We performed a comparison between SAP HANA and SingleStore based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about SAP, Oracle, Firebird and others in Embedded Database."The in-memory computing and the efficient response time are very good features."
"The most valuable feature of SAP HANA is the interaction it provides with external suppliers and clients."
"It has a very huge bandwidth and data transfer."
"The product handles high volumes very well and provides good integration."
"It's easy to use, and the Hana Studio is pretty good."
"SAP HANA is vertically and horizontally scalable."
"SAP HANA's best features are its programmability and extensibility - you can size and shape the software however you need."
"It is very flexible to integrate with SaaS components."
"MemSQL supports the MySQL protocol, and many functions are similar, so the learning curve is very short."
"The paramount advantage is the exceptional speed."
"The product can automatically reinstall and reconfigure in case of a shutdown."
"The ability to store data in memory is a standout feature, enhanced by robust failover mechanisms."
"It's a distributed relational database, so it does not have a single server, it has multiple servers. Its architecture itself is fast because it has multiple nodes to distribute the workload and process large amounts of data."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create pipelines, streamline and extract data from the pipelines."
"The product's initial setup phase was pretty straightforward, with no complex processes."
"I'd just like to see some more improvements done on the training, both on the functional training and technical training sides as a part of the complete solution."
"HANA could be improved by adding analytics and development models in the institution."
"SAP HANA is not perfect and they could improve by having more options and more integration."
"The performance and integration with other products are areas in need of improvement."
"In terms of improvement, the speed is not as good as we thought it would be. That is why we are trying different solutions that will be built with different technologies."
"The pricing could be better."
"The inclusion of a well-performing Time Machine is vital."
"The bid process needs to be improved."
"Having the ability to migrate servers using a single command would be extremely beneficial."
"The product can be developed further to provide more appropriate output to users as it is one of the areas where there are shortcomings."
"It is not the optimal choice for direct data collection through queries, and it's more suited for aggregation tasks."
"For new customers, it's very tough to start. Their documentation isn't organized, and there's no online training available. SingleStore is working on it, but that's a major drawback."
"Poor key distribution can significantly impact performance, requiring a backward approach in design rather than adding tables incrementally."
"There should be more pipelines available because I think that if MemSQL can connect to other services, that would be great."
"We don't get good discounts in Pakistan."
SAP HANA is ranked 1st in Embedded Database with 79 reviews while SingleStore is ranked 6th in Database as a Service with 7 reviews. SAP HANA is rated 8.4, while SingleStore is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of SAP HANA writes "Excellent compatibility between modules and the control". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SingleStore writes "A reasonably priced product that offers good speed and seamless support". SAP HANA is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, MySQL, IBM Db2 Database and Apache Spark, whereas SingleStore is most compared with SQL Server, MySQL, Teradata, Oracle Database and CockroachDB.
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