could be the cloud storage server speed, as we have faced some latency issues here and there."

"I would like to see further improvement in the UI. In addition, upgrades are not automatic and they should be automated. Currently, we have to manually upgrade versions."

"StreamSet works great for batch processing but we are looking for something that is more real-time. We need latency in numbers below milliseconds."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is a little high to make the product more competetive in the marketplace."

"There is a one time purchase fee plus annual maintenance."

"Speaking about prices, Oracle and SAP are market leaders. So, the prices are more."

"The product’s on-premise version is expensive for a medium-sized company."

"It's relatively expensive compared to other vendors, but it is competitive."

"I rate the product price as one or two on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

"The price of SAP Data Services is a little high when compared to other solutions. Due to the pricing and capabilities, many clients are switching to other solutions."

"Pricing is good, there is no problem."

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"StreamSets Data Collector is open source. One can utilize the StreamSets Data Collector, but the Control Hub is the main repository where all the jobs are present. Everything happens in Control Hub."

"The pricing is too fixed. It should be based on how much data you need to process. Some businesses are not so big that they process a lot of data."

"StreamSets is expensive, especially for small businesses."

"It's not expensive because you pay per month, and the tasks you can perform with it are huge. It's reliable and cost-effective."

"I believe the pricing is not equitable."

"The pricing is affordable for any business."

"The overall cost is very flexible so it is not a burden for our organization... However, the cost should be improved. For small and mid-size organizations it might be a challenge."

"Its pricing is pretty much up to the mark. For smaller enterprises, it could be a big price to pay at the initial stage of operations, but the moment you have the Seed B or Seed C funding and you want to scale up your operations and aren't much worried about the funds, at that point in time, you would need a solution that could be scaled."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

Energy/Utilities Company

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Large Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

How do you evaluate the ratio of price to quality for SAP Data Services?

I believe the license for the product is fair, even though some competitors offer similar services at lower prices. The difference between the Edge edition and the next one up is significant in pr...

Would you recommend SAP Data Services to complete beginners?

I think after some preparation, a beginner will be able to use SAP Data Services, however, if you are completely unprepared, you may have some issues. I think that in particular you will need a mo...

How has SAP Data Services helped your organization?

SAP Data Services has helped our whole staff understand the data across various sources and systems within the company. Not everyone who works at my organization is an IT expert - most just have av...

What do you like most about StreamSets?

The best thing about StreamSets is its plugins, which are very useful and work well with almost every data source. It's also easy to use, especially if you're comfortable with SQL. You can customiz...

What needs improvement with StreamSets?

We often faced problems, especially with SAP ERP. We struggled because many columns weren't integers or primary keys, which StreamSets couldn't handle. We had to restructure our data tables, which ...

What is your primary use case for StreamSets?

StreamSets is used for data transformation rather than ETL processes. It focuses on transforming data directly from sources without handling the extraction part of the process. The transformed data...

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SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator, BusinessObjects Data Integrator

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Overview

SAP Data Services is a top-ranking data integration and data quality tool. This is a product that aims to provide its users with effective access to their data in order to transform it and connect it to various business processes. SAP Data Services offers companies detailed data insights which improve decision-making and make company operations more effective.

Organizations can increase the value of their structured and unstructured data with the functionalities of this product regarding data integration, quality, and cleansing. Through various components such as:

Simplified maintenance
On-premises deployment
Data quality and integration
Intuitive user interfaces

the product transforms data into a ready-to-use resource for business insights.

Some of the key components of SAP Data Services include:

Universal data access
Native-text data processing
Intuitive user interfaces
Data quality dashboards
Simplified data governance
Scalability and high performance

Through these components, the product allows its clients to access and integrate data sources and targets with native connectors. Users can derive meaning from unstructured text data, match data to reduce duplicates, and see the impact of data quality issues. The tool also offers the option to enable parallel processing, bulk data loading, and grid computing for high-volume data loads.

SAP Data Services Features

The solution has different features for data integration, data quality, data profiling, and processing of text data. Using these features, clients can manage their company's data easily and achieve excellent results by optimizing it. Some of the product’s features include:

Data integration capabilities: The features regarding data integration provide a wide variety of opportunities. The product is available in 31 languages and connects to many data sources, providing its clients with access to their data anywhere at any time. It is also integrated with the SAP Business Suite applications, allowing users the full experience that the company has to offer. The tool is interconnected with SAP Data Hub, orchestrating data flows through the SAP Data Intelligence solution. Additionally, it supports a large number of third-party data sources, it is optimized for SAP HANA, and provides fine-tuned data replication and transformation through unique mechanisms.
Data quality capabilities: Clients can use a single interface to access designing, testing, debugging, editing, running, maintaining, and monitoring of data integration and data quality. It allows for the delivery of ready-to-use transformations and exposes hidden problems in users' data. With this feature, clients can build a single version of their data that is most efficient for them.
Data profiling capabilities: Companies that work with high-volume data can employ parallel processing, bulk data loading, and grid computing to be able to operate with the data more efficiently. This feature enables unlimited scalability and high availability by various automations. It also provides excellent security for the treated data through encryption and other services.
Processing of text data capabilities: This feature allows users to extract data from unstructured texts and understand it better. It works with 220 different file and text formats and 31 languages.

SAP Data Services Benefits

This solution offers various benefits to its clients regarding the efficient operation of their data. The key benefits of SAP Data Services include:

Broad access to data which can build a better perspective for companies of their information.
Improved decision-making and information management due to efficient data operations.
Ability to utilize various tools to help unify data on premises, in the cloud, or within big data.
The software provides efficient insight for reporting and data analytics.
The tool allows for easy integration with a large number of different databases.
The product provides the opportunity to seamlessly connect with other SAP solutions.
The solution simplifies extract, transform, and load (ETL) construction processes through intuitive graphic software.

Reviews from Real Users

According to Michael Lutz, senior data warehouse developer at Fox Chase Cancer Center, SAP Data Services is a powerful tool that does a lot.

An associate consultant at a consultancy says the tool is easy to use, simple to implement, and offers very good mapping capabilities.

StreamSets is a data integration platform that enables organizations to efficiently move and process data across various systems. It offers a user-friendly interface for designing, deploying, and managing data pipelines, allowing users to easily connect to various data sources and destinations. StreamSets also provides real-time monitoring and alerting capabilities, ensuring that data is flowing smoothly and any issues are quickly addressed.

Sample Customers

EMC Corporation, LivePerson, Eldorado, Mozzart, The VELUX Group, AOK Bundesverband, Hilti Group, Nissha Printing Company Ltd., Asian Paints, Aareal Bank Group, Migros Group

Availity, BT Group, Humana, Deluxe, GSK, RingCentral, IBM, Shell, SamTrans, State of Ohio, TalentFulfilled, TechBridge