Oracle SOA Suite vs SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management comparison

Oracle and SAP are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. Oracle is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.4, while SAP is ranked #25. Oracle holds a 3.9% mindshare in AIS, compared to SAP’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

Oracle SOA Suite and SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management are leading enterprise integration platforms. SAP NetWeaver is often favored for complex business environments due to its robust feature set, though Oracle SOA Suite offers more competitive pricing options and support.

Features:Oracle SOA Suite provides comprehensive integration capabilities, flexibility in service-oriented architecture, and attractive pricing options. SAP NetWeaver’s enhanced business rules management, advanced decision logic capabilities, and business rule automation are highly suitable for enterprises.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:Oracle SOA Suite offers intuitive deployment through well-documented procedures and excellent customer support. SAP NetWeaver, while providing excellent deployment support, may be more complex to implement due to its sophisticated features, requiring more extensive customer service.

Pricing and ROI:Oracle SOA Suite generally offers competitive pricing, leading to quicker ROI, appealing to budget-conscious businesses. SAP NetWeaver may involve higher initial costs but justifies them with long-term benefits and advanced functionality, suitable for enterprises focused on comprehensive rule management, though Oracle may appear more budget-friendly in cost analysis.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle SOA Suite

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

9th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SOA Governance (1st)

SAP NetWeaver Business Rule...

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

25th

Average Rating

6.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Oracle SOA Suite is 3.9%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management is 0.4%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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MANOHAR SADDALA

IT Specialist at Eagle Hills

Enables seamless integration with multiple systems

I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten. It's not much more dynamic, not as dynamic as you may think, like seeing it in the cloud. In order to use it, you need to have the download servers and then scale up your systems. Oracle SOA Suites serves as a middle layer between applications. For example, let's say you have SAP, and we have Salesforce or Oracle ERP system. Users connect to those systems and perform certain activities or transactions on the applications. Now, if any data needs to be synchronized or any integration needs to happen between these applications, we use the Oracle SOA Suite. It acts as the bridge between the applications, not between the users. It's like having endpoints between the applications. Currently, we have 20 endpoints; 20 systems are connected to it, which is great. Oracle SOA Suite is being used daily. We are using it to its maximum potential.

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Herve Guerin

Architecte SAP & Infrastructure at Teamwork

Good stability and good visibility but requires a better user interface

We're an SAP partner. We do also deploy some clients to the cloud, but 95% of the work we do with the solution is on-premises. I'd rate the solution six out of ten. I'm an architect, so I don't know enough about the implementation side to really be able to share any relevant first-hand experience in regards to setting the solution up.

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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

"The most valuable feature of the facility, as the partner link, is to try to use third-party services and logic in your own vehicle to orchestrate the information."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the option to design, and the development can happen at the same time."

"The integration with various products."

"What I like best about Oracle SOA Suite is Oracle support. I also like the tool features, especially the integration feature."

"We were able to scale out using multiple application and web servers balanced by hardware load balancers and Weblogic clustering."

"The ability to stand up a highly available SOA Suite, which has full DR capabilities, in a remote center and synchronize the databases using Data Guard."

"Valuable features include connectors and BAM."

"The product provides transparency in finances."

More Oracle SOA Suite pros

"There are many features of the solution that are quite useful. For us, the most valuable aspect may be visibility."

Cons

"Other solutions might be better componets such as Salesforce."

"SOA, OSB, SOA Cloud Service."

"Its function options can be improved."

"The product is not user-friendly."

"The solutions can improve the communication or translations between formats, such as JSON and XML. The JSON REST API could improve."

"An important area that can be improved is the product's data monitoring. When we use the solution for interfacing or end-to-end data monitoring, we want to know exactly where the data is going and exactly where it is failing, or where there is an issue."

"The installation and adjustment process seems too complex."

"Another area of improvement is performance. Because with multiple solutions connecting to the SOA platform, the performance of the SOA platform can be affected in time. So, that could be one area that could be improved with the SOA."

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"The solution could improve its user interface."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is necessary to evaluate the requirement regarding the platform usage and what the main operation area of the platform will be."

"The product is moderately priced."

"This product is WebLogic based, hence it can be both resource hungry as well as expensive from a licensing point of view."

"The pricing is not very high as compared to its competitors."

"Based on my knowledge, Oracle SOA Suite doesn't have user-based licensing. It has a system-based licensing model, so you pay for whole systems. Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution, so it's a four out of ten for me."

"Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution."

"Oracle pricing is expensive. Support is based on your license. AWS is much better than Oracle in this regard."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle SOA Suite?

Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution.

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What needs improvement with Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution’s initial setup is complex and could be improved. A big challenge for Oracle SOA Suite is that you don't get too many technical resources.

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Overview

Oracle SOA Suite is a comprehensive, standards-based software suite to build, deploy and manage integration following the concepts of service-oriented architecture (SOA). The components of the suite benefit from consistent tooling, a single deployment and management model, end-to-end security and unified metadata management. Oracle SOA Suite helps businesses lower costs by allowing maximum re-use of existing IT investments and assets, regardless of the environment (OS, application server, etc.) they run in, or the technology they were built upon. Its easy-to-use, re-use focused, unified application development tooling and end-to-end lifecycle management support further reduces development and maintenance cost and complexity.

For more information on Oracle SOA Suite, visit Oracle.com

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SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management (SAP NetWeaver BRM) is part of the SAP NetWeaver AS Java. SAP NetWeaver BRM enables your organization to externalize business rules and manage them flexibly across multiple installations for greater agility, for consistent and transparent enforcement of policies across the entire enterprise.

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7-Eleven, Arcor SAIC, Banca Transilvania, Eaton Corporation, Emdeon, Ferrovial, Griffith University, National Instruments, Pella Corporation, Vodafone Group Plc,

Dansk Supermarked A/S, Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd, Kaeser Kompressoren, Lenovo

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