Oracle SOA Suite vs SAP NetWeaver comparison

Oracle and SAP are both solutions in the SOA Governance category. Oracle is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.5, while SAP is ranked #2 with an average rating of 10.0. Oracle holds a 21.6% mindshare in SG, compared to SAP’s 4.3% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SAP users who would recommend it.

Oracle SOA Suite

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86% willing to recommend

SAP NetWeaver

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Oracle SOA Suite and SAP NetWeaver based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle SOA Suite

Ranking in SOA Governance

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Infrastructure (9th)

SAP NetWeaver

Ranking in SOA Governance

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the SOA Governance category, the mindshare of Oracle SOA Suite is 21.6%, down from 30.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP NetWeaver is 4.3%, down from 10.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

SOA Governance Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle SOA Suite	21.6%
SAP NetWeaver	4.3%
Other	74.1%

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Debjit Ghosh

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.

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Mohamed Yosufdeen JMH

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.

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

Pros

"The ability to stand up a highly available SOA Suite, which has full DR capabilities, in a remote center and synchronize the databases using Data Guard."

"Valuable features include web service development and cloud connectivity."

"The Oracle SOA Suite has many useful features, and different organizations may place different emphases on the importance of each feature. Certain features are particularly important to the organization, such as the ability to access databases and transform messages, as well as the use of proxy services to secure web services with usernames and passwords. These features can be critical for enabling effective integration and data exchange between systems and applications."

"Provides connectivity between discrete systems and has availability."

"The stability of the solution is the most valuable feature."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the option to design, and the development can happen at the same time."

"The most valuable feature of Oracle SOA Suite is all the platform's capabilities."

"I found the adapters to be most useful."

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"SAP NetWeaver is doing its job, and it performs well. In the last year, I have not had any problems with it."

"The most valuable feature of SAP NetWeaver is the integration and it is a complete solution."

"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"We can use different transaction codes to check the performance of the system, and if we are unable to access a particular transaction, we can still check the table to see what is happening."

"The stability is not an issue, and I would rate it at seven out of ten."

"What's most valuable in SAP NetWeaver is the integration. That's been very helpful because the company has one thousand five hundred interfaces running, so integration has been the most significant factor. I've also seen many improvements in the SAP NetWeaver user experience, where users can have reports delivered to mobile devices."

"The human capital management module is valuable."

"With SAP, you can trust what it tells you."

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Cons

"The Maven integration in JDeveloper is very basic and might be enhanced to allow the proper use of Maven."

"Various parts of SOA, BPEL, and so on, each have their own consoles which need to be accessed individually with different logins. It would be better from an admin perspective if all the consoles were accessible via a single login."

"Another area of improvement is performance. Because with multiple solutions connecting to the SOA platform, the performance of the SOA platform can be affected in time. So, that could be one area that could be improved with the SOA."

"They supply lots of documentation but finding what we need is challenging at times."

"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."

"The product is not user-friendly."

"I want to see easier integration connections with other cloud-based tools."

"One area that could be better is the human task feature. It could be improved to provide more functionality and customization options because it has limited options available."

More Oracle SOA Suite cons

"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."

"SAP is likely transitioning to S4, so it is unlikely that they will continue to use NetWeaver."

"SAP NetWeaver PI is not connected to the cloud."

"The solution needs to better integrate Salesforce. It is a key player in the market and a lot of companies are looking for a lot more integration around it."

"It needs more improvement in terms of user-friendliness. SAP wasn't user-friendly at all."

"Has become somewhat unstable recently."

"Technical support response time was slow."

"There could be regular updates to make the system more stable and capable."

More SAP NetWeaver cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is not very high as compared to its competitors."

"Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution."

"It is necessary to evaluate the requirement regarding the platform usage and what the main operation area of the platform will be."

"The product is moderately priced."

"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 pricing is expensive. Support is based on your license. AWS is much better than Oracle in this regard."

"This product is WebLogic based, hence it can be both resource hungry as well as expensive from a licensing point of view."

"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."

"SAP NetWeaver requires a license, but I'm not sure how the licenses and payments were coordinated."

"It's a very expensive solution."

"The licensing costs are on a yearly basis."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Government

Performing Arts

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	41

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	11

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful.

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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...

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What needs improvement with Oracle SOA Suite?

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What do you like most about SAP NetWeaver?

The human capital management module is valuable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP NetWeaver?

I would rate it three, being it is highly priced.

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Also Known As

SOA Suite

NetWeaver, SecurStore

Overview

Oracle SOA Suite is a comprehensive, standards-based software suite to build, deploy and manage integration following the concepts of service-oriented architecture (SOA). The components of the suite benefit from consistent tooling, a single deployment and management model, end-to-end security and unified metadata management. Oracle SOA Suite helps businesses lower costs by allowing maximum re-use of existing IT investments and assets, regardless of the environment (OS, application server, etc.) they run in, or the technology they were built upon. Its easy-to-use, re-use focused, unified application development tooling and end-to-end lifecycle management support further reduces development and maintenance cost and complexity.

For more information on Oracle SOA Suite, visit Oracle.com

Oracle

SAP NetWeaver is an open application platfrom that provides a comprehensive set of tools and Web services technologies that support seamless enterprise application integration, master data management (MDM), system integration, and more.

SAP

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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