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SAP HANA vs kdb+ comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

kdb+
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
40th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP HANA
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
93
Ranking in other categories
Data Virtualization (2nd), Embedded Database (1st), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of kdb+ is 1.0%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP HANA is 6.2%, down from 8.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP HANA6.2%
kdb+1.0%
Other92.8%
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Featured Reviews

Nitin Garg - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President - Financial Services at Evalueserve
An easy-to-deploy solution that can be used for data ingestion and usage
I work for a fintech company where we create several strategies generally built on finance data, which are like one-time series data. We deal with huge bulk data on a daily basis, and we use kdb+ for data ingestion and usage The most valuable feature of kdb+ is the speed at which it returns the…
Bassem Mohammed - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Application Manager at TBTD
Integrated business processes have improved real-time analytics and financial performance
Whether I or my customers utilize SAP HANA's real-time analytics depends on the data needed to be displayed, and then choosing how to transfer the data to the analytic object, data source, or database to be displayed in the reports. It may be near real-time, real-time, or running batch every day. There are tools for integration between third-party systems, such as OData or APIs from SAP to get in or push data to other systems. Support for both structured and unstructured data helps organizations unify data sources depending on the needed data to be displayed. There are many ways to store it for report displays, but structured data will be better than unstructured data.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution returns data quickly, and data retrieval is fast in kdb+."
"The data storage requirement is reduced from the original database to the HANA database."
"SAP HANA is a cost-saving solution that helps save money and serves as a time-saving solution that helps save time."
"The data in HANA is stored in columns rather than rows, which speeds up searches and aggregations."
"The solution's in-memory computing and the efficient response time are very good features."
"The best feature of SAP HANA is column computing. The computing speed of the solution is also very high, so developers can easily develop programs through SAP HANA."
"The solution is extremely stable; there is no downtime, the performance is very good, and you can upgrade and upscale without any downtime as well."
"This is a feature-rich product and I like all of them."
"This solution is very fast."
 

Cons

"The solution should have a more user-friendly user interface."
"However, for the pricing part, this is the main issue. SAP has to do much more on SAP HANA pricing because it is quite expensive."
"It could be a bit more scalable."
"The documentation can be improved in the future."
"The price is high and could be a bit cheaper."
"The bid process needs to be improved."
"The solution needs to work on its performance and make it faster."
"SAP HANA is a very proprietary tool and there's not as much support available for it as there is for an SQL Server (which is more popular)."
"The solution is less stable than traditional databases. We had production down and that's not acceptable for our business."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Set up a consortium of consulting partners and hardware vendors to define your tech. Landscape TCO (total cost of ownership) and then approach the OEM for pricing (on-premise or on cloud or a hybrid model). Check if you can bring your own licenses for some of the existing application licenses on the new platform, to reduce TCO."
"The tool has a high price. I rate the solution’s pricing, one on a scale of ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap."
"There is an annual license to use SAP HANA."
"Its licensing is expensive for SMEs and large enterprises alike."
"SAP HANA is very expensive for small to medium businesses."
"The cost of SAP HANA is high, and I would rate the price at eight out of ten."
"SAP HANA is very expensive here in China. My company bought the SAP ERP suite, which includes SAP HANA. For others who use SAP HANA as an analytical database, CPU numbers will affect the pricing, so as a solution, it's costly."
"The price of SAP HANA is very expensive and it is paid annually."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
37%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Educational Organization
6%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise64
 

Questions from the Community

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What are the biggest benefits of using SAP HANA?
Based on my work with SAP HANA, the biggest benefit that it can bring to your business is total data management. This product is by SAP - a company that serves almost all needs a client may have co...
Is SAP HANA’s customer and technical support reliable?
We have been using SAP HANA for a fairly short period of time and have only taken advantage of their customer support. So far, we have not had issues that required specialized help from technical s...
Is SAP HANA difficult to set up and start using?
SAP HANA is fairly easy to set up, however, I do not think a complete beginner can do it. You certainly need some preparation - either you need to have experience with similar solutions, or with ot...
 

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Also Known As

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SAP High-Performance Analytic Appliance, HANA
 

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Sample Customers

UniCredit, AIRBUS
Unilever, NHS 24, adidas Group, CHIO Aachen, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA), Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited
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