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Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure Synapse Ana...
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
98
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (6th)
SAP NetWeaver Business Ware...
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (20th)
 

Featured Reviews

AnandTiwari - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at New Turn Technologies
Has consistently supported integration across diverse environments and streamlined deployment processes
Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics could improve their pricing structure. They currently have two separate pricing tiers: full log and partial log. I suggest they implement a single price and reduce charges on logs. They could implement a cap with some free tier or price tier based on the GBs of log collected. This would help customers use Azure more effectively. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is an excellent product because it includes both SIEM and orchestration capabilities with playbooks, but the log management part is very costly. Regarding future improvements, I would appreciate more application connectors for integration, particularly for on-premise based solutions. Many customers still maintain on-premise infrastructure, so having more integration possibilities for these environments would be beneficial.
AK
Project Manager - Analytics at Mindsprint
Can transform data per clients' needs and can easily distribute reports to end users
I would recommend looking at all of the solutions currently available and then decide. I would not immediately suggest going for SAP NetWeaver. Being able to transform the data according to my requirements is a crucial feature; the phasing layers are helpful to distinguish data with respect to a specific project; analytics and reporting are very feasible; and the distribution of reports to the end users is also very easy. However, connectors need to be simplified, and technical support needs to be improved. Thus, on a scale from one to ten, I would rate SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse at eight.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Pretty much all of the features are valuable; the storage and compute are very reliable and cost-effective, it meets the client's requirements, is user-friendly, has a good dashboard, and my team is happy with everything."
"Its scalability and ease of use are valuable; it is fairly simple for a tool that's that powerful, and if you have a background in Microsoft SQL Server, it is a very easy-to-transition path."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"The fact that we can ingest from different types of sources, whether they are internal systems or external sources."
"The MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) architecture helps to make things a lot faster."
"When connecting one project to the other, especially when it's handled by the same project director, the possibility of linking one spreadsheet to the other has been useful."
"The solution has helped to predict sales and focus attention on enhancements that have improved the bottom line."
"I like the keynotes and their simplicity. Like other Microsoft products, Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is simple to understand and use."
"It's an excellent over-all tool for managers to analyze their business."
"Prior to implementing SAP, I used some local ERPs but finally, I found this to be the most powerful platform."
"This is a very robust and efficient product, and it's very powerful, in particular when it comes to data management in the SAP system."
"With SAP BW, the organization can start to deploy a data warehouse and deliver data to business people."
"The security and audit procedures are the most valuable features."
"Data modeling is a valuable feature."
"It is a robust system."
"We are an airline and use the system for data modeling and data warehousing, and we implement it for time performance and feedback analysis."
 

Cons

"The product could be more feature-rich."
"Right now, we are really struggling with the performance. it's not as good as we had hoped."
"It would be of interest to improve things like the web service integration and availability in terms of being easy to create internal web services in the database."
"It is difficult to configure, especially if you have multiple domains."
"I wish the data governance feature could be incorporated without requiring an additional license."
"Documentation could be improved."
"This solution needs to have query caching so that if the same query is run and the results are available, it will return the data from the cache without having to re-run the query."
"The scalability of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is a concern, depending on the size of the data warehouse to be built."
"I think more integration with other applications would be perfect."
"People using SAP BW have to undergo some training to be able to use the product. Complexity can be reduced and could be made a bit more user-friendly."
"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."
"The solution could be improved by simplifying the modeling and the design. We're faced with too many options and too many object types."
"There are performance issues in terms of scalability and availability."
"The product could provide more features."
"The program is difficult to learn to use"
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We only have to pay for what we use in the solution. It's easy for the customers. It's not more than some companies, not more than 300 to 400 users. They do not need to buy other license products, such as SAP B1, or analytics tools in the market, such as Tableau."
"We normally pay between $300 and $500 per month, which is quite expensive for how much we actually use it, performance- and usage-wise. They have a cheap version and an expensive version, and our usage usually falls in the middle ground, which makes it not as cost-effective as it could be."
"The price of the package not expensive and depends on how much it is used."
"You have to be very careful with one specific service inside Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics which is called the Sequel Data Warehouse Dedicated. It is very reliable and performs well, but it's expensive. You need to define the tier well because you can choose between several tiers and you have to define which suits your needs and not overperform the tier because it's quite expensive."
"We chose the serverless option for the database which has saved us a lot of money. Our costs are approximately £600 per month."
"Our license is very expensive"
"It's very difficult to price unless you know exactly how the customer is using it."
"The solution is expensive at the enterprise level."
"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 Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise18
Large Enterprise60
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Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics?
I think the licensing cost for Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is very high, but I have a local system to support that, so I don't consider that in the near future.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics?
I am hoping that in the future Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics may have AI support.
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Also Known As

Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Microsoft Azure SQL DW, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, MS Azure Synapse Analytics
NetWeaver Business Warehouse, NetWeaver BusinessObjects Warehouse
 

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