SAP Business Data Cloud vs. SAP Datasphere

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Business Data Cloud
Score 8.4 out of 10
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SAP Business Data Cloud is a fully managed SaaS solution that unifies and governs all SAP data and seamlessly connects with third-party data—giving line-of-business leaders context to make even more impactful decisions.N/A
SAP Datasphere
Score 8.6 out of 10
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SAP Datasphere, the next generation of SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, is a comprehensive data service that enables data professionals to deliver seamless and scalable access to mission-critical business data. It provides a unified experience for data integration, data cataloging, semantic modeling, data warehousing, data federation, and data virtualization. SAP Datasphere enables users to distribute mission-critical business data — with business context and logic preserved — across the data…N/A
Pricing
SAP Business Data CloudSAP Datasphere
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP Business Data CloudSAP Datasphere
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsSAP Datasphere is available as a subscription or consumption-based model. The SAP Datasphere capacity unit (CU) offers an adaptable approach to pricing that enables any workload on any hyperscaler. The number of CUs required is determined by the unique workload, with the ability to tailor the combination of required services within SAP Datasphere utilizing a flexible tenant configuration. The services that contribute to CU consumption are the core application (compute and storage), data lake, BW bridge, data integration, and data catalog (crawling and storage).
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SAP Business Data Cloud
Chose SAP Business Data Cloud
A bundled offering with inherent integration makes it easy to use and manage, whether for developers or admins.
Chose SAP Business Data Cloud
BDC is a significant development over Datasphere in the sense that it unifies not only the transaction and olap systems but also other olap systems which may have existed in the landscape. Pce migration and availability of data from and 7.5 or B4 HANA system as a data product …
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User Ratings
SAP Business Data CloudSAP Datasphere
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(8 ratings)
8.7
(105 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
6.7
(2 ratings)
Usability
7.1
(8 ratings)
7.3
(48 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(21 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(8 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP Business Data CloudSAP Datasphere
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
1. Data extraction from Non-SAP environment 2.Seamless integration with SAP Analytics Cloud for reporting purposes, avoiding the need to create complex reporting dashboards 3. Dataproducts across different modules are available for use in the SAP environment 4 . Snowflakes and Databricks offer more flexibility to address complex use cases, including even application of AI.
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SAP
SAP Datasphere is well suited for scalable cloud based data integration scenarios which also opens up the doors for AI driven insights which are much harder to achieve with on-prem data warehouses. Considering the licensing model of SAP Datasphere being based on consumption driven capacity units cost can be a big consideration for organizations with large volumes of data that can be a pre-requisite for data mining and AI use cases. So this can be a bottleneck or not so well adopted scenario for SAP Datasphere.
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Pros
SAP
  • Extraction of Data from various non-SAP data sources.
  • Leverage Databricks for easy AI application to the identified use-cases.
  • SAP analytics cloud for reporting purposes.
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SAP
  • SAP Data Warehouse Cloud offers free trial for 90 days with free 128 GB of storage and 64 GB memory.
  • Availability of self-service data modeling and analytics on SAP Data Warehouse Cloud enables users to access and analyze data without getting support from the IT team.
  • Without zero coding while collecting, connecting, analyzing and modeling data, it saves us time and operational costs of partnering with external IT support experts.
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Cons
SAP
  • Data products that combine data across process areas
  • Better capabilities for transforming data in the object store
  • Support for large scale customers
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SAP
  • Need to have a good understanding of the SAP ecosystem to implement and use it.
  • From a cost perspective it can be little bit on the expensive side for enterprises.
  • The platform is still new and hence more subjected to bugs. But support for it is always good from the SAP team.
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
In the new analytics world, BDC has been a game changer for SAP Analytics. Extending the SAP data for the usage in Databricks, snow flake, GCP has opened new doors for Analytics . Shift from traditional data warehousing to Business Data fabric adapting to the change in the analytics world is the need of the hour and Sap has managed to pulled it off with BDC
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SAP
We are moving into using SAP datasphere heavily and replacing all of the SAP HANA native calc view logic to the sap datasphere graphical view which will reduce the legacy SAP BW data warehouse. Also need some more features such as debugging, sql preview and prompts enhancements so that we can generate the reports.
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Usability
SAP
It has business friendly options, governance features and as expected, integration with SAP products. However it feels complex for somebody who is non SAP background and for building lighter reports. There is lot of scope for improvement as compared to in general options available in the market. Otherwise it is best for business cases
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SAP
It is one of the best tools and a boon to Logistics teams across the globe. One tends to actually process warehousing data so smoothly and the way demonstration is made while in programs it makes it user friendly. The Inventory touch points that one identify is simply awesome and is best part.
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Support Rating
SAP
support team is generally responsive and knowledgeable, and most issues are addressed within acceptable timelines. Documentation and standard guidance are helpful for common scenarios.
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SAP
I would greatly acknowledge the services of Sap Data [warehouse Cloud] because we were struggling before its arrival where we used to get manual data connections and this used to consume a lot of time but after its use, we now are able to connect data easily saving a lot of time and finances.
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Implementation Rating
SAP
I have done implementation of models in traditional bw and Using BDC. The integration of BDC with S4 hana for creating sap data products is seamless and reduces lot of implementation effort. The intelligent app feature is BDC also eases the implementation effort. If i have to compare the previous world with new BDC, implementation effort is largely saved
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SAP
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
BDC is a significant development over Datasphere in the sense that it unifies not only the transaction and olap systems but also other olap systems which may have existed in the landscape. Pce migration and availability of data from and 7.5 or B4 HANA system as a data product is also an exemplary feature.
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SAP
Each of these listed software has its own unique strength and capacity that scales well. SAP Datasphere on its end up against them with more suitability for large establishments with complex data ecosystems with scalability support. Also, it avails a pay-as-you-go pricing for users, and it is widely up for data quality, data governance, and data discovery.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
SAP
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SAP
Despite the pricing model being expensive for small businesses, it provides decent features and capabilities for organizations of different sizes and it's an appropriate investment in today's business environment where there is constant pressure to build a scalable and flexible analytics service
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Professional Services
SAP
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SAP
Ever since we implemented SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, we have been able to reduce the additional costs of hiring third-party service providers by incorporating professional services offered by the vendor.
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Return on Investment
SAP
  • State-of-the-art and faster Data extraction, mapping, and transformation both from SAP and non-SAP data sources.
  • Supports ECC to SAP S/4 HANA data transformation use cases.
  • AI-enabled use cases leveraging Databricks further reduce the ETL process in Data transformation.
  • Faster Go-To-Market as reporting and dashboarding don't require much custom development. Instead, SAP Analytics Cloud helps here.
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SAP
  • Preserving data quality has enhanced governance on data by having a single source that is accessible to every business user via self-service capabilities.
  • Operational cost is lowered by connecting data in one integrated solution hence making it easy to access information without having to keeping logging to other applications. Additionally, no external IT support is needed since SAP Data Warehouse Cloud has no-coding modeling tools.
  • SAP Data Warehouse Cloud has enabled every business user to understand different data by transforming data to real insights.
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