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.
"The most valuable features of this solution are security and stability."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"It's very secure."
"it is very stable and runs smoothly once it is deployed and it is almost maintenance-free."
"Some of the most valuable features are the scaling from a small very cheap installation to a very large enterprise installation. In addition, the backups and assistance are good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with other IBM products."
"Very good for performance and scalability."
"It has a good, stable performance."
"The in-memory database is excellent."
"The in-memory computing and the efficient response time are very good features."
"The product handles high volumes very well and provides good integration."
"It has a very huge bandwidth and data transfer."
"The main feature is that the processes are very flexible, they are able to be adapted to the business and their departments."
"Provides us with predictive capabilities for asset maintenance, and real-time forecasts."
"We use SAP HANA for Master Data Governance."
"SAP HANA is a stable solution."
"The management of Db2 should be simplified because there are not too many specialists in this area, and the learning curve of Db2 specialists is very long. After the courses, probably it takes one and a half or two years to get to the point when you are using the product properly in the production systems. So, the complexity is very high, and the most important thing is to simplify the management of the product, including self-maintenance. They should simplify the installation, management, and monitoring to simplify the product. It takes too long for a person to be a specialist in this product."
"The technical support team is not very good when compared to the efficiency of Oracle's support."
"The command line part of this solution could be much better."
"The backup solution lacks flexibility."
"I would like to see better support for advanced analytics."
"The tool is not easy to use. It needs to improve scale computing so that the tool can be scaled vertically. The product needs to enhance pre-engine optimization and it needs to be more efficient in completing queries. The documentation should be updated to include different scenarios of deployment."
"They should develop its containerized version."
"We need some time to improve the performance. We have to perform a weekly REORG, or else RUNSTATS for the databases."
"The documentation can be improved in the future."
"The initial setup was pretty complex, considering the enormous amount of data they had from an Oracle ERP."
"In a future release, SAP HANA should add a module for taxation, such as income tax and withholding tax."
"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."
"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)."
"In terms of improvement, the speed is not as good as we thought it would be. That is why we are trying different solutions that will be built with different technologies."
"I don't have direct access to SAP, and instead, I need to go through the SAP office in India."
"High availability and disaster recovery are very poor in HANA."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews while SAP HANA is ranked 3rd in Relational Databases Tools with 79 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 IBM Informix, 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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