SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud vs VMware Cloud Foundation comparison

SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud vs. VMware Cloud Foundation

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Categories and Ranking

SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud

Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

12th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

VMware Cloud Foundation

Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

11th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud is 1.7%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Cloud Foundation is 1.2%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

Featured Reviews

Suresh Tanneeru

Vice President at Dataflix

High stability, reasonably priced, and important for digital transformations

Customers need to be better educated about using the solution's cloud for digital transformation. SAP as a legacy system is missing that flavor. The solution is not a traditional ERP software so should be used as a digital transformation tool. That is the story to project to customers, partners, and sales teams. This will help the solution grow faster than GCP, AWS, or Azure. In fact, Google Cloud Platform is now collaborating with SAP for digital transformation. The solution should offer affordable modules that are customized to startups with 50 to 500 employees. Most people think of SAP as being only for big enterprises but it could be very useful for smaller companies. There are 40,000 to 50,000 startups in APAC each year and that is a large volume. Many of the solution's modules could be used by those startups. Google is targeting this market with chat boards and automation tools at a reasonable price or with six months of free usage. SAP should come up with this kind of module and include sandbox so providers can play with a few of the POCs.

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Mangesh Parjane

Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.

Experience has improved centralized management through single console operations

There is room for improvement in how section updates are handled. The challenge lies in the difficulty of pinpointing issues when something goes wrong at a single stage. Also, each user needs deep knowledge of every aspect of virtualization, and the VMware personnel might not fully grasp aspects outside their expertise, requiring the involvement of other professionals.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution's initial setup process is straightforward."

"It is a stable and scalable product."

"We have a wide range of use cases for SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud. These include production planning, materials management, sales management, treasury, finance, appliance maintenance, real estate, and warehouse management."

"The solution does provide quite a lot of support, upgrades, automated batch updates, etc."

"Ensuring data integrity across finance, supply chain, and other critical areas is paramount for real-time decision-making. Access to accurate and up-to-date information is essential for data protection. While the digital solution primarily serves basic maintenance, the ability to handle these core aspects efficiently is invaluable for your needs."

"The BTP module is important for digital transformations."

"It is a scalable solution if you have a good cloud infrastructure."

"I am impressed with how the solution integrates with the ME system and ALE IDocs."

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"VMware Cloud Foundation allows for extensive customization, aligning with our customer requirements."

"The initial setup is straightforward and easy."

"The fact that it automates a lot of manual processes in a net new environment build is most valuable."

"We are using it for infrastructure automation."

"The most valuable features in VMware Cloud Foundation are life cycle management and ease of use."

"The solution's most valuable features are automated provisioning, network, and storage."

"All features of VMware Cloud Foundation are valuable to us, as it covers every industry standard protocol and requirement protocol, and it assists in meeting our requirements for host-level redundancy on both the primary site and the DR site."

"The solution is very stable."

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Cons

"Customers need to be better educated about using the solution's cloud for digital transformation."

"The product must provide more details of the errors."

"They should probably offer more cloud services. Most of the cloud infrastructure providers we have make everything pretty transparent, you know what you're getting, you have all these metrics and measurements and everything in the dashboard. Here you have to go through the contracting negotiations and all those things."

"The cost could be improved. I think it's higher than the competition."

"The stability needs to be improved to be able to handle large amounts of data."

"Enterprise Cloud's reporting could be more automated to improve content accountability, especially regarding BI reports."

"The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"SAP should adopt more rapid changes in market processes and customer needs to deliver solutions that meet new industry requirements swiftly."

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"The solution's log management could be improved because the logs don't provide enough information."

"The use of cloud and other integrations need to be improved and made easier."

"The deployment is clumsy and complex. There are too many things that need to be done in order to deploy."

"The interface is good, but there are compatibility issues or issues with the certificate for the VCenter."

"VMware Cloud Foundation is complex, and there are always updates regarding security features, accessibility, and the user interface. Making changes isn't simple because there are a lot of tables to update. People in the field may not feel confident about managing it."

"VMware Cloud Foundation can improve the process of upgrading. For example, if you want to upgrade or migrate any component it is very complex."

"Life cycle management is an area for improvement."

"The customization has room for improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's very, very expensive."

"SAP may not be the most cost-effective option, but it does offer a comprehensive set of tools and features. When you have the right information, structure, and dashboard in place, it can provide excellent value. Additionally, competition with Oracle might be a factor to consider."

"The product itself is relatively expensive."

"The price is on little bit higher. For SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, we see roughly five crores per annum."

"The pricing is reasonable when compared to other vendors like Oracle who offer technology enterprise resource software."

"The licensing of the solution is on a yearly basis. The normal price of the solution is quite high, but I received a special discount by making a purchase near the end of the year."

"I rate the product's price a five out of ten."

"The price is high compared to other databases, which is why HANA is still not widely used. Some enterprises prefer Sybase, Oracle, or other traditional databases because HANA is a little pricey. Cost is one factor SAP needs to work on to make it more competitive with other databases. Otherwise, they'll never be able to develop a mass customer base."

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"The licensing is expensive compared with Hyper V and Unitech's platform."

"The pricing of VMware Cloud Foundation could improve, it is expensive."

"There is an annual license required to use the solution."

"The solution’s pricing could be improved and made more flexible."

"The tool's price is slightly on the higher side, but I guess you think there is no one-to-one comparison with other tools. The licensing part has become easier, while earlier, it was quite complex."

"It is quite expensive."

"VMware Cloud Foundation is overpriced, but I think we get what we pay for."

"The pricing is moderate. I would rate it six out of ten."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

17%

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

Retailer

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud?

It has significantly streamlined our operations.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud?

SAP HANA Cloud can be quite costly compared to other solutions. The high licensing costs make it an expensive option, particularly for smaller customers. However, they offer solutions for mid-sized...

What needs improvement with SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud?

SAP should adopt more rapid changes in market processes and customer needs to deliver solutions that meet new industry requirements swiftly. SAP finance needs to be more advanced to keep up with cu...

What do you like most about VMware Cloud Foundation?

VMware Cloud Foundation provides us with the vSphere dashboard through which we can manage, monitor, schedule, and spin up your virtual machines. We can manage, monitor, and get reports of your inf...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Cloud Foundation?

VMware Cloud Foundation is quite expensive when compared to its competitors, but it does save time, which in turn saves money. I see over thirty percent savings.

What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Foundation?

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Comparisons

Compared 48% of the time

Amazon AWS vs SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud

Compared 29% of the time

SAP S4HANA on AWS vs SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud

Compared 17% of the time

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) vs SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud

Compared 6% of the time

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Azure Stack vs VMware Cloud Foundation

Compared 54% of the time

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) vs VMware Cloud Foundation

Compared 13% of the time

AWS Outposts vs VMware Cloud Foundation

Compared 13% of the time

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs VMware Cloud Foundation

Compared 9% of the time

Microsoft Azure vs VMware Cloud Foundation

Compared 4% of the time

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Overview

SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud is a fully scalable and secure private managed cloud solution. It empowers organizations to unlock the full value of SAP HANA in the cloud - accelerating growth and innovation, driving IT and business transformation, quickly delivering business outcomes, and reducing risk.

SAP

VMware Cloud Foundation makes it easy to deploy and run a hybrid cloud. VMware Cloud Foundation provides integrated cloud infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, and security) and cloud management services to run enterprise applications in both private and public environments.

VMware

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SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud vs. VMware Cloud Foundation