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Score 8.7 out of 100

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Zhann Goloborodko | TrustRadius Reviewer
November 20, 2019

SAP IQ is a phenomenal relational big data database

Zhann Goloborodko
Score 8 out of 10
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SAP IQ is currently our bid data database. We have several schemas with billions of rows, and both Oracle and Sybase were a bit slower than we liked. Moving our Data to SAP IQ showed a distinct increase in performance when doing bulk inserts and aggregates of data. We only began implementing SAP IQ about a year ago, and in the first six months, we tested it more than used it. For the past six months, we have been using it and are happy with the results.
  • Inserting millions of rows of data takes seconds.
  • Aggregating billions of rows of data is insanely fast (compared to Oracle, Sybase, and SQL Server).
  • Installation, specifically licensing, is a pain.
  • Connectivity is a bit tricky given that the SQL Anywhere drivers aren't native anywhere.
If you are loading massive datasets or aggregating huge relational datasets, SAP IQ is incredible. Loading 10 million rows in seconds is incredibly impressive.
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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
March 22, 2018

SAP Sybase IQ - versatile for data warehousing

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Score 8 out of 10
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We use this columnar relational database software in the business for the purpose of having a data warehouse and also a data mart that would store business data and enable users to run leverage these for intelligent and informed business decisions on a day to day basis. This is the main database that supports our data warehouse.
  • Superior performance in getting results for query
  • Ability to scale up as data size/volume increase
  • In memory solution and hence enhanced speed
  • Initial set up can be more intuitive
  • More documentation to help users who are ramping up on learning curve to get used to this product
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.
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Eirik Toft | TrustRadius Reviewer
December 06, 2017

IQ is good for us, it'd be good for you too!

Eirik Toft
Score 7 out of 10
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We use it to warehouse data to log every customer action and call that flows through our network. It's also referenced for customer billing and is replicated across. We do have a mandated requirement to keep this data available for 7 years.

IQ itself solves the big issue of warehousing large amounts of data.
  • It recovers nicely and with minimal downtime.
  • It works well on the Linux OS.
  • It's easy for our DBA to work with and maintain.
  • The pricing schedule is a bit expensive and cumbersome.
  • Licensing for a virtual machine is difficult to understand.
It is very well suited for large warehousing applications. It is less suited for databases that need to do computational work.
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SAP IQ Scorecard Summary

Likelihood to Recommend (9)
8.7
Support (1)
10.0

About SAP IQ

SAP® IQ software aims to deliver speed and power for extreme-scale enterprise data warehousing and analytics. According to the vendor, its column-oriented, grid-based massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture and patented data compression and indexing technologies enable companies to exploit the value of huge amounts of data at the speed of business.
Categories:  Relational Databases

SAP IQ Features

Has featureCreate a unified data store for all data types
Has featureAccelerate data loading
Has featureReduce costs and improve performance

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