SAP Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer Insights

Gartner defines the market for cloud database management systems (DBMSs) as software products that store and manipulate data and are primarily delivered as platform as a service (PaaS) in the cloud. Cloud DBMSs may optionally be capable of running on-premises or in hybrid, multicloud or intercloud configurations. They can be used for transactional and/or analytical work. They typically persist data using a combination of proprietary and open components in a durable manner, enabling a full range of create, read, update and delete operations. They are used by application end users, designers, developers and operators of large database systems.

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Cloud Database Management Systems (Transitioning to Cloud Operational Database Management Systems)

SAP BW (Legacy)

SAP Cloud Platform Big Data Services (Legacy)

SAP HANA Cloud

Datasphere in SAP Business Data Cloud

SAP Business Technology Platform

SAP Business Data Cloud

It Associate

Using SAP HANA for high data load applications and it exceed the performance expectations even after complex implementation with various legacy and new CRM products

1B - 3B USD

500M - 1B USD

<50M USD

3B - 10B USD

50M - 250M USD

250M - 500M USD

30B + USD

10B - 30B USD

Gov't/PS/ED 5,000 - 50,000 Employees

Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees

Gov't/PS/ED 50,000 + Employees

Chemist

SAP does everything you'd want it to do, but it can be very difficult to learn the ins and outs. It's easy enough once you have proper training, but it's not the most intuitive system, in my opinion. That said, I do like the breadth it covers.

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Microsoft

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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Google

Cloudera

MongoDB

Teradata

Databricks

Alibaba Cloud

Huawei

Cloudera (Hortonworks)

MariaDB

Snowflake

Salesforce

Fujitsu

SingleStore

CallidusCloud

Aerospike

OpenText (Micro Focus)

Couchbase

1010data

DataStax

Neo4j

Volt Active Data

SAP was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Walldorf, Germany. The company employs over 105,000 people globally and develops software solutions for enterprise resource planning (ERP) and related business functions. SAP’s early products, SAP R/2 and SAP R/3, were widely adopted for managing core business processes. Its current ERP platform, SAP S/4HANA, uses in-memory computing to support data-intensive operations and integrates capabilities such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.

SAP offers a portfolio of software applications that support various business functions across industries. These applications are designed to operate on a unified digital platform. As of 2025, SAP reports over 230 million cloud users and provides more than 100 solutions. The company’s offerings are used by organizations to manage finance, human resources, procurement, supply chain, and other operational areas.

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Favorable Review

Evaluating SAP HANA Performance and Analytical Capabilities in Data-Heavy Environments

Critical Review

SAP Offers Comprehensive Features But Learning Curve Can Pose Significant Challenges

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