SAP Business Warehouse vs. Weld

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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Business Warehouse, or SAP BW (formerly SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse) is SAP's legacy data warehouse solution, now superseded by SAP BW/4HANA, and the SAP Data Warehouse Cloud which was launched in 2019.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
Weld
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Weld, from Weld Technologies, headquartered in Copenhagen, is a data warehouse tool that enables reporting and data activation out of the box. It is built on top of a data warehouse, the user's single source of truth, and helps take control of data and utilize it for long-term growth.
$750
per month
Pricing
SAP Business WarehouseWeld
Editions & Modules
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Growth
€750
per month
Business
€2000
per month
Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP BWWeld
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
SAP Business WarehouseWeld
Considered Both Products
SAP BW
Chose SAP BW
The word "against" would not be the right word to describe this question. These applications coexist and interact, as all of them play a specific role in the SAP landscape. The use of any of these applications should be aligned with the data strategy in an Organization.
Chose SAP BW
Its good for data modelling and ease of reporting capabilities. Even designing base master data models is complex but once done it makes life very easy for any reporting that involves hierarchies/ text & direct/indirect attributes even. It does not have capabilities for …
Chose SAP BW
Coordination and integration with other SAP software and products, as well as its speed and simplicity in reporting, make it one of our current choices
Chose SAP BW
The main reason we chose SAP was the price. SAP Business Warehouse was relatively cheaper compared to other alternatives. SAP Business Warehouse is very popular software for reporting purposes and data storage. But also, it is hard to shift to a newer software once the roots …
Chose SAP BW
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 …
Chose SAP BW
SAP Business Warehouse just has better visibility on warehouse flows than some of the other SAP software. I think it is easier to use, and it makes some really great reports that are able to export to excel without much effort. This makes it easy to send customers as well as …
Chose SAP BW
We evaluated against Microsoft and database systems. SAP stands out due to simplicity to get the data coming from SAP ERP.
Chose SAP BW
SAP business warehouse was chosen years ago along with our current ERP software. It currently doesn't stack up well against newer software such as IBM Cognos, or SAS Business Intelligence. The positive side, is that the software has been around for many years and it is easy to …
Chose SAP BW
My client was an SAP shop client where they have SAP ECC. Using SAP BW helps them to save development time on extractors which are readily available in SAP BW. Also, the tight integration with SAP ECC helps to further reduce the time. The users here were Excel friendly so they …
Chose SAP BW
I have previously used Microstrategy Analytics for reporting and I can confidentially say this is a better option. First, we can do all ETL in the system and not have to rely on another tool. Second, it is easy to integrate with the SAP Lumira platform which seems to be much …
Weld

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Features
SAP Business WarehouseWeld
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business Warehouse
8.5
Ratings
3% below category average
Weld
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Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Location-Based Data Governance6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business Warehouse
8.7
Ratings
10% above category average
Weld
-
Ratings
Data model creation8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business Warehouse
5.4
Ratings
3% above category average
Weld
-
Ratings
Visualization5.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Warehouse
Comparison of Data Warehouse features of Product A and Product B
SAP Business Warehouse
7.5
Ratings
2% below category average
Weld
-
Ratings
High-Volume Data Processing7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Warehouse Management9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Administrative Automation7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Optimization5.60 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP Business WarehouseWeld
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
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User Testimonials
SAP Business WarehouseWeld
Likelihood to Recommend
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
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Pros
  • 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.
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Cons
  • 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.
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Usability
It needs minimal trainings and can perform tasks of data management and reporting.
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Alternatives Considered
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.
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Return on Investment
  • 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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