We performed a comparison between SAP HANA and SAP SQL Anywhere based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Relational Databases Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution operates well."
"The solution is extremely stable. That's the most important aspect of the solution, for our organization. There is no downtime, and the performance is very good."
"When we upgraded, we received more functions or more features."
"Using this solution has given us better details for reporting and analytics."
"The solution is marvelous because it controls everything including workflow and that makes our company more productive."
"The initial setup is straightforward. It usually takes around eight months but it depends on a customer's requirements. We can spend a month or two customizing."
"The most value for us was in terms of using it to issue tenders online. We host our server, but it is open to the public, so clients who want to buy those tenders were able to go online, put their tender documents up, and we could evaluate them using SAP."
"The most valuable feature of SAP HANA is the interaction it provides with external suppliers and clients."
"We've found the solution very reliable overall. It's very fast."
"It works well in general."
"The most valuable features of SAP SQL Anywhere are the ease of use and the user interface is intuitive."
"SAP SQL Anywhere is very helpful."
"The auto-backup replication is a perfect feature. That is the feature I liked the most."
"I don't have direct access to SAP, and instead, I need to go through the SAP office in India."
"The initial setup was pretty complex, considering the enormous amount of data they had from an Oracle ERP."
"The SAP ERP processes are quite complex and it can be challenging."
"SAP HANA's long run time to extract data could be improved upon."
"The solution is very expensive, however. The pricing depends on the number of users and many other factors that affect licensing."
"The SAP HANA interface has room for improvement because it takes more work to manage than the Microsoft SQL Server interface."
"A documents preview could be helpful."
"The solution could improve by having better migration flexibility. For example, it would be helpful if there was a way for customers could check their nonproduction and production deployments."
"The interface is not easy in comparison to the SQL Server. It could be more user-friendly."
"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."
"A problem we are experiencing now is when doing a backup in SQL 2012 and 14."
"SAP SQL Anywhere needs to incorporate functionalities like SAP S/4HANA."
SAP HANA is ranked 3rd in Relational Databases Tools with 79 reviews while SAP SQL Anywhere is ranked 20th in Relational Databases Tools with 6 reviews. SAP HANA is rated 8.4, while SAP SQL Anywhere is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of SAP HANA writes "Excellent compatibility between modules and the control". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP SQL Anywhere writes "Reliable and able to expand but needs to be more secure". SAP HANA is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, MySQL, IBM Db2 Database and Apache Spark, whereas SAP SQL Anywhere is most compared with SQL Server, SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, MySQL and Oracle Database. See our SAP HANA vs. SAP SQL Anywhere report.
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