We performed a comparison between Exasol and SAP SQL Anywhere based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Relational Databases Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is hands-off; you set it up insert your data and it self tunes queries."
"The most valuable feature of Exasol is its speed."
"The speed is very good compared to other databases, like SQL Server or Oracle."
"Performance is a top priority, and it excels in this aspect."
"We can quickly scale the solution as it works on an MPP system."
"We mainly chose Exasol for its performance reasons."
"Its speed is great."
"It is easy to scale."
"SAP SQL Anywhere is very helpful."
"The auto-backup replication is a perfect feature. That is the feature I liked the most."
"We've found the solution very reliable overall. It's very fast."
"The most valuable features of SAP SQL Anywhere are the ease of use and the user interface is intuitive."
"It works well in general."
"It's not cloud-native so many maintenance operations require downtime."
"Lacks a cloud-based platform."
"You have to install Exasol drivers, and it's not easy to find or implement a driver into different systems."
"They should improve the security features for MPP processing."
"They don't talk very well to with other products when it comes to connectivity. Integration is lacking."
"There are limited resources available to help me resolve the issue with Exasol."
"It would be beneficial if the updates would occur more often."
"The only area where we found it could improve was in custom role creation and security, and it was difficult to work with."
"We have had some stability issues with SAP SQL Anywhere, but I am not sure if it is an application or network issue. We sometimes have a large amount of data being queried and it cannot handle it."
"SAP SQL Anywhere needs to incorporate functionalities like SAP S/4HANA."
"The interface is not easy in comparison to the SQL Server. It could be more user-friendly."
"It is not as secure as it could be."
"A problem we are experiencing now is when doing a backup in SQL 2012 and 14."
Exasol is ranked 12th in Relational Databases Tools with 8 reviews while SAP SQL Anywhere is ranked 20th in Relational Databases Tools with 6 reviews. Exasol is rated 8.0, while SAP SQL Anywhere is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Exasol writes "Fast query processing and easy-to-store all the data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP SQL Anywhere writes "Reliable and able to expand but needs to be more secure". Exasol is most compared with SAP HANA, SQL Server, Vertica, Oracle Database In-Memory and MySQL, whereas SAP SQL Anywhere is most compared with SQL Server, SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, MySQL, Oracle Database and MariaDB. See our Exasol vs. SAP SQL Anywhere report.
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