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We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics and SAP Business Warehouse based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Warehouse solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"The product works well with other Azure products.""The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics are its serverless flexibility and complete power have allowed me to explore various different use cases. While I am not an expert in the product, my experience in programming in Databricks has shown me that Microsoft's investments in Synapse could potentially lead to it becoming a complete replacement for Databricks in the future.""The product is very user friendly.""The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is its integration with the new legacy systems. Whatever application we want to integrate, we receive the reports based on the objects. The solution is easy to purchase from the cloud.""Very interactive and provides flexibility.""Data can be stored any way you want in the data warehouse.""It's scalable; you can scale up and scale down.""The initial setup was really easy and straightforward."

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"The most useful feature is definitely the speed.""The key element in this solution is its rapid response. If you have a question about prices, buyers, customers, providers, or services, you need the answer in a minute or two. That's the key benefit for us that a solution like BW gives us.""I like that it integrates to open-source.""With the technical support, the response has been pretty good from the SAP side.""SAP Business Warehouse is a scalable solution.""The most valuable feature of SAP Business Warehouse is its hybrid functionality, allowing users to leverage both SQL-based data warehouse capabilities from HANA and feature-based data warehousing from BW.""The real-time information is great.""The product is very stable."

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Cons
"Right now, we are really struggling with the performance. it's not as good as we had hoped.""In the future, Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics could improve the performance, there are other solutions that are better, such as Databricks.""The cost of the solution has room for improvement.""I would like to see version control implemented into the data warehouse.""The performance and data consistency need to be improved.""It would be beneficial to take the top vendors and identify some kind of straightforward action to work with them. Instead of having to employ a separate vendor tool to be able to move this, it would be nice to be able to go through Microsoft.""I would like to see more ready-to-use products from Synapse. Right now, everything seems a bit futuristic without much modern use.""Its stability is an issue. They have been releasing a version every six months to one year, which means that there are many versions available, and clients are not up to speed on the latest one that they're offering. From a stability point of view, they could do better. They're still upgrading their Synapse Analytics workspace, and it is not that stable. Its scalability can also be better."

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"The solution could offer better connectivity with other databases.""What I'd like improved in SAP Business Warehouse is its setup. It could be more flexible, and it could be a configuration-based setup.""They should reduce the product’s installation package size for easier downloading.""In the next release, my suggestion would be to have user-friendly interfaces and performance issues be addressed.""The advanced structuring can be complicated and the interface is not very intuitive.""Areas for improvement in SAP Business Warehouse include enhancing scheduling and monitoring tools, as well as improving communication about hidden features to make them more accessible to users.""It's a product that is at the end of life so they will not improve it anymore.""More integration with Microsoft Office products (not just Excel) would be helpful."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The price of this solution could be improved."
  • "The pricing is okay. You can pay as you go."
  • "This solution starts at €1000.00 a month for just the basics and can go up to €300,000.00 per month for the fastest version."
  • "When we are not using this solution we can simply shut it down saving us costs, which is a nice advantage."
  • "The licensing fees for this solution are on a pay-per-use basis, and not very expensive."
  • "All of the prices are available online."
  • "Our license is very expensive"
  • "They are cost aggressive, and it integrates well with other Microsoft tools."
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  • "It's moderately expensive, but definitely has its branding and price value for it."
  • "It's quite pricey. SAP changed its pricing policy, so they give you one engine and then you have to buy everything next to it, like MSS, the BPC licenses, and everything else."
  • "The license for SAP Business Warehouse is paid yearly, and there's no extra cost in addition to the standard licensing fees."
  • "Overall, the pricing is not fixed and is expensive."
  • "The licensing cost for SAP Business Warehouse depends on your revenue. Its licensing structure is a little bit complicated. The more your revenue is, the higher the price, but SAP does have different pricing structures for various companies. For small businesses, licensing isn't based on revenue, but for big companies, it's revenue-based. There's some agreement regarding pricing for huge companies, so it's different, and SAP Business Warehouse pricing isn't fixed. On a scale of one to ten, I'm rating the licensing cost for SAP Business Warehouse as five because it's very high. As your revenue grows, your licensing cost also increases, so you have to factor that in when calculating your cost."
  • "SAP Business Warehouse licensing is a bit expensive compared to other products in the market."
  • "I would not recommend it to small-scale companies. The price is too much."
  • "The solution is quite expensive."
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    Also Known As
    Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Microsoft Azure SQL DW, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, MS Azure Synapse Analytics
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    Overview

    Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is an end-to-end analytics solution that successfully combines analytical services to merge big data analytics and enterprise data warehouses into a single unified platform. The solution can run intelligent distributed queries among nodes, and provides the ability to query both relational and non-relational data.

    Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is built with these 4 components:

    1. Synapse SQL
    2. Spark
    3. Synapse Pipeline
    4. Studio

    Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics Features

    Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics has many valuable key features, including:

    • Cloud Data Service: WIth Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics you can operate services (data analytics, machine learning, data warehousing, dashboarding, etc.) in a single workspace via the cloud.

    • Structured and unstructured data: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics supports both structured and unstructured data and allows you to manage relational and non-relational data - unlike data warehouses and lakes that tend to store them respectively.

    • Effective data storage: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics offers next-level data storage with high availability and different tiers.

    • Responsive data engine: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics uses Massive Parallel Processing (MPP) and is designed to handle large volumes of data and analytical workloads efficiently without any problems.

    • Several scripting languages: The solution provides language compatibility and supports different programming languages, such as Python, Java, Spark SQL, and Scala.

    • Query optimization: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics works well to facilitate limitless concurrency and performance optimization. It also simplifies workload management.

    Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics Benefits

    Some of the benefits of using Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics include:

    • Database templates: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics offers industry-specific database templates that make it easy to combine and shape data.

    • Better business insights: With Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics you can expand discovery of insights from all your data and apply machine learning models to all your intelligent apps.

    • Reduce project development time: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics makes it possible to have a unified experience for developing end-to-end analytics, which reduces project development time significantly.

    • Eliminate data barriers: By using Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, you can perform analytics on operational and business apps data without data movement.

    • Advanced security: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics provides both advanced security and privacy features to ensure data protection.

    • Machine Learning: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics integrates Azure Machine Learning, Azure Cognitive Services, and Power BI.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics users who are currently using the solution.

    PeerSpot user Jael S., who is an Information Architect at Systems Analysis & Design Engineering, comments on her experience using the product, saying that it is “Scalable, intuitive, facilitates compliance and keeps your data secure”. She also says "We also like governance. It looks at what the requirements are for the company to identify the best way to ensure compliance is met when you move to the cloud."

    Michel T., CHTO at Timp-iT, mentions that "the features most valuable are the simplicity, how easy it is to create a dashboard from different information systems."

    A Senior Teradata Consultant at a tech services company says, "Microsoft provides both the platform and the data center, so you don't have to look for a cloud vendor. It saves you from having to deal with two vendors for the same task."


    Reporting, analysis and interpretation of business data are crucial to preserve and enhance the competitive edge of companies by optimizing processes and enabling them to react quickly and in line with market needs. SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) provides tools and functions that enable companies to attain these goals. In SAP BW, you can integrate, transform, and consolidate relevant business information from productive SAP applications and external data sources. SAP BW provides you with a high-performance infrastructure that helps you evaluate and interpret data. Decision makers can make well-founded decisions and identify target-orientated activities on the basis of the analyzed data.

    Sample Customers
    Toshiba, Carnival, LG Electronics, Jet.com, Adobe, 
    Medtronic, Cirque du Soleil, Antarc, B&G Manufacturing, EarlySense, eBay, Ferrero, James Austin Company, Lenovo, Sagem, RAK Ceramics, Vodafone
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    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Comms Service Provider11%
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    Educational Organization30%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Manufacturing Company5%
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    Insurance Company19%
    Non Tech Company13%
    Energy/Utilities Company13%
    Manufacturing Company13%
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    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Government7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise53%
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    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise38%
    Large Enterprise47%
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    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
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    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise66%
    Buyer's Guide
    Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. SAP Business Warehouse
    March 2024
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    Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is ranked 2nd in Cloud Data Warehouse with 38 reviews while SAP Business Warehouse is ranked 8th in Cloud Data Warehouse with 13 reviews. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is rated 8.0, while SAP Business Warehouse is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics writes "Multifeatured, has better performance over other solutions, and lets users manage structured and unstructured information, but the platform needs to be more user-friendly". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Business Warehouse writes "Offers powerful analytics and integration capabilities but requires improved upgrade processes". Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is most compared with Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, SAP BW4HANA, Amazon Redshift and Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse, whereas SAP Business Warehouse is most compared with Snowflake, BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, SAP BW4HANA and SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse. See our Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. SAP Business Warehouse report.

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