MySQL vs SAP HANA comparison

Oracle and SAP are both solutions in the Relational Databases Tools category. Oracle is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.3, while SAP is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.2. Oracle holds a 6.2% mindshare in SQL, compared to SAP’s 6.0% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of SAP users who would recommend it.

MySQL

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91% willing to recommend

SAP HANA

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6,738 Comparison Views

91% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

SAP HANA and MySQL compete in the database solutions category. SAP HANA has the upper hand due to its advanced memory and real-time capabilities, while MySQL excels in accessibility and cost-effectiveness.

Features: SAP HANA's key features include in-memory processing that provides rapid response times, advanced integration for supplier relationship management, and robust performance. MySQL's features consist of its open-source and multi-threaded architecture, integration with various platforms, and reliable performance for small to medium applications.

Room for Improvement: SAP HANA could enhance speed, scalability, integration, and user-friendliness. Users suggest modular pricing and better CRM functionality. MySQL needs better large database handling, improved replication and scalability, and a more user-friendly interface for easier management.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAP HANA offers deployment flexibility in on-premise, private, and hybrid cloud environments but is often seen as complex. Its customer service receives mixed reviews. MySQL provides similar deployment options and operates smoothly on various platforms, though its support is community-driven.

Pricing and ROI: SAP HANA is expensive with high licensing and maintenance costs, beneficial for large enterprises seeking comprehensive ERP solutions. MySQL is cost-effective, offering a solid ROI for less demanding projects with a free community version and competitively priced enterprise options.

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MySQL vs. SAP HANA

June 2026

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

6.3

MySQL offers cost benefits with open-source use, achieving up to 60% ROI, despite challenges in precise financial calculations.

Sentiment score

6.1

SAP HANA offers time and cost savings, with notable ROI and customization benefits, though integration costs challenge some companies.

I have seen a return on investment with MySQL, as it allows us to manage with fewer employees, focusing on business logic rather than database management.

AmitVerma4

Software Developer at Apptom

Because MySQL is mature and widely used, teams can build features faster, onboard engineers more easily, and resolve issues more quickly compared to less familiar technologies.

Varuns Ug

Senior Software Developer at NIT

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We do not feel we're getting value for the investment due to the additional resources needed for integration and maintenance.

A K 18

Director of Infrastructure at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

I have seen a return on investment with SAP HANA as it typically delivers measurable ROI, especially in finance and month-end close processes.

PremKumarR

Finance Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

SAP HANA is a cost-saving solution that helps save money and serves as a time-saving solution that helps save time.

Joe Lau

Senior Manager at PwC

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.8

MySQL users primarily rely on community resources for support, with official Oracle support noted as costly but effective.

Sentiment score

6.1

SAP HANA offers high-quality 24/7 customer service, but experiences vary, with concerns over slow responses and complex issue handling.

I would rate the documentation and online support a 10 out of 10.

reviewer2599590

Student at a university with 10,001+ employees

We have no issues and usually receive timely responses.

Muzzamil Hussain

Assistant Vice President at National Bank of Pakistan

The documentation, community, and available expertise around MySQL are among the strongest I have worked with.

Varuns Ug

Senior Software Developer at NIT

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The community support is better than the official SAP support.

Hari Priya

SAP Analytics Lead at Miracle Software Systems, Inc

While issues are resolved eventually, the first level of support is not as good as we would like.

Richard Silhan

Sup-basis consultant at a security firm with 51-200 employees

When we raise a ticket for AWS or Azure issues, we find their support is very proactive, while SAP's support is quite passive.

Dhiraj Jankar

Senior SAP Basis Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

6.7

MySQL scalability depends on the specific environment, with challenges arising in larger applications and benefits from cloud solutions.

Sentiment score

7.8

SAP HANA provides scalable enterprise-level solutions, allowing seamless vertical and horizontal expansion to efficiently handle substantial data volumes.

Meeting scalability requirements through cloud computing is an expensive affair.

Ravi Kant-Sharma

Technical Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Overall, I would say MySQL scales very well for enterprise transaction systems.

Varuns Ug

Senior Software Developer at NIT

MySQL's scalability is currently adequate, as we have increased operations from ten thousand to twelve thousand devices, and it is working fine for us.

AmitVerma4

Software Developer at Apptom

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SAP HANA handles large data volumes efficiently, allowing for adding more modules or users without performance issues.

PremKumarR

Finance Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Our operations have grown from a hundred data operations a day to as many in a couple of seconds.

A K 18

Director of Infrastructure at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

It depends on what needs to change in the structure, as some entities cannot be changed and require a new implementation, while others can be modified.

Bassem Mohammed

IT Application Manager at TBTD

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.8

MySQL is generally stable and reliable but faces issues with large data operations and server overload, needing regular maintenance.

Sentiment score

7.8

SAP HANA is praised for its stability, reliability, and efficiency, with improvements seen in version 2.0 and initial configurations.

We face certain integration issues, especially when we integrate the database with security solutions like IBM QRadar.

Muzzamil Hussain

Assistant Vice President at National Bank of Pakistan

I have used it for business-critical systems involving payments and refunds, and it performed very well.

Varuns Ug

Senior Software Developer at NIT

From my experience, MySQL was pretty stable.

reviewer2599590

Student at a university with 10,001+ employees

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We recently faced customer data loss during the cluster handover or failover fallback.

Dhiraj Jankar

Senior SAP Basis Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

We have not had any problems in the last seven to eight years.

Richard Silhan

Sup-basis consultant at a security firm with 51-200 employees

Regarding stability, they are using legacy systems and have implemented SAP HANA.

Hari Priya

SAP Analytics Lead at Miracle Software Systems, Inc

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Room For Improvement

MySQL needs improved scalability, performance, integration, replication, user interface, security, monitoring tools, documentation, backup, and clustering.

SAP HANA needs improvements in interface, scalability, integration, and cost efficiency, with enhanced support, training, and mobile integration.

It could be more beneficial if MySQL can enhance its data masking functionality in the same way it has improved data encryption.

Muzzamil Hussain

Assistant Vice President at National Bank of Pakistan

Oracle could improve on scalability.

Ravi Kant-Sharma

Technical Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The load balancer, MySQL LB, which is used to connect to the application, lacks clear documentation.

Prabir Kumar Kundu

SR AVP–Presales Cloud & Platform Management Services at Path Infotech ltd

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The main issue is the ecosystem, which lacks the widespread support that SQL enjoys.

A K 18

Director of Infrastructure at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

The setup process and deployment process for SAP HANA is complex.

reviewer8857240

Program manger at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

Licensing costs with SAP HANA are very high.

Hari Priya

SAP Analytics Lead at Miracle Software Systems, Inc

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Setup Cost

MySQL's free community edition is popular, while the paid Enterprise edition offers advanced features and lower costs than competitors.

SAP HANA is costly due to licensing, setup, and hardware expenses, affecting affordability for smaller businesses despite robust capabilities.

Oracle has different components, so if you need security, you have to procure a different license, but here everything is inbuilt and it's not costly.

Prabir Kumar Kundu

SR AVP–Presales Cloud & Platform Management Services at Path Infotech ltd

MySQL has generally been cost-effective due to its open-source ecosystem, mature tooling, and relatively low barrier to adoption compared to many commercial database solutions.

Varuns Ug

Senior Software Developer at NIT

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It's a recurring subscription model, which is expensive compared to legacy systems with just a maintenance fee.

A K 18

Director of Infrastructure at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

SAP is not a cheap company, and its licenses are expensive.

Richard Silhan

Sup-basis consultant at a security firm with 51-200 employees

I would rate the price for SAP HANA as high.

Dhiraj Jankar

Senior SAP Basis Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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Valuable Features

MySQL offers fast performance, open-source adaptability, reliability, scalability, and excels in web applications with strong community support.

SAP HANA offers real-time processing, integration, scalability, and user-friendly interface, enhancing speed, reporting, and diverse business adaptability.

With Oracle, we have to buy another solution for encryption and masking, but MySQL supports native encryption, which enhances our return on investment.

Muzzamil Hussain

Assistant Vice President at National Bank of Pakistan

The main feature we utilize in MySQL is the view, and I can say that it is the most valuable feature for our needs.

AmitVerma4

Software Developer at Apptom

MySQL stands out compared to many NoSQL solutions with its combination of strong consistency, mature relational modeling, and a powerful query language.

Varuns Ug

Senior Software Developer at NIT

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This architecture allows for faster data processing and real-time analytics that were not possible with traditional databases.

A K 18

Director of Infrastructure at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

The concept enhances speed, allowing the database to serve and move data quickly.

Richard Silhan

Sup-basis consultant at a security firm with 51-200 employees

One of our dashboards using Excelsius was previously developed on normal BW on Oracle data, which took 10 minutes to open. After developing the same calculation views using those tables and replacing them with calculation views in Excelsius, the dashboard opened in seconds.

Hari Priya

SAP Analytics Lead at Miracle Software Systems, Inc

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Categories and Ranking

MySQL

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

152

Ranking in other categories

Open Source Databases (1st)

SAP HANA

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Virtualization (2nd), Embedded Database (1st), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of MySQL is 6.2%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP HANA is 6.0%, down from 10.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SAP HANA	6.0%
MySQL	6.2%
Other	87.8%

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Featured Reviews

Varuns Ug

Senior Software Developer at NIT

Reliable transactions have supported secure payments, refunds, and bookings at high volumes

Regarding MySQL improvements, a pain point is horizontal scalability. MySQL scales very well vertically and can support read replicas, but as a system grows significantly, sharding and distributed data management can become complex compared to databases that are designed to scale horizontally from the beginning. This is one of the areas where I think MySQL should work more. Another area is handling very large analytic workloads. MySQL is excellent for transactional systems, but for large-scale analytics or reporting, specialized analytic databases may sometimes be a better fit. Apart from that, one area is performance troubleshooting. As the database grows, diagnosing things such as slow queries, lock contention, and deadlocks becomes complex.

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Bassem Mohammed

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.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Comms Service Provider

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	74
Midsize Enterprise	34
Large Enterprise	63

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	26
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	64

Questions from the Community

Why are MySQL connections encrypted and what is the biggest benefit of this?

MySQL encrypts connections to protect your data and the biggest benefit from this is that nobody can corrupt it. If you move information over a network without encryption, you are endangering it, m...

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Considering that there is a free version of MySQL, would you invest in one of the paid editions?

I may be considered a MySQL veteran since I have been using it since before Oracle bought it and created paid versions. So back in my day, it was all free, it was open-source and the best among sim...

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What is one thing you would improve with MySQL?

One thing I would improve related to MySQL is not within the product itself, but with the guides to it. Before, when it was free, everyone was on their own, seeking tutorials and how-to videos onli...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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SAP High-Performance Analytic Appliance, HANA

Overview

MySQL is an open-source database known for its ease of use and high performance. It offers features like replication and clustering, making it ideal for diverse applications. Its cost-effectiveness and LAMP integration are key advantages for businesses.

MySQL supports a variety of languages and platforms, providing reliable, scalable data management. Its graphical interface and LAMP architecture integration enhance its usability, while community support further strengthens its appeal. Challenges include scalability issues with large databases, lack of advanced clustering, and limited high-availability features. Complex queries may affect performance, and integration can pose difficulties. The outdated interface and insufficient documentation are also concerns, along with replication and backup reliability issues.

What are MySQL's key features?

Open-source nature: Freely available and customizable.
Cross-platform compatibility: Supports multiple operating systems.
Scalability: Capable of handling large volumes of data.
Replication and clustering: Ensure data redundancy and load balancing.
Full-text search: Provides powerful search capabilities.
LAMP integration: Seamlessly integrates with Linux, Apache, and PHP.

What benefits should users consider?

Cost-effectiveness: Reduces expenses due to its open-source nature.
High performance: Efficiently processes large volumes of data.
Active community support: Access to a wide range of resources and expertise.
Versatile use cases: Suitable for varied applications including web development and IoT.

MySQL is widely implemented in industries such as web development, e-commerce, and finance. It's used for managing dynamic websites, powering e-commerce platforms, and supporting financial applications. Its compatibility with PHP and cost-effectiveness make it suitable for CMS platforms like WordPress. With cloud services integration, MySQL is a backend choice for scalable applications in various sectors.

Oracle

SAP HANA is a high-speed in-memory data platform providing real-time analytics and quick data retrieval while supporting enterprise scalability and integration.

Designed for efficient data processing, SAP HANA offers robust security, ease of use, and advanced analytics through an architecture that ensures flexibility and stability. This allows seamless integration with third-party systems, significantly improving data management and decision-making capabilities. Enterprises benefit from data modeling, compression, comprehensive dashboards, and real-time insights. However, users have noted high costs, speed, and scalability issues, as well as complexity in interface and customizations. There's also a need for better integration with third-party tools, clearer documentation, and enhanced connectivity with Java and other platforms.

What are the key features of SAP HANA?

In-memory Processing: Delivers rapid data retrieval and analytics.
Data Modeling and Compression: Enhances storage efficiency and speed.
Advanced Analytics: Offers comprehensive insights for strategic decisions.
Seamless Integration: Integrates with third-party systems effectively.
Real-time Insights: Supports real-time analytics across data sets.

What benefits should users expect when evaluating SAP HANA?

Improved Decision-making: Informs strategic business choices with advanced analytics.
Operational Efficiency: Enhances productivity by streamlining data management.
Scalability: Supports growth and evolving data needs effectively.
Security: Protects data integrity with robust mechanisms.

SAP HANA is deployed for enterprise resource planning across industries, notably in finance, HR, and sales. It supports real-time analytics, business intelligence, and integrates with SAP ERP and S/4HANA, offering tailored solutions for sectors like supply chain management, CRM, procurement, and financial analysis.

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Facebook, Tumblr, Scholastic, MTV Networks, Wikipedia, Verizon Wireless, Sage Group, Glassfish Open Message Queue, and RightNow Technologies.

Unilever, NHS 24, adidas Group, CHIO Aachen, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA), Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited

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