Confluent vs. SAP HANA Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Confluent
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Confluent Cloud is a cloud-native service for Apache Kafka used to connect and process data in real time with a fully managed data streaming platform. Confluent Platform is the self-managed version.
$385
per month
SAP HANA Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
SAP HANA is an application that uses in-memory database technology to process very large amounts of real-time data from relational databases, both SAP and non-SAP, in a very short time. The in-memory computing engine allows HANA to process data stored in RAM as opposed to reading it from a disk which means that the data can be accessed in real time by the applications using HANA. The product is sold both as an appliance and as a cloud-based software solution.
$0.95
per month Capacity Units
Pricing
ConfluentSAP HANA Cloud
Editions & Modules
Basic
$0
Standard
Starting at ~$385
per month
Enterprise
Starting at ~$1,150
per month
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ConfluentSAP HANA Cloud
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsConfluent monthly bills are based upon resource consumption, i.e., you are only charged for the resources you use when you actually use them: Stream: Kafka clusters are billed for eCKUs/CKUs ($/hour), networking ($/GB), and storage ($/GB-hour). Connect: Use of connectors is billed based on throughput ($/GB) and a task base price ($/task/hour). Process: Use of stream processing with Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink is calculated based on CFUs ($/minute). Govern: Use of Stream Governance is billed based on environment ($/hour). Confluent storage and throughput is calculated in binary gigabytes (GB), where 1 GB is 2^30 bytes. This unit of measurement is also known as a gibibyte (GiB). Please also note that all prices are stated in United States Dollars unless specifically stated otherwise. All billing computations are conducted in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).Includes a one year free trial.
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Community Pulse
ConfluentSAP HANA Cloud
Features
ConfluentSAP HANA Cloud
Streaming Analytics
Comparison of Streaming Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Confluent
9.1
2 Ratings
13% above category average
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
Real-Time Data Analysis10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Visualization Dashboards8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Ingestion from Multiple Data Sources10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Low Latency9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrated Development Tools8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Linear Scale-Out9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Enrichment10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Relational Databases
Comparison of Relational Databases features of Product A and Product B
Confluent
-
Ratings
SAP HANA Cloud
7.8
27 Ratings
2% below category average
ACID compliance00 Ratings8.420 Ratings
Database monitoring00 Ratings7.726 Ratings
Database locking00 Ratings7.922 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings7.623 Ratings
Disaster recovery00 Ratings8.023 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings7.525 Ratings
Multiple datatypes00 Ratings7.625 Ratings
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ConfluentSAP HANA Cloud
Small Businesses
IBM Streams (discontinued)
IBM Streams (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
InterSystems IRIS
InterSystems IRIS
Score 8.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Tealium Customer Data Hub
Tealium Customer Data Hub
Score 8.4 out of 10
InterSystems IRIS
InterSystems IRIS
Score 8.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Spotfire Streaming
Spotfire Streaming
Score 5.1 out of 10
SAP IQ
SAP IQ
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
ConfluentSAP HANA Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.6
(308 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(11 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(29 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
3.6
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
3.6
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(251 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
3.6
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
3.6
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ConfluentSAP HANA Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Confluent
If you have a need to stream data, real time or segmented structured data then Confluent is a great platform to do so with. You won't run into packet transfer size limitations that other platforms have. Flexibility in on-prem, cloud, and managed cloud offerings makes it very flexible no matter how you choose to implement.
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SAP
I think if you have a large organization, it's probably the product and the marketplace to go to. We're a large management consulting firm operating in four to seven countries. And generally speaking, I think that's the size and the scope where it scales best. I can't speak to smaller companies, but I can't see smaller companies leveraging the benefits as much as a larger organization can.
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Pros
Confluent
  • Products work great.
  • Training is available.
  • Customer support is good.
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SAP
  • Real-time reporting and analytics on data: because of its in-memory architecture, it is perfect for businesses that need to make quick decisions based on current information.
  • Managing workload with complex data: it can handle a vast range of data types, including relational, documental, geospatial, graph, vector, and time series data.
  • Developing and deploying intelligent data applications: it provides various tools for such applications and can be used for machine learning and artificial intelligence to automate tasks, gain insights from data, and make predictions.
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Cons
Confluent
  • Cloud based Azure platform features for Confluent lacks behind AWS And GCP
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SAP
  • Requires higher processing power, otherwise it won't fly. How ever computing costs are lower. Incase you are migrating to cloud please do not select the highest config available in that series . Upgrading it later against a reserved instance can cost you dearly with a series change
  • Lack of clarity on licensing is one major challenge
  • Unless S/4 with additional features are enabled mere migration HANA DB is not a rewarding journey. Power is in S/4
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Likelihood to Renew
Confluent
No answers on this topic
SAP
We would rate our likelihood of renewing at 9/10. SAP HANA Cloud has proven to be a highly reliable and scalable data platform that consistently delivers strong performance. Its seamless integration with our overall SAP landscape, combined with improved analytics and real-time data capabilities, makes it a core part of our long-term technology strategy.
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Usability
Confluent
No answers on this topic
SAP
It is very useful solution which provides you speedier data processing, real-time analytics. It helps you manage diverse data types. It also offers you excellent disaster management. It has user friendly interface which helps you navigate system and transactions easily and perform task smoothly.
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Reliability and Availability
Confluent
No answers on this topic
SAP
so far, we didn't get any outage
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Performance
Confluent
No answers on this topic
SAP
so far good
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Support Rating
Confluent
The support from the Confluent platform is great and satisfying. We have been working with Confluent for more than a year now. They sent out resident architects to help us set up Confluent cluster on our cloud and help us troubleshoot problems we have encountered. Overall, it has been a great experience working with the Confluent Platform.
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SAP
However, I am not the right person to answer this as we have another department to handle support and contact the service provider for any support required. Although i will say that they are the quick respondent and knows how to handle querry of the customers and provide quick and better support.
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Implementation Rating
Confluent
No answers on this topic
SAP
Professional GIS people are some of the most risk-averse there are, and it's difficult to get them to move to HANA in one step. Start with small projects building to 80% use of HANA spatial over time.
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Alternatives Considered
Confluent
For our use case it was very important that the technology we were working with fit into our Azure architecture, and met our data processing size requirements to stream data within certain SLAs. Confluent more than met our performance requirements and compared to the others scale options and cost to run it was more than financially viable as a platform solution to our global operations.
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SAP
I have deep knowledge of other disk based DBMSs. They are venerable technology, but the attempts to extend them to current architectures belie the fact they are built on 40 year old technology. There are some good columnar in-memory databases but they lack the completeness of capability present in the HANA platform.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Confluent
No answers on this topic
SAP
I don't have visibility in licensing
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Scalability
Confluent
No answers on this topic
SAP
Limitation of training deliverable by organization
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Professional Services
Confluent
No answers on this topic
SAP
We are still in process for the first applciaiton
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Return on Investment
Confluent
  • It enables us to develop event driven application.
  • It increases our ability to handle streaming data.
  • It reduces latency of communication.
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SAP
  • ROI has always been high in terms of the functionality that it offers and the security features it comes with.
  • Managing large volumes of data in real-time is not an easy task, but it does it pretty well with faster data processing.
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