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."What's most valuable in SAP HANA is that it covers the business process systems of my company. The solution also helps because it makes almost everything automated. Another valuable feature of SAP HANA is that it can be integrated with third parties and other enhancements needed by the company."
"The main feature is that the processes are very flexible, they are able to be adapted to the business and their departments."
"The in-memory computing and the efficient response time are very good features."
"The solution operates well."
"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."
"Anyone currently using SAP will be transitioning to HANA."
"The solution can easily be modeled."
"SAP HANA's interface is pretty user-friendly."
"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."
"The auto-backup replication is a perfect feature. That is the feature I liked the most."
"SAP SQL Anywhere is very helpful."
"It works well in general."
"The pricing could be better."
"The SAP HANA interface has room for improvement because it takes more work to manage than the Microsoft SQL Server interface."
"The solution needs to work on its performance and make it faster."
"There are a few areas wherein there could be a patch upgrade, and that can cover up the country-specific payroll areas."
"The product lacks some flexibility in its settings and configurations."
"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 releases need to be more stable. It's surprising to still encounter significant bugs after ten years of the product being available."
"Unlike other databases, it lacks management features that legacy databases like Oracle or SQL servers have. They need to make the solution easier to manage and offer tools that make management more effective. A lot of things you have on traditional databases you have to develop into HANA."
"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."
"The interface is not easy in comparison to the SQL Server. It could be more user-friendly."
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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