IBM CICS Transaction Server vs. SAP NetWeaver Application Server

IBM CICS Transaction Server

SAP NetWeaver Application Server

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IBM CICS Transaction Server	Score 8.9 out of 10	N/A	IBM CICS (Customer Information Control System) is mixed-language application server that runs on IBM z/OS. CICS® Transaction Server, often called CICS, is used for hosting transactional enterprise applications in a hybrid architecture.	N/A
SAP NetWeaver AS	Score 7.8 out of 10	N/A	N/A	N/A

Pricing

IBM CICS Transaction Server

SAP NetWeaver Application Server

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
IBM CICS Transaction Server	SAP NetWeaver AS
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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	IBM CICS Transaction Server	SAP NetWeaver Application Server

Features

IBM CICS Transaction Server

SAP NetWeaver Application Server

Application Servers

Comparison of Application Servers features of Product A and Product B
	IBM CICS Transaction Server 8.0 2 Ratings 1% above category average	SAP NetWeaver Application Server 8.2 4 Ratings 3% above category average
IDE support	5.01 Ratings	8.14 Ratings
Security management	9.02 Ratings	8.14 Ratings
Administration and management	9.02 Ratings	9.14 Ratings
Application server performance	10.02 Ratings	8.34 Ratings
Installation	8.02 Ratings	8.34 Ratings
Open-source standards compliance	7.02 Ratings	7.44 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	IBM CICS Transaction Server	SAP NetWeaver Application Server
Small Businesses	NGINX Score 9.8 out of 10	NGINX Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	NGINX Score 9.8 out of 10	NGINX Score 9.8 out of 10
Enterprises	NGINX Score 9.8 out of 10	NGINX Score 9.8 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	IBM CICS Transaction Server	SAP NetWeaver Application Server
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (2 ratings)	8.3 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	IBM CICS Transaction Server	SAP NetWeaver Application Server
Likelihood to Recommend	IBM IBM CICS Transaction Server is multi-decades proven transaction server which is very scalable, very secured, easy to use, has good transactional capabilities, works well all other mainframe resources such as Db2, languages on IBM mainframe, has access control capabilities in terms of who can access the transaction for read mode vs update mode, etc. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	SAP SAP NetWeaver is well suited for contract file storage and management. SAP NetWeaver is less appropriate for entering in time and attendance. Incentivized KV Katie vonErden Associate Commodity Manager Read full review
Pros	IBM De facto standard in the legacy enterprise Multiplatform connection Native connection with DB2 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	SAP Control of inventory Organization of my clients Complete reports Autorization by level Incentivized Alexis Correa Customer Service Professional Read full review
Cons	IBM Would like to see the transaction response matrix on the average transaction response among all requests. Would like to see GUI tool to be able to see currently running transactions Would like to be able to get the details of where the cics transaction was triggered from Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	SAP sometimes in linux OS we face several issues during start and stop. Sometimes Zombie process still exists after clean shutdown that time we need to manually kill those processes otherwise it might not start properly. Here SAP can improve. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	IBM No answers on this topic	SAP I did not give SAP NetWeaver a 10, only because getting access to it initially can be tricky and sometimes it's very slow to load up. Incentivized KV Katie vonErden Associate Commodity Manager Read full review
Alternatives Considered	IBM There is no comparison, in practice, the possibility of using the latest programming languages but, above all, the databases can be different and more modern than DL1. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	SAP Most of the other applications only provide one business module to use, whereas SAP Netweaver Application server can cover all business areas. It provides both ABAP & Java features, meaning it can host Portal applications and be also used for having online transactions. The application codes are easily modifiable & can be made to fit user needs. This application is suited for all type of business demands Incentivized KAUSHIK DEBNATH SAP BASIS Consultant Read full review
Return on Investment	IBM It has allowed us to use our decades old code and still continue to support the business Allows us to have faster time to market and modernize our systems We can still continue to use our legacy resources for modern systems Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	SAP Great ROI. We need to invest in new developments, making it more functional for our business. We have requests that couldn't be duplicated. Maybe we need to pay to fix that. We have a lot of transactions and don't have anyone that can guide us to the ones that we need to improve our business. Incentivized Alexis Correa Customer Service Professional Read full review
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