Fivetran vs. SAP Data Services

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Fivetran
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Fivetran replicates applications, databases, events and files into a high-performance data warehouse, after a five minute setup. The vendor says their standardized cloud pipelines are fully managed and zero-maintenance. The vendor says Fivetran began with a realization: For modern companies using cloud-based software and storage, traditional ETL tools badly underperformed, and the complicated configurations they required often led to project failures. To streamline and accelerate…
$0.01
SAP Data Services
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
SAP Data Services is an offering from SAP to improve data quality.N/A
Pricing
FivetranSAP Data Services
Editions & Modules
Starter
$0.01
per credit
Standard
$0.01
per credit
Enterprise
$0.01
per credit
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FivetranSAP Data Services
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
FivetranSAP Data Services
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
Fivetran
10.0
8 Ratings
18% above category average
SAP Data Services
-
Ratings
Connect to traditional data sources10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
Fivetran
6.3
7 Ratings
25% below category average
SAP Data Services
-
Ratings
Simple transformations6.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Complex transformations6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Fivetran
6.1
8 Ratings
26% below category average
SAP Data Services
-
Ratings
Data model creation2.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Metadata management4.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Business rules and workflow8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
Testing and debugging9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
Fivetran
9.0
7 Ratings
10% above category average
SAP Data Services
-
Ratings
Integration with data quality tools9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Quality
Comparison of Data Quality features of Product A and Product B
Fivetran
-
Ratings
SAP Data Services
6.1
9 Ratings
35% below category average
Data source connectivity00 Ratings5.39 Ratings
Data profiling00 Ratings6.09 Ratings
Master data management (MDM) integration00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
Data element standardization00 Ratings6.99 Ratings
Match and merge00 Ratings5.19 Ratings
Address verification00 Ratings6.38 Ratings
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User Ratings
FivetranSAP Data Services
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(9 ratings)
6.1
(9 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
FivetranSAP Data Services
Likelihood to Recommend
Fivetran
Fivetran's business model justifies the use-case where we require data from a single source basically a lot of data but if the requirement is not on the heavier side, Fivetran comes to costly operation when compared to its peers. Otherwise, I'll recommend Fivetran for stability and update and seamless service provider.
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SAP
It's definitely one of the leading ETL tools, and it's the best ETL tool to use with SAP integration. If you use SAP HANA, then you should think about Data Services as your primary ETL tool.
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Pros
Fivetran
  • Easily connects to source data using delivered connectors
  • Transforms data into standard models and schemas
  • Has very good documentation to help quickly setup connectors
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SAP
  • Integration with SAP ERP/ECC works really well.
  • A lot of flexibility in data creation, with different types of communication capabilities like BAPIs, IDocs, and Batch input.
  • Reliable and consistent results and easily enforceable data templates.
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Cons
Fivetran
  • Very difficult to get connectors enhanced if a specific needed object is not supported by them
  • Depending on the edition needed and the data volumes, can get quite expensive
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SAP
  • Debugging is not very easy. When one wants to see the flow of data from one Query to another, the process is not very smooth and efficient.
  • A lot of functions do not behave the way they should. I have faced problems with the count() function.
  • I have faced problems while loading Excel files. The same set of options will work in one case but not in the other.
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Usability
Fivetran
Very easy and intuitive to setup and maintain as there usually are not that many options. Very well documented (e.g. how to setup each connector, how the schema looks like, any specific features of this connector etc.). Also the operation is intuitive, e.g. you have status pages, log pages, configuration pages etc. for each connector.
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Performance
Fivetran
It runs pretty well and gets our data from point A to point cluster quickly enough. Honestly, it's not something I think about unless it breaks and that's pretty rare.
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Fivetran
No answers on this topic
SAP
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.
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Alternatives Considered
Fivetran
We never seriously considered using anything else. Our data engineers had used Fivetran extensively in previous roles so when it came time to make a decision, there wasn't much of a process. They gladly signed the contract with Fivetran pretty quickly.
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SAP
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 the right level of insight across your business so you can make better decisions and operate more effectively.SAP Data Services was previously known as SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator, BusinessObjects Data Integrator.
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Return on Investment
Fivetran
  • It has been very positive in serving BI team with new source requests
  • It has been OK at scaling to match as data volumes as source data size grows
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SAP
  • Very positive impact in jobs maintenance since support auto-documentation.
  • Great impact on learning curve.
  • Great results in our Data Quality Projects.
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