We performed a comparison between Oracle Database and SAP SQL Anywhere 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."The most valuable feature of Oracle Database is its stability - one can trust that the database is always working."
"Oracle can quickly expand its capacity to handle growing data needs by adding additional server resources."
"When we are not able to solve a problem we immediately contacted Oracle support team to help us solve it."
"The performance of the solution is impeccable."
"I really appreciate the performance of Oracle. When using AWR records you can really see where a problem is. You can get advice about which queries are the heaviest for the database. You also can see advice for indexes. If an index isn't used, then you can just remove it to improve performance. This is a really good feature. Also, the JDBC connection is quite good. Finally, the object types are really good, the types of tables you can use in PL/SQL are also really helpful."
"Technical support is helpful."
"It stores a lot of data in a short time."
"Overall, from a technical perspective, the solution is very strong."
"The most valuable features of SAP SQL Anywhere are the ease of use and the user interface is intuitive."
"We've found the solution very reliable overall. It's very fast."
"It works well in general."
"SAP SQL Anywhere is very helpful."
"The auto-backup replication is a perfect feature. That is the feature I liked the most."
"The product's price can be lower since it is a bit of an expensive solution."
"The solution can be quite expensive."
"The solution could improve security."
"The usage and security are okay for Oracle Database, but its pricing is more expensive when compared to its competitors."
"The security of the solution could be improved. It's an area that isn't as good as it could be."
"There are good dashboards and other features, but it was previously included in licensing. They are now charging for each and every feature. It was previously bundled."
"The pricing needs to be improved."
"I would like to see more patches."
"A problem we are experiencing now is when doing a backup in SQL 2012 and 14."
"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."
"SAP SQL Anywhere needs to incorporate functionalities like SAP S/4HANA."
"The interface is not easy in comparison to the SQL Server. It could be more user-friendly."
Oracle Database is ranked 2nd in Relational Databases Tools with 281 reviews while SAP SQL Anywhere is ranked 20th in Relational Databases Tools with 6 reviews. Oracle Database is rated 8.6, while SAP SQL Anywhere is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Oracle Database writes "Supports a large volume of transactions compared to other databases". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP SQL Anywhere writes "Reliable and able to expand but needs to be more secure". Oracle Database is most compared with SAP HANA, SQL Server, MariaDB, IBM Db2 Database and Amazon Aurora, whereas SAP SQL Anywhere is most compared with SQL Server, SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, MySQL, MariaDB and SAP HANA. See our Oracle Database vs. SAP SQL Anywhere report.
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