We performed a comparison between IBM DB2 Database and SAP HANA based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: SAP HANA finishes ahead of IBM DB2 Database in this comparison. Users say SAP HANA fully controls workflows and makes almost every process automated. This improves productivity and saves time and money. The solution makes it easy to manage enterprise resources, which facilitates good company growth. Users say IBM DB2 Database has a very steep and long learning curve. It is very complex and many users feel it takes a long time to learn how to use it productively and properly.
"When you submit a ticket the response time is quick."
"The most valuable feature of the IBM Db2 Database is security."
"I believe that because the support is good, they jump in and assist us in determining the root cause."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its compatibility with IBM Power Systems."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution has many beneficial features, such as security, support, and stability."
"IBM Db2 Database has good performance."
"The product's initial setup phase was really easy."
"The feature I found most valuable in SAP HANA is modeling. I also like that the solution has good integration and you can integrate it with any system, even third-party systems."
"A very feature-rich solution with excellent performance."
"When we upgraded, we received more functions or more features."
"As I only worked part-time on SAP HANA, I did not have the opportunity to explore the advanced features of the solution. However, I did work with basic features, such as user administration and access controls for the accounting department. The feature that stood out to me the most was the Single Sign-On and user administration, backup, and server management. My experience with SAP HANA was mainly focused on basic server improvements."
"Integration is the most valuable feature we use SAP HANA for."
"If you want to scale with new processes and new reports, that's fairly easy."
"The solution is easy to scale."
"They should simplify the management of Db2 as a relational database system. There should be the simplification of management. This is probably one of the most important asks for being successful in the future."
"Some of the internal rearrangement in the administration is not as straightforward as it is in competing products."
"I would say that the tool has to be made more cloud-friendly and should have agreements with AWS, Microsoft, or Google to run things on hyperscalers."
"The solution could be more modern and have updated database technology."
"In terms of improvements, IBM Db2 can improve its interface and its functionality. Also, the embedded functions should be much richer than the current ones - the functions which are embedded in the engine itself."
"IBM Db2 Database could improve the user-defined functions. There are some user-defined functions that are missing, such as the spring functions. I used to have Teradata for my projects and I was used to working in the environment. They had a good set of user-defined functions."
"We just want a bit more integration with Linux. That said, we are already seeing Linux more readily available on the mainframe environment."
"The initial setup could be improved."
"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."
"Technical support could be better."
"It's a complex initial setup."
"The pricing is expensive."
"SAP HANA's long run time to extract data could be improved upon."
"The openness of the system could be more developed. The solution should go into the cloud. The cloud mechanism should be more invested."
"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)."
"The only downside of the product is that it is an expensive solution that needs to consider lowering its prices to improve the product."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 67 reviews while SAP HANA is ranked 3rd in Relational Databases Tools with 81 reviews. IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2, while SAP HANA is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM Db2 Database writes "Very scalable with high availability and excellent technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP HANA writes "Excellent compatibility between modules and the control". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, Teradata, MySQL and Oracle Database In-Memory, whereas SAP HANA is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, MySQL, Apache Spark and SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise. See our IBM Db2 Database vs. SAP HANA report.
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