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Datasphere in SAP Business Data Cloud

bySAP
in
4.4
Market Presence: Cloud Database Management Systems, Augmented Data Quality Solutions

Overview

Product Information on Datasphere in SAP Business Data Cloud

Updated 15th January 2026

What is Datasphere in SAP Business Data Cloud?

Datasphere in SAP Business Data Cloud is a software that facilitates data integration, management, and sharing across distributed systems. It offers features for collecting, transforming, and modeling data from various sources, supporting seamless collaboration and governance. The software enables organizations to unify structured and unstructured data, maintaining security and compliance standards. It addresses business problems related to siloed information, providing tools for consistent data quality and streamlining analytics processes to enhance operational decision-making based on reliable data assets.

Datasphere in SAP Business Data Cloud Pricing

Datasphere software in SAP Business Data Cloud offers a pricing model based on consumption, which includes charges depending on data storage capacity, data transfer volumes, and active usage of services. The software provides tiered options and allows organizations to scale usage according to requirements with costs reflecting the amount of resources utilized.

Overall experience with Datasphere in SAP Business Data Cloud

SOLUTION ARCHITECT
500M - 1B USD, Miscellaneous
FAVORABLE

“Datasphere Enables Unified Data Context with Simplified Artefact Identification Features”

5.0
Nov 19, 2025
Datasphere provides a unified data foundation to connect diverse connected models, preserving business context and supporting self-service analytics. It is a core component to ensure governed data is transformed to measurable business outcomes
ERP Analytics CC Lead
3B - 10B USD, Energy and Utilities
CRITICAL

“Datasphere's Promising Vision Faces Challenges in Quality and Scalability”

3.0
Dec 11, 2024
Datasphere offers attractive vision and great on paper, but so far lack quality and cloud readiness combined with unjustified pricing policies

About Company

Company Description

Updated 13th August 2025

SAP was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Walldorf, Germany. The company employs over 105,000 people globally and develops software solutions for enterprise resource planning (ERP) and related business functions. SAP’s early products, SAP R/2 and SAP R/3, were widely adopted for managing core business processes. Its current ERP platform, SAP S/4HANA, uses in-memory computing to support data-intensive operations and integrates capabilities such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. SAP offers a portfolio of software applications that support various business functions across industries. These applications are designed to operate on a unified digital platform. As of 2025, SAP reports over 230 million cloud users and provides more than 100 solutions. The company’s offerings are used by organizations to manage finance, human resources, procurement, supply chain, and other operational areas.

Company Details

Updated 13th August 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1972
Head office location
Walldorf, Germany
Number of employees
10001+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
http://www.sap.com

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Datasphere in SAP Business Data Cloud Likes & Dislikes

Like

Reuse of Business Semantics Also used as a staging layer for transformation into external capabilities Trustworthy insights and analytics Every artefact can be identified for potential combination in a simplified UI

Like

Reach semantic support Virtual data access Strong OLAP capabilities

Like

Strong integration with other SAP products Solid governance Performance and scalability

Dislike

Integrating external non sap sources are a bit complicated Cost optimization during the use of Premium outbound Still an evolving application compared to competitors

Dislike

lots of bugs and errors lack of dynamic scalability limited consumption capabilities

Dislike

Quit difficult for new users Integration with Non-SAP tools

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Peer Discussions

What Your Peers Are Saying About Datasphere in SAP Business Data Cloud

Director of IT
Data Warehouse question. Based on recent guidance from SAP, we are no longer permitted to use ODP to transfer data from SAP to non-SAP environments. We are evaluating the use of SAP Datasphere for SAP centric data and Azure Synapse for external data as well as some SAP data. Reaching out to the community to see if there has been any experience (good or bad) with this approach?
Deputy Director - Human Resources and Finance
The decision to discontinue the use of the ODP protocol seems reasonable to me, as it can be a potential source of data leaks due to weak authentication and authorization controls, and lack of encryption.
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15 Jan 2025848 Views1 Comment
Director of IT
We are currently on SAP/4HANA and BW/4HANA with traditional perpetual license. If we migrate BW/4HANA to SAP Datasphere, how will it impact our BW spend? Will it be more expensive and what is the ball park % increase? 
Director of Data Platforms
That's a very good question and one that I would be interesting to see an answer to as well. We're just starting our assessment and what we can see already is that the answer is the proverbial "it depends" because DataSphere has many capabilities and the cost depends highly on what you use. What's clear however is that SAP is pushing DataSphere and is likely to give you some incentives for jumping on it, but I can already see that it will be hard to beat the cost of the on prem BW as we have such a mature setup where we've optimized heavily that the TCO of that will be hard to beat, for a stable setup. I think the difference will play out more on whether we need scalability, something that is costly to bring on an onprem platform. Nothing really new when it comes to comparing cloud and on-prem 
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12 Aug 20241.8k Views1 Comment

Datasphere in SAP Business Data Cloud Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 35 ratings and reviews for Cloud Database Management Systems market. View all 56 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.4

(35 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
43%
4 Star
43%
3 Star
14%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.3

Integration & Deployment

4.2

Service & Support

4.4

Product Capabilities

4.3

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  • SOLUTION ARCHITECT
    50M-1B USD
    Miscellaneous
    Review Source

    Datasphere Enables Unified Data Context with Simplified Artefact Identification Features

    5.0
    Nov 19, 2025
    Datasphere provides a unified data foundation to connect diverse connected models, preserving business context and supporting self-service analytics. It is a core component to ensure governed data is transformed to measurable business outcomes
  • IT SECURITY & RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE
    1B-10B USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Strong Integration with SAP Products and Governance Praised, Steep Learning Curve Noted

    5.0
    Nov 3, 2025
    I really appreciate how well it integrates with other SAP products S/4HANA , BW/4HANA
  • SAP BW Consultant
    1B-10B USD
    Energy and Utilities
    Review Source

    Exploring the Efficiency of SAP Datasphere for Data Warehousing

    5.0
    Dec 18, 2024
    SAP Datasphere is a very good data warehousing tool with easy to integrate.
  • ERP Analytics CC Lead
    1B-10B USD
    Energy and Utilities
    Review Source

    Datasphere's Promising Vision Faces Challenges in Quality and Scalability

    3.0
    Dec 11, 2024
    Datasphere offers attractive vision and great on paper, but so far lack quality and cloud readiness combined with unjustified pricing policies
  • Data and Analytics Analyst
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Government
    Review Source

    Data Integration Made Easy: A Look at This High-Performing Product

    5.0
    Dec 11, 2024
    The functionality of the product is exceptional and the interface is user friendly.
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