We performed a comparison between SAP Data Services vs SAP Process Orchestration based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The main difference between the two solutions is that SAP Data Services users find deployment to be complex. In addition, SAP Data Services users say the solution needs better connectivity. For these reasons, SAP Process Orchestration is the preferred solution.
"The most valuable features of SAP Data Services lie in its ability to effectively observe and interpret the information within data related to people or facts, stands out."
"The HANA database, which is very fast, is a valuable feature."
"The solution is easy to use since it's a graphical tool. It also requires only low-level coding."
"The API tool in this product is very valuable; it is very easy to onboard and use."
"The most valuable feature is the ETL functionality."
"It is a powerful product with a broad range of features."
"The maintenance of data services is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The BA reporting tools, such as Data Services, and ETL tool in SAP Data Services are the most valuable. When we had in-memory requirements, we used HANA. HANA is most preferably for most the customers for in-memory. SAP is the first company that created the in-memory concept."
"I rate the product's setup phase a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy since it is a very easy process."
"SAP Process Orchestration is middleware where we are able to manage and interact with everything from a single location. One of the most beneficial areas is monitoring which is very easy because it is all in one place. There are many adapters added recently that can be used for new functionality. The solution is easy to operate and it is more mature than the cloud solution provided by SAP."
"It is simple to transfer files."
"Process Orchestration fulfils the need for middleware to mediate types of connectivity."
"With the latest version what I find to be the most valuable are the REST, SuccessFactors, and Ariba Network adapters."
"The most valuable features of SAP Process Orchestration are its system monitoring and alerts."
"The main benefit is that the solution is low maintenance. Moreover, it's the license cost is very low because it's part of the package. The maintenance is standard maintenance. And the updates are regular. So there's a regular update and you can choose whether you want to do those updates or not."
"SAP Process Orchestration has all the features that are necessary."
"We encounter challenges while exporting implemented rules, such as those applied to objects like the material master, into a format like Excel for documentation and further analysis."
"The solution shows a lack of cloud support data services."
"Scheduling of jobs in the sequence is not available. It's a very tedious process to do that particular task. If there was a tool to schedule in the sequence that would be extremely helpful."
"There needs to be multi-language support, however, my understanding is they are working on multi-language now."
"The interface is not quite user-friendly and is in need of improvement."
"Data Services SAP is lacking in sources and target databases compared to Informatica. SAP Data Services should have more connectivity."
"Newer feature integration is lagging behind the company acquisitions and the product could do more to service a broader range of devices."
"The solution should offer more machine learning and automation."
"It does not have all of the industry-standard solutions available in PO and it is not plug and play, so we have to do a lot of development."
"I think the main area that SAP PO should improve on is offering pre-delivered content like they do when you use SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI). SAP should not forget that they still have a lot of customers using Process Orchestration and they should focus more on providing pre-delivered content in SAP PO."
"The responsiveness of technical support needs to be improved."
"The product roadmap suggests it will approach the end of support in several years, and a lot of innovations are now implemented by SAP not in SAP PO, but in SAP Integration Suite, hence, the platform is stable, but doesn't receive a lot of new features in recent updates."
"It would be beneficial to enhance the ease of implementing new projects and improve overall stability in our implementations."
"The cloud capability features need improvement."
"Data modeling is an area of concern in the product where improvements are required."
"It requires some maintenance."
SAP Data Services is ranked 10th in Data Integration with 45 reviews while SAP Process Orchestration is ranked 1st in Business-to-Business Middleware with 28 reviews. SAP Data Services is rated 8.0, while SAP Process Orchestration is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SAP Data Services writes "Responsive support, scalable, and beneficial integration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Process Orchestration writes "A tool that can be useful for small integrations and large integrations". SAP Data Services is most compared with Azure Data Factory, Syniti Data Quality, Informatica PowerCenter, Palantir Foundry and SSIS, whereas SAP Process Orchestration is most compared with Mule Anypoint Platform, webMethods Integration Server, IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services, IBM B2B Integrator and TIBCO BusinessWorks. See our SAP Data Services vs. SAP Process Orchestration report.
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