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We performed a comparison between Amazon Redshift and SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Warehouse solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Amazon Redshift vs. SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"It's scalable because it's on the cloud.""Redshift's Excel features are handy. Redshift spectrum allows you to directly query the data on an Excel sheet. Now, SQL Server also allows this, but Redshift has many more features.""It allows you write complex queries and perform row by row processes.""If the analyst knows SQL, which is comfortable and easy to use to go between all of these tool stacks, I think it's reliable. It's a secure and reliable data warehouse.""The most valuable features are that it's easy to set up and easy to connect the many tools that connect to it.""Redshift allows you to transform different data formats and consolidate them into one Redshift cluster. This means you can transform various siloed data sources like Excel files and CSV files into Redshift.""Amazon Redshift is very fast. It has really good response times. It's very user-friendly.""In terms of valuable features, I like the columnar storage that Redshift provides. The storage is one of the key features that we're looking for. Also, the data updates and the latency between the data-refreshes."

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"Data modeling is a valuable feature.""Transformation is a valuable feature of SAP NetWeaver. I can transform the data as per my needs or my client's needs. For example, flat tables can be transformed with respect to our requirements to combine multiple modules into one single table, and we can derive analytics.""It's an excellent over-all tool for managers to analyze their business.""It provides us with proof of data, we can centralize all of the information, check it, and then provide the information to our users.""A robust and efficient product.""The security and audit procedures are the most valuable features.""It is a robust system."

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Cons
"The solution is unable to work fast.""The initial deployment was complex.""It would be useful to have an option where all of the data can be queried at once and then have the result shown.""It lacks a few features which can be very useful, such as stored procedures""Improvement could be made in the area of streaming data.""One area where Amazon Redshift could improve is in adopting the compute-separate, data-separate architecture, which Delta, Snowflake are adopting, and a few others in the cloud data warehouse spectrum.""The customer support could be more responsive.""There are physically too many pipelines for a company of this size to maintain. For a data scientist, it's very difficult to learn the data in all of these different environments."

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"Design and modeling could be simplified.""The product could provide more features.""I think more integration with other applications would be perfect.""The program is difficult to learn to use""There are performance issues in terms of scalability and availability.""It is difficult when your native language is not English. It is difficult for us to explain our issue and also difficult for the technical team to explain a resolution to us.""Connectors are complex, and it is difficult to understand or know which connector should be used. For instance, if I want to connect APIs, I will not be able to do it directly. I would have to go to the portal integration to get the data. Therefore, having simplified connectors will make things much easier."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Redshift is very cost effective for a cloud based solution if you need to scale it a lot. For smaller data sizes, I would think about using other products."
  • "If you want a fixed price, an to not worry about every query, but you need to manage your nodes personally, use Redshift."
  • "BI is sold to our customer base as a part of the initial sales bundle. A customer may elect to opt for a white labeled site for an up-charge."
  • "One of my customers went with Google Big Query over Redshift because it was significantly cheaper for their project."
  • "Per hour pricing is helpful to keep the costs of a pilot down, but long-term retention is expensive."
  • "It's around $200 US dollars. There are some data transfer costs but it's minimal, around $20."
  • "The best part about this solution is the cost."
  • "The part that I like best is that you only pay for what you are using."
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  • "Pricing is based on the number of user IDs and tyhe user ID works across a suite of products."
  • "The licensing cost is high for SAP NetWeaver compared to that for other products."
  • "All SAP products are expensive."
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    Top Answer:Redshift Spectrum is the most valuable feature.
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    Also Known As
    NetWeaver Business Warehouse, NetWeaver BusinessObjects Warehouse
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    Overview

    What is Amazon Redshift?

    Amazon Redshift is a fully administered, petabyte-scale cloud-based data warehouse service. Users are able to begin with a minimal amount of gigabytes of data and can easily scale up to a petabyte or more as needed. This will enable them to utilize their own data to develop new intuitions on how to improve business processes and client relations.

    Initially, users start to develop a data warehouse by initiating what is called an Amazon Redshift cluster or a set of nodes. Once the cluster has been provisioned, users can seamlessly upload data sets, and then begin to perform data analysis queries. Amazon Redshift delivers super-fast query performance, regardless of size, utilizing the exact SQL-based tools and BI applications that most users are already working with today.

    The Amazon Redshift service performs all of the work of setting up, operating, and scaling a data warehouse. These tasks include provisioning capacity, monitoring and backing up the cluster, and applying patches and upgrades to the Amazon Redshift engine.

    Amazon Redshift Functionalities

    Amazon Redshift has many valuable key functionalities. Some of its most useful functionalities include:

    • Cluster administration: The Amazon Redshift cluster is a group of nodes that contains a leader node and one (or more) compute node(s). The compute nodes needed are dependent on the data size, amount of queries needed, and the query execution functionality desired.
    • Cluster snapshots: Snapshots are backups of a cluster from an exact point in time. Amazon Redshift offers two types of snapshots: manual and automated. Amazon will store these snapshots internally in the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) utilizing an SSL connection. Whenever a Snapshot restore is needed, Amazon Redshift will create a new cluster and will import data from the snapshot as directed. 
    • Cluster access: Amazon Redshift provides several intuitive features to help define connectivity rules, encrypt data and connections, and control the overall access of your cluster.
    • IAM credentials and AWS accounts: The Amazon Redshift cluster is only accessible by the AWS account that created the cluster. This automatically secures the cluster and keeps it safe. Inside the AWS account, users access the AWS Identity and IAM protocol to create additional user accounts and manage permissions, granting specified users the desired access needed to control cluster performance.
    • Encryption: Users have the option to choose to encrypt the clusters for additional added security once the cluster is provisioned. When encryption is enabled, Amazon Redshift will store all the data in user-created tables in a secure encrypted format. To manage Amazon Redshift encryption keys, users will access AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS).

    Reviews from Real Users

    Redshift's versioning and data security are the two most critical features. When migrating into the cloud, it's vital to secure the data. The encryption and security are there.” - Kundan A., Senior Consultant at Dynamic Elements AS

    “With the cloud version whenever you want to deploy, you can scale up, and down, and it has a data warehousing capability. Redshift has many features. They have enriched and elaborate documentation that is helpful.”- Aishwarya K., Solution Architect at Capgemini

    With NetWeaver Business Warehouse, you can quickly Capture, store, and consolidate your vital information with our real-time data warehouse platform. Tightly integrate your warehousing capabilities for a single version of the truth, decision-ready business intelligence, and accelerated operations.
    Sample Customers
    Liberty Mutual Insurance, 4Cite Marketing, BrandVerity, DNA Plc, Sirocco Systems, Gainsight, Blue 449
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    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company32%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    Retailer11%
    Manufacturing Company11%
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    Educational Organization50%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Computer Software Company7%
    Manufacturing Company4%
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    Computer Software Company19%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Transportation Company10%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business40%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise37%
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    Small Business10%
    Midsize Enterprise54%
    Large Enterprise36%
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    Small Business22%
    Large Enterprise78%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise6%
    Large Enterprise73%
    Buyer's Guide
    Amazon Redshift vs. SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Redshift vs. SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Amazon Redshift is ranked 4th in Cloud Data Warehouse with 58 reviews while SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse is ranked 15th in Data Warehouse with 9 reviews. Amazon Redshift is rated 7.8, while SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Amazon Redshift writes "Provides one place where we can store data, and allows us to easily connect to other services with AWS". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse writes "Powerful solution with good security and audit procedure features". Amazon Redshift is most compared with AWS Lake Formation, Snowflake, Teradata, Vertica and Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, whereas SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse is most compared with SAP BW4HANA and SAP Business Warehouse. See our Amazon Redshift vs. SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse report.

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