We performed a comparison between SAP Data Services and webMethods Integration Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The API tool in this product is very valuable; it is very easy to onboard and use."
"The initial setup is not complex."
"I appreciate having access to the SAP data."
"I like how SAP Data Services links reporting and data integration. That's what's most interesting. You also have the opportunity to leverage the power of the Data Services server."
"It's easy to understand and deploy. It's easy to create new applications, and depending on the complexity of the application, it is easy to deploy the new requirements."
"We can extract data at a table level, extract data at the ETL level, and we can extract data at an ODP level."
"The product's most valuable features are data validation and rules."
"The most valuable feature is the ETL functionality."
"A product with good API and EDI components."
"The tool supports gRPC."
"Some of the key features are the integration platform, query mechanism, message handling within the bus, and the rules engine. We've had a really good experience with webMethods Integration Server."
"I would say the core Web-based integrations work the best. They are the most efficient and robust implementations one can do with webMethods."
"Ease of implementation and flexibility to hold the business logic are the most valuable features."
"I like the stability of the webMethods Integration Server."
"They are the building blocks of EAI in SAG products, and they offer a very good platform."
"The solution's ease-of-use is its most valuable feature, in which complex issues may be resolved."
"We encounter challenges while exporting implemented rules, such as those applied to objects like the material master, into a format like Excel for documentation and further analysis."
"Some of the jobs that are built within Data Services require local files, and during initial deployment, those local files cannot be transported between machines simply because of security issues."
"At the integration level, there could be certain set of improvement to connect to various other systems."
"Integration with other products could be improved."
"It's an ETL that is very good with relational databases but not as good with files and semi-structured files."
"The skillset of data engineers matters a bit to use all the functionality of this solution. Otherwise, the delivery speed won't be faster."
"The solution should offer more machine learning and automation."
"The execution engines and processing engines have shortcomings and need improvements."
"The logging capability has room for improvement. That way, we could keep a history of all the transactions. It would be helpful to be able to get to that without having to build a standalone solution to do so."
"Documentation needs tuning. There is a lot of dependency with SoftwareAG. Even with the documentation at hand, you can struggle to implement scenarios without SAG’s help. By contrast, IBM’s documentation is self-explanatory, in my opinion."
"The solution has big instances when deployed under microservices or in a containerized platform. They need to improve that so that it is competitive with other integration solutions, like Redis and Kafka. Deployments under microservices with those solutions are much more lightweight, in the size of the runtime itself, compared with Software AG."
"One area that needs improvement is the version upgrade process. Many customers I've worked with encounter challenges when transitioning from their current version, such as x or 9, to a newer version. The process is not smooth, and they must shift their entire website."
"Need to see more API portal features like monetizing APIs and private cloud readiness."
"Other products have been using AI and cloud enhancements, but webMethods Integration Server is still lagging in that key area."
"A while ago, they were hacked, and it took them a very long time to open their website again in order to download any service packs or any features. I don't know what they could do differently. I know that they were vulnerable, and there was some downtime, but because they were down, we were unable to download any potential service packs."
"The patching of infrastructure is not very smooth and improved authentication should be added in the next feature."
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SAP Data Services is ranked 10th in Data Integration with 45 reviews while webMethods Integration Server is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 60 reviews. SAP Data Services is rated 8.0, while webMethods Integration Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SAP Data Services writes "Responsive support, scalable, and beneficial integration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of webMethods Integration Server writes "Event-driven with lots of helpful formats, but minimal learning resources available". SAP Data Services is most compared with Azure Data Factory, Syniti Data Quality, Informatica PowerCenter, SAP Process Orchestration and Palantir Foundry, whereas webMethods Integration Server is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, webMethods.io Integration, Mule ESB, TIBCO BusinessWorks and Boomi AtomSphere Integration. See our SAP Data Services vs. webMethods Integration Server report.
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