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Firebolt vs. SAP Business Warehouse

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Firebolt
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Firebolt's Cloud Data Warehouse is designed to deliver extreme speed and elasticity at any scale to solve impossible data challenges. The vendor states it combines the best of high performance database architecture with the infinite scale of the data lake, enabling you to perform analytics at jaw-dropping speed across terabyte and petabyte scale. Built on a decoupled storage and compute architecture, Firebolt allows users to scale up or down to support any workload.N/A
SAP BW
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
SAP Business Warehouse, or SAP BW (formerly SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse) is SAP's legacy data warehouse solution, now superseded by SAP BW/4HANA, and the SAP Data Warehouse Cloud which was launched in 2019. SAP BW versions up to 7.4 have reached end of maintenance. SAP BW 7.5 support is extended to align with SAP Business Suite with NetWeaver components. For existing customers maintenance is scheduled to continue through 2027, with extended support available through 2030.N/A
Pricing
FireboltSAP Business Warehouse
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FireboltSAP BW
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFirebolt introduces a new business model that ensures true alignment of interests with customers. You can now rely on Firebolt to support your ever growing data and compute requirements, enabling you to run more queries faster, without breaking the bank. Firebolt pricing includes a fixed annual cost (described in the tiers below) as well as AWS cloud costs for resources you decide to use (fully transparent AWS compute and storage at the baseline cost. We don't make any profit here).—
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Community Pulse
FireboltSAP Business Warehouse
Features
FireboltSAP Business Warehouse
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Firebolt
-
Ratings
SAP Business Warehouse
8.5
Ratings
3% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Location-Based Data Governance00 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Firebolt
-
Ratings
SAP Business Warehouse
8.7
Ratings
10% above category average
Data model creation00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
Firebolt
-
Ratings
SAP Business Warehouse
5.4
Ratings
3% above category average
Visualization00 Ratings5.40 Ratings
Data Warehouse
Comparison of Data Warehouse features of Product A and Product B
Firebolt
-
Ratings
SAP Business Warehouse
7.5
Ratings
2% below category average
High-Volume Data Processing00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Data Warehouse Management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Administrative Automation00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Self-Optimization00 Ratings5.60 Ratings
User Ratings
FireboltSAP Business Warehouse
Likelihood to Recommend
-
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8.4
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User Testimonials
FireboltSAP Business Warehouse
Likelihood to Recommend
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SAP BW is best for: 1. Large enterprises 2. Enterprises with 3+ legacy systems with entrenched users (politically difficult to merge) 3. Enterprises with employees who can understand both the technical capabilities of SAP BW and the needs of the business users - ability to speak both languages, otherwise the program could be unwieldy and potentially underutilized (it's not particularly inexpensive) SAP BW is less appropriate for: 1. Small enterprises 2. Enterprises who have well established, same location, CRM and UFS - the integration of data analysis will be easier and less expensive with other solutions 3. HANA
Jeff Looby, CPA | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Pros
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  • ETL, great at taking data from OLTP source, flat file, etc... Easy drag and drop for transformations.
  • Great reporting possibilities, easy to connect with BO, BPC, etc...
  • Great Master Data Management (MDM )for BPC - helps us maintain master data for BPC.
Mark Liston | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mark Liston
Solutions Architect
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Cons
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  • Age of software is showing as it struggles with very large data modules, which were not as prevalent in its early years
  • Querying performance at times can be very slow
  • Support and development for BEx has been discontinued or hard to find.
Sam Figueroa | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sam Figueroa
Associate Staff Systems Specialist
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Usability
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It needs minimal trainings and can perform tasks of data management and reporting.
Sandesh Pasari | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sandesh Pasari
Marketing manager
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Alternatives Considered
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SAP Business Warehouse scores higher in data warehouse functionalities for integration to SAP ERP and other SAP solutions such as SAP CRM, SAP APO, and SAP SRM. Standard SAP data source extractors which are available in SAP ERP can be used immediately for full or delta replication into SAP Business Warehouse. System governance in SAP Business Warehouse is top-notch with change management support for migration between system landscape from the development system to production system.
Julius Shen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Julius Shen
Senior System Analyst
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Return on Investment
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  • It has helped cut down on parts shortages with the minimum stock flags.
  • People are able to track down parts easier because they can see where they were last used.
  • Our sales team has better visibility on lead times so they can accurately quote our customers.
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Brandi Brown-Lang
Sales and Purchasing Administrator
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