SAP Data Ingestion Tools Comparison Table

Name
Environment
Environment select
Run options
Installation needed
Supported connectors
Real-time support
Application layer extraction
Database layer extraction
Extractors support
New records (deltas) processing for CDSViews/HANA Calculation views
BW data extraction support
Free of additional costs
Independent of SAP SLT
Pricing / 100 sources
Schema conversion
DeltaLake support
Historical data load (primary system)
Filtered historical load

Azure only

azure
SaaS + agent

integration runtime needs to be installed on an on-premises computer or on a virtual machine (VM).

* CDC (via ODP) * SAP BW OpenHub * SAP BW via MDX * SAP ECC * SAP HANA * SAP Table

❌ (batches only, every 5 minutes)

✅

✅ (via SLT and ODP)

✅

✅

✅ (via ODP)

❌ (integration runtime needs additional HW)

☑️ (SLT is recommended and needed for SAP tables extraction)

# of runs, per hour of run

✅

✅ (source)

via the SAP Application Layer

❌ (source)

SNP Glue

Azure, AWS, GCP

azureawsgcp
on-prem

installed as ABAP add-on on ERP server (no additional hardware required)

* Tables * Custom ABAP extractors * Views (HANA calculation and CDS Views), BW * Extractors (SAPI/ODP) * Info Providers (DSOs, ADSOs, Cubes) * BEx queries * Raw data etc.

✅ (near-real time)

✅

✅ (via triggers)

✅

✅ (via ODP)

✅

✅ (installed as ABAP addon onto an existing SAP Netweaver machine)

✅ (but can work with SLT if already in place)

# of ingestion pipelines/ingested tables (tiered)

✅

✅

utilize standard SAP select options

Qlik Replicate

Azure, AWS, GCP

azureawsgcp
on-premSaaS + agent

full app installation (on-prem version)

* SAP Application * SAP Application (DB) * SAP Extractor * SAP HANA * SAP ODP

✅ (log-based + trigger based)

✅

✅ (via CDC, or via triggers for HANA)

✅

✅ (for the ODP connector only?)

✅ (via ODP)

❌ (installation needs additional HW)

✅ (see release log)

✅ (source)

✅ (source)

✅

✅

Azure, AWS, GCP

azureawsgcp
on-premSaaS

full app installation (on-prem version, Kubernetes)

* Read HANA Table * SAP HANA Client * SLT Connector * ABAP ODP Reader * ABAP CDS Reader * Data Transfer

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

❌ (installation needs additional HW)

# of capacity units / month

❌

❌ (custom connector needed)

AWS only

aws
SaaS

❌ (fully SaaS)

❌ (micro-batches only)

✅ (ODP via OData)

❌ (ODP only)

✅

✅ (via ODP)

✅ (it’s SaaS)

☑️

# of successful runs + amount of data processed

❌ (parquet or CSV only)

ODP via oData only (slower)

GCP only

gcp
SaaS

❌ (fully SaaS)

✅ (via SLT)

✅

✅ (via SLT)

✅

✅ (via ODP)

✅ (it’s SaaS)

☑️

paying for pipeline development and execution

SAP Datasphere

Azure, AWS, GCP

azureawsgcp
SaaS

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

~$60k 1 + $5k/20 GBs outbound data transfer

✅

✅

✅

✅

Asapio

Azure, AWS

on-prem

✅

* RAW tables & views * CDSViews

✅

✅

✅ (via triggers)

❌

✅

❌

✅

✅

# of ingestion pipelines/ingested tables (tiered)

❌ (CSV only)

✅

✅