We performed a comparison between Oracle Exadata and SAP BW4HANA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Warehouse solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can use virtualization on Exadata."
"Exadata is a fantastic machine. Two features stand out. The first is the resource input/output management tool that allows you to manage the resources to the neck on the Exadata box."
"Exadata's best features are its performance during redo logging and the elasticity of the database handling."
"It is the best solution for OLTP and data warehousing."
"The tool's performance is good."
"Compression is a great feature, where one can really save a lot of storage."
"What I like best about Oracle Exadata is its good performance. It's also a very fast solution."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Exadata is its capabilities for storing and processing data. It is very good for our domain."
"The UI is completely new, beautiful, and user-friendly. There are some other helpful features like global filters and advanced tools. We can perform custom calculations easily From a technical perspective, the performance has been enhanced and optimized for a limited number of flows. The content settings are more advanced, and there are so many other features that I can't name them all."
"From an ERP point of view and a functionality point of view, it works very well. The benefits are in that of financial costing and material management."
"We like that it is an SAP product, so we can easily connect with the SAP ERP system."
"The solution is based on SAP ERP, so there's some business content already included. For customers who use SAP ERP, SAP BW4HANA is a good choice for their DW implementation."
"The solution seamlessly integrates with SAP products."
"The processes are the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"We can get good visualization and less redundant data."
"The solution's performance is really good. Also, it's easy to operate, easy to administer, and relatively simple to install."
"Tech support sometimes takes some time to identify and rectify issues."
"I have found Oracle Exadata to be scalable. However, you have to purchase more hardware, such as memory."
"Oracle Exadata could improve by having faster data retrieval. We receive data at four or five seconds and want to reduce that number to one second."
"The technical support is in need of improvement."
"Since the product is an appliance, it is very costly."
"A room for improvement in Oracle Exadata is that it's not very easy to use in a microservices environment. It's not easy to split databases, and if this was easier to do in Oracle Exadata, it would make the solution better. What I'd like to see in the next release of Oracle Exadata is for it to become more modular, so you can use it in a context where the data layer is spread between many independent services."
"We had issues with system restoration."
"Sometimes it takes too long time to get help with technical issues."
"The cost of the product might be an area that might introduce some restrictions or limitations to customers, making it one of the aspects where improvements are required."
"If I want to have good reporting, then I have to buy a separate license."
"In the next release, I would like to see their BI component introduced with a mobile version, as it is not currently present."
"Connecting multiple sources is a challenge because you have to go through a lot of different setups."
"Challenges arise with real-time client requirements when clients are accustomed to Microsoft Excel's extensive features for data analysis. They expect similar flexibility and customization in the solution, particularly regarding headers displaying keys and descriptions or just keys. Achieving this level of customization can be challenging, and it's an area that may need improvement."
"The tool is not cloud-compatible."
"Pricing would be a good improvement. A lot of customers think that it's very expensive and especially support is very expensive."
"The tool is not easy to use for an end user."
Oracle Exadata is ranked 2nd in Data Warehouse with 124 reviews while SAP BW4HANA is ranked 7th in Data Warehouse with 34 reviews. Oracle Exadata is rated 8.4, while SAP BW4HANA is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Oracle Exadata writes "Offers a variety of valuable features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP BW4HANA writes "An easy-to-operate and administer tool that needs to consider revising its existing licensing cost". Oracle Exadata is most compared with Oracle Database Appliance, Teradata, Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, Snowflake and Amazon Redshift, whereas SAP BW4HANA is most compared with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, SAP HANA and SAP Business Warehouse. See our Oracle Exadata vs. SAP BW4HANA report.
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