SAP HANA Cloud vs. Snowflake

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Snowflake
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
The Snowflake Cloud Data Platform is the eponymous data warehouse with, from the company in San Mateo, a cloud and SQL based DW that aims to allow users to unify, integrate, analyze, and share previously siloed data in secure, governed, and compliant ways. With it, users can securely access the Data Cloud to share live data with customers and business partners, and connect with other organizations doing business as data consumers, data providers, and data service providers.N/A
Pricing
SAP HANA CloudSnowflake
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP HANA CloudSnowflake
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsIncludes a one year free trial.
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Community Pulse
SAP HANA CloudSnowflake
Considered Both Products
SAP HANA Cloud
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
Did not review any other products at the current customer. Earlier we evaluated Snowflake.
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
Much more integrated with other SAP offerings and very powerful response. Less focused on pro-code scenarios, e.g., using notebooks. Extreme workloads can become expensive and more difficult to scale than the dedicated tools that separate the compute completely from the …
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
Sometimes ithersoftware not performed well may be required more updates very often and frequently
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
Developer friendly environment and real time data access and processing
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
The reason remains the same , The dataflow between SAP application works seamlessly with SAP HANA cloud . The in memory capability really helps here a lot to make the reports run faster . Where as the other database engines that doesn't have the in-memory capability.
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
Interestingly Workday financials is getting paired with Workday HCM.. Do not find it a comforting approach if one has to have tight integration with logistics operations
Snowflake

No answer on this topic

Features
SAP HANA CloudSnowflake
Relational Databases
Comparison of Relational Databases features of Product A and Product B
SAP HANA Cloud
7.8
26 Ratings
2% below category average
Snowflake
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Ratings
ACID compliance8.319 Ratings00 Ratings
Database monitoring7.625 Ratings00 Ratings
Database locking7.921 Ratings00 Ratings
Encryption7.522 Ratings00 Ratings
Disaster recovery8.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Flexible deployment7.424 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple datatypes7.524 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP HANA CloudSnowflake
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(308 ratings)
9.0
(43 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(11 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
9.6
(29 ratings)
9.3
(19 ratings)
Availability
3.6
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
3.6
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(251 ratings)
9.9
(8 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
3.6
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
3.6
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP HANA CloudSnowflake
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Snowflake Computing
Snowflake is well suited when you have to store your data and you want easy scalability and increase or decrease the storage per your requirement. You can also control the computing cost, and if your computing cost is less than or equal to 10% of your storage cost, then you don't have to pay for computing, which makes it cost-effective as well.
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Pros
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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Snowflake Computing
  • Snowflake scales appropriately allowing you to manage expense for peak and off peak times for pulling and data retrieval and data centric processing jobs
  • Snowflake offers a marketplace solution that allows you to sell and subscribe to different data sources
  • Snowflake manages concurrency better in our trials than other premium competitors
  • Snowflake has little to no setup and ramp up time
  • Snowflake offers online training for various employee types
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Cons
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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Snowflake Computing
  • Add constraints for views and not just for tables
  • Do not force customers to renew for same or higher amount to avoid loosing unused credits. Already paid credits should not expire (at least within a reasonable time frame), independent of renewal deal size.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Snowflake Computing
SnowFlake is very cost effective and we also like the fact we can stop, start and spin up additional processing engines as we need to. We also like the fact that it's easy to connect our SQL IDEs to Snowflake and write our queries in the environment that we are used to
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Usability
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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Snowflake Computing
Because the fact that you can query tons of data in a few seconds is incredible, it also gives you a lot of functions to format and transform data right in your query, which is ideal when building data models in BI tools like Power BI, it is available as a connector in the most used BI tools worldwide.
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Reliability and Availability
SAP
so far, we didn't get any outage
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Snowflake Computing
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Performance
SAP
so far good
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Snowflake Computing
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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Snowflake Computing
We have had terrific experiences with Snowflake support. They have drilled into queries and given us tremendous detail and helpful answers. In one case they even figured out how a particular product was interacting with Snowflake, via its queries, and gave us detail to go back to that product's vendor because the Snowflake support team identified a fault in its operation. We got it solved without lots of back-and-forth or finger-pointing because the Snowflake team gave such detailed information.
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Implementation Rating
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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Snowflake Computing
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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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Snowflake Computing
I have had the experience of using one more database management system at my previous workplace. What Snowflake provides is better user-friendly consoles, suggestions while writing a query, ease of access to connect to various BI platforms to analyze, [and a] more robust system to store a large amount of data. All these functionalities give the better edge to Snowflake.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
SAP
I don't have visibility in licensing
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Snowflake Computing
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Scalability
SAP
Limitation of training deliverable by organization
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Snowflake Computing
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Professional Services
SAP
We are still in process for the first applciaiton
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Snowflake Computing
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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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Snowflake Computing
  • With separate compute and storage feature, the queries get executed quickly and it improves our overall productivity.
  • Earlier we were using a different product for analytical purposes, but with Snowflake's in-built analytical feature we are now able to save money.
  • Snowflake is cost efficient, features like auto suspend for compute resources helped to control the costs.
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ScreenShots

Snowflake Screenshots

Screenshot of Snowflake Installation