BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) vs. SAP Data Services

BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)

SAP Data Services

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	Score 9.8 out of 10	N/A	BusinessObjects Data Integrator was an ETL tool, acquired by BusinessObjects from the company Acta, where the tool was known as ActaWorks. After SAP's acquisition of BusinessObjects, the tool was discontinued.	N/A
SAP Data Services	Score 7.9 out of 10	N/A	SAP Data Services is an offering from SAP to improve data quality.	N/A

Pricing

BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)

SAP Data Services

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	SAP Data Services
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	SAP Data Services
Considered Both Products	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) Verified User Anonymous Chose BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) It is a good package tool with SAP BO set of product line. Incentivized Helpful?	SAP Data Services VY Vivek Yalla Sap basis architect Chose SAP Data Services You cannot afford to run your business on questionable data. With SAP® Data Services software, you can access, transform, and connect data to fuel your critical business processes. Together, these enterprise-class solutions enable data integration and data quality, providing … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SAP Data Services Pentaho Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SAP Data Services Pentaho Incentivized Helpful? Martin Lopez Gerente de Consultoría Chose SAP Data Services SAP Data Services offers more connectivity options without external connectors that must be purchased separately. Currently it has become a very robust platform with nothing to envy of its competitors, demonstrating very good results in all implementations. It handles many … Incentivized Helpful? KC Kevin Clemons BI Manager Chose SAP Data Services SAP Data Services is better at integration with other SAP products and data sources with native HANA connectors. There are also accelerators to consider when looking at it as a data migration tool for SAP implementations. Incentivized Helpful? Kiran Bhat Application Development Manager/Solutions Architect Chose SAP Data Services We reviewed DS and decided it was the best option as it provides good integration options with SAP. Only alternate considered were flat-file enrichment and legacy system migration workbench. Incentivized Helpful? Himanshi Arora Associate Consultant Chose SAP Data Services I have only used SAP Data Services for ETL purposes. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SAP Data Services Sap data services has been the easiest tool to pick up and use productively. The built in repository works very well. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)

SAP Data Services

Data Source Connection

Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) 10.0 Ratings 19% above category average	SAP Data Services - Ratings
Connect to traditional data sources	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Data Transformations

Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) 10.0 Ratings 21% above category average	SAP Data Services - Ratings
Simple transformations	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Complex transformations	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Data Modeling

Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) 7.6 Ratings 3% below category average	SAP Data Services - Ratings
Data model creation	7.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Metadata management	7.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Business rules and workflow	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Collaboration	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Testing and debugging	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Data Governance

Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) 8.0 Ratings 0% below category average	SAP Data Services - Ratings
Integration with data quality tools	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Data Quality

Comparison of Data Quality features of Product A and Product B
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued) - Ratings	SAP Data Services 6.1 Ratings 34% below category average
Data source connectivity	00 Ratings	5.30 Ratings
Data profiling	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Master data management (MDM) integration	00 Ratings	7.10 Ratings
Data element standardization	00 Ratings	6.90 Ratings
Match and merge	00 Ratings	5.10 Ratings
Address verification	00 Ratings	6.30 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	SAP Data Services
Small Businesses	Skyvia Score 10.0 out of 10	HubSpot Data Hub Score 8.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	IBM InfoSphere Information Server Score 8.0 out of 10	IBM InfoSphere Information Server Score 8.0 out of 10
Enterprises	IBM InfoSphere Information Server Score 8.0 out of 10	IBM InfoSphere Information Server Score 8.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	SAP Data Services
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (0 ratings)	6.1 (0 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.7 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	BusinessObjects Data Integrator (discontinued)	SAP Data Services
Likelihood to Recommend	Great tool for ETL with the ability to integrate with SAP products seamlessly. Supports Big data integration. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	SAP Data Services is a data integration and transformation software application. It allows users to develop and execute workflows that take data from predefined sources called data stores (applications, Web services, flat-files, databases, etc.) Incentivized VY Vivek Yalla Sap basis architect Read full review
Pros	Processing business validations on the input data set. Scheduling and notification using the Admin console tool. Code management across group of developers. Simple deployment process across environment. Ability to deploy stand alone jobs to automate task. Integration with OS and support for variety of data bases. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Extracting data from various types of data sources Transforming data using joins, functions, look ups, etc. Loading data into different kinds of targets Incentivized Himanshi Arora Associate Consultant Read full review
Cons	Writing custom components is a complex process. Along with ETL BODI should have some data quality integration. Ready documentation of the code and inbuilt commenting on components. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	New connectivity options for cloud solutions must be added. Avoid dependency from flash in Information Steward scorecard. More connectivity options for hadoop distributions. Incentivized Martin Lopez Gerente de Consultoría Read full review
Usability	It is a good ETL tool to use if you are SAP shop and looking for a simple and elegant solution for automation. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	As other SAP products, there is excellent support by SAP on this tool. You can access the SAP Help portal in order to give support either from the huge community or directly from SAP. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	It is a good package tool with SAP BO set of product line Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	SAP Data Services is better at integration with other SAP products and data sources with native HANA connectors. There are also accelerators to consider when looking at it as a data migration tool for SAP implementations. Incentivized KC Kevin Clemons BI Manager Read full review
Return on Investment	It was a packaged purchase of BO toolset including BOXI and BODI. Optimized performance for integrating different data sources. Simple and easy setup and maintenance cost. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	DS has had a very positive impact by reducing deployment times for SAP and has provided ability to deploy multiple sites at the same time. Ongoing master data creation/migration benefits significantly from DS, and it's easy to stand up a new business unit. Data accuracy improved and manual inspections are minimal. Incentivized Kiran Bhat Application Development Manager/Solutions Architect Read full review
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