SAP HANA Reviews

We are primarily using the solution for the BW system of SAP. We also use the legacy reporting, which is very good.

The solution is quite fast.

We hoped to move all our BI systems to work with HANA, unfortunately, there are a lot of performance issues, even after remodeling the BW models.

The memory is the solution's most valuable feature. It's the main feature of HANA. Others are still the regular IT databases that are on storage and are therefore much slower than HANA. The solution is quite fast.

Unlike other databases, it lacks management features that legacy databases like Oracle or SQL servers have. They need to make the solution easier to manage and offer tools that make management more effective. A lot of things you have on traditional databases you have to develop into HANA.

I've been using the solution for about 3 years

The solution is less stable than traditional databases. We have encountered several cases when the database just flows. For some reason, that database took a lot of memory, and when we opened a case with SAP, we had to send a lot of logs, which did nothing because at the end, they couldn't find the root cause for this issue. This happened in several cases. We had production down and that's not acceptable for our business.

The solution is very scalable. We have about 10,000 users.

Each of those is not connecting to the database per se, but we are using HANA to take all the data and a lot of users. Several other software applications are also connecting to it.

Technical support is okay, but not great. It seems like there are a lot of SAP support packages that are coming out and lots of versions. For me, this indicates that the product is not quite ready or stable enough.

We've contacted technical support in the past and did not get good results. Eventually, we just created some parameters that we have configured into the system. We solved the problem by ourselves by creating a workaround that avoided the problem. SAP never gave us a straight answer about what we should do in our case.

The initial setup was quite complicated. We had to do a migration, so it wasn't a fresh installation. We had Oracle as our legacy system and had to move everything over to HANA. We had to do half a year of testing and had to do several cycles of tests and migrations before deploying. Once that was done, we deployed over a weekend.

We handled the implementation ourselves.

We use the on-premises deployment model.

I'd advise others to wait until the software will be much more stable before implementing it.

I'd rate it eight out of ten. If it was more stable and more manageable, I'd rate it higher. If people could have the ability to do things on their own within the solution, to read the software logs on their own, and get the root cause of any problem, and not just send it to the support, it would be much better.

We are using this solution for enterprise resource planning.

The solution is easy to manage enterprise resources and the reporting and analytics are including. It is good for company growth and all module are managed well.

I have been using this solution for approximately five years.

The solution is stable. I have not had any bugs or issues.

We have over 50 people using the solution in my organization.

The technical support is good.

The initial setup is straightforward.

We used an integrator for the implementation of the solution and we were satisfied.

The price is high and could be a bit cheaper.

I rate SAP HANA a six out of ten.

We are using this product for IAM.

Using this solution has given us better details for reporting and analytics.

The most valuable feature is optimization.

The performance and integration with other products are areas in need of improvement.

I have been working with SAP HANA for between three and four years.

The stability is okay.

It scales well and we have had no trouble with it.

The technical support is good.

The deployment was straightforward.

We had assistance from an SAP partner for deployment.

The price of this product is good.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

The solution operates well. I had no problems with the functionality.

The current version we are using is lacking some unique features, we are upgrading to the newer version of this solution that has these features, S4 HANA.

I would have rated the solution higher if this version was not missing some key features the newer version has. We are going to continue to use the solution.

I rate SAP HANA an eight out of ten.

Compared to Oracle, the licensing could be better. 

SAP HANA is not strong like Oracle when it comes to finance. They are only strong with the logistic business project.

I have around 12 years of experience implementing SAP HANA. 

It is stable.

It depends on the enterprise, but the average enterprise has 20 employees. They buy two accounts to use the SAP S4HANA. It means that on average the enterprise will buy 20% to buy the license.

So far technical support is good. If we have any problem that a local partner cannot resolve for the customer, they will write to SAP and support will help fix the problem.

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 SAP license fee is more expensive than other solutions like Oracle or Microsoft Dynamics.

I would rate SAP HANA a nine out of ten. Not a ten because of the price. 

We have an ongoing cloud installation but mostly, we implement on-premises.

We use this solution for SAP Business One. 

It's used mainly for analytic purposes, reporting, and the processing of large data.

What I like most are the dashboards and pervasive analytics. Those are the most useful to us.

The documentation can be improved in the future.

In the next release, I would like to see integration with smart devices.

I have been implementing SAP Hana for six years.

We are using the latest version.

It's a stable solution.

SAP HANA is scalable.

We are project-based. In each project, there are anywhere from 30 to 50 users.

We have not really received any technical support from SAP HANA.

I think that's also one thing that maybe SAP would be most helpful, especially if we encounter several errors during installation. We don't get to have many references or we don't get to ask the technical guys of SAP HANA.

Previously we were using MySQL, but due to the fast performance of SAP HANA, we switched approximately three years ago.

In the newer versions, the initial setup is mostly straightforward. However, the older version was more complex. We had several issues with installing.

The installation usually takes approximately four hours.

There are two admins at the most to maintain this solution.

We definitely plan to keep implementing this product in the future and I can recommend it.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

We use SAP HANA as our primary database for our enterprise business. The product is centrally hosted where all our business departments access the product through its sister product SAP ERP.

The product hosts data for the deployed modules namely, Finance and Control (FICO), Materials Management (MM), Plant Maintenance (PM), Production Planning (PP), Quality Management (QM), Human Capital Management (HCM), and Sales and Distribution (SD).

It also hosts the business warehouse (BW)/BI environment.

The performance in terms of processing time is unmatched due to the in-memory processing capability.

The administration of the many records that were previously distributed in different systems into a central location has been made easier. All that information has been availed central from multi-locations without the requirement for manipulation using worksheets, as was the case before.

The database is also running our business warehouse and business intelligence environment, where insightful reports are generated for business management.

Security and performance are the two most valuable features. Our processing time came down to less than two hours from more than ten hours in the legacy system. We use the product to process our small-scale grower payments at the end of the month and whose daily tea deliveries records are in hundreds of thousands.

The audit trails in the HANA product are so robust that one can trace back to the tiny details of what happened at a particular time, who did it, and the time it was done. This makes auditing of both the transactions and performance of the product possible. 

The product is very demanding on memory requirements. This is a result of it being an in-memory processing product. The choice of the hardware must be done carefully because when subject to other hardware, it gets slow and just crawls. Memory on the other hand is not cheap because you have to buy it from a third-party.  

The cost of the database is not cheap either, as you have to pay for the runtime for any licenses that you purchase, and that comes each year. Now that is punitive with increasing license requirement.

We have been using SAP HANA for six years.

This is a very stable product.

SAP HANA is very scalable.

The customer service is excellent, whereas the technical support is not among the best but we managed.

We used another solution before this one and we switched due to data growth and the need for predictive management.

The initial setup is complex.

SAP itself assisted us with deployment.

Setup and licensing require planning and proper budgeting, as it is not cheap.

We evaluated products by Microsoft and Oracle.

We have a lot of clients from different industries, such as factories and hospitals. We have deployed it on the cloud as well as on-premises for various clients.

All features are valuable. 

They can improve their technology for the CRM subsystem. There are other products that are better and more effective for the CRM subsystem.

Its price could be better. It is expensive.

I have been using SAP HANA for several years. I have been using it since they launched the HANA database.

It is stable.

It is scalable. We have installed SAP HANA for around 15,000 users.

I would say they are average. Sometimes, they are not able to answer our questions, or their answers come very late after we have already resolved the issue. They should be more familiar with the product.

We used our own product, which we developed on our own. After engaging SAP, we substituted our own product with SAP HANA.

The initial setup was straightforward.

It is expensive.

I would recommend this solution. We plan to continue using this solution for our clients. 

I would rate SAP HANA an eight out of ten.