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We performed a comparison between SAP IQ and VMware Tanzu Greenplum based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Warehouse solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed SAP IQ vs. VMware Tanzu Greenplum Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The column-based technologies (basically all the database for ITP) are used for SAP IQ. It is used as a column-based solution.""It is very robust for ad hoc DW queries and its columnar compression is unique and valuable.""The primary benefit of SAP IQ is its ability to limit the expansion of the costly SAP HANA database, which has limited storage capacity. This necessitates a form of data management that involves moving data from SAP HANA to SAP NLS, which is essentially archiving. This allows us to retain access to the data via a link whenever it is required.""Columnar storage allows high compression, high load rates and high query performance.""Unbeatable speed and compression with a colummn-structured relational database.""Valuable features for us include the compression, speed, fast response time, and easy object maintenance."

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"It's one of the fastest databases in the market. It's easy to use. From a maintenance perspective it's a good product. The segmentation, or architecture of the product is different than other databases such as Oracle. So even in 10 years, the data distribution for such segments will not affect other segments. The query performance of the product, for complex queries, is very good. It has good integration with Hadoop.""The loading speed is very good.""We chose Greenplum because of the architecture in terms of clustering databases and being able to have, or at least utilize the resources that are sitting on a database.""It works very well with large database queries.""Helps us to achieve large-scale analytics.""The most valuable feature for us is horizontal scaling.""Very fast for query processing.""With VMware Tanzu Greenplum, one can make a huge database table and analyze the queries by adding in the SQL command. Some hint or command for the query goes over the multi-parallel execution."

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Cons
"The room for improvement would be the marketing of the product, because this product is much better than advertised.""Concurrency and functional error messaging.""The organization who owns the product does not support it well and appears not to be doing significant development for the future.""Multiplex is very problematic. There are consistency problems in the metadata, meaning it is possible to lose metadata consistency. You should make sure you have healthy backups.""The solution works best when combined with other SAP solutions. If the environment has other systems other options might be better.""I think the universe should be part of the Sybase IQ tool set."

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"Maintenance is time-consuming.""Some integration with other platforms like design tools, and ETL development tools, that will enable some advanced functionality, like fully down processing, etc.""It will be very useful if we could communicate with other database types from Greenplum (using a database link).""Initial setup is a little complex. It took around two weeks to deploy.""Tanzu Greenplum's compression for GPText could be made more efficient.""The initial setup is somewhat complex and the out-of-the-box configuration requires optimization.""We would like to see Greenplum maintain a closer relationship with and parity to features implemented in PostgreSQL.""They need to enhance integration with other Big Data products... to integrate with Big Data platforms, and to open a bi-directional connection between Greenplum and Big Data."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Evaluate all options; check to see if you need expensive add-ons."
  • "Negotiate based on the features required."
  • "Negotiation is very important."
  • "The only costs after standard licensing fees are for add-ons and upgrades."
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  • "It is the best product with best fit for price/performance customer objectives."
  • "Pricing is good compared to other products. It's fine."
  • "We are using the open-source version of this solution."
  • "Tanzu Greenplum's pricing is really competitive and gives excellent value for money."
  • "It’s an open-source solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The primary benefit of SAP IQ is its ability to limit the expansion of the costly SAP HANA database, which has limited storage capacity. This necessitates a form of data management that involves… more »
    Top Answer:The solution’s pricing is high, but coverage is good with high implementation with customer requirements.
    Top Answer:The product should add more business intelligence factors.
    Top Answer:It’s an open-source solution. There are no expenses for using it.
    Top Answer:Maintenance is time-consuming. It takes time to VACUUM and ANALYZE the tables to remove the fragmentations.
    Ranking
    15th
    out of 33 in Data Warehouse
    Views
    577
    Comparisons
    451
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    559
    Rating
    7.0
    9th
    out of 33 in Data Warehouse
    Views
    2,186
    Comparisons
    1,771
    Reviews
    6
    Average Words per Review
    370
    Rating
    7.3
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    Sybase IQ
    Greenplum, Pivotal Greenplum
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    Overview

    SAP® IQ software delivers speed and power for extreme-scale enterprise data warehousing and analytics. Its column-oriented, grid-based massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture and patented data compression and indexing technologies enable companies to exploit the value of huge amounts of data at the speed of business.

    VMware Tanzu Greenplum is a massively parallel processing (MPP) data platform that enables organizations to store, manage, and analyze large volumes of data. It provides a unified analytics platform that supports various data types and sources, including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. 

    The solution is highly scalable and can be deployed on-premises, in the cloud, or hybrid environments. It includes advanced security features, high availability, and disaster recovery capabilities to minimize downtime and ensure business continuity. Tanzu Greenplum provides a comprehensive set of tools and services for building, deploying, and managing modern applications.

    Sample Customers
    ASR Group, Citrix, State of Indiana, PocketCard Co. Ltd.
    General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm55%
    Marketing Services Firm9%
    Healthcare Company9%
    Insurance Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm37%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Healthcare Company4%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm52%
    Marketing Services Firm12%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Retailer8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm30%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Insurance Company5%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise67%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise80%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise66%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise70%
    Buyer's Guide
    SAP IQ vs. VMware Tanzu Greenplum
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about SAP IQ vs. VMware Tanzu Greenplum and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    SAP IQ is ranked 15th in Data Warehouse with 17 reviews while VMware Tanzu Greenplum is ranked 9th in Data Warehouse with 36 reviews. SAP IQ is rated 8.0, while VMware Tanzu Greenplum is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of SAP IQ writes "Easy to use, highly stable, but integration could improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Tanzu Greenplum writes "Very efficient at large scale analytics; lacks inbuilt machine-learning functions for complex use cases". SAP IQ is most compared with Snowflake, SQL Server, SAP HANA, Apache Hadoop and SAP BW4HANA, whereas VMware Tanzu Greenplum is most compared with Oracle Exadata, Vertica, Oracle Database Appliance, Apache Hadoop and Snowflake. See our SAP IQ vs. VMware Tanzu Greenplum report.

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