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Oracle SOA Cloud Service [EOL] vs SAP NetWeaver comparison

 

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Oracle SOA Cloud Service [EOL]
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP NetWeaver
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
SOA Governance (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

Jesus_Martinez - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Professor at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Offers integration with many technologies for your applications but the suite should be simplified
We use Oracle SOA for teaching processes only. We have about forty users on the platform at a time I like the amount of technology that is involved in the Oracle SOA Suite. You can use a lot of technologies. The Oracle SOA Suite could be simplified. Currently, it is pretty difficult. We have…
Mohamed Yosufdeen JMH - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Has helped integrate business processes while protecting sensitive exports with encryption
SAP NetWeaver is going to be soon out of the picture. Now we have SAP S/4HANA, which is the recent technology from SAP. Many companies are migrating from SAP NetWeaver to SAP S/4HANA. Going forward, SAP still supports SAP NetWeaver, and it can fully add more functionalities that it is currently adding in the latest versions also. Whichever functions they are adding newly in SAP S/4HANA, they can add it into SAP NetWeaver as so that SAP NetWeaver also does not become obsolete and becomes useful to the customers who are currently using it. SAP has come up with an in-memory database called HANA, and on top of it, SAP has introduced SAP S/4HANA so that it runs seamlessly on the HANA database. SAP NetWeaver can also run on the HANA database, but if the compatibility with HANA database could be improved for SAP NetWeaver, then it will be more useful.

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

Pros

"There are adapters which make it easier to build integrations between different technologies.​"
"​It automated the way we did system integrations. Now, information is available on different systems to the correct people.​"
"I like the amount of technology that is involved in the Oracle SOA Suite; you can use a lot of technologies."
"The most valuable feature would probably be that it's accurate in its historical data."
"The flexibility and the customizability this solution has when adapting to our business requirements is a huge benefit."
"Finance and distribution are the most important features."
"It's a very stable solution, since you have it in place and it does what you want it to do."
"It provides an efficient integration framework with other SAP products."
"The stability is not an issue, and I would rate it at seven out of ten."
"The solution is scalable."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
 

Cons

"The initial setup is complex. Many solutions out-of-the-box did not work as expected. The documentation provided Is particularly poor."
"The system is very unstable, and any modifications to the server or in the application can make the whole system stop.​"
"The Oracle SOA Suite could be simplified. Currently, it is pretty difficult."
"​As PaaS solution in the cloud, it should be easy to maintain this solution."
"SAP is likely transitioning to S4, so it is unlikely that they will continue to use NetWeaver."
"SAP isn't particularly user-friendly and you have to develop a long list of favorites to be able to get around."
"The setup process will be complex for any customer because they have to automate all their business processes fully into SAP NetWeaver."
"Scalability would be a good improvement in future releases, if they do release future versions. They tried to create a seamless style, but it's not necessarily scalable to big development environments that we're trying to achieve."
"SAP NetWeaver should be better integrated with other products outside of SAP."
"It needs more improvement in terms of user-friendliness. SAP wasn't user-friendly at all."
"It can always improve. It should have the ability to connect with other databases. It was a little bit tough to do that. I would like to have the ability to research certain markets and then integrate it with NetWeaver. I'd like to compare it with other databases from other companies being used in the world so we can integrate it with our own products to compare if we are still current on the market."
"There could be regular updates to make the system more stable and capable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"​It is an interesting solution, but only if you get a good price for it. Usually there are better options in the market with better prices.​"
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing a nine to ten since it is an expensive solution."
"It's a very expensive solution."
"The licensing costs are on a yearly basis."
"SAP NetWeaver requires a license, but I'm not sure how the licenses and payments were coordinated."
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What needs improvement with SAP NetWeaver?
SAP NetWeaver is going to be soon out of the picture. Now we have SAP S/4HANA, which is the recent technology from SAP. Many companies are migrating from SAP NetWeaver to SAP S/4HANA. Going forward...
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During 2012, there was no SAP NetWeaver, it was SAP R/3, and it was slowly introduced. My area of expertise includes exporting SAP critical confidential data out of SAP NetWeaver. Whenever a user t...
 

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