SAP IQ vs TIBCO Live Datamart comparison

SAP and TIBCO are both solutions in the Data Warehouse category. SAP is ranked #15 with an average rating of 6.8, while TIBCO is ranked #24. SAP holds a 2.4% mindshare in Data Warehouse, compared to TIBCO’s 1.7% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of SAP users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of TIBCO users who would recommend it.

SAP IQ

Read 23 SAP IQ reviews

1,362 Views
667 Comparison Views

80% willing to recommend

TIBCO Live Datamart

Read 2 TIBCO Live Datamart reviews

365 Views
285 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

SAP IQ

TIBCO Live Datamart

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

TIBCO Live Datamart and SAP IQ are competing in real-time analytics and data management. TIBCO has an advantage in scenarios demanding immediate data insights due to its strengths in real-time data streaming and interactive data visualization.

Features: TIBCO Live Datamart offers real-time data processing, dynamic queries, and interactive visualization. SAP IQ specializes in scalable data storage, columnar database architecture, and high-speed data retrieval.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: TIBCO Live Datamart supports straightforward cloud-based deployment with efficient customer support. SAP IQ involves a complex setup but benefits from SAP's extensive support ecosystem.

Pricing and ROI: TIBCO Live Datamart has competitive pricing, promising quick ROI through efficient data streaming and real-time analytics. SAP IQ, with higher initial costs, delivers significant ROI benefits for large-scale data analysis with its efficient storage capabilities.

To learn more, read our detailed SAP IQ vs. TIBCO Live Datamart Report (Updated: January 2026).

Buyer's Guide

SAP IQ vs. TIBCO Live Datamart

January 2026

Download the complete report

Helped 881,082 peers since 2012

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

SAP IQ

Ranking in Data Warehouse

15th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Relational Databases Tools (24th)

TIBCO Live Datamart

Ranking in Data Warehouse

24th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of SAP IQ is 2.4%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO Live Datamart is 1.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Warehouse Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SAP IQ	2.4%
TIBCO Live Datamart	1.7%
Other	95.9%

Data Warehouse

Featured Reviews

Akhilesh Narayanan

Tech Lead, Database Section. at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Compression performance gets high marks but user-friendly interface needs improvement

The downside of SAP IQ, from what I understood from the management side, is that the front end for the DBA, for the admin, is not that user-friendly. If you compare it with SQL Server Management Studio, it is not that user-friendly GUI for the admin. But the engine is very strong and powerful. It is easy to deploy SAP IQ; the implementation and installation are easy. The downside I see is that it doesn't allow most integrated backups; many of the marketplace players such as NetBackup, those software integrated backups are not available. So, if you want to take a backup, you need to take it locally, and then only you can back it up to any storage or anything. Those features such as integrated backup, which would allow it to stripe into an appliance or something similar, are not present. One thing I notice as a downside is that if the CPU utilization is very high, there is no direct way we can find out which query is taking the most CPU. In any other RDBMS, there are DMVs available to find out which query is taking most of the CPU, but those features are not present in SAP IQ. If our CPU is hitting at 100%, it is not easy to identify which connection is taking the most CPU.

Read full review

Mohsin Pathan

Associate Vice President - Solutions, presales & services at Bahwan CyberTek

Standout features are real-time dashboards and powerful aggregation

This product has a powerful aggregating feature which is great. It also has its own APIs. Whenever the data comes in, it can be streamed out anywhere. It's the only solution that provides real-time dashboards. Tableau doesn't have this feature. The three variants of historical data, real-time data and predicted data from Spitfire, give more strength to LiveDatamart without any dependency on other products. The product is easy to set up with very low maintenance required.

Read full review

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The initial setup is easy."

"It is very robust for ad hoc DW queries and its columnar compression is unique and valuable."

"IQ is a very high-performance and high-transaction database."

"The feature I appreciate the most about SAP IQ is the compression, which is very good; we cannot compare with any other type of EDW."

"Unbeatable speed and compression with a colummn-structured relational database."

"Valuable features for us include the compression, speed, fast response time, and easy object maintenance."

"The product is easy to learn."

"Columnar storage allows high compression, high load rates and high query performance."

More SAP IQ pros

"You can create your own rules that include mathematic calculations."

"The solution has a powerful aggregating feature"

Cons

"The only negative aspect of IQ is the cost, which can be challenging for companies in Peru."

"The downside I see is that it doesn't allow most integrated backups; many of the marketplace players such as NetBackup or Veritas, those software integrated backups are not available."

"The organization who owns the product does not support it well and appears not to be doing significant development for the future."

"There is very little documentation available."

"Multiplex is very problematic. There are consistency problems in the metadata, meaning it is possible to lose metadata consistency. You should make sure you have healthy backups."

"The solution works best when combined with other SAP solutions. If the environment has other systems other options might be better."

"I think the universe should be part of the Sybase IQ tool set."

"The primary negative aspect is the cost, which can be a challenge due to the economic conditions in Peru."

More SAP IQ cons

"Improvements need to be made on the load balancing side."

"The solution's setup could be quicker and easier."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's not that costly. So, the pricing is cheap."

"Negotiate based on the features required."

"Negotiation is very important."

"The cost of implementation is about $3,000."

"Evaluate all options; check to see if you need expensive add-ons."

"The only costs after standard licensing fees are for add-ons and upgrades."

"The solution might be considered a bit expensive because it competes with open-source products."

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Data Warehouse solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

881,082 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

36%

Comms Service Provider

Outsourcing Company

Computer Software Company

No data available

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	16

No data available

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP IQ?

IQ implementation costs about three thousand dollars. It's less expensive compared to alternatives like Teradata Base in terms of transactional efficiency.

See all answers

What needs improvement with SAP IQ?

When it comes to SAP IQ, the areas that could be improved or enhanced include the error messaging and the locking capabilities, as that's where we often encounter problems. When there is an issue, ...

See all answers

What is your primary use case for SAP IQ?

Our usual use cases for SAP IQ is that we have a Software-as-a-Service architecture where this database is the foundation for our SAP BusinessObjects platform. This is where it's getting its data f...

See all answers

Ask a question

Earn 20 points

Comparisons

SQL Server vs SAP IQ

Compared 12% of the time

SAP HANA vs SAP IQ

Compared 9% of the time

Snowflake vs SAP IQ

Compared 9% of the time

Oracle Database vs SAP IQ

Compared 8% of the time

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) vs SAP IQ

Compared 6% of the time

More SAP IQ Competitors

Kovair Data Lake vs TIBCO Live Datamart

Compared 20% of the time

Infobright DB vs TIBCO Live Datamart

Compared 16% of the time

Teradata vs TIBCO Live Datamart

Compared 12% of the time

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions vs TIBCO Live Datamart

Compared 12% of the time

Snowflake vs TIBCO Live Datamart

Compared 11% of the time

More TIBCO Live Datamart Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

SAP IQ

January 2026

Download SAP IQ product report

Buyer's Guide

Data Warehouse

January 2026

Download TIBCO Live Datamart product report

Also Known As

Sybase IQ

Streambase, TIBCO LiveView Data Mart

Overview

SAP® IQ software delivers speed and power for extreme-scale enterprise data warehousing and analytics. Its column-oriented, grid-based massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture and patented data compression and indexing technologies enable companies to exploit the value of huge amounts of data at the speed of business.

SAP

TIBCO Live Datamart is the industry’s first ultra fast continuous query processing engine made for live operational intelligence. It supports real-time data from anywhere, consumes live streaming data, and can connect to historical data in monolithic and edge systems by using either included data adapters or by leveraging the TIBCO integration platform. With its real-time computations against high-speed streaming data and continuous pushing of results to live queries, TIBCO Live Datamart offers users faster time to actionable insight and automated action.

TIBCO

Sample Customers

ASR Group, Citrix, State of Indiana, PocketCard Co. Ltd.

Aerospace Corporation, Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Services, Banco Sabadell, Bolton Borough Council

Buyer's Guide

SAP IQ vs. TIBCO Live Datamart

January 2026

Free Report: SAP IQ vs. TIBCO Live Datamart

Find out what your peers are saying about SAP IQ vs. TIBCO Live Datamart and other solutions. Updated: January 2026.

DOWNLOAD NOW

881,082 professionals have used our research since 2012.

See our SAP IQ vs. TIBCO Live Datamart report.

See our list of best Data Warehouse vendors.

We monitor all Data Warehouse reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.