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# Azure Synapse Analytics vs SAP Datasphere Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Reviews

**Azure Synapse Analytics** [

4.4/5(38)

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**SAP Datasphere** [

4.2/5(167)

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Pricing

**Azure Synapse Analytics**
No pricing available

**SAP Datasphere**
Free Trial

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**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**Azure Synapse Analytics**
Not enough reviews yet

**SAP Datasphere**
5 months

Based on 5 responses

Return on Investment

**Azure Synapse Analytics**
Not enough reviews yet

**SAP Datasphere**
10 months

Based on 5 responses

Perceived Cost

**Azure Synapse Analytics**
$$$$$

**SAP Datasphere**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Azure Synapse Analytics**
Not enough reviews yet

**SAP Datasphere**
Not enough reviews yet

Pros & Cons

**Azure Synapse Analytics**
[
Analytics (1)
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Automation (1)
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Cost Estimation (1)
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Cost Management (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-synapse-analytics/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2489035&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

**SAP Datasphere**
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Ease of Use (43)
](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-datasphere/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1526725&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Easy Integrations (33)
](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-datasphere/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1527037&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Slow Performance (25)
](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-datasphere/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2001464&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Expensive (23)
](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-datasphere/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1526630&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

Integrations

**Azure Synapse Analytics**
Not enough data

**SAP Datasphere**
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Screenshots

**Azure Synapse Analytics**
No screenshot available

**SAP Datasphere**
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Ratings

Meets Requirements

**Azure Synapse Analytics**

8.9

8.928

**SAP Datasphere**

8.7

8.7123

Ease of Use

**Azure Synapse Analytics**

8.8

8.829

**SAP Datasphere**

8.1

8.1134

Ease of Setup

**Azure Synapse Analytics**

8.6

8.611

**SAP Datasphere**

7.8

7.8115

Ease of Admin

**Azure Synapse Analytics**

8.9

8.99

**SAP Datasphere**

8.3

8.338

Quality of Support

**Azure Synapse Analytics**

8.7

8.724

**SAP Datasphere**

8.5

8.5118

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Azure Synapse Analytics**

8.3

8.39

**SAP Datasphere**

8.4

8.440

Product Direction (% positive)

**Azure Synapse Analytics**

8.4

8.429

**SAP Datasphere**

9.6

9.6114

Features

Data Fabric[Hide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.3

23

Data Management

Data Integration

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

21

Data Discovery

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

17

Multi - Platform

Not enough data

8.4(won by default)

18

Metadata

Not enough data

8.1(won by default)

19

Analytics

Data Analytics

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

19

Security

Compliance

Not enough data

8.1(won by default)

16

Governance

Not enough data

8.0(won by default)

17

Data Protection

Not enough data

8.1(won by default)

16

Generative AI

AI Text Generation

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Text Summarization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Data Fabric

Autonomous Task Execution

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multi-step Planning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Decision Making

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Warehouse[Hide 48 FeaturesShow 48 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.2

112

Data Management

Data Integration

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

101

Data Compression

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

78

Built-In Data Analytics

Not enough data

8.2(won by default)

79

In-Database Machine Learning

Not enough data

7.7(won by default)

77

Data Lake Analytics

Not enough data

8.1(won by default)

76

Data Quality

Not enough data

Feature Not Available

ETL - Extract Transfer Load

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Capture and Transfer

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting/Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Integration

AI/ ML Integration

Not enough data

7.8(won by default)

80

BI Tool Integration

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

83

Data lake Integration

Not enough data

8.1(won by default)

76

Deployment

Cloud

Not enough data

8.5(won by default)

87

On-Premise

Not enough data

Feature Not Available

Performance 

Scalability

Not enough data

8.1(won by default)

88

Security

Data Governance

Not enough data

8.6(won by default)

84

Data Security

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

80

Generative AI

AI Text Generation

Not enough data

7.1(won by default)

28

AI Text Summarization

Not enough data

6.7(won by default)

27

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

Parallel Processing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Ad hoc Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multiple Data Sources

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

In-Database Processing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Reporting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Synchronization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Connectors

Not enough data

Not enough data

Performance Metrics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Ad hoc Reporting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Drag & Drop

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Visualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Import/Export

Not enough data

Not enough data

Match & Merge

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Transformation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Secure Data Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Extraction

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customizable Reports

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Migration

Not enough data

Not enough data

In-Memory Processing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Mapping

Not enough data

Not enough data

Big Data Processing and Distribution[Hide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features](javascript:void(0);)

8.5

6

Not enough data

Database

Real-Time Data Collection

7.8(won by default)

6

Not enough data

Data Distribution

8.3(won by default)

6

Not enough data

Data Lake

8.6(won by default)

6

Not enough data

Integrations

Spark Integration

8.9(won by default)

6

Not enough data

Hadoop Integration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Platform

Machine Scaling

8.1(won by default)

6

Not enough data

Data Preparation

8.3(won by default)

6

Not enough data

Spark Integration

8.9(won by default)

6

Not enough data

Processing

Cloud Processing

8.6(won by default)

6

Not enough data

Workload Processing

8.6(won by default)

6

Not enough data

Big Data Analytics[Hide 49 FeaturesShow 49 Features](javascript:void(0);)

8.9

12

Not enough data

Data Transformation

Real-Time Analytics

8.9(won by default)

9

Not enough data

Data Querying

8.8(won by default)

12

Not enough data

Reporting/Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Predictive Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Visual Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Connectivity

Hadoop Integration

8.8(won by default)

8

Not enough data

Spark Integration

9.5(won by default)

10

Not enough data

Multi-Source Analysis

8.9(won by default)

11

Not enough data

Data Lake

9.4(won by default)

9

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Capture and Transfer

Not enough data

Not enough data

Trend Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

What-if Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

Statistical Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Blending

Not enough data

Not enough data

Ad hoc Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Operations

Data Visualization

8.7(won by default)

9

Not enough data

Data Workflow

8.6(won by default)

11

Not enough data

Governed Discovery

8.5(won by default)

8

Not enough data

Embedded Analytics

8.8(won by default)

8

Not enough data

Notebooks

8.5(won by default)

11

Not enough data

Data Discovery

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

Data Warehousing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Drag & Drop

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Connectors

Not enough data

Not enough data

Ad hoc Reporting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customizable Reports

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Escalation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Templates

Not enough data

Not enough data

Forecasting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Migration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Transformation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Cleansing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Synchronization

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Dashboard Creation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Extraction

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

SSL Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Collaboration Tools

Not enough data

Not enough data

No-Code

Not enough data

Not enough data

High Volume Processing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Database Support

Not enough data

Not enough data

Search/Filter

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Show 1 feature category with incomplete data

Big Data[Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Building Reports

Data Transformation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Modeling

Not enough data

Not enough data

WYSIWYG Report Design

Not enough data

Not enough data

Integration APIs

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Platform

Mobile User Support

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customization 

Not enough data

Not enough data

User, Role, and Access Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Internationalization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Sandbox / Test Environments

Not enough data

Not enough data

Performance and Reliability

Not enough data

Not enough data

Breadth of Partner Applications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Mobile Access

Not enough data

Not enough data

Metadata Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Insights

Reviewers' Company Size

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Azure Synapse Analytics

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

25.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

44.4%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

30.6%

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SAP Datasphere

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

22.9%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

35.7%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

41.4%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

25.0%

22.9%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

44.4%

35.7%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

30.6%

41.4%

Reviewers' Industry

[![Azure Synapse Analytics](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/a8a99a96fda235658139f710592f8a53/azure-synapse-analytics.svg "Azure Synapse Analytics")](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-synapse-analytics/reviews)
Azure Synapse Analytics

Information Technology and Services

48.6%

Hospital & Health Care

11.4%

Computer Software

11.4%

Computer & Network Security

8.6%

Retail

5.7%

Other

14.3%

[![SAP Datasphere](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/b5f8f986beca96ab0027c693ee762fb9/sap-datasphere.svg "SAP Datasphere")](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-datasphere/reviews)
SAP Datasphere

Information Technology and Services

12.7%

Computer Software

10.4%

Consulting

6.7%

Financial Services

6.7%

Hospital & Health Care

4.5%

Other

59.0%

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## Azure Synapse Analytics vs SAP Datasphere

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Azure Synapse Analytics easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with SAP Datasphere overall.

- Reviewers felt that Azure Synapse Analytics meets the needs of their business better than SAP Datasphere.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Azure Synapse Analytics is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of SAP Datasphere over Azure Synapse Analytics.