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FME vs SAP Data Services comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

No sentiment score available
Sentiment score
7.3
SAP Data Services provides up to 300% ROI, significant time savings, reduced costs, and improved data quality for users.
 

Customer Service

No sentiment score available
Sentiment score
6.8
SAP Data Services support is generally praised but needs improvements in responsiveness, language options, and complexity management.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
FME excels in enterprise scalability and performance, efficiently handling large datasets with high user satisfaction, despite some resource limits.
Sentiment score
7.6
SAP Data Services is scalable and flexible, suitable for medium to enterprise-level use, but requires product knowledge for optimization.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
FME's 2022 version is favored for stability, while the 2023 update receives mixed reviews due to interface changes.
Sentiment score
7.6
SAP Data Services is generally stable and reliable, with minor issues often due to user knowledge rather than software flaws.
 

Room For Improvement

FME is costly and complex, needs online workspace creation, and lacks simplified loop functions for African users.
SAP Data Services could enhance by improving user-friendliness, integration, performance, machine learning features, and addressing support issues.
 

Setup Cost

FME pricing varies, with some users finding it cost-effective and others criticizing significant price increases due to rebranding.
SAP Data Services pricing varies widely, with options for different enterprise needs and potential high costs for smaller companies.
 

Valuable Features

FME offers a user-friendly interface, strong spatial tools, smooth integrations, and quick results, minimizing coding and development time.
SAP Data Services offers powerful ETL, seamless integration, data quality, and transformation features with broad database support and minimal coding.
 

Categories and Ranking

FME
Ranking in Data Integration
26th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP Data Services
Ranking in Data Integration
10th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
Data Quality (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of FME is 2.0%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Data Services is 2.8%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

Alan Bloor - PeerSpot reviewer
Great for handling large volumes of data, but it is priced a bit high
When I do coding, I think about every single function. Some of these functions can be very elementary, like doing a substring or some capitalization. But FME removes all that coding because it's a transformer, so the time to develop an application to get to a point where you're producing results is decreased massively. It used to take weeks and months to develop software, and now I can use something like FME, and within one day, we get results. We can look at and validate data. We make minor subtle changes to the workbenches to improve it. We can share the workbenches. We don't have to use GitHub or anything else.
RambabuMandala - PeerSpot reviewer
Responsive support, scalable, and beneficial integration
The BA reporting tools, such as Data Services, and ETL tool in SAP Data Services are the most valuable. When we had in-memory requirements, we used HANA. HANA is most preferably for most the customers for in-memory. SAP is the first company that created the in-memory concept. There are a lot of SAP applications and they have good integration with SAP packages. In the next release, they should be more advanced cloud functionalities and web services. More integration with other applications including SAPs and other applications. They should not switch to a complete solution but provide better integration with other applications.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
28%
Energy/Utilities Company
12%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about FME?
We make minor subtle changes to the workbenches to improve it. We can share the workbenches. We don't have to use GitHub or anything else.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FME?
The pricing is really bad. Last year, they rebranded the whole pricing structure. It used to be moderately priced at about £400 per user per year. Now they've changed the whole thing, and it's expe...
What needs improvement with FME?
The one thing that always appears in the community is the ability to make really easy loops to loop through data efficiently. That needs to be added at some point. There must be a technical or comm...
How do you evaluate the ratio of price to quality for SAP Data Services?
I believe the license for the product is fair, even though some competitors offer similar services at lower prices. The difference between the Edge edition and the next one up is significant in pr...
Would you recommend SAP Data Services to complete beginners?
I think after some preparation, a beginner will be able to use SAP Data Services, however, if you are completely unprepared, you may have some issues. I think that in particular you will need a mo...
How has SAP Data Services helped your organization?
SAP Data Services has helped our whole staff understand the data across various sources and systems within the company. Not everyone who works at my organization is an IT expert - most just have av...
 

Also Known As

No data available
SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator, BusinessObjects Data Integrator
 

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Sample Customers

Shell, US Department of Commerce, PG&E, BC Hydro, City of Vancouver, Enel, Iowa DoT, San Antonio Water System
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