Compare IBM WebSphere Application Server vs. SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal
IBM WebSphere Application Server is ranked 6th in Application Infrastructure with 7 reviews while SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal is ranked 15th in Application Infrastructure with 1 review. IBM WebSphere Application Server is rated 7.8, while SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM WebSphere Application Server writes "Valuable connection management and scalability but is quite expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal writes "The UI makes the setup easy to do from anywhere". IBM WebSphere Application Server is most compared with JBoss, Tomcat, IBM BPM, Oracle WebLogic Server and IBM WebSphere Message Broker, whereas SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal is most compared with IBM DataPower Gateway, Microsoft .NET Framework, Apache Web Server, Oracle WebCenter and Oracle SOA Suite.
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The scalability of the product is quite good. We needed this type of integration and WebShepere is the best tool for it. This solution is easy to use with a GUI that is intuitive and very helpful. It has good stability of the application server in the long term compared to other solutions. The solution is robust. The connection management and the scalability, which IBM provides to the Stack, are also valuable. The most valuable feature of this solution is Portal Virtualization. High availability, alert management, and deployments are the most valuable features for us. We have the ND version so we can do deployments. | They integrated it with the SAP router. |
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The availability of the solution needs improvement. I think that this is a good product but I think that the cloud environment could be improved. I think that the future is in the utilization of the product in a product as a service way which is something that is lacking at this moment. Some things are very difficult to do, so the interface and usage could be more intuitive for those. It should be able to serve more concurrent requests like Oracle. Oracle has more powerful stability, availability, and real-time serving. They should make the solution more lightweight and not bundle everything into a single product. In the next release of this solution, I would like to see support for the Arabic language. The footprint could be reduced so that we can use a smaller virtual machine to run the application. We could also use more scripts. I would like this solution to be more script oriented, rather than GUI oriented. | Our customers expect that a page will open within one second, and I doubt this will happen. Also, opening documentation takes time. Fixing this will help the customer and help to meet their expectations. |
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We pay around $200,000 annually. The price of this product is higher than that of competitors. I don't remember the price, but there are no additional costs. More IBM WebSphere Application Server Pricing and Cost Advice » | Because India is so competitive in the IT world, people will start to move away from SAP's pricing because they have a market monopoly. Soon, they will start losing the monopoly part to open source and other things. I don't think their monopoly will run for more than three to four years because people are getting away from these monopolies. More SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal Pricing and Cost Advice » |
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| WebSphere Application Server | NetWeaver Enterprise Portal, SAP Portal |
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| IBM | SAP |
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| IBM WebSphere Application Server provides a range of flexible, secure, Java EE 7 runtime environments available on premises or across any public, private or hybrid cloud. | SAP Enterprise Portal allows to create attractive corporate portals that leverage the responsive SAP Fiori launchpad experience. The portal is the Web front-end component for SAP NetWeaver, the comprehensive integration and application platform that facilitates the alignment of people, information, and business processes across organizational and technical boundaries. It's ideal for organizations who require access to many applications and services across system landscapes, especially across JAVA and ABAP-based landscapes. The portal offers a single point of access to SAP and non-SAP information sources, enterprise applications, information repositories, databases and services, in and outside your organization. The portal can be accessed from desktops and from mobile devices, it can provide with the tools to manage and analyze its information resources, and to share and collaborate. With its role-based content, and personalization features, the portal enables users - from employees and customers to partners and suppliers - to focus exclusively on data relevant to daily decision-making processes. The technology and architecture of the portal ensures it is built for the enterprise, providing a secure and scalable environment. |
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Sample Customers | |
| TalkTalk, Property management group, E.SUN Bank, Ohio National Financial Services, Aviarc, Cincom Systems, FJA-US, D+H, Staples, Michigan Municipal League | Alliander N.V. |
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Government29% Manufacturing Company29% Financial Services Firm14% Healthcare Company14% Computer Software Company45% Comms Service Provider15% Government8% Media Company5% | No Data Available |
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