Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
EDB Postgres Advanced Server
Score 10.0 out of 10
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The EDB Postgres Advanced Server is an advanced deployment of the PostgreSQL relational database with greater features and Oracle compatibility, from EnterpriseDB headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.N/A
MySQL
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
MySQL is a popular open-source relational and embedded database, now owned by Oracle.N/A
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.
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Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsIncludes a one year free trial.
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Community Pulse
EDB Postgres Advanced ServerMySQLSAP HANA Cloud
Considered Multiple Products
EDB Postgres Advanced Server
Chose EDB Postgres Advanced Server
We chose Postgres Plus Advanced Server because we had the finances to do so and needed the robust featureset, along with the power to optimize our performance and integrate with the development tools of our choosing. We audited a number of options, exploring potential solutions …
MySQL
SAP HANA Cloud
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
- SAP HANA has much better performance as it offers the power of in-memory computing.
- SAP HANA is very well suited for analytics and data warehousing; we also have SAP BW on HANA.
- MySQL is not suited for data warehousing and analytics; doesn't offer the power of in-memory …
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
Really, it is appropriate for any kind of company. For everyone to be successful and make wise business decisions, effective data analytics are essential. Any research analytics firm can benefit greatly from it. It won't be of much use to a modeling agency; instead, a business …
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
This has helped to keep a close eye on our entire data silos to get intelligent analytics and other indicators. During its use, we had also gone for other options but we realize that this is most suitable for us that's why we permanently picked this.
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
As SAP HANA is built into memeory, the proformance of the product is hard to beat against it's rivals but that comes with a price. You can get away with using another product but you'll be losing out else where. For example in time/multiple systems and efforts to relplicate …
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
Similar to other big DBMS, but better or equal at stability and technical maintenance. Better or equal at documentation. There is room for improvement at SQL path analyzing.
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
We compared Microsoft BI with SAP HANA. The reasons to go with SAP HANA were - 1. ability to ingest data into HANA from a non SAP database 2. in-memory database resulting in faster real time analytics 3. ability to scale up 4. ability to replicate data real time 5. very solid …
Features
EDB Postgres Advanced ServerMySQLSAP HANA Cloud
Relational Databases
Comparison of Relational Databases features of Product A and Product B
EDB Postgres Advanced Server
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MySQL
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SAP HANA Cloud
7.6
24 Ratings
4% below category average
ACID compliance00 Ratings00 Ratings8.317 Ratings
Database monitoring00 Ratings00 Ratings7.523 Ratings
Database locking00 Ratings00 Ratings7.819 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings00 Ratings7.320 Ratings
Disaster recovery00 Ratings00 Ratings7.920 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings00 Ratings7.322 Ratings
Multiple datatypes00 Ratings00 Ratings7.422 Ratings
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User Ratings
EDB Postgres Advanced ServerMySQLSAP HANA Cloud
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10.0
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8.4
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Ease of integration
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User Testimonials
EDB Postgres Advanced ServerMySQLSAP HANA Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
EnterpriseDB
It's great if you are using or wish to use PostgreSQL and need the added performance optimization, security features and developer and DBA tools. If you need compatibility with Oracle it's a must-have. There are many developer features that greatly assist dev teams in integrating and implementing complex middleware. It's great for optimizing complex database queries as well as for scaling. I would recommend Postgres Plus Advanced Server for any software development team that is hitting the limit of what PostgreSQL is capable of and wants to improve performance, security, and gain extra developer tools.
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Oracle
MySQL is best suited for applications on platform like high-traffic content-driven websites, small-scale web apps, data warehouses which regards light analytical workloads. However its less suited for areas like enterprise data warehouse, OLAP cubes, large-scale reporting, applications requiring flexible or semi-structured data like event logging systems, product configurations, dynamic forms.
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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
EnterpriseDB
  • PPAS Oracle compatibility, especially the PL/SQL syntax, has made migrating database-tier code very simple. Most Oracle packages do not need to be changed at all and those that do are generally for simple reasons like a reserved word in PPAS that is allowed in Oracle.
  • PPAS xDB, the multi-master replication tool, is simple and - most important - does not break with network or other interruptions. We have been able to configure and forget, which our customers could never do with other multi-master tools.
  • Most people had no idea that PPAS and PostgreSQL have full CRUD support for JSON. They think you need a specialized product and/or that JSON is read-only. Every organization that I have worked with is evaluating adding JSON to their relational model.
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Oracle
  • Stable - it just runs, with minimal downtime or errors
  • Fast - well-structured data is quickly written and read
  • Secure - MySQL is easy to keep data secure from people and applications that shouldn't see it
  • Easy to use - SQL is industry standard so no problems with adding, editing and reading data stored in MySQL
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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
EnterpriseDB
  • Documentation is excellent but spread out across many resources and can take a while to wade through—would benefit from having more intro level, getting started guides for various languages.
  • Ruby support is excellent but more Ruby examples and beginner-level documentation would be nice.
  • It is sometimes hard to find a community of users on StackOverflow so a larger community, and a dedicated forum with active members to answer questions and work through issues would be nice.
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Oracle
  • Learning curve: is big. Newbies will face problems in understanding the platform initially. However, with plenty of online resources, one can easily find solutions to problems and learn on the go.
  • Backup and restore: MySQL is not very seamless. Although the data is never ruptured or missed, the process involved is not very much user-friendly. Maybe, a new command-line interface for only the backup-restore functionality shall be set up again to make this very important step much easier to perform and maintain.
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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
EnterpriseDB
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Oracle
For teaching Databases and SQL, I would definitely continue to use MySQL. It provides a good, solid foundation to learn about databases. Also to learn about the SQL language and how it works with the creation, insertion, deletion, updating, and manipulation of data, tables, and databases. This SQL language is a foundation and can be used to learn many other database related concepts.
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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
EnterpriseDB
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Oracle
I give MySQL a 9/10 overall because I really like it but I feel like there are a lot of tech people who would hate it if I gave it a 10/10. I've never had any problems with it or reached any of its limitations but I know a few people who have so I can't give it a 10/10 based on those complaints.
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SAP
It is useful solution which helps you improve SAP applications performance. It offers you faster data processing, robust disaster management, higher availability, scalability, advanced analytical capabilities, etc. It provides you simple, clean, organized user interface designed to facilitate smooth navigation. Its user interface is simple and intuitive which allow you to complete task efficiently.
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Reliability and Availability
EnterpriseDB
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Oracle
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SAP
so far, we didn't get any outage
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Performance
EnterpriseDB
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Oracle
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SAP
so far good
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Support Rating
EnterpriseDB
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Oracle
We have never contacted MySQL enterprise support team for any issues related to MySQL. This is because we have been using primarily the MySQL Server community edition and have been using the MySQL support forums for any questions and practical guidance that we needed before and during the technical implementations. Overall, the support community has been very helpful and allowed us to make the most out of the community edition.
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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
EnterpriseDB
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Oracle
1. Estimate your data size. 2. Test, test, and test.
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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
EnterpriseDB
PPAS proved better for our customer's data-centric apps than Oracle in all but a few edge cases (encryption at rest and multi-TB database-tier backups) because it is simpler to install/maintain, runs nearly all Oracle-syntax SQL as well as ANSI SQL. PPAS has much more JSON capabilities (full CRUD vs. read-only in Oracle), simpler geospatial, simpler / more stable replication and datatypes that match developer expectations, such as BOOLEAN and ENUMs.
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Oracle
MongoDB has a dynamic schema for how data is stored in 'documents' whereas MySQL is more structured with tables, columns, and rows. MongoDB was built for high availability whereas MySQL can be a challenge when it comes to replication of the data and making everything redundant in the event of a DR or outage.
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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
EnterpriseDB
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Oracle
No answers on this topic
SAP
I don't have visibility in licensing
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Scalability
EnterpriseDB
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Oracle
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SAP
Limitation of training deliverable by organization
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Professional Services
EnterpriseDB
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Oracle
No answers on this topic
SAP
We are still in process for the first applciaiton
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Return on Investment
EnterpriseDB
  • Postgres Plus Advanced Server is quite complex and may take longer to implement certain things than simply using PostgreSQL depending on developer familiarity with the platform.
  • Getting up to speed can be daunting so again, there is an upfront cost in time spent learning the platform, besides the potential for extra time spent on a feature-by-feature basis.
  • The cost of Postgres Plus Advanced Server should be weighed against simply using PostgreSQL to decide which is the best solution for your business needs.
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Oracle
  • As it is an open source solution through community solution, we can use it in a multitude of projects without cost license
  • The acquisition by Oracle makes you need to contract support for the enterprise version
  • If you have knowledge about oracle databases, you can get more out of the enterprise version
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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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