IIS vs SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal comparison

Microsoft and SAP are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.5, while SAP is ranked #18. Microsoft holds a 9.9% mindshare in AIS, compared to SAP’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SAP users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

IIS and SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal are key competitors in the web services arena. Although IIS tends to have more favorable pricing and support, SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal distinguishes itself with its extensive features, justifying a higher price.

Features: IIS integrates seamlessly with Windows, offering ease of management, versatile security, and efficient resource optimization. SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal provides comprehensive content management, advanced user role customizations, and robust application integration, appealing to enterprise needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IIS offers an easy setup process in Windows-centric systems with reliable support. SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal, though more complex to deploy, offers flexibility across environments and strategic support for intricate enterprise setups.

Pricing and ROI: IIS typically offers a lower initial cost and good ROI through quick deployment and low overhead. SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal demands a higher upfront investment, delivering long-term ROI by boosting productivity with its detailed features.

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Categories and Ranking

IIS

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Server (4th)

SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Po...

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

18th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of IIS is 9.9%, down from 12.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal is 2.2%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
IIS	9.9%
SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal	2.2%
Other	87.9%

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Krishnakumar Natarajan

Systems Engineer at Atos

Designs and manages multiple websites while ensuring data backup and disaster recovery

I have experience with AWS, and I am most familiar with the server environment, as we just use the server environment and then use Microsoft products on an AWS environment. I have experience with Windows Server IIS, which I ran on my own on-premise data center. The website was developed and then hosted, and through IIS, we managed the servers. The manageability within the IIS environment is not very difficult. For server management, you need to ensure data backup, data restore, and you have a DR configured to keep the database intact. It was done on-premises, so I had no problem doing that. If you have to go to the cloud, then you should have the storage connected to the IIS server and also have a DR set up for that. I didn't use Microsoft Azure tools, but since it is a Microsoft product, Azure has all the portability, so you don't have to worry about compatibility on the cloud. On a scale of 1-10, I would rate this solution a 10.

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reviewer1582677

CTO / Executive Director for Information Technology at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Improves business processes, highly stable, and reliable

We are in Serbia and we are providing data center services for other countries, such as Montenegro, Bosnia, and Hercegovina. We are using this solution as an ERP at the moment. This covers all of our business processes, this includes sales, distribution, data management, finance, and compliance…

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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

"This is definitely a stable solution."

"The initial setup is simple."

"The solution is easy to use."

"The graphical user interface makes it easy for users to configure the sites."

"I have tried other tools (such as Apache), and found that IIS is more stable and easier on the memory for low resource systems."

"The most valuable feature of IIS is that it's free, and it works."

"IIS's best features are its management console and stability."

"I think that the IIS includes most features that are required by web applications so that they can run smoothly on Windows operating system."

More IIS pros

"They integrated it with the SAP router."

"Internal workflow approval around ESS and MSS leave days, capex approval as well as internal communication to the business have improved the way my organization functions."

"From the use of this solution, we have been able to establish better processes and have greater management of our company."

"The technical support is good."

"Workflow functionality and internal portal capabilities are the most important features."

"The technical support is good."

"From the use of this solution, we have been able to establish better processes and have greater management of our company."

Cons

"There are a lot of security issues with IIS, and this has become more of a concern, especially recently."

"I am using an older version of Windows Server IIS and the general management and navigation to get something done is not as straightforward as I hope it to be. The interface could be improved."

"IIS could improve the error logging. There are times we are not able to see the errors. More details would be helpful. Additionally, the configuring of the IIS should be allowed through coding instead of the classic view."

"Finding different settings can be difficult if you don't know where to look."

"The solution's black box is not fast."

"The solution must improve the integration between its databases."

"Sometimes if you are using IIS in large-scale scenarios, meaning that if you are deploying an application within IIS service and you are expecting a large number of users to use this application, you can sometimes find some problems, meaning that the service can shut down by itself unexpectedly if you don't configure your IIS with the correct configuration that can handle this number of users."

"The documentation is not very detailed."

More IIS cons

"Our customers expect that a page will open within one second, and I doubt this will happen. Also, opening documentation takes time."

"External portal functionality with suppliers and customers needs improvement."

"Our customers expect that a page will open within one second, and I doubt this will happen. Also, opening documentation takes time. Fixing this will help the customer and help to meet their expectations."

"Due to our business, some setups were very complex."

"Our customers expect that a page will open within one second, and I doubt this will happen. Also, opening documentation takes time."

"The cost of this solution is high."

"We encountered stability issues, especially on external functionality around its RFP capabilities."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"IIS is expensive."

"The tool is included with Windows."

"The solution provides multiple licensing options."

"The cost for IIS is already included in Windows services. We don't have to pay anything extra."

"There is a license needed for the solution."

"This solution comes included with Windows Server."

"The price of Windows Server IIS is expensive. They have a large user base, and they charge a little bit too much."

"There is no license needed to use the solution."

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"The cost of this solution is high."

"Because India is so competitive in the IT world, people will start to move away from SAP's pricing because they have a market monopoly. Soon, they will start losing the monopoly part to open source and other things. I don't think their monopoly will run for more than three to four years because people are getting away from these monopolies."

"SAP is not for every business. It depends on what is required. SAP is always going to be expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Government

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	29
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	22

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Also Known As

Windows Server IIS

NetWeaver Enterprise Portal, SAP Portal

Overview

Internet Information Services (IIS) provides a secure, easy-to-manage, modular and extensible platform for reliably hosting websites, services and applications. With IIS, you get choice and control without giving up reliability or security.

Microsoft

SAP Enterprise Portal allows to create attractive corporate portals that leverage the responsive SAP Fiori launchpad experience. The portal is the Web front-end component for SAP NetWeaver, the comprehensive integration and application platform that facilitates the alignment of people, information, and business processes across organizational and technical boundaries. It's ideal for organizations who require access to many applications and services across system landscapes, especially across JAVA and ABAP-based landscapes. The portal offers a single point of access to SAP and non-SAP information sources, enterprise applications, information repositories, databases and services, in and outside your organization. The portal can be accessed from desktops and from mobile devices, it can provide with the tools to manage and analyze its information resources, and to share and collaborate. With its role-based content, and personalization features, the portal enables users - from employees and customers to partners and suppliers - to focus exclusively on data relevant to daily decision-making processes. The technology and architecture of the portal ensures it is built for the enterprise, providing a secure and scalable environment.

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Sample Customers

Erste Bank Group, NJVC, Samsung Electronics, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Tata Steel Europe, Urban Software Institute

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