Firebolt vs. SAP BW/4HANA

Solid data warehouse based on best-in-class in-memory HANA database with excellent integration into SAP solutions, as well as predelivered business content facilitating initial implementation. Leverages the best of SAP's architecture and flexible data warehousing capabilities, without compromising performance and simplification. Will be key enabler to our Finance and HCM analytics roadmap.

Incentivized

• Loading data from SAP ERP data sources.
• Use of data virtualization to minimize load times.
• Data hosting in memory since the underlying database is HANA.

Incentivized

• Still has reliance of ABAP stack.
• Not all exception aggregation conditions are pushed down to HANA
• BW-IP should be included in offering as it was previously.
• BW workspaces could improved, has huge potential.

Incentivized

SAP BW/4HANA requires specialized skillsets around data warehouse modeling and the access to data, however the modeling capabilities are intuitive and have now become accessible to both SAP and non-SAP data warehouse specialists. This new model allows for Interchangeable skillsets and access to a broader pool of experts throughout the industry, as well as easier access to data.

Incentivized

I never experienced any support issue when using SAP BW/4HANA. The only issues I faced were at the moment of installing the tool in my computer but I got support from the local IT department of my company and was quickly fixed

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

• Reduced our Dev time to generate queries and views out of the ERP layer.
• Be conscious of the Infrastructure costs
• It is easily integrated with broader SAP Landscape, reducing overall implementation costs.

Incentivized