We performed a comparison between SAP HANA 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 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."
"What I like most are the dashboards and pervasive analytics."
"The speed at which it gets the data is great."
"The performance in terms of processing time is unmatched due to the in-memory processing capability."
"It has a very huge bandwidth and data transfer."
"It's stable and reliable."
"The most valuable features I have found are speed, dashboard, and reporting."
"It's very convenient and very innovative."
"It works well in general."
"We've found the solution very reliable overall. It's very fast."
"SAP SQL Anywhere is very helpful."
"The auto-backup replication is a perfect feature. That is the feature I liked the most."
"The most valuable features of SAP SQL Anywhere are the ease of use and the user interface is intuitive."
"It is challenging to integrate it with third-party tools."
"There's an issue in the partition. When you record more than two million records, partitioning does not work well. In Oracle it's easy. SAP must resolve this issue in order to be more competitive with Oracle."
"The solution is very expensive, however. The pricing depends on the number of users and many other factors that affect licensing."
"When we are using SAP HANA we have some difficulty with the customization. We would like to be able to add and make customized menus."
"The inclusion of a well-performing Time Machine is vital."
"SAP HANA is not strong like Oracle when it comes to finance. They are only strong with the logistic business project."
"The user experience should be better. Its user interface is not good. I also don't like the transition concept."
"The solution needs to work on its performance and make it faster."
"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."
"It is not as secure as it could be."
"The interface is not easy in comparison to the SQL Server. It could be more user-friendly."
"A problem we are experiencing now is when doing a backup in SQL 2012 and 14."
SAP HANA is ranked 3rd in Relational Databases Tools with 81 reviews while SAP SQL Anywhere is ranked 20th in Relational Databases Tools with 6 reviews. SAP HANA is rated 8.4, while SAP SQL Anywhere is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of SAP HANA writes "Excellent compatibility between modules and the control". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP SQL Anywhere writes "Reliable and able to expand but needs to be more secure". SAP HANA is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, MySQL, IBM Db2 Database and Apache Spark, whereas SAP SQL Anywhere is most compared with SQL Server, SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, MySQL and Oracle Database. See our SAP HANA vs. SAP SQL Anywhere report.
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