We performed a comparison between Oracle Database Appliance and SAP BW4HANA 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."The Oracle database is able to get the data, process it, and return it to the company's CEO's and CFO's within a single day, and thus they are able to find out yesterday's P and L by today. It has drastically reduced the amount and time of processing from seven days to one day."
"Oracle Database Appliance is a stable solution. We have clients that have been running it for 10 years."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ability to combine all the data without the need for additional devices."
"The most valuable features of the solution revolve around its performance, simplicity, and its installation phase."
"Oracle Database Appliance provides high stability."
"The product is good value for money. It is a secure solution."
"We primarily use it for OLTP, which has improved our costs."
"The product’s valuable feature is its capability to pre-configure and pre-install the settings."
"It is a very stable solution."
"It is a stable solution."
"Provides a great analytics engine with all the capabilities."
"The solution seamlessly integrates with SAP products."
"It's quite scalable."
"The most valuable feature is that it's robust."
"We like that it is an SAP product, so we can easily connect with the SAP ERP system."
"The UI is completely new, beautiful, and user-friendly. There are some other helpful features like global filters and advanced tools. We can perform custom calculations easily From a technical perspective, the performance has been enhanced and optimized for a limited number of flows. The content settings are more advanced, and there are so many other features that I can't name them all."
"Sometimes, we cannot upgrade or patch it easily. The performance needs to improve."
"Oracle Database Appliance could improve by having better integration."
"Virtualization features could also be improved. A web-based GUI would be a good start."
"Oracle Database Appliance is stopping support for the standard edition and only continuing support for the RAC One Node. They did not inform us and we are having problems with our customers. We are not having to change our systems from standard to something else."
"I would like it if the scalability could be increased without having to change versions."
"In my opinion only one single command should be used for all ODA models, as it’s confusing."
"They could incorporate a more secure and internet-centric management system for the platform."
"The solution's initial setup is not easy."
"The solution is not easy to implement. It requires a lot of learning at the beginning."
"The monitoring for the remodeling feature is very difficult to understand."
"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."
"The dashboard should be simplified and made easier for exploration and decision making."
"The licensing cost could be made better."
"Other competitors provide better solutions that are more up to date with current technology."
"Challenges arise with real-time client requirements when clients are accustomed to Microsoft Excel's extensive features for data analysis. They expect similar flexibility and customization in the solution, particularly regarding headers displaying keys and descriptions or just keys. Achieving this level of customization can be challenging, and it's an area that may need improvement."
"Not a ten because it's expensive and its ecosystem is not very open."
Oracle Database Appliance is ranked 6th in Data Warehouse with 39 reviews while SAP BW4HANA is ranked 7th in Data Warehouse with 34 reviews. Oracle Database Appliance is rated 8.0, while SAP BW4HANA is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Oracle Database Appliance writes "Simplifies database management tasks and provides high availability and disaster recovery". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP BW4HANA writes "An easy-to-operate and administer tool that needs to consider revising its existing licensing cost". Oracle Database Appliance is most compared with Oracle Exadata, VMware Tanzu Greenplum, Dremio, Actian Ingres and IBM Db2 Warehouse, whereas SAP BW4HANA is most compared with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift and SAP HANA. See our Oracle Database Appliance vs. SAP BW4HANA report.
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