SAP Process Orchestration vs Workato comparison

SAP Process Orchestration

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Categories and Ranking

SAP Process Orchestration

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

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Business-to-Business Middleware (3rd)

Workato

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

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Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (6th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Application Integration solutions, they serve different purposes. SAP Process Orchestration is designed for Business-to-Business Middleware and holds a mindshare of 6.6%, down 10.9% compared to last year.
Workato, on the other hand, focuses on Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), holds 4.9% mindshare, up 4.2% since last year.

Business-to-Business Middleware Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SAP Process Orchestration	6.6%
IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services	15.4%
webMethods.io	11.7%
Other	66.3%

Business-to-Business Middleware

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Workato	4.9%
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps	13.1%
Boomi iPaaS	12.4%
Other	69.6%

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Featured Reviews

Vasanth Kumar Sabaapathi

Senior Lead Architect at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Simplified integrations bring flexibility and efficiency to diverse industries through comprehensive features and robust support

SAP is already trying to make improvements for SAP Process Orchestration by releasing updates every quarter, including patches and modules, and from a security standpoint, while it's a tightly coupled tool, they are introducing a lot of enhancements aligned with current market trends. There are standard contents readily available for starting integrations, which suit around 90% of every industry across verticals including pharma, manufacturing, and employee data central with SuccessFactors integration. Regarding functionality-wise improvements in SAP Process Orchestration, they are now incorporating the Salesforce system. Previously, we needed to rely on a third-party adapter for integration within SAP, but now they are building their own adapters to connect with Salesforce. Additionally, there are options like data connectors using Ariba coming up with SAP Process Orchestration. There's much more to explore, especially as they release new patches, enhancements, and adapters each quarter.

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Isaac Viana

Don't information on the list at ProPacto

Integration support simplifies automation and reduces errors without existing frustrations

In Workato, I can see everything that goes behind the process. You can see how everything works, how the tool works in the background. If something goes bad and an error appears, I can see why it happened. The best features Workato offers, in my opinion, are the easy integration with many different types of tools. The Workato interface is so easy to use. Workato has impacted my organization positively by reducing errors, which is one of the most important improvements I can see, and one great thing is that in Workato I can do many things that the main BPA platform we use does not do. Error reduction has helped our team in Workato as we can see more details about the most common errors and what makes everything go bad. With this specific data, we can develop a new and better solution. Workato helped us to do this. We can see more details about the errors and solve them. Workato has improved a lot of my work because there I can develop many flows easier and faster. At this moment, I do not have anything that frustrates me.

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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 performance of data processing has increased."

"The solution is stable."

"I think it is a very stable tool. My company did not have any problem with the tool."

"It provides essential features such as continuous monitoring of all interfaces are crucial for our needs."

"The most valuable features of SAP Process Orchestration are the standard APIs that we can use."

"The standard adapter with EBA abilities is the most valuable feature. It has good process integration."

"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."

"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."

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"Workato reduces total development time as it generates code seamlessly and integrates with SQL databases or APIs through configuration."

"Their automation and workflows are very strong, and you can build the workflows very easily and quickly."

"It is easier to use than other technical open-source technologies."

"I definitely recommend Workato to others; it is the best product in our technology stack, allowing us to integrate legacy systems and address diverse requirements."

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"Workato reduces total development time as it generates code seamlessly and integrates with SQL databases or APIs through configuration."

"Moreover, AI automation simplifies integration development by understanding requirements from prompts and creating the necessary automation."

"I would recommend Workato because everyone is moving away from writing extensive code."

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Cons

"Process Orchestration needs to provide secure connectivity as no one has any data information."

"Data modeling is an area of concern in the product where improvements are required."

"This is an on-premise platform and one area they can improve on is having the ability to work with SaaS solutions."

"SAP Process Orchestration breaks down sometimes."

"It's very difficult to find errors in a simple way."

"Process Orchestration doesn't provide authentication for data sent to us, meaning we have to rely on client certificate-based or basic authentication."

"It would be beneficial to enhance the ease of implementing new projects and improve overall stability in our implementations."

"It requires some maintenance."

More SAP Process Orchestration cons

"The only minor drawback would be if there was a UI at the front of it, for apps and for a portal as well, it would make it really easy. It would be really useful if there were more apps capabilities."

"There are areas of Workato that have room for improvement, and they continue to develop their AI capabilities."

"Integrating on-prem applications is challenging, even though they have an on-prem agent."

"Based on my experience, it would be really beneficial if the unit tests were improved because when you change a recipe significantly, they do not work anymore, and you have to remake them all."

"From a technical standpoint, the security features at the data orchestration level could be more organized, and improvements in certificate management are necessary."

"My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was a bit challenging in the past because the client I was working for did not have an unlimited license to use unlimited tasks and could not create many different processes and flows in Workato."

"The data flow and debugging processes need improvement, especially for tracing issues."

"I have observed some minor stability issues with Workato, particularly related to connectors failing occasionally and delays in report sending."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of SAP Process Orchestration was reasonable."

"The license is a one-time payment, and additional costs are only incurred on the infrastructure side since it's an on-premise solution."

"Normally, you will have to choose CPU-based licensing...I rate the tool price a five out of ten."

"It's not an expensive solution."

"The pricing for this solution is fine."

"It is a very expensive solution. We only pay for the license."

"The pricing depends on what type of client you are with SAP and the contract you have. There is a licensing cost that needs to be paid."

"The solution is highly-priced."

More SAP Process Orchestration pricing and cost advice

"Speaking about price, I would say that it's market-related. Also, there are costs in addition to the standard license fees since different add-ons depend on what you require."

"On a scale of one to ten, the pricing is around a six. We have a consumption model and the pricing is higher. If you are using any kind of ML-based approach, machine learning, or some advanced analytics, you may have to pay more."

"Workato is an expensive solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

15%

Computer Software Company

13%

Retailer

Energy/Utilities Company

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	26

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SAP Process Orchestration?

It provides essential features such as continuous monitoring of all interfaces are crucial for our needs.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Process Orchestration?

The price for SAP Process Orchestration is a little high when compared to market trends, which is just how the business is. I would rate it an eight.

What needs improvement with SAP Process Orchestration?

What needs improvement with Workato?

While there are still a few areas where Workato has room for improvement, they’re making impressive strides in advancing their AI capabilities and enhancing their RPA features. Their recent confere...

What is your primary use case for Workato?

We use Workato for our G&A across finance, accounting, procurement, audit and compliance, HR, GTM which covers sales, marketing, customer success, as well as IT. Wherever we need process automa...

What advice do you have for others considering Workato?

I have experience in the automation space for more than 18 years, and I have worked on multiple integration platforms including JCAPS, Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle Service Bus, BPM, MuleSoft, Boomi, an...

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Also Known As

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, NetWeaver Process Integration

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Overview

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration facilitates the integration of business processes that span different departments, organizations, or companies. SAP PI is based on general standards so as to enable 3rd-party systems to be integrated. At the center of SAP PI is an XML-based communication that uses HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). Irrespective of the scenario used, the application-specific contents are transferred in messages in user-defined XML eXtensible Markup Language) from the sender to the receiver either via the Integration Server, or directly between the systems involved. SAP PI can be installed in different ways: Dual usage type installation: Based on both AS ABAP and AS Java. and Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX): Based on AS Java only.

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