We performed a comparison between Oracle Exadata 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 offloading of data to the SIM is a valuable feature."
"It is the best solution for OLTP and data warehousing."
"Backup/Restore performance: Fast backups, fast restores (especially useful for creating clone environments)."
"The technical support team are real professionals. I admire their technical skills and supports. Their supports are really admirable."
"The ease of setup is an eight out of ten."
"On-premises Exadata is just as stable as the cloud version. It's a very stable platform."
"Exadata with the In-Memory option is several levels about SAP HANA."
"What I like best about Oracle Exadata is its good performance. It's also a very fast solution."
"The most valuable feature is the dashboard."
"The solution seamlessly integrates with SAP products."
"The UI is completely new, beautiful, and user-friendly. There are some other helpful features like global filters and advanced tools. We can perform custom calculations easily From a technical perspective, the performance has been enhanced and optimized for a limited number of flows. The content settings are more advanced, and there are so many other features that I can't name them all."
"The product is stable."
"It can calculate data in detail. Before we could not calculate financial documents and accountant documents in detail, we could not do it at a document level but now we can. This is the most important feature. It also has predictive analysis memory."
"SAP BW4HANA aids in managing data from ER to front-end analysis, contributes to ROI, and fosters business growth understanding. I like that the solution breaks down components to a very granular level, allowing for customization and implementation based on specific requirements. The solution is stable. The solution is scalable."
"Some of the main features of this solution are that it uses HANA and it has good performance."
"The ability to instantly pull data is the most valuable feature."
"We have a little trepidation with the system as it does have a learning curve. Also changing to a binary logging format for us feels like retrograde motion, but sadly almost all Linux variants have moved in this direction."
"I liked Spark, but it was discontinued when Exadata L6 came back. I loved it, and I wish they would bring back Spark integration."
"The cost of the solution is high and can be improved."
"Oracle Exadata could improve the platform performance tuning should be easier, automated, and user-friendly."
"The integration with third-party applications regarding access management security could be better."
"There is room for improvement with the handling of the Temp IO, which is often used for JOIN statements."
"The initial setup process is very difficult and extremely complex."
"Certification should also be improved. Today, Oracle doesn't certify applications with engineered systems."
"If I want to have good reporting, then I have to buy a separate license."
"It takes too long to escalate problems from the first level of support."
"Not a ten because it's expensive and its ecosystem is not very open."
"Challenges arise with real-time client requirements when clients are accustomed to Microsoft Excel's extensive features for data analysis. They expect similar flexibility and customization in the solution, particularly regarding headers displaying keys and descriptions or just keys. Achieving this level of customization can be challenging, and it's an area that may need improvement."
"I would like more integration."
"I would like to be able to design new reports in a future release."
"It's complicated to use. You need to spend a lot of time learning about it. The interface could be improved. It's not intuitive to build a data model and use their ETL tools."
"From a technical perspective, it could be even more related to legacy systems. The connectivity requirement is quite high and requires systems that are up-to-date."
Oracle Exadata is ranked 2nd in Data Warehouse with 124 reviews while SAP BW4HANA is ranked 7th in Data Warehouse with 36 reviews. Oracle Exadata is rated 8.4, while SAP BW4HANA is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Oracle Exadata writes "Offers a variety of valuable features". 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". Oracle Exadata is most compared with Oracle Database Appliance, Teradata, Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, Snowflake and Amazon Redshift, whereas SAP BW4HANA is most compared with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, Snowflake, SAP HANA, Amazon Redshift and Apache Hadoop. See our Oracle Exadata vs. SAP BW4HANA report.
See our list of best Data Warehouse vendors.
We monitor all Data Warehouse reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.