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Infobright DB vs SAP SQL Anywhere comparison

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Infobright DB
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
38th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (19th)
SAP SQL Anywhere
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
35th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of Infobright DB is 1.4%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP SQL Anywhere is 1.5%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP SQL Anywhere1.5%
Infobright DB1.4%
Other97.1%
Relational Databases Tools
 

Featured Reviews

it_user708987 - PeerSpot reviewer
MySQL DBA at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Excellent reporting server that is compatible with MySQL
We ran into some quirks that Infobright had. We interacted with Infobright's support and were able to resolve them. There still are issues with data replication - Infobright is currently for one server (unless you buy the Infobright appliance). This would mean that redundancy is something you need to implement yourself.
MT
Automation Project Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Scalable, easy to use, but stability could improve
We use SAP SQL Anywhere because we have a lot of Power BI reports that connect with the SQL database that we have for our robotic process automation data. We create procedures and other elements within the solution The most valuable features of SAP SQL Anywhere are the ease of use and the user…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It has very amazing smart grid query feature for very fast aggregate queries across millions of rows"
"A valuable feature was the use of a columnar database for large, ever-growing, big datasets."
"The performance of ad hoc aggregation queries is superior to any RDBMS that I have used and I have used them all."
"It is very straightforward and easy to work with."
"ICE helped us improve the speed for the “group-by” query by 10x."
"Infobright gave us the ability to avoid significant changes in our data structure and just use Infobright like BigDataMySql."
"We now have multiple times faster queries in comparison to MS SQL."
"Infobright allowed us to reduce the number of moving parts and complexity that we had while providing good performance to produce our reports."
"It works well in general."
"SQL Anywhere is easy and it did not cost as much as SQL Microsoft."
"The auto-backup replication is a perfect feature. That is the feature I liked the most."
"The most valuable features of SAP SQL Anywhere are the ease of use and the user interface is intuitive."
"We've found the solution very reliable overall. It's very fast."
"SAP SQL Anywhere is very helpful."
"It's a great product to use if you are already have an integration with SAP's ERP/CRM systems."
 

Cons

"On the contrary, we have switched back to the MS SSAS Tabular Model, because of pricing policy."
"Only the data from the columns that reached 2GB will actually decrease. Other columns below 2GB in size do not leave the disk."
"There still are issues with data replication - Infobright is currently for one server (unless you buy the Infobright appliance)."
"We didn’t purchase the Enterprise Edition because it was too expensive for a product that wasn’t going to replace our main DWH database (Oracle), but was, somehow, only an addition for it."
"After all the re-work to our product to remove as much reliance on Infobright, and the extra hardware costs we had to absorb, there was definitely a negative return on investment."
"MPP, distributed processing!!! And better integration with Hadoop."
"When running a complex subquery, the system hangs without giving the user any response."
"There was no scalability at all. Infobright didn't permit any changes in tables."
"Performance issues when syncing the MBO packages to the server."
"SAP SQL Anywhere needs to incorporate functionalities like SAP S/4HANA."
"It is not as secure as it could be; there needs to be more encryption and we can find passwords very easily."
"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."
"It is not as secure as it could be."
"The interface is not easy in comparison to the SQL Server. It could be more user-friendly."
"A problem we are experiencing now is when doing a backup in SQL 2012 and 14 there's a problem with the license."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our pricing was based on server instances and it was actually very cheap compared to Oracle. I guess you get what you pay for."
"SQL Anywhere cost us about $400."
"SAP SQL Anywhere is affordable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
22%
Construction Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Healthcare Company
9%
Construction Company
9%
University
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
No data available
 

Also Known As

Infobright
Sybase SQL Anywhere
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

REZ-1, SonicWALL, IntegriChain, Fuseforward International Inc., Polystar, Live Rail, Mavenir Systems, JDSU Partners, Bango
AOK Bundesverband, Surgutneftegas Open Joint Stock Company, Molson Coors Brewing Company, City of Buenos Aires, ASR Group, Citrix, EarlySense, Usha International Limited, Automotive Resources International, Wªrth Group, Takisada-Osaka Co. Ltd., Coelba, RZD Russian Railways, National Basketball Association, TALLY WEiJL
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