SAP NetWeaver Reviews

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 tries to download any information from SAP NetWeaver or SAP S/4HANA, we utilize Microsoft's MPIP to protect the export, to encrypt the file which is downloaded out of SAP NetWeaver. This is the main functionality we are into.

We are not a productive customer of SAP NetWeaver as we are a research and development organization. Our SAP NetWeaver systems are used as development systems only. We build our own SAP add-on software component on top of SAP NetWeaver. We use our development systems to build our own SAP add-on and install it in our SAP customers, into the SAP systems of our customers who are already running SAP NetWeaver.

The most useful function in SAP NetWeaver is that it is an Enterprise Resource Planning software and it seamlessly integrates all the critical business functions of a company, from HR and finance, accounts, and all the cross-functional departments. It acts as a single platform to unify and integrate various business functions of a company, of an organization. That is the beauty of SAP NetWeaver.

It is a bit expensive for any customers, for any organization. Normally SAP software is a bit expensive, but for the money, it provides value for them. It saves a lot of time, a lot of paperwork, and it is value for money. It integrates various core business functions seamlessly without any issues because all the platforms and all the pre-configurations are already available inside SAP NetWeaver, and it can be highly customizable as per one's unique requirement. Each and every organization will have different requirements, and it can be highly customized. It can be programmed, so it can be uniquely adapted to each and every organization. It saves time and money, and it provides ultimate value to the customer.

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.

I have been working with SAP NetWeaver since 2012.

I will rate SAP NetWeaver 10 out of 10. SAP NetWeaver is stable.

I will rate SAP NetWeaver a 10. It is highly scalable for any organization.

I would rate the support for SAP as 10 because SAP is highly supportive, and if there are any bugs which we report, SAP is quick to act on it. SAP is also proactive in addressing various vulnerabilities time to time. The support is good.

Positive

I mostly use PowerPoint.

The setup process will be complex for any customer because they have to automate all their business processes fully into SAP NetWeaver. Each and every department would be included in the setup. We will need functional consultants who are experts in configuring the software according to the end users, and it will take at least six months to one year or even more to fully make SAP NetWeaver up and running for any organization. It is pretty complex.

I would rate it three, being it is highly priced.

For SAP NetWeaver solution, there are Oracle solutions. Oracle has their own framework and their own software packages available for various business functions.

I am using Microsoft products. I work with SAP products including SAP S/4HANA, SAP NetWeaver, SAP S/4HANA on-premise, and the back-end database.

I give SAP NetWeaver a rating of 10 out of 10. It is a good product based out of my experience. I can recommend the product to other users.

We use NetWeaver for our appraisal process, the procedure for maybe benefits and emoluments. You can use it to generate your base leaves and other stuff.

We mainly use it for human capital management or staff. Then we have a P2P, document signing, peer-to-peer. I've used those functions for a long time.

We can easily generate payslips at any point in time. We can generate yearly appraisal reports. We use it very often. 

The human capital management module is valuable. 

It needs more improvement in terms of user-friendliness. SAP wasn't user-friendly at all.

In interacting with it, it should have a more customizable interface. The interfaces aren't user-friendly, so there's definitely room for improvement.

I have been using it for three years. 

I would rate the stability a nine out of ten.

I would rate the scalability an eight out of ten. 

80% of my company's workforce uses this solution. So, it has around 5,000 end users. So, my company is integrated with many daily functions. Once we identify the feature for functional SAP, we process it accordingly.

The initial module deployment process with SAP, it's modular. So the modules or functionalities depend on the specific needs of each company's departmental units.

The deployment phase can take anywhere from weeks to months, depending on the complexity of the specific module and the company's configuration.

Our IT team set it up. I was not involved in the setup process. They simply gave me access to the SAP system.

Software and hardware costs are typically handled by separate departments.

For any company with complex IT needs and aspirations for global market competition, SAP NetWeaver can be a valuable tool for streamlining processes and fostering growth.

I would highly recommend using it. I would rate it a nine out of ten. 

We are simply installing NetWeaver in response to a business requirement. The new functionality that has come up is necessary for the business. The application team has identified its requirements and the separate team has been successful in fulfilling them. The solution has been integrated with other export systems, making it a comprehensive system. NetWeaver is the base solution, and it has been working efficiently. However, any problems that arise can be attributed to incorrect code or other technical issues.

We can use different transaction codes to check the performance of the system, and if we are unable to access a particular transaction, we can still check the table to see what is happening. Additionally, the solution provides a transaction that helps us to view the global status of the system.

SAP is likely transitioning to S4, so it is unlikely that they will continue to use NetWeaver.

In NetWeaver, unlike in S4, the dialogue processes do not heal on their own if the system becomes occupied. This can lead to system performance issues as there is no buffer for further users. On the other hand, S4 automatically manages load balancing and does not allow dialogue processes to use more than 80 percent of the system, leaving the remaining 20 percent for other users. This logic is not present in NetWeaver, which could have been beneficial had it been implemented in S4.

I have been using the solution for seven years.

I give the stability of the solution six out of ten because there is room for improvement.

When comparing the solution with S4 I give the scalability a six out of ten.

We currently have plans to increase our usage of the solution. We manage the use of load balancing and add extra application servers. We monitor the usage and if there is an increase, we add more application servers to NetWeaver to handle the load.

Setting up the application isn't complicated. Our operating system and file system should be sufficient. We just need to make sure all the parameters requested are properly maintained.

I give the solution a seven out of ten.

In our organization, our team of over 1,000 employees, makes use of NetWeaver in some capacity for the function analytics of the business.

It is important to understand the size of the company before selecting an ERP solution. For large companies, if the choice is between the S4 and NetWeaver, then I would recommend the S4 as the NetWeaver will not be supported by SAP in the future. The S4 will be the only solution available.

I've been working with one of the FMCG companies, and my use case for SAP NetWeaver is looking into the company's FI, SD, and MM modules.

The customers have been running the old ERP EHP 6 and upgraded to ECC EHP 8,  and then recently migrated to the cloud on SAP S/4 HANA together with SAP NetWeaver, so since SAP S/4 HANA comes with a lot of optimizations for various business processes, that has improved the productivity or efficiency, which means it's now taking less time to process the invoices. SAP NetWeaver has improved the efficiencies within the company.

What's most valuable in SAP NetWeaver is the integration. That's been very helpful because the company has one thousand five hundred interfaces running, so integration has been the most significant factor.

I've also seen many improvements in the SAP NetWeaver user experience, where users can have reports delivered to mobile devices.

Most customers now go for transformation journeys, which is missing in SAP NetWeaver, so customers go for SAP S/4 HANA on the cloud, meaning more consolidation would happen in business processes and improvements.

Many modules work cohesively, and I have nothing else in terms of additional features I want to add to SAP NetWeaver, apart from older or legacy solutions now being cloudified. The company has been migrating legacy applications to new ones and integrating with SAP Ariba and Concur.

Though SAP NetWeaver has been pretty stable and mature, some issues arose after some customizations, so that's an area for improvement.

I've worked with SAP NetWeaver for more than ten years, and I've had customers on SAP NetWeaver within the last twelve months.

In terms of SAP NetWeaver stability, it's a nine for me. Some issues took place but have been manageable.

SAP NetWeaver is a scalable solution, and it's a nine out of ten, scalability-wise.

We've gotten in touch directly with SAP NetWeaver support, for example, with expediting OSS messages we've raised. They've been a great help in addressing issues or expediting them.

The company configured SAP Concur and Ariba and integrated them with the ERP system, but I have not worked with both solutions that much. My experience is more with SAP NetWeaver.

The initial setup for SAP NetWeaver was straightforward, but what took a lot of time was configuring the system's functionalities, which required different teams to come together, gather requirements, and do the configuration. On a scale of one to ten, I'd rate the SAP NetWeaver installation and setup as three out of ten.

How long the deployment takes depends on the customer. For one of my clients, an FMCG company, I had to upgrade the system to the latest release first, then migrate the landscape to the cloud, so the deployment process for SAP NetWeaver entailed an upgrade and migration.

For the ECC landscape, deployment took almost one year, starting from the sandbox until production.

It takes some time to calculate ROI from SAP NetWeaver, particularly from six months or one year, but per the case studies I've seen, there has been some ROI from the solution achieved across the industry.

I'm not involved in SAP NetWeaver pricing.

My company is a service provider that suggests that customers run SAP workloads on any of the hyperscalers.

I have hands-on experience with SAP NetWeaver and SAP S4/HANA.

More than one hundred people were involved in SAP NetWeaver deployment. Forty to fifty people from the PMO, Asset Base, and Functional Teams, and the rest took care of the testing, customization, and setup.

Maintaining SAP NetWeaver is a better experience than the previous on-premise model. The company moved to cloud deployment, so there's been consolidation and streamlining, so maintenance-wise, it's been a good journey.

I'd tell others looking into implementing SAP NetWeaver that the solution is older, and within a few years, it'll be outdated. SAP even recommended moving on to SAP S4/HANA on the cloud by 2027, so customers have already started looking into that or considering the move to SAP S4/HANA and the cloud. Planning is the most crucial step, so you should spend seventy percent of your effort on planning so that you won't face many issues during the migration or go-live of your production system.

Overall, my rating for SAP NetWeaver is nine out of ten.

We are working as the integrators for SAP NetWeaver, so we are involved in its integrations.

Integration and SAP Connectors, along with files and software services, are some of the valuable features of the solution.

Maintenance of the solution is an area that needs to improve. In comparison to SAP NetWeaver 7.5, for SAP NetWeaver 7.4, SAP PO and MVA are different. CPU is an area that needs much consideration. I think the upper version of the solution is going well. Integration and SAP Connectors need to be available on the cloud. However, with the recent versions, it is updated. I now have experience with SAP CPI. SAP NetWeaver PI is not connected to the cloud. SAP CPI is, however, connected with the cloud.

I have been using SAP NetWeaver since 2017. So, it has been six years. I am not a customer but a part of an organization using the solution. Also, I am using SAP NetWeaver 7.4.

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

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten. I rate it ten because I have the skill to solve any problem, and I have confidence in myself since I can seek the help of Google and others. So, if I am facing some issues, then I will try to resolve them, and the task will be closed very soon.

I know that more than 500 users are using the solution. Mostly, I deal with enterprise-sized companies.

We don't need technical support now. But in the start, we needed their support. We used to raise tickets to SAP, and the support team is very responsive. However, most of the time, we resolved the issue ourselves.

I rate SAP's technical support between three to four out of ten.

Neutral

In the start, SAP NetWeaver was very difficult for me, but now I feel it is very easy using the solution. On a scale where one is a difficult setup, and ten is an easy setup, I rate the setup a ten.

I have done deployments, taking around a year.

Regarding deployment, there were some configuration issues that I have told my business consultant about since when I'm working, I face certain issues. There are many things related to Java and a few other things. So, some Java libraries are missing, and other crucial things are missing. I faced many issues when we were deploying the solution.

The first time, I didn't know about the deployment. So, it felt very complicated since it was not working properly. I think these issues belong to business consultants. Also, configurations and solution-related issues fall upon the business consultant. But when we are working as a developer on it, then we face many issues, and we raise the ticket to SAP or a consultant to resolve it. Some Java directories are missing, and some SAP Connectors are missing. Also, some of the connectivity is not proper. Most of the time, components and channels are not available for us.

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.

I would suggest those planning to use SAP NetWeaver go for SAP CPI.

I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten.

It is a robust software. It provides an efficient integration framework with other SAP products.

There could be regular updates to make the system more stable and capable.

We have been using SAP NetWeaver for more than 15 years. At present, we are using the latest version.

I rate the product’s stability a nine out of ten. There is always room for improvement.

We have 50 SAP NetWeaver users in our organization.

The technical support services are very good.

From a technical point of view, the installation is straightforward. However, building the application to fit the business requirements is complex. The number of executives required for deployment and maintenance depends on the organization's size.

A consultant or an in-house team can also do the implementation.

I rate SAP NetWeaver an eight out of ten. We cannot expect an immediate ROI from the product.

I create connections to central queries for my customers with SAP NetWeaver.

The prerequisites driver installation should be in place in the user's machine as in SCCM packages. If the prerequisites are installed by default, then it will make it more feasible for the user to make a NetWeaver connection.

I've been working with SAP NetWeaver for six months.

The stability is not an issue, and I would rate it at seven out of ten.

I would rate SAP NetWeaver's scalability at seven out of ten. Our clients who use SAP NetWeaver are enterprise businesses.

The initial setup is a little complex. The users are not able to install the prerequisite drivers or are not able to follow the SOP because they don't have access to SAP Logon. If users already have access, it will take seven to 10 days to deploy the solution. If they do not, it may take a maximum of 25 to 30 days.

My advice would be to ensure that all prerequisites are in place before installing SAP NetWeaver.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate this solution at seven.

Our primary use case for the solution is for business software.

The integration feature is valuable.

The product documentation can be improved.

We have been using the solution for approximately 20 years.

The solution is stable as long as you follow the standard configuration.

The solution is scalable.

The customer service and support are stable enough. I rate them an eight out of ten.

Positive

The initial setup has various connectors and is very complex.

I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We use SAP NetWeaver mainly for HR systems and occasionally purchase order approval.

The most valuable feature of SAP NetWeaver is the integration and it is a complete solution.

SAP NetWeaver it's still complex for a normal user unless you memorize those action codes.

I have used SAP NetWeaver within the last 12 months.

SAP NetWeaver is stable.

SAP NetWeaver is highly scalable because of its design. You have your database server and several application servers connected to it. It's very easy to add the application server on top of it.

All of the modules people are using in my company, such as production planning, material management, safety distribution, and project system. We have approximately 800 users using the solution.

The support is good. In IT verification, they connect to our system and in general, they have been good. They stick to their SLA.

The initial setup of SAP NetWeaver can be complex. Once you're familiar with what role you have in the SAP system and the transaction code you will be using for the process it is easier to use.

The base team that we have is five people for the support of SAP NetWeaver and then we have the functional consultants for each module. We had a DBA before when we were running it on Oracle. However, now that we have it on SQL, it doesn't require a DBA anymore.

My advice to others is before purchasing SAP NetWeaver has to be full-sized so that they have an infrastructure that will support it, such as memory. There is a process to measure when it comes to sizing the server with what application you're using. For example, figuring out the size of your database growth.

I rate SAP NetWeaver an eight out of ten.

SAP NetWeaver is used to integrate SAP with other products as well as its own. It operates between SAP implementations.

SAP NetWeaver is doing its job, and it performs well. In the last year, I have not had any problems with it.

It is part of the overall implementation. You can't work without an integrated system. As a result, you require SAP NetWeaver.

I have heard through another job that I was working with that Sophos SAP was going to stop with the SAP NetWeaver technology, it was going to be set aside. And I'm not sure how they're going to change it or implement it in the S4HANA landscape.

SAP NetWeaver should be better integrated with other products outside of SAP.

I have worked with SAP NetWeaver in the past. It's part of the landscape.

I don't recall, what version was being used.

SAP NetWeaver is a stable solution, which is one of its offerings; it is a stable environment.

SAP NetWeaver is a scalable product.

Everything went well in terms of support. In general, I am pleased with the technical support.

The installation is straightforward when I worked with it. I didn't find it to be difficult.

It can take weeks to set up an interface.

SAP NetWeaver requires a license, but I'm not sure how the licenses and payments were coordinated.

For those who are interested in using this solution, I would recommend it. 

I would rate SAP NetWeaver an eight out of ten.