SAP BW/4HANA vs. Talend Data Integration

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP BW/4HANA
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
SAP BW/4HANA is a next-generation data warehouse solution. It is specifically designed to use the advanced in-memory capabilities of the SAP HANA platform. For example, SAP BW/HANA can integrate many different data sources to provide a single, logical view of all the data. This could include data contained in SAP and non-SAP applications running on-premise or in the cloud, and data lakes, such as those contained in the Apache Hadoop open-source software framework. With SAP BW/4HANA,…N/A
Talend Data Integration
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
The Talend Integration Suite, from Talend, is a set of tools for data integration.N/A
Pricing
SAP BW/4HANATalend Data Integration
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP BW/4HANATalend Data Integration
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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SAP BW/4HANATalend Data Integration
Features
SAP BW/4HANATalend Data Integration
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP BW/4HANA
8.8
1 Ratings
0% below category average
Talend Data Integration
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Location-Based Data Governance8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
SAP BW/4HANA
7.0
1 Ratings
12% below category average
Talend Data Integration
9.0
10 Ratings
13% above category average
Data model creation7.01 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Metadata management00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Testing and debugging00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
SAP BW/4HANA
4.0
1 Ratings
29% below category average
Talend Data Integration
-
Ratings
Visualization4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Warehouse
Comparison of Data Warehouse features of Product A and Product B
SAP BW/4HANA
6.0
1 Ratings
25% below category average
Talend Data Integration
-
Ratings
High-Volume Data Processing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Warehouse Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Administrative Automation5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Optimization3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
SAP BW/4HANA
-
Ratings
Talend Data Integration
9.5
10 Ratings
13% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
SAP BW/4HANA
-
Ratings
Talend Data Integration
9.0
10 Ratings
9% above category average
Simple transformations00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Complex transformations00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
SAP BW/4HANA
-
Ratings
Talend Data Integration
8.5
9 Ratings
4% above category average
Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP BW/4HANATalend Data Integration
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(9 ratings)
10.0
(19 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(7 ratings)
6.6
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP BW/4HANATalend Data Integration
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
Some scenarios where SAP BW/4HANA is well suited are retail industry, supply chain, finance, warehouse, stocking processes, BI, [and] some finance analytics reporting. Some scenarios where SAP BW/4HANA is less appropriate [is when] relational queries are needed [and] in some small business with infrastructure limitations. Another scenario that is less appropriate is for ABAP processes requirements.
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Qlik
This tool fits all kinds of organizations and helps to integrate data between many applications. We can use this tool as data integration is a key feature for all organizations. It is also available in the cloud, which makes the integration more seamless. The firm can opt for the required tools when there are no data integration needs.
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Pros
SAP
  • High speed data warehouse regardless of data volumes.
  • Excellent integration with SAP systems and Data sets.
  • Simplified data modelling due to columnar data base.
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Qlik
  • Talend Data Integration allows us to quickly build data integrations without a tremendous amount of custom coding (some Java and JavaScript knowledge is still required).
  • I like the UI and it's very intuitive. Jobs are visual, allowing the team members to see the flow of the data, without having to read through the Java code that is generated.
  • Dynamically table creation from new source.
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Cons
SAP
  • Enterprise license pricing is very expensive and run-time license limits the usefulness of the tool.
  • Integration with SAP Analytics cloud for write-back to BW/4HANA. Live connection is only read from SAC.
  • Make run-time licenses more useful.
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Qlik
  • Pricing for sure can be the area for improvement.
  • Real time processing is slow as compared to other tools like Abinitio.
  • While developing batches, it crashes a lot. It may be the issue with me, but I wanted to highlight it.
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Usability
SAP
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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Qlik
We use Talend Data Integration day in and day out. It is the best and easiest tool to jump on to and use. We can build a basic integration super-fast. We could build basic integrations as fast as within the hour. It is also easy to build transformations and use Java to perform some operations.
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Support Rating
SAP
SAP Max Attention and general support for SAP BW/4HANA is broadly available. Truth to be told, MaxAttention has a premium cost but brings great engineers. So this being an enterprise capability and extremely critical, we did not consider cost as the main factor since support works well. Just keep that in mind when making your selection.
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Qlik
Good support, specially when it relates to PROD environment. The support team has access to the product development team. Things are internally escalated to development team if there is a bug encountered. This helps the customer to get quick fix or patch designed for problem exceptions. I have also seen support showing their willingness to help develop custom connector for a newly available cloud based big data solution
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
SAP Analytics Cloud is complemented by SAP BW/4 HANA through connectors that work in real-time and allow the display of indicator information in interactive and user-friendly visualizations. SAP Data Services integrates with BW/4 HANA allowing to automate the loading of information in the system taking as a data source a wide variety of platforms.
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Qlik
In comparison with the other ETLs I used, Talend is more flexible than Data Services (where you cannot create complex commands). It is similar to Datastage speaking about commands and interfaces. It is more user-friendly than ODI, which has a metadata point of view on its own, while Talend is more classic. It has both on-prem and cloud approaches, while Matillion is only cloud-based.
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Return on Investment
SAP
  • 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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Qlik
  • It’s only been a positive RoI with Talend given we’ve interfaced large datasets between critical on-Prem and cloud-native apps to efficiently run our business operations.
  • 40K+ plots data, covering 1K+ crop varieties.
  • 3K+ Customer & their credit data, 3K+ product inventory & pricing.
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