We performed a comparison between Microsoft Analytics Platform System 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 Cube Solution is quite different when compared to the rest of the competition and has unique functionality for advanced analytics."
"Microsoft Analytics Platform System's most valuable feature is its ecosystems and seamless integration with other Microsoft reporting platforms and databases."
"This is a well-integrated solution and that integration empowers results."
"I like that it's integrated with other Azure products."
"We leverage its capabilities for many applications. We can integrate with our databases, like Oracle, MySQL, or any other, using Microsoft Integration Services."
"It is closely integrated with other products in the MS portfolio."
"This solution will connect to any database, you can combine databases, and you can create a cube or tabular model."
"Helps our customers to discover trends, which provides useful information based on their business."
"Some of the main features of this solution are that it uses HANA and it has good performance."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"I like the reporting features of the solution."
"The most valuable feature is that we can transform a huge amount of data and apply business logic as per the requirements."
"Its direct approach is the most valuable. You get more real time and capabilities than BW."
"The most valuable feature is the dashboard."
"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."
"Out of the box, this solution has a lot of standard features."
"Hybrid environments are complex to manage."
"Functionality needs to be more up-to-date with competing products."
"The pricing model needs to be improved."
"The flexibility of this solution needs to be improved because you cannot make changes at every one of the different steps."
"Releases of new products and functionality is never accompanied by associated documentation, training and resources that adequately explain the release."
"I think the biggest problem with the product is that it does a data ingest model, which is very expensive."
"Machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities need to be more friendly for beginning users."
"We need better real-time analytics capabilities. It's a bit challenging for us."
"Connecting multiple sources is a challenge because you have to go through a lot of different setups."
"Price wise, this solution is on the higher side."
"If I want to have good reporting, then I have to buy a separate license."
"I would like to be able to design new reports in a future release."
"I don't see SAP actively supporting the solution now...a better support from SAP would be appreciated."
"BW/4HANA could improve query optimization. For example, there could be an error message that pops up when you hover over it if any query fails. That would make it easier to find out what went gone wrong. Guided SAP help tools would make it easier for us to go forward."
"The UI is not user-friendly."
"The tool is not cloud-compatible."
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Microsoft Analytics Platform System is ranked 17th in Data Warehouse with 9 reviews while SAP BW4HANA is ranked 7th in Data Warehouse with 34 reviews. Microsoft Analytics Platform System is rated 6.6, while SAP BW4HANA is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Analytics Platform System writes "Offers smooth data integration between systems, but requires better real-time analytics capabilities". 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". Microsoft Analytics Platform System is most compared with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, Teradata, IBM Netezza Performance Server and Snowflake, whereas SAP BW4HANA is most compared with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, SAP HANA and SQL Server. See our Microsoft Analytics Platform System vs. SAP BW4HANA report.
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