SAP Datasphere Review
August 07, 2025

SAP Datasphere Review

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Overall Satisfaction with SAP Datasphere

SAP Datasphere is quickly becoming our "one source of truth" data warehouse solution. We're in the process of a full implementation now, so we are bringing in data from both SAP and non-SAP sources, combining them in data flows and then ultimately modelling them into something consumable using SAC or dashboarding software like Tableau.

Pros

  • Replication Flows - getting data from SAP.
  • Modelling - you can choose to do it graphically or using code like SQL
  • Speed of Data Access - we find it very fast compared to other tools we've used, thanks to utilizing CDS views.

Cons

  • There's a bit of a learning curve and I find it hard to trace where all the data is coming from. You can see the lineage, but everything seems to require a lot of "layers" ie. a Data Flow, a Replication Flow, a View, an Analytic Model etc.
  • Using CDS views is less straightforward than the SAP tables, but I think necessary if you want to save on space / increase speed. I look forward to the prepackaged "Data Products" that SAP has said are coming.
  • For end-users of Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud is the recommended route but it's not nearly as user-friendly as other tools, so you'll either have to deal with that or do extra work on the Datasphere side to allow your models to be exposed to tools outside of SAP.
  • Remains to be seen for us but we're excited for all the work that SAP is putting into BDC and having Datasphere as our foundation for AI in the future.
  • It has strengthened our relationship with SAP, and more seems possible to tap into now.
  • Implementing in phases has made the cost more digestible.
It's a very usable system and the flexibility to build flows / models graphically vs. SQL etc. is great. You definitely need to know what you're doing though and learning about CDS views is another layer.
SAP Datasphere is an exciting way to modernize our data stack, and what clinched it for us was how deep we're already in with SAP - it only made sense to try and leverage the synergies between Datasphere and our other SAP products.

Do you think SAP Datasphere delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP Datasphere's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP Datasphere live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SAP Datasphere go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP Datasphere again?

Yes

If your company's on SAP and a large percentage of your data is in SAP, it makes a ton of sense to go with Datasphere as your data warehouse solution. If you're on a more legacy version of an SAP datawarehouse (ie. HANA or BW/4HANA) then you'll likely be very impressed by the improvements here.

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