SAP BW/4HANA vs. Weld

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP BW/4HANA
Score 8.4 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
Weld
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Weld, from Weld Technologies, headquartered in Copenhagen, is a data warehouse tool that enables reporting and data activation out of the box. It is built on top of a data warehouse, the user's single source of truth, and helps take control of data and utilize it for long-term growth.
$802.97
per month
Pricing
SAP BW/4HANAWeld
Editions & Modules
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Growth
€750
per month
Business
€2000
per month
Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP BW/4HANAWeld
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
SAP BW/4HANAWeld
Features
SAP BW/4HANAWeld
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP BW/4HANA
9.2
2 Ratings
3% above category average
Weld
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)9.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Location-Based Data Governance7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
SAP BW/4HANA
9.6
2 Ratings
8% above category average
Weld
-
Ratings
Data model creation9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
SAP BW/4HANA
9.3
2 Ratings
26% above category average
Weld
-
Ratings
Visualization9.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Warehouse
Comparison of Data Warehouse features of Product A and Product B
SAP BW/4HANA
7.8
2 Ratings
4% below category average
Weld
-
Ratings
High-Volume Data Processing9.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Warehouse Management9.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Administrative Automation5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Optimization6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP BW/4HANAWeld
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP BW/4HANAWeld
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
SAP BW/4HANA is certainly an excellent choice when it comes to setting up a data warehousing platform within a landscape of existing SAP systems ecosystem for realizing quick time to value and ROI over the long term. Many non-SAP analytics tools such as Power BI , Qlik also now offer connectors to leverage SAP BW/4HANA data as additional options to deploy third party visualization tools which make it a more open ended platform of choice. But with the future roadmap of SAP and industry in general being focused towards cloud based offerings (SAC and Datasphere) infused with AI capabilities one has to make a judicious choice among these depending on the use case, capabilities of platforms and existing systems landscape and the overall long term IT strategy. SAP BW/4HANA may not be a good platform of choice if starting a native greenfield data warehousing implementation with cloud first approach which would require data integration across SAP and Non-SAP sources and one should consider other SAP cloud offerings which however still have some time to reach a level of maturity as SAP BW/4HANA has reached over the years.
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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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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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Usability
SAP
SAP BW/4HANA is a well-designed data warehousing solution that has matured over the years with even more capabilities esp. on the HANA platform making it a compelling choice for SAP customers. It is very well thought out both in design and development aspects from an IT standpoint as well as usability from a business user standpoint with excellent performance driven by HANA. It also goes beyond just analytics and offers data mining and planning capabilities that make it even more compelling.
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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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Alternatives Considered
SAP
SAP BW / 4HANA and SAP IQ are both used for warehouse; with quick consultations for business analysis and that allows us to obtain dashboards and KPIs efficiently. SAP IQ is columnar and SAP BW / 4HANA immemorial. SAP BW / 4HANA was selected for the response speed of the queries since it saves the information in cache.
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Weld Technologies ApS
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Return on Investment
SAP
  • Positive impact on the availability of information for decision making.
  • Avoid the need for multiple databases for isolated data warehouses within the organization.
  • Immediate availability of information for managers and business users.
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Weld Technologies ApS
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ScreenShots

SAP BW/4HANA Screenshots

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