Azure Data Factory vs SAP Replication Server comparison

Microsoft and SAP are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.1, while SAP is ranked #31 with an average rating of 8.7. Microsoft holds a 11.0% mindshare in DI, compared to SAP’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SAP users who would recommend it.

Azure Data Factory

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92% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

SAP Replication Server and Azure Data Factory compete in the data management category. Azure Data Factory holds the advantage due to its advanced features and cost-effectiveness.

Features: SAP Replication Server is known for real-time data replication, high availability, and cross-database replication. Azure Data Factory supports broad integration capabilities, offers a user-friendly interface, and includes built-in connectors for over 100 data sources.

Room for Improvement: SAP Replication Server needs improvements in cloud integration, user interface modernization, and scalability options for cloud environments. Azure Data Factory could enhance its monitoring capabilities, streamline its debugging features, and improve flexibility in complex scenarios.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAP Replication Server provides robust deployment for on-premise settings with specialized assistance. Azure Data Factory simplifies cloud deployment with extensive Azure cloud platform documentation and strong community support.

Pricing and ROI: SAP Replication Server involves high initial setup costs, fitting enterprises with significant replication needs and ensuring good ROI in those cases. Azure Data Factory's flexible and scalable pricing models offer a higher perceived ROI due to lower initial investments.

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Data Factory

Ranking in Data Integration

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Data Warehouse (3rd)

SAP Replication Server

Ranking in Data Integration

31st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Database Development and Management (18th)

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Azure Data Factory is 11.0%, down from 13.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Replication Server is 0.5%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Thulani David Mngadi

Data architect at Old Mutual

Data flow feature is valuable for data transformation tasks

The workflow automation features in GitLab, particularly its low code/no code approach, are highly beneficial for accelerating development speed. This feature allows for quick creation of pipelines and offers customization options for integration needs, making it versatile for various use cases. GitLab supports a wide range of connectors, catering to a majority of integration needs. Azure Data Factory's virtual enterprise and monitoring capabilities, the visual interface of GitLab makes it user-friendly and easy to teach, facilitating adoption within teams. While the monitoring capabilities are sufficient out of the box, they may not be as comprehensive as dedicated enterprise monitoring tools. GitLab's monitoring features are manageable for production use, with the option to integrate log analytics or create custom dashboards if needed. The data flow feature in Azure Data Factory within GitLab is valuable for data transformation tasks, especially for those who may not have expertise in writing complex code. It simplifies the process of data manipulation and is particularly useful for individuals unfamiliar with Spark coding. While there could be improvements for more flexibility, overall, the data flow feature effectively accomplishes its purpose within GitLab's ecosystem.

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Imran Rafi

SAP HXM & Integration consultant at Kaar Technologies

Foolproof stability and robust system

SAP Replication Server is an application that I consider to be a robust system. It has proven to be highly reliable in my experience. One of its notable features is real-time replication, which ensures that data changes are replicated immediately. This is particularly advantageous when we need to execute full processes promptly.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Data Factory's best features are simplicity and flexibility."

"The solution is okay."

"The valuable feature of Azure Data Factory is its integration capability, as it goes well with other components of Microsoft Azure."

"What I like best about Azure Data Factory is that it allows you to create pipelines, specifically ETL pipelines. I also like that Azure Data Factory has connectors and solves most of my company's problems."

"The tool's most valuable features are its connectors. It has many out-of-the-box connectors. We use ADF for ETL processes. Our main use case involves integrating data from various databases, processing it, and loading it into the target database. ADF plays a crucial role in orchestrating these ETL workflows."

"The feature I found most helpful in Azure Data Factory is the pipeline feature, including being able to connect to different sources. Azure Data Factory also has built-in security, which is another valuable feature."

"Azure Data Factory became more user-friendly when data-flows were introduced."

"The most valuable feature is the ease in which you can create an ETL pipeline."

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"It's pretty good at handling replication, even under high load. It also provides cross-database replication, for example, from Sybase to Oracle."

"We can customize any workflow and we also like the business domain modeling that can be done."

"SAP Replication Server is an application that I consider to be a robust system. It has proven to be highly reliable in my experience."

"SAP is renovating different things. We are using external tools to connect as of now. It is going well, and now the new generation integration platforms are going to be pretty easy."

"It speeds up the performance in terms of how fast you are able to access the data, look at it, get it reported to you, and send it to somebody. It also reduces the amount of storage."

Cons

"There's no Oracle connector if you want to do transformation using data flow activity, so Azure Data Factory needs more connectors for data flow transformation."

"One area for improvement is documentation. At present, there isn't enough documentation on how to use Azure Data Factory in certain conditions. It would be good to have documentation on the various use cases."

"Some known bugs and issues with Azure Data Factory could be rectified."

"Snowflake connectivity was recently added and if the vendor provided some videos on how to create data then that would be helpful."

"Azure Data Factory's pricing in terms of utilization could be improved."

"Azure Data Factory can improve the transformation features. You have to do a lot of transformation activities. This is something that is just not fully covered. Additionally, the integration could improve for other tools, such as Azure Data Catalog."

"Data Factory could be improved in terms of data transformations by adding more metadata extractions."

"Currently, our company requires a monitoring tool, and that isn't available in Azure Data Factory."

More Azure Data Factory cons

"Improvement is a never ending story, and HANA is doing some improvements. We are able to adopt that, and we have to do it by integration with HANA. They are very major changes that we need to see."

"The private solution is expensive. If you're in a situation where you're paying IBM or AWS or somebody just to host you specifically, you're paying people to run it and you're taking care of all the upgrades."

"If someone wants to replicate their data from Sybase to a newer technology for data warehousing or other purposes, it would be better if they supported those."

"There is room for improvement in terms of pricing and faster support."

"I would like to see it become mobile-friendly."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There's no licensing for Azure Data Factory, they have a consumption payment model. How often you are running the service and how long that service takes to run. The price can be approximately $500 to $1,000 per month but depends on the scaling."

"Pricing appears to be reasonable in my opinion."

"I rate the product price as six on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"The solution's fees are based on a pay-per-minute use plus the amount of data required to process."

"The pricing is pay-as-you-go or reserve instance. Of the two options, reserve instance is much cheaper."

"The pricing is a bit on the higher end."

"ADF is cheaper compared to AWS."

"Understanding the pricing model for Data Factory is quite complex."

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"You can pick one of the hosted cloud services as opposed to owning it and doing it yourself. Your cost of ownership on the hardware, the data storage, and the maintenance all go down. It depends on what service you use."

"It's a very expensive solution."

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14%

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Questions from the Community

How do you select the right cloud ETL tool?

AWS Glue and Azure Data factory for ELT best performance cloud services.

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How does Azure Data Factory compare with Informatica PowerCenter?

Azure Data Factory is flexible, modular, and works well. In terms of cost, it is not too pricey. It offers the stability and reliability I am looking for, good scalability, and is easy to set up an...

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How does Azure Data Factory compare with Informatica Cloud Data Integration?

Azure Data Factory is a solid product offering many transformation functions; It has pre-load and post-load transformations, allowing users to apply transformations either in code by using Power Q...

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What do you like most about SAP Replication Server?

SAP Replication Server is an application that I consider to be a robust system. It has proven to be highly reliable in my experience.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Replication Server?

It's a pretty good product and stable.

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What needs improvement with SAP Replication Server?

SAP can provide better support for cross-database replication to newer technologies. The product supports Oracle, but I am not aware of what other technologies it supports. If someone wants to repl...

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Comparisons

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) vs Azure Data Factory

Compared 8% of the time

Alteryx Designer vs Azure Data Factory

Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 19% of the time

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Overview

Azure Data Factory efficiently manages and integrates data from various sources, enabling seamless movement and transformation across platforms. Its valuable features include seamless integration with Azure services, handling large data volumes, flexible transformation, user-friendly interface, extensive connectors, and scalability. Users have experienced improved team performance, workflow simplification, enhanced collaboration, streamlined processes, and boosted productivity.

Information and data-driven insight is what powers business today. But to get the most from your enterprise data, you need a way to bring transactional, streaming, social media, and other data together – regardless of its format and whether it’s structured or unstructured – and be able to analyze it. The challenge is moving, replicating, and centralizing a wide variety of data efficiently, cost-effectively, and quickly enough to meet business demands for active insight. SAP® Replication Server® can help. SAP Replication Server enables the continuous movement of mission-critical application data.

Sample Customers

1. Adobe 2. BMW 3. Coca-Cola 4. General Electric 5. Johnson & Johnson 6. LinkedIn 7. Mastercard 8. Nestle 9. Pfizer 10. Samsung 11. Siemens 12. Toyota 13. Unilever 14. Verizon 15. Walmart 16. Accenture 17. American Express 18. AT&T 19. Bank of America 20. Cisco 21. Deloitte 22. ExxonMobil 23. Ford 24. General Motors 25. IBM 26. JPMorgan Chase 27. Microsoft (Azure Data Factory is developed by Microsoft) 28. Oracle 29. Procter & Gamble 30. Salesforce 31. Shell 32. Visa

Medtronic, Cirque du Soleil, Antarc, B&G Manufacturing, EarlySense, eBay, Ferrero, James Austin Company, Lenovo, Sagem, RAK Ceramics, Vodafone

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