IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. SAP Business Warehouse

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
IBM InfoSphere Information Server is a data integration platform used to understand, cleanse, monitor and transform data. The offerings provide massively parallel processing (MPP) capabilities.N/A
SAP BW
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
SAP Business Warehouse, or SAP BW (formerly SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse) is SAP's legacy data warehouse solution, now superseded by SAP BW/4HANA, and the SAP Data Warehouse Cloud which was launched in 2019. SAP BW versions up to 7.4 have reached end of maintenance. SAP BW 7.5 support is extended to align with SAP Business Suite with NetWeaver components. For existing customers maintenance is scheduled to continue through 2027, with extended support available through 2030.N/A
Pricing
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerSAP Business Warehouse
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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IBM InfoSphere Information ServerSAP BW
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerSAP Business Warehouse
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
8.7
4 Ratings
5% above category average
SAP Business Warehouse
-
Ratings
Connect to traditional data sources9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.6
4 Ratings
17% above category average
SAP Business Warehouse
-
Ratings
Simple transformations10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Complex transformations9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
8.0
4 Ratings
2% above category average
SAP Business Warehouse
9.0
5 Ratings
1% above category average
Data model creation8.72 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Metadata management7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Business rules and workflow8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Testing and debugging7.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.7
4 Ratings
20% above category average
SAP Business Warehouse
-
Ratings
Integration with data quality tools10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
-
Ratings
SAP Business Warehouse
9.3
6 Ratings
3% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.16 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.66 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Location-Based Data Governance00 Ratings9.46 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
-
Ratings
SAP Business Warehouse
6.6
6 Ratings
13% below category average
Visualization00 Ratings6.66 Ratings
Data Warehouse
Comparison of Data Warehouse features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
-
Ratings
SAP Business Warehouse
8.0
6 Ratings
3% below category average
High-Volume Data Processing00 Ratings8.66 Ratings
Data Warehouse Management00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Administrative Automation00 Ratings7.36 Ratings
Self-Optimization00 Ratings6.96 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerSAP Business Warehouse
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(5 ratings)
7.3
(15 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerSAP Business Warehouse
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
Information Server is extremely useful to replace manual developments that require a lot of coding effort. It significantly increases the productivity of the initial development and the future maintenance of the processes since it has a visual development environment with self-documentation.
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SAP
SAP BW is best for: 1. Large enterprises 2. Enterprises with 3+ legacy systems with entrenched users (politically difficult to merge) 3. Enterprises with employees who can understand both the technical capabilities of SAP BW and the needs of the business users - ability to speak both languages, otherwise the program could be unwieldy and potentially underutilized (it's not particularly inexpensive) SAP BW is less appropriate for: 1. Small enterprises 2. Enterprises who have well established, same location, CRM and UFS - the integration of data analysis will be easier and less expensive with other solutions 3. HANA
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Pros
IBM
  • IIS best for ETL ,not ELT , and many and diffrent source systems.
  • It also can process big data , unstuctured data
  • It is not only DWH , you can use infosphere for analys and see the bigger architecture of your OLTP systems
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SAP
  • It tracks bin locations for parts which can be really helpful.
  • SAP Business Warehouse tells you who has a part checked out so you can find it.
  • It shows current parts shortages so buyers are flagged to get parts on order based on current demand.
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Cons
IBM
  • I would be nice to have a new web development environment for DataStage.
  • Connectivity Packs such as Pack for SAP Application are a little pricey.
  • It is confusing for new developers the possibility of developing jobs using different execution engines such as Parallel or Server.
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SAP
  • Age of software is showing as it struggles with very large data modules, which were not as prevalent in its early years
  • Querying performance at times can be very slow
  • Support and development for BEx has been discontinued or hard to find.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
  • Scale of implementation
  • IBM techsupport
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SAP
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Usability
IBM
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SAP
The overall usability is robust. The tool offers lot of native feature to achieve all the data warehousing functions. Starting from data modelling to reporting and authorisation, the tool provided native features for almost all the areas of analytics. Integration of hybrid modelling with hana studio opened the usage of sql functions with the sap analytics
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
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SAP
SAP Business Warehouse scores higher in data warehouse functionalities for integration to SAP ERP and other SAP solutions such as SAP CRM, SAP APO, and SAP SRM. Standard SAP data source extractors which are available in SAP ERP can be used immediately for full or delta replication into SAP Business Warehouse. System governance in SAP Business Warehouse is top-notch with change management support for migration between system landscape from the development system to production system.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Productivity of the development of integration processes.
  • Better documentation and governance.
  • Reduce training costs of various technologies.
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SAP
  • Positive - This tool report output is in Excel so it's a good tool if your users are familiar with Excel.
  • Positive: this tool has rich BI content so developing extractors for standard processes from SAP ECC can be done in minutes.
  • Negative: It lacks lot of features which are available in other newer tools today. For ex. - rich charts, rich filtering, exporting capabilities, user interface.
  • Negative: Its not a plug and play tool like Qlikview, Lumira, or Tableau. Even a single report development in this tool takes a lot of time compared to others.
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