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AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3) vs SAP HANA comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

AtScale Adaptive Analytics ...
Ranking in Data Virtualization
7th
Average Rating
5.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (45th), Data Governance (44th), BI on Hadoop (1st)
SAP HANA
Ranking in Data Virtualization
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
93
Ranking in other categories
Embedded Database (1st), Relational Databases Tools (3rd), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Data Virtualization category, the mindshare of AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3) is 6.6%, up from 6.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP HANA is 16.2%, up from 11.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Virtualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP HANA16.2%
AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3)6.6%
Other77.2%
Data Virtualization
 

Featured Reviews

it_user822762 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior BI and Reporting Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The GUI interface is nice and easy to use, but the organization of the icons is not saved across users
Connecting to a Hadoop database to create a cube to connect to Tableau. We want to be able to easily create cubes which can be connected to Tableau for visualization The product had many issues. We had great collaboration with the product development team, but the product was not able to meet our…
Bassem Mohammed - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Application Manager at TBTD
Integrated business processes have improved real-time analytics and financial performance
Whether I or my customers utilize SAP HANA's real-time analytics depends on the data needed to be displayed, and then choosing how to transfer the data to the analytic object, data source, or database to be displayed in the reports. It may be near real-time, real-time, or running batch every day. There are tools for integration between third-party systems, such as OData or APIs from SAP to get in or push data to other systems. Support for both structured and unstructured data helps organizations unify data sources depending on the needed data to be displayed. There are many ways to store it for report displays, but structured data will be better than unstructured data.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The GUI interface is nice and easy to use."
"The user interface is very good. You can do any kind of reporting analytics from the platform."
"The most value for us was in terms of using it to issue tenders online. We host our server, but it is open to the public, so clients who want to buy those tenders were able to go online, put their tender documents up, and we could evaluate them using SAP."
"All features are valuable."
"The solution offers advanced features that the company was struggling to implement."
"The product handles high volumes very well and provides good integration."
"The solution is very good and has covered all functional areas needed in this type of solution."
"The product handles high volumes very well and provides good integration, and HANA has great databases so we are able to have a lot of custom-built features, making it the best solution for us given our high file volumes."
"SAP HANA's best features are its programmability and extensibility - you can size and shape the software however you need."
 

Cons

"The organization of the icons is not saved across users."
"There was an issue with the incremental aggregation not working as indicated."
"The product was not able to meet our 10 second refresh requirements."
"They can improve their technology for the CRM subsystem. There are other products that are better and more effective for the CRM subsystem. Its price could be better. It is expensive."
"It's a complex initial setup."
"The initial setup was very, very complex, tedious, and costly and required someone with great expertise to complete it."
"It would be nice to know when SAP plans to stop its maintenance of a previous version of SAP ECC ERP because, at this point, anyone utilizing SAP will have no choice but to go on S/4HANA Database."
"Technical support could be better."
"SAP HANA is a very proprietary tool and there's not as much support available for it as there is for an SQL Server (which is more popular)."
"The interface is a little bit hard to customize. You almost have to consult the SAP original developer to change it."
"The challenge right now is all databases are on S4 HANA architecture. You're running it for HANA, but not all the functionalities are available. If they can speed up getting all the databases on S4 HANA that would help."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"A monthly or yearly license must be purchased, although its utility will be based on the cost-benefit analysis that is reached by the individual customer."
"It is expensive, which isn't a problem for us because SAP HANA is processing the data so fast."
"SAP HANA is more expensive than other solutions."
"We are spending about 20,000 to 30,000 euros on the solution."
"SAP HANA is very expensive here in China. My company bought the SAP ERP suite, which includes SAP HANA. For others who use SAP HANA as an analytical database, CPU numbers will affect the pricing, so as a solution, it's costly."
"Its licensing is expensive for SMEs and large enterprises alike."
"Set up a consortium of consulting partners and hardware vendors to define your tech. Landscape TCO (total cost of ownership) and then approach the OEM for pricing (on-premise or on cloud or a hybrid model). Check if you can bring your own licenses for some of the existing application licenses on the new platform, to reduce TCO."
"The licensing cost for SAP HANA is approximately $200 per user per month."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Healthcare Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise64
 

Questions from the Community

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What are the biggest benefits of using SAP HANA?
Based on my work with SAP HANA, the biggest benefit that it can bring to your business is total data management. This product is by SAP - a company that serves almost all needs a client may have co...
Is SAP HANA’s customer and technical support reliable?
We have been using SAP HANA for a fairly short period of time and have only taken advantage of their customer support. So far, we have not had issues that required specialized help from technical s...
Is SAP HANA difficult to set up and start using?
SAP HANA is fairly easy to set up, however, I do not think a complete beginner can do it. You certainly need some preparation - either you need to have experience with similar solutions, or with ot...
 

Also Known As

AtScale, AtScale Intelligence Platform
SAP High-Performance Analytic Appliance, HANA
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Rakuten, TD Bank, Aetna, Glaxo-Smith Kline, Biogen, Toyota, Tyson
Unilever, NHS 24, adidas Group, CHIO Aachen, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA), Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited