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Imply vs. SAP IQ

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Imply
Score 0.0 out of 10
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Imply Enterprise, from Imply Data headquartered in Burlingame, is a real-time database for modern analytics applications, built from Apache Druid. It is available as software or as an Imply-assisted offering. Imply Polaris is also a real-time database for modern analytics applications, built from Apache Druid and delivered as a fully-managed DBaaS. Imply also offers Imploy Pivot, a visualization engine for building interactive visualizations.N/A
SAP IQ
Score 10.0 out of 10
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SAP IQ (formerly SAP Sybase IQ) is a columnar relational database management system (RDBMS) optimized for Big Data analytics.N/A
Pricing
ImplySAP IQ
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Offerings
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ImplySAP IQ
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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SAP IQ
Zhann Goloborodko | TrustRadius Reviewer
Zhann Goloborodko
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Chose SAP IQ
When dealing with row by row inserts, or developing front ends, all three databases above far exceed SAP IQ's performance. It struggles when trying to do individual small transactions.

When doing massive bulk transactions, or extensive queries, SAP IQ outperforms all three by …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose SAP IQ
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 …
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User Ratings
ImplySAP IQ
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User Testimonials
ImplySAP IQ
Likelihood to Recommend
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If you are loading massive datasets or aggregating huge relational datasets, SAP IQ is incredible. Loading 10 million rows in seconds is incredibly impressive.
Zhann Goloborodko | TrustRadius Reviewer
Zhann Goloborodko
Senior Programmer/Analyst
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Pros
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  • Superior performance in getting results for query
  • Ability to scale up as data size/volume increase
  • In memory solution and hence enhanced speed
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Cons
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  • Installation, specifically licensing, is a pain.
  • Connectivity is a bit tricky given that the SQL Anywhere drivers aren't native anywhere.
Zhann Goloborodko | TrustRadius Reviewer
Zhann Goloborodko
Senior Programmer/Analyst
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Support Rating
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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.
Zhann Goloborodko | TrustRadius Reviewer
Zhann Goloborodko
Senior Programmer/Analyst
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Alternatives Considered
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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.
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Return on Investment
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  • 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.
Eirik Toft | TrustRadius Reviewer
Eirik Toft
Systems Administration Spec IV
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