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Progress OpenEdge RDBMS vs SAP HANA comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Progress OpenEdge RDBMS
Ranking in Embedded Database
7th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP HANA
Ranking in Embedded Database
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
93
Ranking in other categories
Data Virtualization (2nd), Relational Databases Tools (3rd), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Embedded Database category, the mindshare of Progress OpenEdge RDBMS is 7.6%, up from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP HANA is 13.3%, up from 8.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Embedded Database Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP HANA13.3%
Progress OpenEdge RDBMS7.6%
Other79.1%
Embedded Database
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1648848 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President Strategic Development at a hospitality company with 1-10 employees
Customizable, intelligent, and reacts in real-time
There aren't any areas of improvement. We have a very long relationship with their R&D group. They're fairly dynamic there, however, it's not the relationships I manage. The only big hurdle for us is that most customers aren't familiar with it, so it's scary. If you're in commercial environments, everybody knows SQL, everybody knows Oracle, or whatever. It doesn't really matter due to the fact that it's embedded, however, they're paying those licenses. The only drawback is you can't just say, "Hey, provide us three Enterprise SQL licenses," and they just go reach into their Microsoft licensing deal and plug them in and go. Instead, it's plugging a new product into the mix that they otherwise would take care of on their own. The apparent cost is higher, however, in the end, it's really not.
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 product can be scaled in any direction and a very nice feature is that you can logically split the database by the value of the data, which is great."
"Once you switch it on, it simply runs and runs."
"It's my 'go to' database if I want a database to just run 24/7/365, year-after-year with absolute minimal downtime."
"It is very customizable and it's intelligent."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"We appreciate that the current, redesigned version of this solution that is much more straightforward for new users, and has been well thought out with industry best practice standards in mind."
"We've had good experiences with technical support."
"On the basis of my experience, SAP HANA is better than other solutions."
"This product covers almost everything, and it's scalable and very innovative."
"It's stable and reliable."
"It is very stable and very innovative. You can integrate many applications with it."
"Once you try to do any queries against this database you can get the result very fast."
"The latest version is very good, it's excellent."
 

Cons

"Advanced security would be a good additional feature."
"The only big hurdle for us is that most customers aren't familiar with it, so it's scary. If you're in commercial environments, everybody knows SQL, everybody knows Oracle, or whatever."
"The installation process can be a bit confusing for someone who's new to OpenEdge."
"The documentation can be improved in the future."
"The initial setup was very, very complex, tedious, and costly and required someone with great expertise to complete it."
"The SAP HANA interface has room for improvement because it takes more work to manage than the Microsoft SQL Server interface."
"The main issue is the ecosystem, which lacks the widespread support that SQL enjoys."
"The worst thing about SAP HANA is the price; it's very expensive. The licensing cost, implementation cost, hosting cost, and appliance cost are all high."
"In practice, SAP HANA is very powerful, but I see areas where it could be improved to make life easier for users and teams, such as having too many Fiori apps with overlapping functionality, navigation not being intuitive for finance users, and users still needing to switch between Fiori and SAP GUI."
"The high price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The pricing could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price of the solution could be reduced, it is expensive."
"SAP HANA is affordable. I rate it a seven out of ten."
"The price is on the expensive side, at eight out of ten, with ten being expensive."
"SAP HANA is very expensive for small to medium businesses."
"We pay for a maintenance license, and the licensing cost is high. In general, it is a very expensive solution."
"There is an annual payment needed to use the solution."
"We pay $200 on a monthly basis."
"We pay annually for the license of the solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
11%
Legal Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
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...
 

Also Known As

OpenEdge RDBMS, Progress OpenEdge
SAP High-Performance Analytic Appliance, HANA
 

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Sample Customers

Apero Solutions, Heath Village, International Energy Services, Exact Software, PepsiCo Russia, Pero, SVK, FreshERP
Unilever, NHS 24, adidas Group, CHIO Aachen, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA), Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited
Find out what your peers are saying about Progress OpenEdge RDBMS vs. SAP HANA and other solutions. Updated: November 2026.
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