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Progress OpenEdge RDBMS vs SAP HANA comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 5, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Progress OpenEdge RDBMS
Ranking in Embedded Database
6th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP HANA
Ranking in Embedded Database
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
84
Ranking in other categories
Data Virtualization (2nd), Relational Databases Tools (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Embedded Database category, the mindshare of Progress OpenEdge RDBMS is 3.0%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP HANA is 7.7%, down from 13.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Embedded Database
 

Featured Reviews

JO
An accessible, rapid prototyping environment which makes capturing business requirements simpler
I have been working with Progress OpenEdge 4GL and RDBMS for nearly 20 years now. For developing robust, scalable business applications, I have found myself turning to OpenEdge RDBMS and integrated 4GL languages again and again. Writing business applications in a fourth generation language, such as Progress, allows one to readily adopt rapid application development, DevOps and agile methodologies. Prototyping can be done quickly. Straightforward English-like syntax makes learning the language fairly straightforward. Built-in database support makes working with data sets extremely simple. Another nice feature is being able to port your application to any environment which supports the Progress OpenEdge RDBMS, allowing the application to remain largely platform/OS agnostic.
Jayarami Reddy Pujeri - PeerSpot reviewer
Comprehensive system with real-time analytics for versatile industry applications
Our primary use case is working with various clients in industries such as pharmaceuticals and other services. We support clients as implementers of SAP HANA, providing expertise in functionality, finance, logistics, and processes The solution is very user-friendly and supports all kinds of…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The product can be scaled in any direction and a very nice feature is that you can logically split the database by the value of the data, which is great."
"In comparison with other DMS solutions, it offers good performance."
"We use SAP HANA for Master Data Governance."
"It's user-friendly so long as you use it frequently."
"Some functions have good performance."
"The solution is extremely stable. That's the most important aspect of the solution, for our organization. There is no downtime, and the performance is very good."
"It's very convenient and very innovative."
"The solution can easily be modeled."
"It's sufficed all of our requirements. We primarily needed it to run SAP applications, like NetWeaver or S/4HANA, and it has been really good at that."
 

Cons

"The only big hurdle for us is that most customers aren't familiar with it, so it's scary. If you're in commercial environments, everybody knows SQL, everybody knows Oracle, or whatever."
"Advanced security would be a good additional feature."
"The solution could improve by having better migration flexibility. For example, it would be helpful if there was a way for customers could check their nonproduction and production deployments."
"I think that the pricing is high and it needs improvement."
"SAP HANA is not strong like Oracle when it comes to finance. They are only strong with the logistic business project."
"It's a complex initial setup."
"SAP HANA is not perfect and they could improve by having more options and more integration."
"They can improve their technology for the CRM subsystem. There are other products that are better and more effective for the CRM subsystem. Its price could be better. It is expensive."
"I would like more technical documentation. I would like it to be easier to find online help or have a better launch-based service. SAP has a lot of functions, so we need more best practices and more detailed documentation on industry solutions. For example, it would be good to have documentation on why a certain process needs to be set up and which kinds of configurations need to be set up."
"HANA could be improved by adding analytics and development models in the institution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution's license is very expensive so I rate pricing a one out of ten."
"SAP HANA is more expensive than other solutions."
"The price is on the expensive side, at eight out of ten, with ten being expensive."
"The tool’s subscription is yearly."
"SAP HANA is very expensive here in China. My company bought the SAP ERP suite, which includes SAP HANA. For others who use SAP HANA as an analytical database, CPU numbers will affect the pricing, so as a solution, it's costly."
"Set up a consortium of consulting partners and hardware vendors to define your tech. Landscape TCO (total cost of ownership) and then approach the OEM for pricing (on-premise or on cloud or a hybrid model). Check if you can bring your own licenses for some of the existing application licenses on the new platform, to reduce TCO."
"SAP HANA is an expensive product."
"The licensing could improve."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Energy/Utilities Company
12%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
7%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
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What are the biggest benefits of using SAP HANA?
Based on my work with SAP HANA, the biggest benefit that it can bring to your business is total data management. This product is by SAP - a company that serves almost all needs a client may have co...
Is SAP HANA’s customer and technical support reliable?
We have been using SAP HANA for a fairly short period of time and have only taken advantage of their customer support. So far, we have not had issues that required specialized help from technical s...
Is SAP HANA difficult to set up and start using?
SAP HANA is fairly easy to set up, however, I do not think a complete beginner can do it. You certainly need some preparation - either you need to have experience with similar solutions, or with ot...
 

Also Known As

OpenEdge RDBMS, Progress OpenEdge
SAP High-Performance Analytic Appliance, HANA
 

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Sample Customers

Apero Solutions, Heath Village, International Energy Services, Exact Software, PepsiCo Russia, Pero, SVK, FreshERP
Unilever, NHS 24, adidas Group, CHIO Aachen, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA), Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited
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