Ab Initio Co&gt;Operating System vs SAP Process Orchestration comparison

Ab Initio Co>Operating System vs. SAP Process Orchestration

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Categories and Ranking

Ab Initio Co>Operating System

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (28th), Workload Automation (18th)

SAP Process Orchestration

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business-to-Business Middleware (7th)

Mindshare comparison

Ab Initio Co>Operating System and SAP Process Orchestration aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Ab Initio Co>Operating System is designed for Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 1.2%, down 1.4% compared to last year.
SAP Process Orchestration, on the other hand, focuses on Business-to-Business Middleware, holds 5.1% mindshare, down 8.7% since last year.

Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Ab Initio Co>Operating System	1.2%
SSIS	3.6%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)	3.6%
Other	91.6%

Data Integration

Business-to-Business Middleware Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SAP Process Orchestration	5.1%
IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services	13.2%
SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite	10.9%
Other	70.80000000000001%

Business-to-Business Middleware

Featured Reviews

AlejandroMosso

Senior Solutions Architect at IDS Comercial

Enables creation of sophisticated applications with powerful parallelism and quick, effective support

The most valuable features of Ab Initio Co>Operating System are its performance and the ability to implement parallelism. There are three kinds of parallelism in Ab Initio Co>Operating System, which allow us to create very sophisticated solutions for almost any kind of application. This parallelism is one of the strongest features. Additionally, its scalability offers a unique way to escalate applications that differs from other technologies. In terms of data processing, the emphasis is on understanding the data. Data profiling is fundamental, and Ab Initio Co>Operating System integrates tools to perform this within the GDE, as well as specialized products for this purpose. Data profiling graphs can be implemented when necessary to understand the data sources.

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Vasanth Kumar Sabaapathi

Senior Lead Architect at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Simplified integrations bring flexibility and efficiency to diverse industries through comprehensive features and robust support

SAP is already trying to make improvements for SAP Process Orchestration by releasing updates every quarter, including patches and modules, and from a security standpoint, while it's a tightly coupled tool, they are introducing a lot of enhancements aligned with current market trends. There are standard contents readily available for starting integrations, which suit around 90% of every industry across verticals including pharma, manufacturing, and employee data central with SuccessFactors integration. Regarding functionality-wise improvements in SAP Process Orchestration, they are now incorporating the Salesforce system. Previously, we needed to rely on a third-party adapter for integration within SAP, but now they are building their own adapters to connect with Salesforce. Additionally, there are options like data connectors using Ariba coming up with SAP Process Orchestration. There's much more to explore, especially as they release new patches, enhancements, and adapters each quarter.

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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

"Ab Initio reaches the highest performance and is very flexible in processing huge amounts of data."

"Ab Initio Co>Operating System support is the best I have encountered."

"Ab Initio reaches the highest performance and is very flexible in processing huge amounts of data."

"The graphical interface of Ab Initio Co>Operating System is very easy to understand and allows me to visualize the data flow effectively."

"Ab Initio Co>Operating System excels at providing data lineage regardless of the type of data I have."

"Co>Operating System's most valuable feature is its ability to process bulk data effectively."

"The most valuable feature is the seamless integration with backend systems."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"The initial setup is easy...The solution gets automatically connected. The deployment takes six months. I rate its setup phase a ten out of ten."

"The most valuable feature of SAP Process Orchestration is its flexibility in being able to build integrations with SAP systems and non-SAP systems."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"The main benefit is that the solution is low maintenance. Moreover, it's the license cost is very low because it's part of the package. The maintenance is standard maintenance. And the updates are regular. So there's a regular update and you can choose whether you want to do those updates or not."

"SAP Process Orchestration is middleware where we are able to manage and interact with everything from a single location."

"The most valuable features of SAP Process Orchestration are the standard APIs that we can use."

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Cons

"Co>Operating System would be improved with more integrations for less well-known technologies."

"While Ab Initio Co>Operating System has positive attributes, I find that certain features can sometimes be difficult to understand."

"An awesome improvement would be big data solutions, for example, implementing some kind of business intelligence or neural networks for artificial intelligence."

"Ab Initio Co>Operating System is a very expensive product."

"Co>Operating System would be improved with more integrations for less well-known technologies."

"The older version of the solution will no longer be supported."

"I feel that support is an area that needs improvement. They need to improve the response time and address the customer's issues as soon as possible."

"SAP Process Orchestration breaks down sometimes."

"Process Orchestration needs to provide secure connectivity as no one has any data information."

"It does not have all of the industry-standard solutions available in PO and it is not plug and play, so we have to do a lot of development."

"Sometimes, if there is a system-related issue where I have to contact SAP and raise an incident, it takes a couple of days to resolve the issue."

"I think the main area that SAP PO should improve on is offering pre-delivered content like they do when you use SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI). SAP should not forget that they still have a lot of customers using Process Orchestration and they should focus more on providing pre-delivered content in SAP PO."

"The cloud capability features need improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Co>Operating System's pricing is on the expensive end since it tends to be used by big enterprises."

"The product is not a low-priced solution, but I can say that it is competitively priced in the market."

"The solution is highly-priced."

"The license is a one-time payment, and additional costs are only incurred on the infrastructure side since it's an on-premise solution."

"The fee for maintenance is costly."

"The price of SAP Process Orchestration was reasonable."

"There are fees in addition to the licensing."

"The pricing depends on what type of client you are with SAP and the contract you have. There is a licensing cost that needs to be paid."

"We subscribe to annual licenses, and the competitive license cost is reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

27%

Construction Company

Computer Software Company

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Retailer

Outsourcing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	26

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Ab Initio Co>Operating System?

While Ab Initio Co>Operating System has positive attributes, I find that certain features can sometimes be difficult to understand. When I have too many import feeds opened, they can conflict wi...

What is your primary use case for Ab Initio Co>Operating System?

The flexibility of data type and source integration for my IT ecosystem is excellent because Ab Initio Co>Operating System uses metadata, so it doesn't actually access the data; it takes the dat...

What advice do you have for others considering Ab Initio Co>Operating System?

I have not been involved in the security access of the platform's data security features, but I know that Ab Initio Co>Operating System is very careful because it doesn't access any customer dat...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Process Orchestration?

The price for SAP Process Orchestration is a little high when compared to market trends, which is just how the business is. I would rate it an eight.

What needs improvement with SAP Process Orchestration?

What is your primary use case for SAP Process Orchestration?

The main use case for SAP Process Orchestration is that it's an SAP proprietary tool which integrates within SAP and outside SAP. It's the most familiar middleware tool which is used for integrations.

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Also Known As

Co>Operating System

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, NetWeaver Process Integration

Overview

Ab Initio Co>Operating System offers powerful data processing capabilities, catering to big data needs with robustness and flexibility. Its architecture is designed for high performance, efficient data management, and advanced analytics, making it suitable for tech-savvy industries.

Ab Initio Co>Operating System provides an integrated platform that simplifies data processing tasks, from data validation to complex data transformations. It's engineered to handle large data volumes with efficiency, featuring an intuitive design and consistent performance. This makes it indispensable for industries requiring seamless integration and processing power, supported by tools for debugging, metadata management, and data profiling.

What are the key features of Ab Initio Co>Operating System?

Graphical Development Environment: Provides a user-friendly interface for designing data transformations.
Parallel Processing: Enables efficient handling of large datasets by leveraging parallelism.
Data Quality Management: Offers comprehensive tools for ensuring data accuracy and consistency.
Metadata Management: Facilitates easy access and management of data lineage and metadata.

What benefits and ROI should users consider?

Scalability: Easily adapts to increasing data and processing demands, minimizing additional costs.
Time Efficiency: Reduces development and processing time, enhancing productivity.
Cost Savings: Lowers operational expenses through efficient resource use.
Data Accuracy: Ensures reliable data quality, critical for decision-making processes.

In industries like telecommunications and finance, Ab Initio Co>Operating System is implemented to streamline data workflows and provide real-time analytics. Its role in these sectors involves batch processing, complex event processing, and integrating diverse sources, addressing the demands for agility and performance excellence.

Ab Initio

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration facilitates the integration of business processes that span different departments, organizations, or companies. SAP PI is based on general standards so as to enable 3rd-party systems to be integrated. At the center of SAP PI is an XML-based communication that uses HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). Irrespective of the scenario used, the application-specific contents are transferred in messages in user-defined XML eXtensible Markup Language) from the sender to the receiver either via the Integration Server, or directly between the systems involved. SAP PI can be installed in different ways: Dual usage type installation: Based on both AS ABAP and AS Java. and Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX): Based on AS Java only.

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Sample Customers

A multinational transportation company

Lenovo, Dansk Supermarked A/S, Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd, Kaeser Kompressoren

Ab Initio Co>Operating System vs. SAP Process Orchestration