Cloudera Data Platform vs SAP BW/4HANA

Likelihood to Recommend

I have seen that Cloudera Data Platform is well suited for large batch processes. It works really well for our indication analyses that are performed by the actuaries. I feel that rapid streaming operations may be a situation where additional technology would be needed to provide for a robust solution.

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Director in Engineering

Insurance Company, 51-200 employees

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Solid data warehouse based on best-in-class in-memory HANA database with excellent integration into SAP solutions, as well as predelivered business content facilitating initial implementation. Leverages the best of SAP's architecture and flexible data warehousing capabilities, without compromising performance and simplification. Will be key enabler to our Finance and HCM analytics roadmap.

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Director in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pros

Scales
Highly available

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Director in Engineering

Insurance Company, 51-200 employees

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Near real-time data replication from HANA databases.
Strong BW functionality.
A host of cloud reporting tools can seamlessly connect to it.

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Robert Harper

Product Owner - Management Reporting SAP S4 / HANA

HP IncInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Constantly changing costs
Log visibility

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Director in Engineering

Insurance Company, 51-200 employees

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ETL implementation can be complicated
Integration with non-SAP systems can take a long time
Cost to implement and maintain can be high, even in Cloud

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Verified User

Executive in Information Technology

Consumer Goods Company, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

No score

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SAP BW/4HANA 9.0

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SAP BW/4HANA requires specialized skillsets around data warehouse modeling and the access to data, however the modeling capabilities are intuitive and have now become accessible to both SAP and non-SAP data warehouse specialists. This new model allows for Interchangeable skillsets and access to a broader pool of experts throughout the industry, as well as easier access to data.

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Director in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

Cloudera Data Platform 8.0

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We have utilized Cloudera support quite frequently and are very satisfied with the capability and responsiveness of that team. Often, the new features delivered with the platform give us an opportunity to mature the way we're doing things, and the support team have been valuable in developing those new patterns.

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Director in Engineering

Insurance Company, 51-200 employees

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SAP BW/4HANA 8.7

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SAP offers specialized support since it is a relatively new product and it is necessary to be able to push the platform.

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Martin Lopez

Gerente de Consultoría

SEIDOR AnalyticsInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

IBM's offering of the Cloud Pak for Data has been a moving target and difficult to compare to Cloudera Data Platform. We have implemented our solution on Amazon Web Services, which appears to be supported by IBM at this point, but the migration would be very expensive for us to endeavor.

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Director in Engineering

Insurance Company, 51-200 employees

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Unfortunately I never had the chance to work with other tools similar to SAP BW/4HANA. In the different companies I've worked for during the past 4 years, they all used SAP, and in particular I worked in SAP BW during the last year.

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Verified User

Employee in Marketing

Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Return on Investment

Reduced operational costs
Speed to market

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Director in Engineering

Insurance Company, 51-200 employees

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Faster turn-around to enhancements
End users can query structures that are not limited to multi-dimensional models.
Performance improvements means that business user can do more in the same time compared to traditional BW

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Mark Villazon

Senior Technical Specialist

Rio TintoMining & Metals, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Cloudera Data Platform vs SAP BW/4HANA