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Actional vs SAP NetWeaver comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Actional
Ranking in SOA Governance
4th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (71st)
SAP NetWeaver
Ranking in SOA Governance
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the SOA Governance category, the mindshare of Actional is 10.4%, up from 6.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP NetWeaver is 4.9%, down from 5.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
SOA Governance Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP NetWeaver4.9%
Actional10.4%
Other84.7%
SOA Governance
 

Featured Reviews

it_user690762 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Provides speed and scaling in the cloud
Provides speed and scaling in the cloud Effortless scaling Never throws away data Takes action now Delivers analytics at the speed of business Automates and speeds up system discovery I would like to see better marketing. We have used this for four years. There are no deployment issues at this…
Mohamed Yosufdeen JMH - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Has helped integrate business processes while protecting sensitive exports with encryption
SAP NetWeaver is going to be soon out of the picture. Now we have SAP S/4HANA, which is the recent technology from SAP. Many companies are migrating from SAP NetWeaver to SAP S/4HANA. Going forward, SAP still supports SAP NetWeaver, and it can fully add more functionalities that it is currently adding in the latest versions also. Whichever functions they are adding newly in SAP S/4HANA, they can add it into SAP NetWeaver as so that SAP NetWeaver also does not become obsolete and becomes useful to the customers who are currently using it. SAP has come up with an in-memory database called HANA, and on top of it, SAP has introduced SAP S/4HANA so that it runs seamlessly on the HANA database. SAP NetWeaver can also run on the HANA database, but if the compatibility with HANA database could be improved for SAP NetWeaver, then it will be more useful.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"From a testing standpoint, ignoring license and cost issues, it's not a bad product."
"This tool has great scaling capabilities, i.e., no limitations."
"We can use different transaction codes to check the performance of the system, and if we are unable to access a particular transaction, we can still check the table to see what is happening."
"Finance and distribution are the most important features."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It is the central point for all our data storage, as we have one single version of the truth that we can communicate to all our customers."
"I like that I don't need any extra tools to keep the solution up and running."
"With SAP, you can trust what it tells you."
"The solution is scalable."
"We strongly rely on our SAP data; we need access to the information to analyze it, so the solution allows us to make use of the data that we get from SAP, which is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
 

Cons

"My concern is with Automation integration."
"It can always improve. It should have the ability to connect with other databases. It was a little bit tough to do that. I would like to have the ability to research certain markets and then integrate it with NetWeaver. I'd like to compare it with other databases from other companies being used in the world so we can integrate it with our own products to compare if we are still current on the market."
"The initial setup is a little complex. The users are not able to install the prerequisite drivers or are not able to follow the SOP because they don't have access to SAP Logon. If users already have access, it will take seven to 10 days to deploy the solution. If they do not, it may take a maximum of 25 to 30 days."
"SAP is likely transitioning to S4, so it is unlikely that they will continue to use NetWeaver."
"Though SAP NetWeaver has been pretty stable and mature, some issues arose after some customizations, so that's an area for improvement."
"SAP NetWeaver it's still complex for a normal user unless you memorize those action codes."
"Scalability would be a good improvement in future releases, if they do release future versions. They tried to create a seamless style, but it's not necessarily scalable to big development environments that we're trying to achieve."
"The setup process will be complex for any customer because they have to automate all their business processes fully into SAP NetWeaver."
"Has become somewhat unstable recently."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It's a very expensive solution."
"SAP NetWeaver requires a license, but I'm not sure how the licenses and payments were coordinated."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing a nine to ten since it is an expensive solution."
"The licensing costs are on a yearly basis."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
27%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
 

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Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
 

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What needs improvement with SAP NetWeaver?
SAP NetWeaver is going to be soon out of the picture. Now we have SAP S/4HANA, which is the recent technology from SAP. Many companies are migrating from SAP NetWeaver to SAP S/4HANA. Going forward...
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During 2012, there was no SAP NetWeaver, it was SAP R/3, and it was slowly introduced. My area of expertise includes exporting SAP critical confidential data out of SAP NetWeaver. Whenever a user t...
 

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