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 7.4, while SAP is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.0. Oracle holds a 30.4% mindshare in SG, compared to SAP’s 5.1% mindshare. Additionally, 85% 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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85% willing to recommend

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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

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Infrastructure (9th)

SAP NetWeaver

Ranking in SOA Governance

2nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the SOA Governance category, the mindshare of Oracle SOA Suite is 30.4%, down from 31.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP NetWeaver is 5.1%, down from 7.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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MANOHAR SADDALA

IT Specialist at Eagle Hills

Enables seamless integration with multiple systems

I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten. It's not much more dynamic, not as dynamic as you may think, like seeing it in the cloud. In order to use it, you need to have the download servers and then scale up your systems. Oracle SOA Suites serves as a middle layer between applications. For example, let's say you have SAP, and we have Salesforce or Oracle ERP system. Users connect to those systems and perform certain activities or transactions on the applications. Now, if any data needs to be synchronized or any integration needs to happen between these applications, we use the Oracle SOA Suite. It acts as the bridge between the applications, not between the users. It's like having endpoints between the applications. Currently, we have 20 endpoints; 20 systems are connected to it, which is great. Oracle SOA Suite is being used daily. We are using it to its maximum potential.

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Mehboob AalamMughal

Senior SAP-ABAP Lead Consultant at Ernst & Young

A highly scalable solution capable of being used in enterprise-sized businesses

In the start, SAP NetWeaver was very difficult for me, but now I feel it is very easy using the solution. On a scale where one is a difficult setup, and ten is an easy setup, I rate the setup a ten. I have done deployments, taking around a year. Regarding deployment, there were some configuration issues that I have told my business consultant about since when I'm working, I face certain issues. There are many things related to Java and a few other things. So, some Java libraries are missing, and other crucial things are missing. I faced many issues when we were deploying the solution. The first time, I didn't know about the deployment. So, it felt very complicated since it was not working properly. I think these issues belong to business consultants. Also, configurations and solution-related issues fall upon the business consultant. But when we are working as a developer on it, then we face many issues, and we raise the ticket to SAP or a consultant to resolve it. Some Java directories are missing, and some SAP Connectors are missing. Also, some of the connectivity is not proper. Most of the time, components and channels are not available for us.

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

Pros

"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."

"In case there is something that doesn't work out of the box, you have the flexibility to customize it."

"The most valuable feature of the facility, as the partner link, is to try to use third-party services and logic in your own vehicle to orchestrate the information."

"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."

"Conceptually, how it integrates a lot of essential enterprise process components. That's the most valuable."

"Provides connectivity between discrete systems and has availability."

"This is one of the critical products for my company and we use it extensively. We currently use each and every feature of Oracle SOA."

"We were able to scale out using multiple application and web servers balanced by hardware load balancers and Weblogic clustering."

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"It provides an efficient integration framework with other SAP products."

"The integration feature is valuable."

"The solution is scalable."

"I like that I don't need any extra tools to keep the solution up and running."

"It is the central point for all our data storage. We have one single version of the truth that we can communicate to all our customers."

"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."

"Finance and distribution are the most important features."

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Cons

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

"The product is not user-friendly."

"Other solutions might be better componets such as Salesforce."

"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."

"The technical support is good, we have premier support which costs extra."

"SOA"

"An area for improvement in Oracle SOA Suite is the cost. It could be lower."

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"SAP isn't particularly user-friendly and you have to develop a long list of favorites to be able to get around."

"The initial setup was not very easy."

"Though SAP NetWeaver has been pretty stable and mature, some issues arose after some customizations, so that's an area for improvement."

"Technical support response time was slow."

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

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

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

"SAP NetWeaver should be better integrated with other products outside of SAP."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is moderately priced."

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

"Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution."

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

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

"It's a very expensive solution."

"The licensing costs are on a yearly basis."

"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."

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Computer Software Company

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15%

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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?

Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution.

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What needs improvement with Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution’s initial setup is complex and could be improved. A big challenge for Oracle SOA Suite is that you don't get too many technical resources.

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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?

Software and hardware costs are typically handled by separate departments.

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What needs improvement with SAP NetWeaver?

It needs more improvement in terms of user-friendliness. SAP wasn't user-friendly at all. In interacting with it, it should have a more customizable interface. The interfaces aren't user-friendly, ...

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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.

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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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