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We performed a comparison between Palantir Foundry and SAP Data Services 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Palantir Foundry vs. SAP Data Services Report (Updated: May 2024).
772,127 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The interface is really user-friendly.""It's scalable.""The solution offers very good end-to-end capabilities.""It is easy to map out a workflow and run trigger-based scripts without having to deploy to another server.""The solution provides an end-to-end integrated tech stack that takes care of all utility/infrastructure topics for you.""The security is also excellent. It's highly granular, so the admins have a high degree of control, and there are many levels of security. That worked well. You won't have an EDC unless you put everything onto the platform because it is its own isolated thing.""The ease of use is my favorite feature. We're able to build different models and projects or combine different projects to build one use case.""The AI engine that comes with Palantir Foundry is quite interesting."

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"The initial setup is not complex.""The feature of SAP Data Services has enhanced our company's business processes because we are able to run around 800 jobs in areas like data extraction and transaction objects.""The HANA database, which is very fast, is a valuable feature.""I have worked with Data Services for a long time, and currently, I find the dashboarding and reporting part to be the most valuable function.""The most valuable feature of SAP Data Services is the integration with data sources.""The maintenance of data services is the solution's most valuable feature.""The solution is easy to use since it's a graphical tool. It also requires only low-level coding.""The most valuable features of SAP Data Services lie in its ability to effectively observe and interpret the information within data related to people or facts, stands out."

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Cons
"It would be helpful to build applications based on Azure functions or web apps in Palantir Foundry.""They do not have a data center in Europe, and we have lots of personally identifiable information in our dataset that needs to be hosted by a third-party data center like Amazon or Microsoft Azure.""The solution's visualization and analysis could be improved.""Some error messages can be very cryptic.""Cost of this solution is quite high.""There is not a wide user base for the solution's online documentation so it is sometimes difficult to find answers.""If you want to create new models on specific data sets, computing that is quite costly.""The frontend capabilities of Palantir Foundry could be improved."

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"The solution could improve the overall features. There is a lot that can be done in the solution, therefor there are areas where it can improve. Additionally, there is a need to make it easier for one to create connections to other non-SAP systems. The flexibility to connect to other non-SAP systems is needed.""There needs to be multi-language support, however, my understanding is they are working on multi-language now.""It would be nice if this solution was a bit easier to move from development to production.""In the future, Data Services should offer a cloud version.""We would like the different tools offered within this solution to be available as standalone entities, rather than having to purchase the entire package when we only require a few features.""Source code control is another headache. When your source code base gets too large, managing the source code becomes cumbersome.""Scheduling of jobs in the sequence is not available. It's a very tedious process to do that particular task. If there was a tool to schedule in the sequence that would be extremely helpful.""The execution engines and processing engines have shortcomings and need improvements."

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  • "Palantir Foundry has different pricing models that can be negotiated."
  • "It's expensive."
  • "The solution’s pricing is high."
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  • "Pricing is good, there is no problem."
  • "The pricing is a little high to make the product more competetive in the marketplace."
  • "Its pricing is as per the enterprise agreement and not a concern for us."
  • "The price is very reasonable."
  • "There is a one time purchase fee plus annual maintenance."
  • "The price of SAP Data Services is a little high when compared to other solutions. Due to the pricing and capabilities, many clients are switching to other solutions."
  • "At the entry level, if you're using it only for data integration, it is a little bit cheap. However, for large organizations it can be expensive. There are additional costs apart from the license."
  • "The license price is expensive but medium to large-scale companies, should be able to afford it. Other solutions, such as Talend are easier to afford for smaller companies. Depending on the sources of the data where you are receiving your data you could be paying for more than one license."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Palantir Foundry is a robust platform that has really strong plugin connectors and provides features for real-time integration.
    Top Answer:The solution's pricing is high. Compared to other hyperscalers, Palantir Foundry is complex and not so user-intuitive. There could possibly be a little bit of overhead concerning the maintainability… more »
    Top Answer:Palantir Foundry is being used for multiple hybrid cloud integrations in one of the services we provide for an existing US-based customer. It's all about getting together data from Azure and Amazon… more »
    Top Answer: I believe the license for the product is fair, even though some competitors offer similar services at lower prices. The difference between the Edge edition and the next one up is significant in price… more »
    Top Answer: I think after some preparation, a beginner will be able to use SAP Data Services, however, if you are completely unprepared, you may have some issues. I think that in particular you will need a more… more »
    Top Answer:SAP Data Services has helped our whole staff understand the data across various sources and systems within the company. Not everyone who works at my organization is an IT expert - most just have… more »
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    SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator, BusinessObjects Data Integrator
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    Overview

    Palantir Foundry is an enterprise data management platform offering comprehensive tooling for working with big data. Because it is an operating system made for modern enterprises, it is highly available and a continuously updated platform.

    Palantir Foundry is a fully managed SaaS platform that spans from cloud hosting and data integration to flexible analytics, visualization, model-building, operational decision-making, and decision capture. It equips technical and non-technical users to make data-driven operational decisions.

    Palantir Foundry includes tools to integrate data of any scale, format, or structure, and also has granular, flexible access controls for individual datasets. In addition, it has an open, modular architecture with multiple RESTful APIs, it has native applications for developing machine learning and artificial intelligence, it provides sophisticated data science applications for users of all technical abilities, and much more.

    Palantir Foundry Features

    The most valuable Palantir Foundry features include:

    Security, flexibility, interoperability, easy deployment, built-in role classification, purpose-based access controls, interoperable architecture, model integration, AI modeling tools, ontology, custom workflows, team-specific applications, self-serve analytics, lineage system, operational application building, 200+ data connectors, data versioning, change management framework, sand decision orchestration, and custom dashboard and report building tools.

    With Palantir Foundry You Can:

    • Accelerate development & operations
    • Collaborate globally
    • Save time on security
    • Reduce costs

    Palantir Foundry Benefits

    Some of the many Palantir Foundry benefits include:

    • Modular: Because Palantir Foundry is modular, it can integrate with existing infrastructure.

    • Granular governance: Robust data governance controls help ensure seamless compliance, auditability, and security.

    • Secure data sharing: The security infrastructure allows you to share data securely, within organizations and with chosen partners.

    • Rapid integration: Palantir Foundry can rapidly integrate models and data from data platforms into an operational ontology, and can also fuel existing data platforms.

    • Stand-alone deployment: Palantir Foundry can be deployed standalone and can provide all necessary capabilities for data connection, data integration, and model building.

    • Prevent lock-in: The data and model integration suites are designed to prevent lock-in, and assume that tools will be interoperating with Palantir Foundry as an organization grows.

    • No SQL necessary: Users do not have to use SQL queries or employ engineers to write strings in order to search petabytes of data. With Palantir Foundry, natural language is used to query data and results are returned in real-time.

    • Excellent data integration: Palantir Foundry provides secure, scalable, and resilient integration of all data sources.

    • Availability: The Palantir platform uses DNS routing, gateways and elastic load balancing to ensure availability. Dedicated accounts and virtual resources are used on a per customer basis.

    • Multiple metrics types: The Palantir platform provides hundreds of metrics. Some include average session length, drop-off rate, number of logins per user, number of accounts, and search speed.

    Reviews from Real Users

    PeerSpot users like Palantir Foundry because it has many advantages:

    “It is user-friendly, good automation, and allows you to do a better job of data governance.” - Associate, Inhouse Consulting at a pharma/biotech company

    “Works seamlessly with good end-to-end capabilities and the capability to scale.- Wallace H., Sr. Director at a tech services company




    SAP Data Services is a top-ranking data integration and data quality tool. This is a product that aims to provide its users with effective access to their data in order to transform it and connect it to various business processes. SAP Data Services offers companies detailed data insights which improve decision-making and make company operations more effective.

    Organizations can increase the value of their structured and unstructured data with the functionalities of this product regarding data integration, quality, and cleansing. Through various components such as:

    • Simplified maintenance
    • On-premises deployment
    • Data quality and integration
    • Intuitive user interfaces

    the product transforms data into a ready-to-use resource for business insights.

    Some of the key components of SAP Data Services include:

    • Universal data access
    • Native-text data processing
    • Intuitive user interfaces
    • Data quality dashboards
    • Simplified data governance
    • Scalability and high performance

    Through these components, the product allows its clients to access and integrate data sources and targets with native connectors. Users can derive meaning from unstructured text data, match data to reduce duplicates, and see the impact of data quality issues. The tool also offers the option to enable parallel processing, bulk data loading, and grid computing for high-volume data loads.

    SAP Data Services Features

    The solution has different features for data integration, data quality, data profiling, and processing of text data. Using these features, clients can manage their company's data easily and achieve excellent results by optimizing it. Some of the product’s features include:

    • Data integration capabilities: The features regarding data integration provide a wide variety of opportunities. The product is available in 31 languages and connects to many data sources, providing its clients with access to their data anywhere at any time. It is also integrated with the SAP Business Suite applications, allowing users the full experience that the company has to offer. The tool is interconnected with SAP Data Hub, orchestrating data flows through the SAP Data Intelligence solution. Additionally, it supports a large number of third-party data sources, it is optimized for SAP HANA, and provides fine-tuned data replication and transformation through unique mechanisms.

    • Data quality capabilities: Clients can use a single interface to access designing, testing, debugging, editing, running, maintaining, and monitoring of data integration and data quality. It allows for the delivery of ready-to-use transformations and exposes hidden problems in users' data. With this feature, clients can build a single version of their data that is most efficient for them.

    • Data profiling capabilities: Companies that work with high-volume data can employ parallel processing, bulk data loading, and grid computing to be able to operate with the data more efficiently. This feature enables unlimited scalability and high availability by various automations. It also provides excellent security for the treated data through encryption and other services.

    • Processing of text data capabilities: This feature allows users to extract data from unstructured texts and understand it better. It works with 220 different file and text formats and 31 languages.

    SAP Data Services Benefits

    This solution offers various benefits to its clients regarding the efficient operation of their data. The key benefits of SAP Data Services include:

    • Broad access to data which can build a better perspective for companies of their information.

    • Improved decision-making and information management due to efficient data operations.

    • Ability to utilize various tools to help unify data on premises, in the cloud, or within big data.

    • The software provides efficient insight for reporting and data analytics.

    • The tool allows for easy integration with a large number of different databases.

    • The product provides the opportunity to seamlessly connect with other SAP solutions.

    • The solution simplifies extract, transform, and load (ETL) construction processes through intuitive graphic software.

    Reviews from Real Users

    According to Michael Lutz, senior data warehouse developer at Fox Chase Cancer Center, SAP Data Services is a powerful tool that does a lot.

    An associate consultant at a consultancy says the tool is easy to use, simple to implement, and offers very good mapping capabilities.

    Sample Customers
    Merck KGaA, Airbus, Ferrari,United States Intelligence Community, United States Department of Defense
    EMC Corporation, LivePerson, Eldorado, Mozzart, The VELUX Group, AOK Bundesverband, Hilti Group, Nissha Printing Company Ltd., Asian Paints, Aareal Bank Group, Migros Group
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company33%
    Pharma/Biotech Company11%
    Healthcare Company11%
    Non Tech Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company12%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Government7%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Retailer8%
    Pharma/Biotech Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Energy/Utilities Company8%
    Company Size
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise38%
    Large Enterprise38%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise72%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise68%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise71%
    Buyer's Guide
    Palantir Foundry vs. SAP Data Services
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Palantir Foundry vs. SAP Data Services and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    Palantir Foundry is ranked 11th in Data Integration with 14 reviews while SAP Data Services is ranked 10th in Data Integration with 45 reviews. Palantir Foundry is rated 7.6, while SAP Data Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Palantir Foundry writes "The data visualization is fantastic and the security is excellent". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Data Services writes "Responsive support, scalable, and beneficial integration". Palantir Foundry is most compared with Azure Data Factory, Palantir Gotham, AWS Glue, Alteryx Designer and Denodo, whereas SAP Data Services is most compared with Azure Data Factory, Syniti Data Quality, Informatica PowerCenter, SAP Process Orchestration and SSIS. See our Palantir Foundry vs. SAP Data Services report.

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