Item: SAP Integration Suite
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In my opinion, SAP Integration Suite's version management is not up to industry standards and lacks features. Tagging and Release processes are very basic. You need to come up with a versioning scheme for your external APIs to ensure users using the latest release and not a dev release. The development itself and data mapping and transformation a top priority. As always, with SAP, licensing is a little bit of an issue, but solvable. With over 1 year of productive integrations with CPI, we can say that we have had a very positive experience when it comes to stability and performance within CPI. When taking heavy coding in Groovy, the debugging capabilities are up to standards. Although you should use a full IDE for that.

Pros and Cons

Ease of use and lots of connectors
Availability of standard integration content

Version management is not up to industry standards and is lacking features.
The tagging and release processes are very basic.

Return on Investment

Reduce time to market
Improve business process outcomes

SAP Integration Suite

With over 1 year of productive integrations with CPI, we can say that we have had a very positive experience when it comes to stability and performance within CPI. When taking heavy coding in Groovy the debugging capabilities are up to standards. Although you should use a full IDE for that."

SAP Integration Suite Business Insight

We have not fully used these capabilities yet.

Alternatives Considered

IBM App Connect

The development and the transformation capability are not so great. I believe IBM is looking to incorporate some of the features of IBM App Connect into API Connect. The authentication features are in no way close to CA API Management (f.k.a Laye r7). The development experience is not as good as Apigee's. The GUI should be improved. Maybe the product team should see the other API management tools in their offering.

Key Insights

Do you think SAP Integration Suite delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP Integration Suite's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP Integration Suite live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SAP Integration Suite go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP Integration Suite again?

Yes

Other Software Used

IBM App Connect, Workato, Boomi

Likelihood to Recommend

If you already have working middleware and strong developer powers, check whether you really need this integration platform. Make sure that you evaluate the CPIs' existing integrations to save developing costs. It can really save time and costs.

Great Software!

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Integration Suite