We performed a comparison between SAP SQL Anywhere and SQL Server 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 features of SAP SQL Anywhere are the ease of use and the user interface is intuitive."
"SAP SQL Anywhere is very helpful."
"It works well in general."
"The auto-backup replication is a perfect feature. That is the feature I liked the most."
"We've found the solution very reliable overall. It's very fast."
"It is an extremely stable solution."
"Managing database is very good."
"A valuable feature of the solution is that it is comparatively simpler to manage than Oracle."
"It integrates well with other platforms."
"The ease of administration, in general, is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The documentation and manuals are very good."
"The solution is easy to use, has rich feature sets, and is business-oriented."
"The performance is reliable."
"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 SQL Anywhere needs to incorporate functionalities like SAP S/4HANA."
"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."
"I would like to see more integration with other platforms."
"In some cases it is quite difficult, like the lack of ease of the replication and other issues. They have to improve on that. They do not have features like "always on," which is complicated."
"Its security can be improved. When you look at the Windows environment, it isn't the most secure environment. It is exposed to so many attacks. They continuously need to improve the security of the platform on which it sits."
"The installation process should be simplified."
"The price could be better. In the next release, it would be better if the database was more easily extendable."
"We would like to have a common storage option in the SQL Server. This option is available in Oracle Database. It would be great if Microsoft could create something like a columnstore that has not only indexing but also tables for common storage."
"More things in SQL Server need to be automated."
"The remote access aspect needs to be improved in terms of security."
SAP SQL Anywhere is ranked 20th in Relational Databases Tools with 6 reviews while SQL Server is ranked 1st in Relational Databases Tools with 260 reviews. SAP SQL Anywhere is rated 7.6, while SQL Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SAP SQL Anywhere writes "Reliable and able to expand but needs to be more secure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Server writes "Easy to use and provides good speed and data recovery". SAP SQL Anywhere is most compared with SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, MySQL, Oracle Database, MariaDB and SAP HANA, whereas SQL Server is most compared with MariaDB, SAP HANA, Oracle Database, LocalDB and IBM Cognos. See our SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SQL Server report.
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