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SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse vs Snowflake comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 1, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

SAP NetWeaver Business Ware...
Ranking in Data Warehouse
20th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Snowflake
Ranking in Data Warehouse
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
106
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (1st), AI Synthetic Data (1st), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (3rd), AI Software Development (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse is 2.2%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Snowflake is 9.2%, down from 12.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Snowflake9.2%
SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse2.2%
Other88.6%
Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

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.
SunilPatil1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Asset Builder at Genpact - Headstrong
Have prioritized security while managing multi-agent data migration and cloud adoption
We utilize Time Travel with Snowflake because this is a very useful feature. Everyone finds it crucial because in conventional data platforms, it's very difficult to handle these kinds of things. This feature is essential, though I don't have the use cases currently; it is just there for implementation. Regarding Snowflake's automated scaling and suspension features, this auto-scaling is very significant. We had a comparison with Databricks and Snowflake a few months back, and this auto-scaling takes an edge within Snowflake; that's what our observation reflects.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"We are an airline and use the system for data modeling and data warehousing, and we implement it for time performance and feedback analysis."
"Queries based on the Data warehouse have enabled the Service department of the organization analyze data deeply and get insights into daily inflow and revenue as well as analyze data over time periods, various models, model years, by customer segment, etc."
"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."
"The security and audit procedures are the most valuable features."
"A robust and efficient product."
"Data modeling is a valuable feature."
"With SAP BW, the organization can start to deploy a data warehouse and deliver data to business people."
"Data sharing is a good feature. It is a majorly used feature. The elastic compute is another big feature. Separating compute and storage gives you flexibility. It doesn't require much DBA involvement because it doesn't need any performance tuning. We are not really doing any performance tuning, and the entire burden of performance tuning and SQL tuning is on Snowflake. Its usability is very good. I don't need to ramp up any user, and its onboarding is easier. You just onboard the user, and you are done with it. There are simple SQL and UI, and people are able to use this solution easily. Ease of use is a big thing in Snowflake."
"Working with Parquet files is support out of the box and it makes large dataset processing much easier."
"The most valuable feature of Snowflake is the query performance."
"Snowflake is user-friendly and reliable in creating the data warehouse and carrying out data modeling."
"The querying speed is fast."
"There are a lot of good features, it's a very sophisticated, cutting edge technology and is super easy to use."
"I like the idea that you can assign roles and responsibilities, limiting access to data."
"The most valuable features are the clustering, LS50, being able to change the size, the pay per use feature, the flexibility with many different sources and analytic applications."
 

Cons

"The product could provide more features."
"I think more integration with other applications would be perfect."
"The setup needs skilled resources in SAP BW. A lack of trained resources can create serious problems."
"The complexity of this data warehouse application is huge and makes it tough to manage and deploy it. In general, it requires a lot of know-how and time which makes it expensive to deliver fast answers."
"The program is difficult to learn to use"
"The solution could be improved by simplifying the modeling and the design. We're faced with too many options and too many object types."
"People using SAP BW have to undergo some training to be able to use the product. Complexity can be reduced and could be made a bit more user-friendly."
"Connectors are complex, and it is difficult to understand or know which connector should be used. For instance, if I want to connect APIs, I will not be able to do it directly. I would have to go to the portal integration to get the data. Therefore, having simplified connectors will make things much easier."
"They have a new console, but I couldn't figure out anything in the new console."
"If we can have a feature where the results can be moved to different tabs, so that I can compare the results with earlier queries before applying the changes, it would be great."
"The data science functionality could be improved in terms of the machine learning process."
"The solution should offer an on-premises version also. We have some requirements where we would prefer to use it as a template."
"Their UiPath, the workspace area, needs some work."
"Snowflake can improve its machine learning and AI capabilities."
"I think that Snowflake could improve its user interface. The current one is not interactive."
"They do have a native connector to connect with integration tools for loading data, but it would be much better to have the functionality built-in."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is based on the number of user IDs and tyhe user ID works across a suite of products."
"All SAP products are expensive."
"The licensing cost is high for SAP NetWeaver compared to that for other products."
"Snowflake has consumption-based costs; users only pay for storage and computing."
"The price for the solution's license depends on the use cases."
"I have not been billed yet, but it should be less. I'm still running the trial version, but it seems to be less than Databricks."
"It is hard to say because we're usually engaged in the transition as opposed to the long term. Their storage costs are easily within pennies of what AWS S3 would normally cost. Most of the clients I've been working with are in the financial sector, and they're relatively small. I would put them in an SMB connection. The first thing we have to bring up for people is that they're going to build this. They shouldn't store their data in S3. They should pipeline directly into Snowflake and use it on their storage. So, the cost is a big issue because these are small to medium size companies, and that is the biggest thing we had to price point for them."
"The whole licensing system is based on credit points. You can also make a license agreement with the company so that you buy credit points and then you use them. What you do not use in one year can be carried over to the next year."
"The product's price range falls between average to a bit expensive range. I think the tool is worth the money if you use it properly."
"Its price should be improved. It should be cheaper than Microsoft."
"Oracle is less expensive than Snowflake."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise61
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Snowflake?
I am not the person who manages pricing, setup cost, and licensing. Our team is not limited in pricing. The only experience we have had in terms of running and reprocessing a large number of histor...
What needs improvement with Snowflake?
One main area for improvement in Snowflake is cost visibility and optimization; while it's flexible and scalable, costs can increase quickly if warehouses are left running unnecessarily or workload...
What is your primary use case for Snowflake?
As a Data Engineer, I primarily use Snowflake for data warehousing tasks as well as ETL processing, and sometimes I also use it for data sharing. I personally find Snowflake better than other tools...
 

Also Known As

NetWeaver Business Warehouse, NetWeaver BusinessObjects Warehouse
Snowflake Computing, Snowflake Data Cloud
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

EMC Corporation, Takisada-Osaka Co. Ltd., Eldorado, Mozzart, The VELUX Group, AOK Bundesverband, Hilti Group, Nissha Printing Company Ltd., Asian Paints, Aareal Bank Group, Magazine zum Globus (Migros Group)
Accordant Media, Adobe, Kixeye Inc., Revana, SOASTA, White Ops
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