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Coalesce.io vs SAP BW4HANA comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Coalesce.io
Ranking in Data Warehouse
16th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
3.3
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP BW4HANA
Ranking in Data Warehouse
11th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Coalesce.io is 1.1%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP BW4HANA is 3.4%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP BW4HANA3.4%
Coalesce.io1.1%
Other95.5%
Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

Kunal Shah - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Intelligence Developer at VodafoneZiggo
Standardized ELT templates have accelerated delivery while API and UI flexibility still need improvement
The best features Coalesce.io offers in my experience include lineage, which is the most important from the Ziggo perspective, and the APIs, which I would rank as the second most valuable. The third feature is the bulk edit option, so we don't have to do repetitive tasks again and again. The new SQL feature they are introducing, where you can dump your SQL and have your table or view created without manually creating columns, is also valuable. These are the four features I appreciate the most, and the fifth one would be the recently implemented GUI change where you can put a node in a spotlight to see the upstream and downstream based on what you need, setting up the depth and those settings. Coalesce.io has positively impacted my organization by reducing our development time and the time to market from around 15 days to a couple of days. This is the biggest impact we have experienced, and we are able to enforce a standardized way of working among developers, eliminating silos or customized solutions that developers create for themselves. If a satellite is loaded by ten different processes, all ten different processes generate the same type of SQL, making it easier to debug later if someone new joins the team. Additionally, since it is a SaaS solution, there is no need to maintain any software or install anything on laptops, which has helped us at VodafoneZiggo. Another feature is the API feature and the CLI command tool, which aid us significantly in moving from PowerCenter to Coalesce, enabling the migration of mappings from PowerCenter to Coalesce in bulk.
Ritesh Durvasha - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Has supported efficient data processing and streamlined reporting for large-scale sales operations
The capability to handle a large amount of data and perform ETL operations is most valuable. Additionally, sending data out of SAP BW4HANA through Open Hub, which is a free service, is another valuable feature. In contrast, many other products charge for sending data out of their systems, such as Data Sphere or BDC, which charge premium service fees. Regarding advanced analytic tools in SAP BW4HANA, users can directly connect to Analysis for Office without additional charges. It's convenient as users don't have to download data into Excel since it's already connected to the system. From an integration capabilities perspective, it's easy to connect to SAP systems, though integration with non-SAP systems presents more challenges.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Coalesce.io has impacted our organization positively by providing a low-code approach, supporting different sources so we don't need to write custom code, and offering a collaborative tool suitable for teams with a large number of developers."
"Coalesce.io has positively impacted my organization by being a tool that can be leveraged by a non-technical team, especially business analysts who are working on bringing data from different sources."
"Coalesce.io has positively impacted my organization by reducing our development time and the time to market from around 15 days to a couple of days."
"Coalesce.io has positively impacted my organization by improving workflow, productivity, and business outcomes."
"The best features that Coalesce.io offers include a very rigid ETL framework that ensures all developers use the same pattern."
"Coalesce.io has positively impacted my organization by making development faster and keeping the logic clearer, so we do not have to see 1000-2000 lines of code every time."
"Coalesce.io has helped me develop projects faster, as it is easy to implement and maintain, reducing execution time by thirty to forty percent, while also helping me design a modular approach."
"Usually it takes six to seven weeks to develop all those things, but with Coalesce.io, I can complete those things in one week."
"I rate this solution a 10."
"From an ERP point of view and a functionality point of view, it works very well. The benefits are in that of financial costing and material management."
"We benefited from BW/4HANA's ability to utilize predefined content inside, and we didn't need to start from scratch."
"The solution seamlessly integrates with SAP products."
"It's a good solution if you're integrating data from SAP software like ERP and looking out for the day-to-day reporting from the operational users at the lower level."
"Out of the box, this solution has a lot of standard features."
"I like how it blends no-code and ABAP code for complex transformations during data loading."
"SAP BW4HANA definitely helps to reduce data footprint on data management efficiency as it works on a HANA Cloud, which is an optimized database, and offers the capability to optimize the loads."
 

Cons

"Coalesce.io can be improved regarding the APIs that still do not support all types of scenarios within a node, which is a blocking issue for us and potentially for other companies as well."
"I believe the editing should be a bit easier, or there should be a bulk edit option where a column can be added in one go in multiple places."
"For that specific use case, I was able to accomplish what I was trying to do during the demo, but we encountered certain scenarios such as post-hooks, update statements, edge cases, or particular SQL query modifications and custom cases that could not be implemented through the GUI interface."
"Coalesce.io could be improved from the stage layer perspective."
"I do not find anything particularly helpful or something that stands out yet."
"Regarding the accuracy and reliability of Coalesce.io's output, I am not entirely sure it is reliable."
"At the moment, the only improvement I see is deeper support for AI agents to support the developer's job."
"Coalesce.io is compatible with Snowflake only, so it must be configured with other platforms such as Databricks and BigQuery, which is a limitation and a drawback."
"The solution is not scalable. It does not have a data streaming feature as well."
"The interface could be more user-friendly, as we often need to do low-level coding to get things done."
"I would like more integration."
"Support could be more reliable."
"Real-time processing isn't BW/4HANA's strongest point."
"The HCM needs improvement, but as a company, they have stopped any development on this."
"The solution does occasionally get a few bugs, but this is typical for any product."
"The UI is not user-friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"SAP BW/4HANA is expensive."
"In general, it's quite expensive."
"As an investment, the solution is very expensive."
"This is an expensive solution and there are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"It's a little expensive compared to Microsoft Azure."
"The solution is expensive."
"It is an expensive product."
"The cost and licensing depends on how the customer is going to use the solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Healthcare Company
30%
Construction Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Retailer
9%
Construction Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise30
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Coalesce.io?
Licensing costs are based on the region. We are using the US region, so charges are determined accordingly.
What needs improvement with Coalesce.io?
Coalesce.io can be improved by making it handle more edge cases and providing better documentation. When I was initially working and trying to find information, there was not much available on thei...
What is your primary use case for Coalesce.io?
My main use case for Coalesce.io was with a healthcare provider client whose team was not particularly tech savvy, so we wanted something easy to use. I was debating between two options: Coalesce.i...
What needs improvement with SAP BW4HANA?
For improvement, I think AWS for HANA could be better, but it is an on-premise solution. SAP is asking us to move to one client approach and suggested moving to data warehouse cloud, which should h...
What is your primary use case for SAP BW4HANA?
My use cases involve the client I am working with, who already has a BW ON HANA system, and we are currently migrating and redeveloping things in SAP BW4HANA; they are decommissioning the BW On HAN...
 

Also Known As

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SAP BW/4HANA
 

Overview

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