We performed a comparison between IBM DB2 Database and SAP HANA based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: SAP HANA finishes ahead of IBM DB2 Database in this comparison. Users say SAP HANA fully controls workflows and makes almost every process automated. This improves productivity and saves time and money. The solution makes it easy to manage enterprise resources, which facilitates good company growth. Users say IBM DB2 Database has a very steep and long learning curve. It is very complex and many users feel it takes a long time to learn how to use it productively and properly.
"Its functionality and availability are valuable. Its availability is great. It is available 99.99% of the time."
"I believe that because the support is good, they jump in and assist us in determining the root cause."
"It's a very mature product."
"IBM Db2 Database has good performance."
"The most valuable feature of the IBM Db2 Database is the ease of use, and the ability to do query writing of any SQL statement and have an output."
"The setup process has become much easier recently."
"It has a good feature called pureScale, which is just for scalability. It is a perfect solution for environments where scalability is going to be an issue."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"SAP HANA's interface is pretty user-friendly."
"The most valuable features I have found are speed, dashboard, and reporting."
"As I only worked part-time on SAP HANA, I did not have the opportunity to explore the advanced features of the solution. However, I did work with basic features, such as user administration and access controls for the accounting department. The feature that stood out to me the most was the Single Sign-On and user administration, backup, and server management. My experience with SAP HANA was mainly focused on basic server improvements."
"Eases management of databases."
"It's user-friendly so long as you use it frequently."
"The solution is marvelous because it controls everything including workflow and that makes our company more productive."
"We use SAP HANA for Master Data Governance."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility and the integration with other solutions in data quality."
"Microsoft SQL Server is comparatively very simple to use. I wish IBM would move towards making Db2 easy to use for both basic and advanced users. This is where I see room for advancement. Db2 is also more expensive than Microsoft SQL Server, and its price can be reduced. The replication feature needs to be there in Db2. Microsoft provides similar functionality in SQL Server. IBM also has similar functionality, but it exists in a different product. So, to have the replication ability, you have to buy a different product. It makes sense to have this functionality within Db2 instead of a different product. It will also be helpful in terms of competition. In Africa, the problem for Db2 is competition. Oracle Database and Microsoft SQL Server have been in this market for a very long time. These companies have built the ecosystem and the brand within this market for a very long time. So, they are very popular with users. Db2 or IBM came a little later in the game, and that's where the problem lies. They also don't do a lot of marketing for it, which is also a problem."
"The product’s user interface is not easy to use."
"The pricing could be improved, it's expensive."
"The technical support can be faster."
"The queries can be difficult for beginners because there are so many. I would like to see more use cases for flow analysis that enable us to correlate the flow with events. Adding this feature in a QI format would be good for beginners."
"When I look at Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server provides me with better tools for database management."
"We just want a bit more integration with Linux. That said, we are already seeing Linux more readily available on the mainframe environment."
"I would like to see some artificial intelligence brought into the solution."
"SAP HANA isn't user-friendly, and it's very hard to train newcomers to use it."
"The solution could improve in the handling of backup data and the administration tools."
"They should develop and improve the solution's data management system."
"The initial setup of SAP HANA is complex. We did the implementation of one site, and a global deployment will take another three to four years."
"It could be a bit more scalable."
"I would like to see improvement on the feedback from the road-map; it is currently extremely hard to get insight in this area."
"Ease of use could be improved in SAP HANA. I like SAP because SAP solutions can be used by anyone, which means even laymen can start working on SAP tools, but in SAP HANA modeling, you'll need to know some other technologies and sequel scripting, and you need a separate skillset, so if you don't have the skillset, you won't be able to work on SAP HANA. Making SAP HANA low-code would make it even better."
"The openness of the system could be more developed. The solution should go into the cloud. The cloud mechanism should be more invested."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 5th in Relational Databases Tools with 30 reviews while SAP HANA is ranked 3rd in Relational Databases Tools with 45 reviews. IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.0, while SAP HANA is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM Db2 Database writes "Very scalable with high availability and excellent technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP HANA writes "Good integration capabilities, easy to implement, and reliable". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, MySQL, Teradata and IBM Informix, whereas SAP HANA is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, MySQL, Apache Spark and Oracle Database In-Memory. See our IBM Db2 Database vs. SAP HANA report.
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