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."We've found the solution very reliable overall. It's very fast."
"SAP SQL Anywhere is very helpful."
"It works well in general."
"The most valuable features of SAP SQL Anywhere are the ease of use and the user interface is intuitive."
"The auto-backup replication is a perfect feature. That is the feature I liked the most."
"SQL Server is widely used and it's simple. You cannot do without Microsoft if you want to manage IT for a business customer."
"Stability and usability, which is quite simple, are two of the solution's most valuable features."
"For my business requirements, the performance is good."
"The solution is stable."
"Without any doubt the Integration Services and Analysis Services are the most widely used. These are the basis for data quality, data gathering, ETL process, as well as collation for the data warehouse, Cube-generation, and ad-hoc processes. The ease in which you may mold a process flow or even modularly add in new structures is something which is much needed in my job."
"For me, the initial setup is very easy as I have years of experience with the product."
"The tool helps us by being available always."
"The support from Microsoft has been good."
"The interface is not easy in comparison to the SQL Server. It could be more user-friendly."
"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."
"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."
"Improvement in SQL Server should focus on lowering the high cost, especially for environments requiring extensive CPU and memory usage like data warehousing"
"The solution could use better governance on the management side, especially around data governance."
"I would like to have the option to use fewer processors for certain tasks, thus reducing the licensing fee."
"The documentation could be much better. It's lacking right now. If there are better help pages, for even complicated queries and stuff like that that would be quite a help for users."
"The pricing and quality of the product could be improved."
"Occasionally the performance, as good as it is, is a bit off. We sometimes experience memory spiking. If they could maybe fix that aspect of the solution, that would be quite helpful for our organization."
"Their support could be better. There should be more visibility on the progress of the ticket, and their last line of support should be more knowledgeable. Other than that, we have nothing to complain about."
"If you are a new user then this solution could be difficult, they could improve by making the overall usage easier."
SAP SQL Anywhere is ranked 20th in Relational Databases Tools with 6 reviews while SQL Server is ranked 1st in Relational Databases Tools with 260 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 "Easy to use and provides good speed and data recovery". SAP SQL Anywhere is most compared with SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, MySQL, Oracle Database, SAP HANA and MariaDB, whereas SQL Server is most compared with MariaDB, SAP HANA, Oracle Database, LocalDB and IBM Cognos. See our SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SQL Server report.
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