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SAP Cloud Platform vs webMethods.io comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.5
SAP Cloud Platform boosts decision-making and ROI, but high costs and long payback can affect returns without management support.
Sentiment score
7.1
Automating tasks reduced expenses, downtime, and labor needs, with significant time savings and positive returns outperforming competitors.
Top management buy-in is crucial, and conducting an ROI analysis is essential before adoption to ensure the investment aligns with value.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.5
SAP support is knowledgeable but inconsistent, with response times needing improvement despite a helpful ticketing system. Premium clients get faster service.
Sentiment score
6.6
webMethods.io's customer service is responsive and helpful but occasionally slow for complex issues, with some variability in experiences.
The availability of knowledgeable support to the implementation partners and the customers could be better.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
SAP Cloud Platform is highly rated for scalability, supporting diverse needs, with many planning to increase its usage.
Sentiment score
7.2
webMethods.io offers scalable solutions with easy cluster additions and CPU enhancements, though some challenges in connectors and on-premise setups exist.
On a scale of one to ten, I'd rate its scalability at nine and a half to ten.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
SAP Cloud Platform is reliable and secure, but frequent updates can add complexity; users rate it highly despite occasional downtime.
Sentiment score
7.7
webMethods.io is praised for its stability, reliability, and performance, with minimal downtime and effective long-term integration.
SAP Cloud Platform is pretty stable, although there are occasional rare glitches.
 

Room For Improvement

SAP Cloud Platform needs UI consistency, better integration, enhanced support, and improved customization for user-friendliness and third-party app compatibility.
webMethods.io needs improved support, scalability, affordability, UI, logging, monitoring, version control, AI integration, and simplified processes.
Allowing more third-party applications to be integrated into the cloud platform would make it easier for customers to adopt SAP Cloud Platform.
 

Setup Cost

SAP Cloud Platform offers extensive ERP services that are valued despite high costs and challenging management for smaller companies.
webMethods.io is seen as expensive but offers flexible licensing, making it suitable for larger businesses but costly for small firms.
SAP is competitive compared to other enterprise solutions like Oracle, though not necessarily cheap.
 

Valuable Features

SAP Cloud Platform enhances connectivity, scalability, and data processing, offering flexible, secure cloud solutions with streamlined deployment for enterprises.
webMethods.io features efficient design, robust EDI, versatile integration, strong security, and flexible event-driven architecture for diverse applications.
 

Categories and Ranking

SAP Cloud Platform
Ranking in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (6th)
webMethods.io
Ranking in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
91
Ranking in other categories
Business-to-Business Middleware (4th), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (3rd), Managed File Transfer (MFT) (10th), API Management (10th), Cloud Data Integration (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) category, the mindshare of SAP Cloud Platform is 9.7%, down from 11.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of webMethods.io is 9.0%, up from 8.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

PinakiGhosh - PeerSpot reviewer
The implementation cycle has been reduced significantly but has room for integration enhancements
Our existing customers who are on ECC are on-premises. They are migrating to SAP Cloud Platform, specifically on S4HANA.  One of our clients was on SAP ECC on-premises, and they are moving to the cloud on S4HANA on the public cloud system.  We are supporting about 15 customers, mostly small to…
Michele Illiano - PeerSpot reviewer
Can function as an ESB along with the core product, with decent integration of message protocols
I have noticed that webMethods ActiveTransfer has had problems when handling large files. For example, when we receive (and perform operations on) files that are larger than about 16 MB, the software starts losing performance. This is why, for most customers who have to deal with big files, I suggest that they use a product other than ActiveTransfer. I would like to note that this problem mainly concerns large files that undergo extra operations, such assigning, unassigning, or file translation. When these operations take place on large files, ActiveTransfer will use up a lot of resources. Within the product itself, I also believe that there is room for improvement in terms of optimization when it comes to general performance. I suspect that the issues underlying poor optimization are because it is all developed in Java. That is, all the objects and functions that are used need to be better organized, especially when it comes to big files but also overall. webMethods ActiveTransfer was born as an ESB to handle messages, and these messages were typically very short, i.e. small in size. A message is data that you have to send to an application, where it must be received in real-time and possibly processed or acknowledged elsewhere in the system as well. So, because it was initially designed for small messages, it struggles with performance when presented with very large files. All this to say, I suggest that they have an engineer reevaluate the architecture of the product in order to consider cases where large files are sent, and not only small ones. As for new features, compared to other products in the market, I think Software AG should be more up to date when it comes to extra protocol support, especially those protocols that other solutions have included in their products by default. Whenever we need to add an unsupported protocol, we have to go through the effort of custom development in order to work with it. Also, all the banks are obligated to migrate to the new standards, and big companies are all handling translations and operating their libraries with the new protocol formats. But webMethods ActiveTransfer doesn't seem to be keeping up with this evolution. Thus, they should aim to be more compliant in future, along the lines of their competitors such as IBM and Primeur.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
17%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - SAP Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure?
One of the best features of SAP Cloud Platform is that it is web-based and you can log in from anywhere in the world. SAP Cloud Platform is suitable for companies of any size; it works well with bo...
How is SAP Cloud Platform different than Amazon AWS?
How is SAP Cloud Platform different than Amazon AWS? Amazon AWS offers options both in terms of upgrading and expanding capabilities as well as acquiring greater storage space. These upgrades can ...
What do you like most about SAP Cloud Platform?
The product improved our company's business operations since we got value out of it.
What do you like most about Built.io Flow?
The tool helps us to streamline data integration. Its BPM is very strong and powerful. The solution helps us manage digital transformation.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Built.io Flow?
webMethods.io is expensive. We have multiple components, and you need to pay for each of them.
What needs improvement with Built.io Flow?
webMethods.io needs to incorporate ChatGPT to enhance user experience. It can offer a customized user experience.
 

Also Known As

SAP HANA Cloud Platform
Built.io Flow, webMethods Integration Server, webMethods Trading Networks, webMethods ActiveTransfer, webMethods.io API
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Siemens, Shell & Volkswagen, Still, EarlySense, Roche, National Football League, Heidelberg University Hospital, In Mind Computing, The Timken Company, OPAL, EnterpriseJungle, Groupe Danone, Accenture, T-Systems, Sailing Team Germany, Sloan Valve
Cisco, Agralogics, Dreamforce, Cables & Sensors, Sacramento Kings
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