We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Warehouse 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."The solution is stable."
"The standout feature of IBM Db2 Warehouse, which is particularly valuable for large enterprises, is its ability to handle big data."
"I think it scales really well and as long as you take enough time to learn a little bit about it, it works really well."
"The analytics engine is not bad at forecasting predictions."
"It can be mounted on the cloud, which is a huge plus. If the client, for example, starts small with on-premise deployment and then it rapidly needs to grow, we can transfer this to the cloud easily."
"Some of the best features are stored procedures, parallelism, and different indexing strategies."
"Provides good security and reliability."
"We benefited from BW/4HANA's ability to utilize predefined content inside. We didn't need to start from scratch."
"Out of the box, this solution has a lot of standard features."
"The product is stable."
"Its direct approach is the most valuable. You get more real time and capabilities than BW."
"We like that it is an SAP product, so we can easily connect with the SAP ERP system."
"The solution is easier to maintain than traditional SAP products."
"The processes are the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"One significant advantage of SAP BW/4HANA is the direct integration with the SAP HANA database, providing seamless access to real-time analytics. Additionally, it enables real-time data integration. We don't need to rely on historical data alone; we can provide reporting and features based on real-time information."
"The biggest problems we have is when the backup solution is failing or slow and we run out of log space, which has happened probably a couple of times in the last four years."
"There were some initial challenges with IBM Db2 Warehouse about eight months ago when I worked in this environment. When I coordinated with IBM support, they mentioned that the memory was insufficient for our needs. Our business environment required significantly more memory than the previous cluster could provide. Consequently, we have worked closely with on-site IBM technical personnel to address this issue."
"In terms of improvement, IBM Db2 Warehouse should be more scalable."
"The areas of the solution that is needing the most improvement are separating compute from storage, elasticity, which means scaling up and then retracting."
"There should be more material available for training and training should be free."
"IBM Db2 Warehouse needs to improve its interface."
"The biggest challenge anyone could have with Db2 Warehouse is their references or online resources and documentation. They are very, very, very limited on the web."
"Lacks sufficient documentation and particularly in Spanish."
"The solution is not easy to implement. It requires a lot of learning at the beginning."
"I cannot integrate it with my other tools. It's not possible to do something in the predictive analysis. Mobile reporting is also not available."
"Not a ten because it's expensive and its ecosystem is not very open."
"If I want to have good reporting, then I have to buy a separate license."
"The dashboard should be simplified and made easier for exploration and decision making."
"The UI is not user-friendly."
"There should be a direct pipeline from Azure to SAP."
"There's the complexity in migration from BW to BW/4HANA, especially with data migration."
IBM Db2 Warehouse is ranked 12th in Data Warehouse with 9 reviews while SAP BW4HANA is ranked 8th in Data Warehouse with 37 reviews. IBM Db2 Warehouse is rated 7.8, while SAP BW4HANA is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of IBM Db2 Warehouse writes "Useful for ETL process and has good documentation ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP BW4HANA writes "Performs all necessary data warehouse tasks and offers additional functionalities". IBM Db2 Warehouse is most compared with Oracle Exadata, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud and Apache Hadoop, whereas SAP BW4HANA is most compared with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, Snowflake, SAP HANA, Amazon Redshift and SQL Server. See our IBM Db2 Warehouse vs. SAP BW4HANA report.
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