We performed a comparison between SAP SQL Anywhere and SQL Server 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 auto-backup replication is a perfect feature. That is the feature I liked the most."
"We've found the solution very reliable overall. It's very fast."
"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."
"It works well in general."
"This solution is user-friendly and easy to understand."
"It is a typical database solution, and it is working well so far. It is easy to use, and it is also very common and popular, which makes it easy to find a support partner."
"The solution is stable. It's reliable."
"SQL Server is quite stable. And now we are using the Lattice 2017 version."
"SQL Server has good performance. It is one of the best features."
"Microsoft is less demanding because everything is GUI, unlike Oracle, where you need to use command lines."
"The solution is stable."
"It is easy to manage for the administrator. It is also easy to use for applications that are Windows-based. It is a very stable product, and it has got backup and recovery tools."
"The interface is not easy in comparison to the SQL Server. It could be more user-friendly."
"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."
"It is not as secure as it could be."
"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."
"SQL is a highly unstable server - there are patch updates on the Windows server every week, which is why we only use it for non-critical systems."
"The user interface and the reporting could also be improved."
"In my experience, I've found that scalability can be improved."
"There is a lot of room for improvement when it comes to limited compatibility across the platform and restricted performance with massive data sets."
"In terms of exceptionally large databases, it doesn't scale as well as Oracle."
"I would say that people should know how to get a SQL setup in place since it might be an area where they lack when it comes to the solution."
"SQL Server could improve by enhancing the integration abilities, adding more inbuilt data security features, and simplifying the maintenance."
"There is room for improvement in terms of pricing for SQL Server."
SAP SQL Anywhere is ranked 20th in Relational Databases Tools with 6 reviews while SQL Server is ranked 1st in Relational Databases Tools with 245 reviews. SAP SQL Anywhere is rated 7.6, while SQL Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SAP SQL Anywhere writes "Reliable and able to expand but needs to be more secure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Server writes "A stable, scalable, and easy-to-deploy solution that pretty much covers everything". SAP SQL Anywhere is most compared with SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, MySQL, Oracle Database, MariaDB and SAP HANA, whereas SQL Server is most compared with MariaDB, SAP HANA, Oracle Database, IBM Db2 Database and QlikView. See our SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SQL Server report.
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