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Actian ParAccel vs SAP BW4HANA comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Actian ParAccel
Ranking in Data Warehouse
24th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP BW4HANA
Ranking in Data Warehouse
11th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Actian ParAccel is 2.1%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP BW4HANA is 3.2%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP BW4HANA3.2%
Actian ParAccel2.1%
Other94.7%
Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

it_user263409 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Consultant at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
​The stability needs work and the leader node should be removed, but we can deliver results faster.
The speed of the application It has delivered results to our customers faster than we were able to previously. The stability needs work. I've used it for two years. It wasn't stable. There are issues. No issues yet. Customer Service: It's good. Technical Support: It's good. SQL Server…
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SAP Analytics Lead at Miracle Software Systems, Inc
Support and pricing challenges overshadow user expertise
In SAP BW4HANA, I have worked in modeling, extraction, and reporting. I have experience with different tools including Power BI, BEx tools, Web Intelligence reports, and SSC. The best features include the ability to create data sources directly on tables, and perform mapping without creating info objects. It directly maps to target fields and source fields. There is no info cube concept, only ODS concept. We can create BEx queries in HANA itself, not as a separate tool. The modeling and reporting processes are easier to accomplish.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It has delivered results to our customers faster than we were able to previously."
"It's a good solution if you're integrating data from SAP software like ERP and looking out for the day-to-day reporting from the operational users at the lower level."
"BW4HANA is definitely much better than BW; it is also much better than HANA Native."
"It can calculate data in detail. Before we could not calculate financial documents and accountant documents in detail, we could not do it at a document level but now we can. This is the most important feature. It also has predictive analysis memory."
"I like how it blends no-code and ABAP code for complex transformations during data loading."
"The solution is easier to maintain than traditional SAP products."
"SAP BW4HANA is very stable."
"Out of the box, this solution has a lot of standard features."
"I like the reporting features of the solution."
 

Cons

"The stability needs work."
"One thing is that it costs more because you have to acquire that license for the product, which itself is a waste."
"So far, this functionality is a little bit limited in the tool, and it is not thought through, but I think it will come."
"Pricing would be a good improvement. A lot of customers think that it's very expensive and especially support is very expensive."
"I would like to be able to design new reports in a future release."
"From a technical perspective, it could be even more related to legacy systems. The connectivity requirement is quite high and requires systems that are up-to-date."
"I don't see SAP actively supporting the solution now...a better support from SAP would be appreciated."
"BW/4HANA could improve query optimization."
"In the next release, I would like to see their BI component introduced with a mobile version, as it is not currently present."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is expensive."
"The product is free if we have the ECC license."
"The price is high and currently only affordable for large organizations."
"This is an expensive solution and there are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"For the on-premises version of the product, the solution offers a perpetual-based licensing model to its users. In general, SAP offers a monthly subscription-based licensing model to its users."
"The cost and licensing depends on how the customer is going to use the solution."
"In general, it's quite expensive."
"It is an expensive product."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
 

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Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise30
 

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What needs improvement with SAP BW4HANA?
For improvement, I think AWS for HANA could be better, but it is an on-premise solution. SAP is asking us to move to one client approach and suggested moving to data warehouse cloud, which should h...
What is your primary use case for SAP BW4HANA?
My use cases involve the client I am working with, who already has a BW ON HANA system, and we are currently migrating and redeveloping things in SAP BW4HANA; they are decommissioning the BW On HAN...
 

Also Known As

ParAccel
SAP BW/4HANA
 

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Sample Customers

Amazon, The Royal Bank of Scotland, OfficeMax, MicroStrategy
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