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Infobright DB vs SAP BW4HANA comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Infobright DB
Ranking in Data Warehouse
19th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (38th)
SAP BW4HANA
Ranking in Data Warehouse
10th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Infobright DB is 2.2%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP BW4HANA is 3.3%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP BW4HANA3.3%
Infobright DB2.2%
Other94.5%
Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

it_user708987 - PeerSpot reviewer
MySQL DBA at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Excellent reporting server that is compatible with MySQL
We ran into some quirks that Infobright had. We interacted with Infobright's support and were able to resolve them. There still are issues with data replication - Infobright is currently for one server (unless you buy the Infobright appliance). This would mean that redundancy is something you need to implement yourself.
Ritesh Durvasha - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Has supported efficient data processing and streamlined reporting for large-scale sales operations
The capability to handle a large amount of data and perform ETL operations is most valuable. Additionally, sending data out of SAP BW4HANA through Open Hub, which is a free service, is another valuable feature. In contrast, many other products charge for sending data out of their systems, such as Data Sphere or BDC, which charge premium service fees. Regarding advanced analytic tools in SAP BW4HANA, users can directly connect to Analysis for Office without additional charges. It's convenient as users don't have to download data into Excel since it's already connected to the system. From an integration capabilities perspective, it's easy to connect to SAP systems, though integration with non-SAP systems presents more challenges.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The performance of ad hoc aggregation queries is superior to any RDBMS that I have used and I have used them all."
"It has very amazing smart grid query feature for very fast aggregate queries across millions of rows"
"Infobright gave us the ability to avoid significant changes in our data structure and just use Infobright like BigDataMySql."
"The high compression and the relatively fast load for a free product."
"We now have multiple times faster queries in comparison to MS SQL."
"Infobright allowed us to reduce the number of moving parts and complexity that we had while providing good performance to produce our reports."
"A valuable feature was the use of a columnar database for large, ever-growing, big datasets."
"ICE helped us improve the speed for the “group-by” query by 10x."
"BW4HANA is definitely much better than BW; it is also much better than HANA Native."
"I like that it's quite quick."
"I like how it blends no-code and ABAP code for complex transformations during data loading."
"The product has efficient performance."
"The system has always been stable."
"The solution saves time and cost."
"The most valuable feature is that it's robust."
"Overall, it's hard to compare with other products on the market, but I think it has improved quite significantly."
 

Cons

"Only the data from the columns that reached 2GB will actually decrease. Other columns below 2GB in size do not leave the disk."
"After all the re-work to our product to remove as much reliance on Infobright, and the extra hardware costs we had to absorb, there was definitely a negative return on investment."
"MPP, distributed processing!!! And better integration with Hadoop."
"We didn’t purchase the Enterprise Edition because it was too expensive for a product that wasn’t going to replace our main DWH database (Oracle), but was, somehow, only an addition for it."
"There still are issues with data replication - Infobright is currently for one server (unless you buy the Infobright appliance)."
"There was no scalability at all. Infobright didn't permit any changes in tables."
"On the contrary, we have switched back to the MS SSAS Tabular Model, because of pricing policy."
"When running a complex subquery, the system hangs without giving the user any response."
"One thing that could be enhanced in SAP BW4HANA is the user interface for process chains."
"There's one area where the other vendors have an upper edge, which is the data lake. I think SAP is trying to figure out whether to stick with IQ, their own data lake solution, or push customers toward customer-preferred vendors, like Azure Data Lake, AWS, or any other provider."
"The dashboard should be simplified and made easier for exploration and decision making."
"There's the complexity in migration from BW to BW/4HANA, especially with data migration."
"I cannot integrate it with my other tools. It's not possible to do something in the predictive analysis. Mobile reporting is also not available."
"I would like to be able to design new reports in a future release."
"I would like to see easier connectivity with other tools."
"Real-time processing isn't BW/4HANA's strongest point."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our pricing was based on server instances and it was actually very cheap compared to Oracle. I guess you get what you pay for."
"The price is high and currently only affordable for large organizations."
"SAP BW/4HANA is expensive."
"The product is free if we have the ECC license."
"This is an expensive solution and there are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"For the on-premises version of the product, the solution offers a perpetual-based licensing model to its users. In general, SAP offers a monthly subscription-based licensing model to its users."
"It is an expensive product."
"For some, the rates offered by SAP can be costly while for others it may seem cheap. The price ultimately depends on how you have negotiated your contract with SAP."
"Price wise, this solution is on the higher side."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
22%
Construction Company
15%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise30
 

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What needs improvement with SAP BW4HANA?
For improvement, I think AWS for HANA could be better, but it is an on-premise solution. SAP is asking us to move to one client approach and suggested moving to data warehouse cloud, which should h...
What is your primary use case for SAP BW4HANA?
My use cases involve the client I am working with, who already has a BW ON HANA system, and we are currently migrating and redeveloping things in SAP BW4HANA; they are decommissioning the BW On HAN...
 

Also Known As

Infobright
SAP BW/4HANA
 

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Sample Customers

REZ-1, SonicWALL, IntegriChain, Fuseforward International Inc., Polystar, Live Rail, Mavenir Systems, JDSU Partners, Bango
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