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.
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.
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.
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 I'd tell others looking into implementing SAP NetWeaver that the solution is older, and within a few years, it'll be outdated.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.
IS Service Delivery & Assurance Manager, Canada at ABB Enterprise Software Group
Real User
Top 20
2022-07-23T00:25:49Z
Jul 23, 2022
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.
Operations Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
2020-05-27T16:23:00Z
May 27, 2020
It's a good product. I would recommend it because it is stable. And if you do it the right way, by following the rules, then you get what you want from it. SAP is very strict in the way you make your next step. I would rate it an eight out of ten. Not a ten because there's always room for improvement. It could be more like Informatica. They are graphic. It's very easy to put your transaction data in a graphic way to your model. In a graphic way, Informatica is better but overall I would recommend NetWeaver.
IT Consultant at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2020-02-12T08:38:14Z
Feb 12, 2020
Before we initiated SAP, we had to decide where ShopVue would end and where SAP would take over. The two software solutions are not compatible. ShopVue is labor and attendance, which is one thing that SAP didn't have. We had to make the two communicate together. ShopVue is easy to use. I am surprised that more companies don't invest in it. When you look at the screen, you can hit that button and it will do something. Don't give up, the answer is there somewhere. Picasso said, "Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working." Because of its versatility, I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Sr. Category Buyer Technology at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2019-12-25T08:21:00Z
Dec 25, 2019
I don't have too much experience with the solution, except from a procurement perspective. I'd advise others to try to understand the extent of how much they want to use it. If they decide to go on-premises, they need to consider how much they will use the application and for the data they will want or need. I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. We're not completely satisfied, but from a procurement perspective, it's a fair rating. If the integration capabilities were better, I'd rate it a bit higher.
Information Technology Infrastructure Manager at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Real User
2019-10-06T16:38:00Z
Oct 6, 2019
My advice to others would be to know what they want to implement and then to leave it in the hands of the external team. I think it's a complete solution - if you want to do something, it has that module or that solution. It is a very holistic approach. The solution is not very easy to use, though, as it takes a lot from you to understand how to do everything. It's not something that you can learn in six months or one year. It is a constant learning process. I would, therefore, like if they were to simplify the program to make it easier to use. On a scale from one to 10, I would give a nine. I think it's a very good product.
Currently I would rate it as an eight out of 10, because it is at its end of life and I would like to see more out of the product. When searching for this type of solution, you have to come up with the requirements of what exactly you want to achieve. Then, you need to go through the tools available in the marketplace and analyze each one based on specific criteria to see which ones you would get the best deal on. Aside from that, it comes down to cost and what you want to achieve with the solution. One of the reasons that we started with NetWeaver was to do some product logging, and it ended up being the full end-to-end solution. It came in for another requirement initially, and we ended up using it for much more. Typically, you need to look at what you can do with it other than the current needs and anticipated use cases. Local support is the most important criteria when selecting a vendor. We have to have bodies on the ground that can come in and assist us. Therefore, local support is at the top of the list. Additionally, the overall flexibility of the vendor itself. They need to be good at introducing new features or advising us on how to meet the business requirements.
SAP NetWeaver is an open application platfrom that provides a comprehensive set of tools and Web services technologies that support seamless enterprise application integration, master data management (MDM), system integration, and more.
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.
I rate SAP NetWeaver an eight out of ten. We cannot expect an immediate ROI from the product.
I would suggest those planning to use SAP NetWeaver go for SAP CPI. I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten.
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.
I rate this solution eight out of 10.
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.
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.
I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
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.
For those who are interested in using this solution, I would recommend it. I would rate SAP NetWeaver an eight out of ten.
It's a good product. I would recommend it because it is stable. And if you do it the right way, by following the rules, then you get what you want from it. SAP is very strict in the way you make your next step. I would rate it an eight out of ten. Not a ten because there's always room for improvement. It could be more like Informatica. They are graphic. It's very easy to put your transaction data in a graphic way to your model. In a graphic way, Informatica is better but overall I would recommend NetWeaver.
I would rate SAP NetWeaver at a seven out of ten.
Before we initiated SAP, we had to decide where ShopVue would end and where SAP would take over. The two software solutions are not compatible. ShopVue is labor and attendance, which is one thing that SAP didn't have. We had to make the two communicate together. ShopVue is easy to use. I am surprised that more companies don't invest in it. When you look at the screen, you can hit that button and it will do something. Don't give up, the answer is there somewhere. Picasso said, "Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working." Because of its versatility, I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
I don't have too much experience with the solution, except from a procurement perspective. I'd advise others to try to understand the extent of how much they want to use it. If they decide to go on-premises, they need to consider how much they will use the application and for the data they will want or need. I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. We're not completely satisfied, but from a procurement perspective, it's a fair rating. If the integration capabilities were better, I'd rate it a bit higher.
My advice to others would be to know what they want to implement and then to leave it in the hands of the external team. I think it's a complete solution - if you want to do something, it has that module or that solution. It is a very holistic approach. The solution is not very easy to use, though, as it takes a lot from you to understand how to do everything. It's not something that you can learn in six months or one year. It is a constant learning process. I would, therefore, like if they were to simplify the program to make it easier to use. On a scale from one to 10, I would give a nine. I think it's a very good product.
Currently I would rate it as an eight out of 10, because it is at its end of life and I would like to see more out of the product. When searching for this type of solution, you have to come up with the requirements of what exactly you want to achieve. Then, you need to go through the tools available in the marketplace and analyze each one based on specific criteria to see which ones you would get the best deal on. Aside from that, it comes down to cost and what you want to achieve with the solution. One of the reasons that we started with NetWeaver was to do some product logging, and it ended up being the full end-to-end solution. It came in for another requirement initially, and we ended up using it for much more. Typically, you need to look at what you can do with it other than the current needs and anticipated use cases. Local support is the most important criteria when selecting a vendor. We have to have bodies on the ground that can come in and assist us. Therefore, local support is at the top of the list. Additionally, the overall flexibility of the vendor itself. They need to be good at introducing new features or advising us on how to meet the business requirements.