SAP MaxDB vs. SAP IQ

SAP IQ

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
SAP MaxDB	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	SAP® MaxDB (formerly SAP DB) is a database management system developed and supported by SAP SE. SAP MaxDB is available on Microsoft Windows, Linux and Unix, and for the most prominent hardware platforms.	$0 per month
SAP IQ	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	SAP IQ (formerly SAP Sybase IQ) is a columnar relational database management system (RDBMS) optimized for Big Data analytics.	N/A

Pricing

SAP MaxDB

SAP IQ

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
SAP MaxDB	SAP IQ
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

If an organization's SAP solution will run on SAP MaxDB the current license fee is 5% of the SAP application value (SAV). If SAP MaxDB technology is part of a bundled offering for instance like the SAP NetWeaver Full Use License or as SAP liveCache technology as part of SAP Supply Chain Management it comes without additional license costs.

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	SAP MaxDB	SAP IQ

Best Alternatives
	SAP MaxDB	SAP IQ
Small Businesses	InterSystems IRIS Score 8.0 out of 10	InterSystems IRIS Score 8.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	InterSystems IRIS Score 8.0 out of 10	InterSystems IRIS Score 8.0 out of 10
Enterprises	SAP IQ Score 10.0 out of 10	InterSystems IRIS Score 8.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
	SAP MaxDB	SAP IQ
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (3 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	SAP MaxDB	SAP IQ
Likelihood to Recommend	SAP No answers on this topic	SAP Does data compression very well, produces query results very quickly, ability to scale up as data volume/size grow in an organization, row level versioning is in memory and hence the speed. It is a very stable product for large enterprises. More detailed documentation on how to use this product in the initial stages would be really welcome. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	SAP No answers on this topic	SAP Inserting millions of rows of data takes seconds. Aggregating billions of rows of data is insanely fast (compared to Oracle, Sybase, and SQL Server). Incentivized Zhann Goloborodko Senior Programmer/Analyst Read full review
Cons	SAP No answers on this topic	SAP The pricing schedule is a bit expensive and cumbersome. Licensing for a virtual machine is difficult to understand. Incentivized Eirik Toft Systems Administration Spec IV Read full review
Support Rating	SAP No answers on this topic	SAP SAP IQ support is top-notch. I prefer starting all my SAP IQ support tickets with their Instant Messenger, where the majority of our issues are resolved. If it makes it to their ticketing system, they are very prompt at responding and very knowledgeable in the platform. Incentivized Zhann Goloborodko Senior Programmer/Analyst Read full review
Alternatives Considered	SAP No answers on this topic	SAP SAP IQ is perhaps an under-marketed product in the sense that it is able to scale up very well and perform much faster and more efficiently than other products such as Oracle - when we ran multiple large queries on both Sybase IQ and Oracle, we found that that results were much faster in Sybase IQ and this gave the confidence to go for this product. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	SAP No answers on this topic	SAP The ROI over a number of years has been good. Seeing as how we use it for billing, it has an obvious ROI to us. As they have been modifying their licensing structure, it's been difficult to keep up and understand how they work. Incentivized Eirik Toft Systems Administration Spec IV Read full review
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