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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAP Integration Suite

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASAP Integration Suite is a modern, secure integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that connects applications, data, processes, and AI agents across SAP and non‑SAP environments.

    $11,199

    per year

    Microsoft SQL Server

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft SQL Server is a relational database.

    $1,418

    Per License

    Pricing
    SAP Integration SuiteMicrosoft SQL Server
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Subscription
    $1,418.00
    Per License
    Enterprise
    $13,748.00
    Per License
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP Integration SuiteMicrosoft SQL Server
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAccess to free tier services does not expire while there is an active Pay-As-You-Go or CPEA account with SAP. Once a free tier service limit has been reached users have the option to update from a free to a paid service plan in the same account.—
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    Community Pulse
    SAP Integration SuiteMicrosoft SQL Server
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    233 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    45 Answers
    Features
    SAP Integration SuiteMicrosoft SQL Server
    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of SAP Integration Suite and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    SAP Integration Suite
    7.8
    277 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
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    Ratings
    Pre-built connectors8.4262 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connector modification7.8224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration7.9256 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality services7.9229 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data security features8.0244 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring console7.0251 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SAP Integration SuiteMicrosoft SQL Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (363 ratings)
    7.9
    (107 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (13 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    7.6
    (17 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.7
    (9 ratings)
    7.9
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
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    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
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    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    User Testimonials
    SAP Integration SuiteMicrosoft SQL Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    Good at: 1. Integrations with in SAP applications, especially with event based triggers 2. Can be integrated very well with other BTP services to attain Batch processing and store credentials 3. Supports many authentication models Improvements: 1. No version history available compared to as it is available in S4HANA 2. Need a lot of improvement in git hub connections
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft SQL is ubiquitous, while MySQL runs under the hood all over the place. Microsoft SQL is the platform taught in colleges and certification courses and is the one most likely to be used by businesses because it is backed by Microsoft. Its interface is friendly (well, as pleasant as SQL can be) and has been used by so many for so long that resources are freely available if you encounter any issues.
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    Pros
    SAP
    • The extensive catalog of pre package integrations that have in the discovery center. That allows developers to find solutions that can fit the needs.
    • Monitor of the integrations and api deployed.
    • API management has been for us a very usefull tool inside integration suite, to be able to have the API Hub with the documentation of our apis.
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    Microsoft
    • Easy to configure and use with Visual Studio and Dot Net
    • Easy integration with MSBI to perform data analysis
    • Data Security
    • Easy to understand and use
    • Very easy to export database and tables in the form of SQL query or a script
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    Cons
    SAP
    • Provide more pre-built integrations to use within SuccessFactors or other modules instead of everything having to be custom built
    • Support is unable to provide advice on custom builds so you often have to engage a 3rd party partner
    • Works best when you have the functional and technical teams working together. Otherwise, the system is too technical for a functional user to create integration and a technical user not always understand the functional perspective
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    Microsoft
    • Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise edition has a high cost but is the only edition which supports SQL Always On Availability Groups. It would be nice to include this feature in the Standard version.
    • Licensing of Microsoft SQL Server is a quite complex matter, it would be good to simplify licensing in the future. For example, per core vs per user CAL licensing, as well as complex licensing scenarios in the Cloud and on Edge locations.
    • It would be good to include native tools for converting Oracle, DB2, Postgresql and MySQL/MariaDB databases (schema and data) for import into Microsoft SQL Server.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    It is in place, our system integrators are familiar with it, and it fits into the ecosystem. A better user interface, flow build and debugging experience would see it grow, many technical staff do not enjoy using it for this reason, however it is quite capable and powerful behind this one shortcoming.
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    Microsoft
    We understand that the Microsoft SQL Server will continue to advance, offering the same robust and reliable platform while adding new features that enable us, as a software center, to create a superior product. That provides excellent performance while reducing the hardware requirements and the total cost of ownership of our solution.
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    Usability
    SAP
    The user interface is messy and not intuitive. It has a steep learning curve, and flows developed around are easy to make a mess with layout and can be difficult to follow. The debugging is also quite difficult, it takes some time to figure out how to follow the flow and examine data. Error handling is also difficult and not intuitive, it is better to let some errors leak and monitor through ALM.
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    Microsoft
    SQL Server mostly 'just works' or generates error messages to help you sort out the trouble. You can usually count on the product to get the job done and keep an eye on your potential mistakes. Interaction with other Microsoft products makes operating as a Windows user pretty straight forward. Digging through the multitude of dialogs and wizards can be a pain, but the answer is usually there somewhere.
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    Reliability and Availability
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Its does not have outages.
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    Performance
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    SSAS data cubes may some time slow down your Excel reports.
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    Support Rating
    SAP
    The support for SAP Integration Suite is satisfactory. We leverage SAP support through our manage services partner. So far, we have not had many major issues. One concern, to make our rating a ten, would be turnaround time on high priority incidents. SAP Integration Suite drives our key business functions forward. Without a reasonable service level agreement on turnaround, we sometimes find us running into issues running pay, etc.
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    Microsoft
    We managed to handle most of our problems by looking into Microsoft's official documentation that has everything explained and almost every function has an example that illustrates in detail how a particular functionality works. Just like PowerShell has the ability to show you an example of how some cmdlet works, that is the case also here, and in my opinion, it is a very good practice and I like it.
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    In-Person Training
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    It was good
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    Online Training
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    very hands on and detailed training
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    Implementation Rating
    SAP
    Work with an SAP implementation partner, if possible.
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    Microsoft
    Other than SQL taking quite a bit of time to actually install there are no problems with installation. Even on hardware that has good performance SQL can still take close to an hour to install a typical server with management and reporting services.
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    Before deploying SAP Integration Suite, we assessed Oracle Financial Services Analytics and IBM Risk Analytics. While Oracle had proved its mettle in the exceptional database support and IBM in presenting risk model tools, SAP Integration Suite overwhelmed others by being effortlessly integrated with our existing banking framework.
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    Microsoft
    [Microsoft] SQL Server has a much better community and professional support and is overall just a more reliable system with Microsoft behind it. I've used MySQL in the past and SQL Server has just become more comfortable for me and is my go to RDBMS.
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    Scalability
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    SQL server does handle growing demands of a mid sized company.
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    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • Positive impact would be availability of pre-defined integration content via templates.
    • One can re-use a template as a starting point to modify and adopt to client-specific integration flow.
    • Availability of adaptors and connectors, making it easier to piece together the integration flow.
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    Microsoft
    • Increased accuracy - We went from multiple users having different versions of an Excel spreadsheet to a single source of truth for our reporting.
    • Increased Efficiency - We can now generate reports at any time from a single source rather than multiple users spending their time collating data and generating reports.
    • Improved Security - Enterprise level security on a dedicated server rather than financial files on multiple laptop hard drives.
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