SAP IQ vs SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse comparison

SAP IQ and SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse are both solutions in the Data Warehouse category. SAP IQ is ranked #15 with an average rating of 6.8, while SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse is ranked #23. SAP IQ holds a 2.4% mindshare in Data Warehouse, compared to SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of SAP IQ users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

SAP IQ and SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse compete in the business intelligence and data warehousing category. SAP IQ's column-based architecture and scalability give it an edge in high-volume data management, while SAP NetWeaver excels in data integration and modeling for comprehensive business analytics.

Features: SAP IQ offers performance scalability, easy deployability, and is optimized for high-volume aggregations with its column-based architecture. It supports high data compression, enhancing storage efficiency. SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse provides extensive data modeling, robust ETL capabilities, and supports tools like SAP Business Explorer for comprehensive reporting.

Room for Improvement: SAP IQ could enhance its marketing efforts and improve integration with technologies like Hadoop. Better training options and improved documentation are also needed. Areas such as backup solutions and metadata consistency require strengthening. SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse could simplify its data modeling processes, increase user-friendliness, and offer more integration options. Its scalability and reporting tools are also areas with potential for enhancement.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAP IQ offers on-premises deployment, though expanding public cloud options could be beneficial. Customer service feedback varies, with some users noting a lack of specialized support. SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse provides flexible deployment options, including private cloud. It often receives higher customer service ratings due to global support but can improve in timely issue resolution and multilingual support.

Pricing and ROI: SAP IQ is considered cost-effective, offering strong ROI with low implementation and maintenance costs. Licensing complexities are mitigated by recent pricing improvements, especially in partitioning costs. SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse has higher licensing fees, with additional expenses for extra features. Despite these costs, its comprehensive data management and business analytics capabilities make it a worthwhile investment for many users.

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Categories and Ranking

SAP IQ

Ranking in Data Warehouse

15th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Relational Databases Tools (24th)

SAP NetWeaver Business Ware...

Ranking in Data Warehouse

23rd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of SAP IQ is 2.4%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse is 1.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Warehouse Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SAP IQ	2.4%
SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse	1.5%
Other	96.1%

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Akhilesh Narayanan

Tech Lead, Database Section. at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Compression performance gets high marks but user-friendly interface needs improvement

The downside of SAP IQ, from what I understood from the management side, is that the front end for the DBA, for the admin, is not that user-friendly. If you compare it with SQL Server Management Studio, it is not that user-friendly GUI for the admin. But the engine is very strong and powerful. It is easy to deploy SAP IQ; the implementation and installation are easy. The downside I see is that it doesn't allow most integrated backups; many of the marketplace players such as NetBackup, those software integrated backups are not available. So, if you want to take a backup, you need to take it locally, and then only you can back it up to any storage or anything. Those features such as integrated backup, which would allow it to stripe into an appliance or something similar, are not present. One thing I notice as a downside is that if the CPU utilization is very high, there is no direct way we can find out which query is taking the most CPU. In any other RDBMS, there are DMVs available to find out which query is taking most of the CPU, but those features are not present in SAP IQ. If our CPU is hitting at 100%, it is not easy to identify which connection is taking the most CPU.

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AnilKumar38

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.

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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 column-based technologies (basically all the database for ITP) are used for SAP IQ. It is used as a column-based solution."

"The product is easy to learn."

"SAP IQ is actually quite effective when it comes to scalability; we have a setup that's built with multiple servers involved and that seems to be working fairly efficiently, and if we wanted to add more servers into this entire setup, that would be fairly easy."

"Unbeatable speed and compression with a colummn-structured relational database."

"Valuable features for us include the compression, speed, fast response time, and easy object maintenance."

"The primary benefit of SAP IQ is its ability to limit the expansion of the costly SAP HANA database, which has limited storage capacity. This necessitates a form of data management that involves moving data from SAP HANA to SAP NLS, which is essentially archiving. This allows us to retain access to the data via a link whenever it is required."

"IQ is a very high-performance and high-transaction database."

"The initial setup is easy."

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"Data modeling is a valuable feature."

"The security and audit procedures are the most valuable features."

"It's an excellent over-all tool for managers to analyze their business."

"A robust and efficient product."

"It is a robust system."

"Transformation is a valuable feature of SAP NetWeaver. I can transform the data as per my needs or my client's needs. For example, flat tables can be transformed with respect to our requirements to combine multiple modules into one single table, and we can derive analytics."

"It provides us with proof of data, we can centralize all of the information, check it, and then provide the information to our users."

Cons

"I think the universe should be part of the Sybase IQ tool set."

"There is very little documentation available."

"The downside I see is that it doesn't allow most integrated backups; many of the marketplace players such as NetBackup or Veritas, those software integrated backups are not available."

"The room for improvement would be the marketing of the product, because this product is much better than advertised."

"The only negative aspect of IQ is the cost, which can be challenging for companies in Peru."

"The solution works best when combined with other SAP solutions. If the environment has other systems other options might be better."

"The organization who owns the product does not support it well and appears not to be doing significant development for the future."

"The tool gets stuck sometimes."

More SAP IQ cons

"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."

"Design and modeling could be simplified."

"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 program is difficult to learn to use"

"I think more integration with other applications would be perfect."

"The product could provide more features."

"There are performance issues in terms of scalability and availability."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Negotiate based on the features required."

"It's not that costly. So, the pricing is cheap."

"The only costs after standard licensing fees are for add-ons and upgrades."

"Negotiation is very important."

"Evaluate all options; check to see if you need expensive add-ons."

"The cost of implementation is about $3,000."

"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

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

36%

Comms Service Provider

Outsourcing Company

Computer Software Company

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	16

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP IQ?

IQ implementation costs about three thousand dollars. It's less expensive compared to alternatives like Teradata Base in terms of transactional efficiency.

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What needs improvement with SAP IQ?

When it comes to SAP IQ, the areas that could be improved or enhanced include the error messaging and the locking capabilities, as that's where we often encounter problems. When there is an issue, ...

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What is your primary use case for SAP IQ?

Our usual use cases for SAP IQ is that we have a Software-as-a-Service architecture where this database is the foundation for our SAP BusinessObjects platform. This is where it's getting its data f...

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Also Known As

Sybase IQ

NetWeaver Business Warehouse, NetWeaver BusinessObjects Warehouse

Overview

SAP® IQ software delivers speed and power for extreme-scale enterprise data warehousing and analytics. Its column-oriented, grid-based massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture and patented data compression and indexing technologies enable companies to exploit the value of huge amounts of data at the speed of business.

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With NetWeaver Business Warehouse, you can quickly Capture, store, and consolidate your vital information with our real-time data warehouse platform. Tightly integrate your warehousing capabilities for a single version of the truth, decision-ready business intelligence, and accelerated operations.

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Sample Customers

ASR Group, Citrix, State of Indiana, PocketCard Co. Ltd.

EMC Corporation, Takisada-Osaka Co. Ltd., Eldorado, Mozzart, The VELUX Group, AOK Bundesverband, Hilti Group, Nissha Printing Company Ltd., Asian Paints, Aareal Bank Group, Magazine zum Globus (Migros Group)

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