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Oracle SOA Suite vs SAP NetWeaver comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Oracle SOA Suite
Ranking in SOA Governance
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
Application Infrastructure (7th)
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 August 2026, in the SOA Governance category, the mindshare of Oracle SOA Suite is 20.0%, down from 23.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP NetWeaver is 5.5%, up from 3.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
SOA Governance Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle SOA Suite20.0%
SAP NetWeaver5.5%
Other74.5%
SOA Governance
 

Featured Reviews

Debjit Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at Cognizant
Has enabled complex data flow management but faces limitations with modern integration needs
There are areas of Oracle SOA Suite I would like to see improved or enhanced in the future, particularly regarding its adapter capabilities. The popularity of Oracle Integration Cloud nowadays arises from its larger set of adapter capabilities, including numerous application adapters. In contrast, Oracle SOA Suite provides a limited number of adapters. I would like to see more REST-based features added to Oracle SOA Suite, currently lacking, along with an enhancement of file size or payload capability, as the existing limitation is a 10 MB payload size. Additionally, Oracle SOA Suite licensing cost tends to be higher, adhering to a fixed pricing model rather than a pay-per-use basis, which might not be suitable for smaller organizations.
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

"The Service Bus is a solid tool with native throttling out of the box capabilities."
"Oracle SOA Suite has been a rock solid enterprise-level tool for many years, with scalability and capacity growth as fundamental principles that enable implementations supporting millions of transactions per day, hundreds of trading partners, and hundreds of web services and APIs."
"SOA Suite is a much more complete solution and quicker evolving to fulfill the market's emerging needs."
"I would recommend the solution to anyone who wants stable, scalable, very versatile, and resilient, integration software."
"The new product has come out with SOA Cloud Service and Integration Analytics as well, which gives more options for clients to pick their point of requirements."
"Technical support has been good."
"One example of how this product has improved my organization functions is in the shortening of the development time to market in delivering custom solutions."
"The re-usability of the services makes it reliable and reduces the development efforts."
"The presentation is the most valuable feature. It's very conceptual. We had to follow the instructions very strictly. It's a Dutch or German product and we had to follow it step-by-step."
"It's a good product."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The flexibility and the customizability this solution has when adapting to our business requirements is a huge benefit."
"Finance and distribution are the most important features."
"The stability is not an issue, and I would rate it at seven out of ten."
"The human capital management module is valuable."
"With SAP, you can trust what it tells you."
 

Cons

"For REST support, the product internally converts to a SOAP WSDL format, and I would like to see the product only work to REST standards."
"API Management and BPM both need work, but I believe Oracle is already working on this."
"The deployment could be made easier by including add-ons like Hudson and Maven."
"Although the SOA Suite solutions integrate well with Oracle Fusion middleware products, it lacks similar integration with Enterprise Manager."
"However, the development environment requires a big machine with potent CPU/memory, and SOA server takes many minutes to be up, you can't run anything else on the computer."
"SOA"
"Managing (infrastructure) database growth and performance tuning can be a challenge."
"If there are some that are still in development or whatever, such as the Salesforce one, then you should probably consider something else."
"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."
"Every time we do an integration with SAP, it's complicated and it's expensive."
"SAP NetWeaver it's still complex for a normal user unless you memorize those action codes."
"We have had issues with the performance, and performance is key: We are limited by the number of instances running because it is at the end of service life. The product is not as scalable as we would like it to be."
"There could be regular updates to make the system more stable and capable."
"The setup process will be complex for any customer because they have to automate all their business processes fully into SAP NetWeaver."
"It needs more improvement in terms of user-friendliness. SAP wasn't user-friendly at all."
"SAP isn't particularly user-friendly and you have to develop a long list of favorites to be able to get around."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is not very high as compared to its competitors."
"This product is WebLogic based, hence it can be both resource hungry as well as expensive from a licensing point of view."
"Based on my knowledge, Oracle SOA Suite doesn't have user-based licensing. It has a system-based licensing model, so you pay for whole systems. Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution, so it's a four out of ten for me."
"Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution."
"The product is moderately priced."
"It is necessary to evaluate the requirement regarding the platform usage and what the main operation area of the platform will be."
"Oracle pricing is expensive. Support is based on your license. AWS is much better than Oracle in this regard."
"SAP NetWeaver requires a license, but I'm not sure how the licenses and payments were coordinated."
"It's a very expensive solution."
"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

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
27%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise41
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle SOA Suite?
The setup cost of Oracle SOA Suite is relatively high since various components, including database licenses, WebLogic licenses, VM costs, and SOA licenses based on enterprise and Oracle negotiation...
What needs improvement with Oracle SOA Suite?
There are areas of Oracle SOA Suite I would like to see improved or enhanced in the future, particularly regarding its adapter capabilities. The popularity of Oracle Integration Cloud nowadays aris...
What is your primary use case for Oracle SOA Suite?
I can describe several use cases for Oracle SOA Suite; it is fundamentally a middleware product. In software architecture, we refer to it as middleware. Middleware is an application that lies betwe...
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...
What is your primary use case for SAP NetWeaver?
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...
 

Also Known As

SOA Suite
NetWeaver, SecurStore
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

7-Eleven, Arcor SAIC, Banca Transilvania, Eaton Corporation, Emdeon, Ferrovial, Griffith University, National Instruments, Pella Corporation, Vodafone Group Plc,
Schaidt Innovations GmbH & Co. KG, Satellites Unlimited Inc., German Football Association, FMC Corporation, Deutscher Fu_ball-Bund
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