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Kovair Data Lake vs SAP BW4HANA comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Kovair Data Lake
Ranking in Data Warehouse
25th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
2
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 November 2026, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Kovair Data Lake is 1.5%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP BW4HANA is 3.2%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP BW4HANA3.2%
Kovair Data Lake1.5%
Other95.3%
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Featured Reviews

LuizKazan - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Solutions at Embratel
Ability to interact with teachers in real-time and manage lessons after class
The deployment process is very fast. We have prepared the product to be easily installed, and we have had successful cases where it could be implemented in less than a few weeks. Moreover, Around three or four people in a call center are involved in maintaining the solution. We have a project manager, a service manager, and at least two or three system analysts who handle the maintenance. If there are any issues, we can open a support ticket for them to address.
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SAP Analytics Lead at Miracle Software Systems, Inc
Support and pricing challenges overshadow user expertise
In SAP BW4HANA, I have worked in modeling, extraction, and reporting. I have experience with different tools including Power BI, BEx tools, Web Intelligence reports, and SSC. The best features include the ability to create data sources directly on tables, and perform mapping without creating info objects. It directly maps to target fields and source fields. There is no info cube concept, only ODS concept. We can create BEx queries in HANA itself, not as a separate tool. The modeling and reporting processes are easier to accomplish.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The tool's most valuable features for us are its combination of formatting, ETL, analytics, and storage capabilities."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to interact with teachers in real-time and manage lessons after class."
"The product is stable."
"The ability to instantly pull data is the most valuable feature."
"My advice for anybody who is considering SAP BW4HANA is that it's a very stable product, and if you are looking at a huge volume of data that you want to process daily or any similar kind of task, then this is definitely a good solution."
"I like the reporting features of the solution."
"The most valuable features are the speed of reporting and the HANA database."
"Overall, it's hard to compare with other products on the market, but I think it has improved quite significantly."
"The product has efficient performance."
"One significant advantage of SAP BW/4HANA is the direct integration with the SAP HANA database, providing seamless access to real-time analytics. Additionally, it enables real-time data integration. We don't need to rely on historical data alone; we can provide reporting and features based on real-time information."
 

Cons

"Maybe the chat conversation feature could be improved."
"The solution is expensive. For future releases, it would be beneficial if Kovair Data Lake could enhance its ETL and data capabilities."
"There should be a direct pipeline from Azure to SAP."
"BW/4HANA could improve query optimization."
"The solution is not easy to implement. It requires a lot of learning at the beginning."
"We cannot integrate with third-party tools like Python or advanced integration options. You can't fine-tune tables within BW or generate specific views or reports."
"Connecting multiple sources is a challenge because you have to go through a lot of different setups."
"Pricing would be a good improvement. A lot of customers think that it's very expensive and especially support is very expensive."
"The speed of operations could be a little faster."
"The solution does occasionally get a few bugs, but this is typical for any product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the tool's pricing a five out of ten."
"The cost and licensing depends on how the customer is going to use the solution."
"We started as early birds from the SAP side. We got this entire suite for free. I cannot really talk about the price because we didn't have to pay anything."
"SAP BW/4HANA is expensive."
"The price is high and currently only affordable for large organizations."
"In general, it's quite expensive."
"This is an expensive solution and there are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"The tool is affordable."
"The product is free if we have the ECC license."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
 

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Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise30
 

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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...
 

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SAP BW/4HANA
 

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Sample Customers

HSBC, NVIDIA, APPLIED MATERIALS, Allscripts, CISCO, Honeywell
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