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Google Cloud Spanner vs. SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Cloud Spanner

    Score5.6 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Cloud Spanner is a cloud database-as-a-service product offered as a service on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).N/A

    SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is a transactional relational database, boasting fast, reliable online transaction processing (OLTP). SAP ASE is the company's transactional database within the SAP Business Technology Platform portfolio.N/A
    Pricing
    Google Cloud SpannerSAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Cloud SpannerSAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Google Cloud SpannerSAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
    Database-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Google Cloud Spanner and SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
    Feature
    Google Cloud Spanner
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
    -
    Ratings
    Automatic software patching8.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database scalability8.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated backups10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database security provisions5.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring and metrics5.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic host deployment7.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Relational Databases
    Comparison of Relational Databases features of Google Cloud Spanner and SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
    Feature
    Google Cloud Spanner
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    2% above category average
    ACID compliance00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Database monitoring00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Database locking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Disaster recovery00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Multiple datatypes00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google Cloud SpannerSAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Cloud SpannerSAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Google Cloud Spanner is suited for limitless horizontal scaling while maintaining strong consistency which needs to support ACID. NoSQL databases work in scaling but no ACID support. RDBMS support ACID, but horizontal scaling is not as great. The API it provides result in some limitations to related areas of the code, such as connection pools or database linking framework. So high # of connection pools can vary.
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    SAP
    We use this for an inbuilt security management system, where it performs well in a scaled setup with a large volume of live data with high availability. Also, the performance is up to the mark for the large statement flow. From a DBA perspective, a lot of parameters need to be fine-tuned for the specific environment needs, which can cause overhead. Expertise is limited, and the learning curve is steep for the SAP ASE.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Super high availability
    • Scales automatically
    • High standard SLA
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    SAP
    • High availability and reliability.
    • High performance.
    • Monitoring of threshold based events.
    • Security at multiple levels.
    • Query plan optimization.
    • Lock management.
    • Access to HANA.
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    Cons
    Google
    • Support for Views
    • Support for more databases (schemas).
    • More index types that can be supported (Functional)
    • Backups (ie table/data backup) if data is deleted or truncate by accident.
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    SAP
    • A quick button for devs to switch instances into a dev mode (eliminating logs, and such).
    • Licensing is far too complicated. Simplify pricing.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Our licenses are perpetual. It is the support that we will be renewing. We will renew because we continue to use and receive value from the product.
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    Usability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Well-suited in the security domain, high performance, and low latency of the DBMS. In terms of the DBA perspective, a dedicated monitoring tool (Cockpit) helps a lot in terms of managing the database, which helps in identifying bottlenecks during performance issues. Also, it helps us to send custom alerts related to Database activities.
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    Support Rating
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Incredibly responsive, saving us countless hours in troubleshooting.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    At that point, we were looking at something [that] can hold our relational database, [...] provide stable connection, and maintain high ACID transition. BigTable is for nonrelational database so it was out of our [sight] very quickly. BigQuery is a data warehouse that can hold huge amount of data but not ideal for transition. AWS RDS is [...] similar to Spanner but because most of our services are already on GCP, so we went with Spanner.
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    SAP
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • Backups specifically if transactional data is deleted. Restoring made us lose time.
    • Sharding on Horizontal level was quick and easy. Deployment and increasing nodes is easy
    • Large dataset handling.
    • ACID compliance
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    SAP
    • Positive ROI.
    • Ease of use with minimal training required to write high performance SQL (assumes a knowledge of SQL already).
    • Ease of database administration.
    • Sometimes upgrades can be difficult.
    • Changing platforms can be difficult (changing say from SPARC to Intel).
    • Changing operating systems can be difficult (changing from Solaris to linux).
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