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SAP HANA pros and cons

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Pros & Cons summary

SAP HANA offers predictive asset maintenance and real-time forecasts with in-memory processing for fast data handling. Its architecture supports scalability and powerful integration, enhancing automation. Columnar data storage enhances search and aggregation speed. However, SAP HANA is expensive, with challenging setup and inadequate technical support. Compared to competitors, its high availability and disaster recovery features are limited, and transactional and analytical process performance needs improvement.

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PROS

SAP HANA provides predictive capabilities for asset maintenance and real-time forecasts.
Its in-memory capabilities ensure unmatched processing time and high performance, even with big data.
The integration offered by SAP HANA is highly valuable for seamless interaction with external systems and data quality maintenance.
Being both vertically and horizontally scalable, SAP HANA supports efficient data handling and offers significant compression of documentation.
SAP HANA's design allows for flexibility and programmability, making it adaptable to various business needs.

CONS

SAP HANA is very expensive and the costs include licensing, implementation, hosting, and appliance fees.
The system has complex initial setup processes requiring expertise and considerable time investments.
Technical support is not customer-friendly, and assistance from skilled support takes time.
High memory requirements make SAP HANA demanding in terms of resources.
Compatibility issues arise when using SAP HANA with non-SAP platforms, especially in terms of reporting.
 

SAP HANA Pros review quotes

reviewer1386300 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 23, 2020
SAP HANA is vertically and horizontally scalable.
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MN
Apr 19, 2024
The product's initial setup phase was really easy.
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reviewer2383002 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 25, 2024
It's sufficed all of our requirements. We primarily needed it to run SAP applications, like NetWeaver or S/4HANA, and it has been really good at that.
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SA
Sep 23, 2022
When we upgraded, we received more functions or more features.
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BV
Jan 12, 2022
The solution offers advanced features that the company was struggling to implement.
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reviewer1353810 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 21, 2020
Its in-memory capabilities are good, which is why many companies still use it.
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George Mukira - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 22, 2019
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.
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AD
May 16, 2023
SAP HANA's interface is pretty user-friendly.
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accounte853641 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 7, 2021
Eases management of databases.
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reviewer1717869 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 17, 2021
The solution is easy to scale.
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SAP HANA Cons review quotes

reviewer1386300 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 23, 2020
High availability and disaster recovery are very poor in HANA.
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MN
Apr 19, 2024
The high price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required.
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reviewer2383002 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 25, 2024
The releases need to be more stable. It's surprising to still encounter significant bugs after ten years of the product being available.
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SA
Sep 23, 2022
The pricing could be better.
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BV
Jan 12, 2022
A documents preview could be helpful.
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reviewer1353810 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 21, 2020
SAP HANA is a very proprietary tool and there's not as much support available for it as there is for an SQL Server (which is more popular).
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George Mukira - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 22, 2019
The interface is a little bit hard to customize. You almost have to consult the SAP original developer to change it.
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AD
May 16, 2023
SAP HANA's long run time to extract data could be improved upon.
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accounte853641 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 7, 2021
The user interface and CRM need to be more user-friendly.
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reviewer1717869 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 17, 2021
Technical support could be better.
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