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AWS Lake Formation vs SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Lake Formation
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (9th)
SAP NetWeaver Business Ware...
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (21st)
 

Featured Reviews

Ciro Baldim Guerra - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Analytics Engineer at Itau Unibanco S.A.
Has improved data governance by enabling clear ownership and structured access across teams
In my company, Itaú, we don't utilize all AWS offerings due to rigorous security measures. We operate approximately six to eight months behind other available services. I'm uncertain if gaps exist because of this limitation, though the system functions effectively for us. AWS Lake Formation offers column-level access control for databases, but we haven't implemented this feature either because it hasn't been approved by our compliance, governance, or security areas. In our current setup, everyone from my business unit uses the same consumer account. When access is requested for a table, everyone using that business unit account receives access. This could present a security concern, though it benefits new team members who automatically receive all necessary access permissions. However, I struggle to identify specific improvements needed in AWS Lake Formation.
AK
Project Manager - Analytics at Mindsprint
Can transform data per clients' needs and can easily distribute reports to end users
I would recommend looking at all of the solutions currently available and then decide. I would not immediately suggest going for SAP NetWeaver. Being able to transform the data according to my requirements is a crucial feature; the phasing layers are helpful to distinguish data with respect to a specific project; analytics and reporting are very feasible; and the distribution of reports to the end users is also very easy. However, connectors need to be simplified, and technical support needs to be improved. Thus, on a scale from one to ten, I would rate SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse at eight.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The features and capabilities of AWS Lake Formation that I have found most valuable are that it is really convenient to see all the different data assets that were configured and understand who has and what type of service has or does not have access to those services."
"It is seamlessly integrated within the AWS ecosystem, making it straightforward to manage access patterns for AWS-native services."
"The most valuable features of AWS Lake Formation were the access model itself, as it allows implementation of filters, Blueprints, and row-level and column-level security to mask data that shouldn't be accessed by certain entities, enabling granular control without exposing PII data."
"AWS Lake Formation lets you see all your data and tables on one screen."
"The solution has many features that are applicable to events such as audits."
"The LF-Tag system with granular permissions was key to the project as a functionality of AWS Lake Formation."
"We use AWS Lake Formation typically for the data warehouse."
"The solution is quite good at handling analytics."
"It's an excellent over-all tool for managers to analyze their business."
"Transformation is a valuable feature of SAP NetWeaver. I can transform the data as per my needs or my client's needs. For example, flat tables can be transformed with respect to our requirements to combine multiple modules into one single table, and we can derive analytics."
"It's an excellent over-all tool for managers to analyze their business."
"It is a robust system."
"The security and audit procedures are the most valuable features."
"Data cleansed and harmonization. It provides us with proof of data, we can centralize all of the information, check it, and then provide the information to our users."
"This is a very robust and efficient product, and it's very powerful, in particular when it comes to data management in the SAP system."
"With SAP BW, the organization can start to deploy a data warehouse and deliver data to business people."
 

Cons

"For the end-users, it's not as user-friendly as it could be."
"If I could improve AWS Lake Formation, I would add more integrations with SageMaker."
"In our experience what could be improved are not the support, performance or monitoring, but at a managerial level, the very expensive professional services of AWS."
"The main challenge we faced with AWS Lake Formation was related to cross-account sharing. Granting access to other AWS accounts for tables or databases in a different AWS account was somewhat difficult."
"AWS Lake Formation's pricing could be cheaper."
"Despite following official documentation, configuration problems persisted, requiring weeks of support from multiple AWS engineers to resolve."
"The solution could make improvements around orchestration and doing some automation stuff on AWS front automation."
"In our experience what could be improved are not the support, performance or monitoring, but at a managerial level, the very expensive professional services of AWS. This could be an area of improvement for them. It's too expensive to acquire their support."
"The setup needs skilled resources in SAP BW. A lack of trained resources can create serious problems."
"It is difficult when your native language is not English. It is difficult for us to explain our issue and also difficult for the technical team to explain a resolution to us."
"It is difficult when your native language is not English. It is difficult for us to explain our issue and also difficult for the technical team to explain a resolution to us."
"There are performance issues in terms of scalability and availability."
"The program is difficult to learn to use"
"There are performance issues in terms of scalability and availability."
"The product could provide more features."
"The solution could be improved by simplifying the modeling and the design. We're faced with too many options and too many object types."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"AWS Lake Formation is a bit expensive."
"The licensing cost is high for SAP NetWeaver compared to that for other products."
"Pricing is based on the number of user IDs and tyhe user ID works across a suite of products."
"All SAP products are expensive."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
22%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Retailer
6%
Government
6%
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Company Size

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Small Business
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Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise15
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Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

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NetWeaver Business Warehouse, NetWeaver BusinessObjects Warehouse
 

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Sample Customers

bp, Cerner, Expedia, Finra, HESS, intuit, Kellog's, Philips, TIME, workday
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