What is SAP HANA?

SAP HANA is a high-performance in-memory database that speeds data-driven, real-time decisions and actions.

Powering SAP Business Technology Platform

As the data foundation of SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP HANA provides advanced analytics on multimodel data, on premise and in the cloud.

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SAP HANA

Innovate without boundaries on a database management system, where you can develop intelligent and live solutions for quick decision-making on a single data copy. And with advanced analytics, you can support next-generation transactional processing.

On-premise, multi-cloud, and seamless hybrid deployments
Secure, enterprise-ready database with more than 32,000 customers
In-memory machine learning to embed intelligence into applications and analytics
Single, column-oriented database for transactional and analytical workloads with any data type

SAP HANA Cloud

Build data solutions with cloud-native scalability, speed, and performance. With the SAP HANA Cloud database, you can gain trusted, business-ready information from a single solution, while enabling security, privacy, and anonymization with proven enterprise reliability.

Fully managed multi-cloud environment with a seamless hybrid deployment
Cloud database solution that delivers scalability, speed, and flexibility
Connected, distributed data without the need to collect it
Advanced data tiering to quickly manage performance, cost, and storage during volatility

Key benefits of an in-memory database

SAP HANA enables real-time data access and offers support for multiple data types and models.

Blend the advantages of SAP HANA and the cloud

Benefit from a cloud-native solution that delivers scalability, speed, and flexibility, while eliminating information silos with a single instance of data.

Simplify the IT landscape and scale data management

Experience an in-memory data platform that combines database, advanced analytics, data integration, and application services at a lower cost of ownership.

Augment applications and analytics with intelligence

Deepen insights and situational awareness with broad, multimodal, and advanced analytics capabilities.

Innovate with greater confidence and agility

Build intelligent, responsive solutions with ease by combining analytics and transactional workloads, advanced analytics, and security to preserve privacy and trust.

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Explore SAP HANA core capabilities

SAP HANA is used for database management, advanced analytical processing, application development, and data virtualization.

Create a simple gateway to your enterprise data
Accelerate insight with a simplified IT landscape
Act with live intelligence and augmented analytics
Combine OLAP and OLTP systems and perform hybrid transactional and analytical processing
Leverage advanced analytics, graph processing, and ETL capabilities

See how customers are succeeding with SAP HANA

20% reduction in storage costs per byte

Learn how CP Rail is using SAP HANA to become an innovation leader that uses data and processes to optimize costs, ensure uptime, and drive performance.

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40% reduction in time to value

Discover how French postal service La Poste is tracking deliveries in real time, resolving service issues faster, and improving the overall customer experience with a single, unified data management platform.

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Extreme data compression- 50x

Learn how IT at Steinbeis a got a huge boost in efficiency and laid the foundation for future innovations.

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Up to 92% decrease in time to create monthly reports

Discover how ITOCHU adopted SAP S/4HANA and built a next-generation, enterprise-wide integrated data infrastructure with the SAP HANA platform and SAP BusinessObjects business intelligence solutions.

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€ 50M digital net sales through B2B cloud integration

Learn how Endress+Hauser enables innovation and reduces total cost of operations and implementation effort with SAP Integration Suite.

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Fighting invasive species with SAP HANA

Learn how SAP teamed up with Prodrone and itelligence to use cutting edge technology to enable foresters to fight this new plague more efficiently.

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Access up-to-the-minute data with agility

Find out how Ferrara enjoys real-time visibility into their data, even from recent acquisitions, using SAP HANA.

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Improving sustainable shopping for zero waste

Retailer Coop uses intelligent technologies on SAP HANA to reduce waste while improving customer experiences.

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40% of issues resolved pre-game

Learn how the San Francisco 49ers see and monitor real-time data visualizations across nine data sources.

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30,000 patients migrated from an old database

Learn how university hospital Charité is improving research and care with a scalable platform built on SAP HANA.

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Enabling sustainability in agriculture

Discover how Argentine Cooperatives Association uses spatial intelligence and machine learning to become more sustainable.

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US$6.5 million potential cost savings

Read now Providence St. Joseph Health uses analytics to improve patient outcomes and staff productivity.

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“SAP HANA is one of the most robust product databases available.”

Javid Qureshi, SAP Basis HANA Architect, ExxonMobil

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“[SAP] HANA is available in the cloud, so we don't have to manage our own servers. [SAP] HANA is stable and responsive.”

David Bertsche, Senior Data Scientist, Kaiserwetter Energy

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“We are using [SAP] HANA across the organization for all SAP systems and data processing. It helps with faster data processing.”

Purushottam Kumar, Security Analyst, Schlumberger

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“SAP HANA is used throughout our organization. The speed that it can process data is amazing.”

Renee Ferree, Program Coordinator, City of San Diego

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What are analysts saying about SAP HANA?

SAP named a leader in data management for analytics

Find out why SAP was recognized as a leader in the Forrester report on data management solutions for analytics, based on our current offering and strategy.

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Innovations that drive the Intelligent Enterprise

Take a look at how the operational database from SAP fits into the overall strategy for the Intelligent Enterprise and what your business should do to benefit from it.

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The evolution of in-memory database technology

Learn about the evolution of in-memory technology on the relational database management system (RDBMS), featuring Gartner distinguished analyst Donald Feinberg.

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SAP Data and Analytics Virtual Forum: Data to Outcome

Available now on-demand! Hear from Guy Kawasaki and other thought leaders on the benefits of becoming a data-driven enterprise. Book a virtual 1:1 consulting session.

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Benefit from moving to the SAP HANA platform

Learn about the process and benefits of transitioning cloud offerings from legacy databases to the SAP HANA platform.

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Measure the business value of innovating with SAP HANA

Explore the significant value that organizations can achieve by using SAP HANA to innovate with the latest custom, business-critical applications.

Overcome data challenges and drive business success

Consider how in-memory platforms and recent innovations, such as persistent memory technology, are addressing priorities for real-time analytics.

SAP HANA now delivers data power in the cloud

SAP HANA is the data foundation for SAP’s Business Technology Platform, offering powerful database and cloud capabilities for the enterprise.

SAP HANA Cloud

Bring the simplicity and speed of SAP HANA to the cloud, built on ten years of in-memory innovation, to manage data from all sources, gain real-time insights, and run custom applications. SAP HANA Cloud is a fully managed multi-cloud with freedom to deploy as a stand-alone solution or as an extension of your existing environment.

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SAP Data Warehouse Cloud

Deliver business data to your users with an cloud enterprise data warehouse (EDW), delivered as-a-service and combined with advanced analytics. SAP Data Warehouse Cloud is built with SAP HANA Cloud, leveraging virtualization, persistence, and data tiering capabilities and an in-memory database core.

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SAP Analytics Cloud

Analyze information visually to make better-informed decisions, no matter if your data is stored in spreadsheets, on-premise databases, cloud databases, or all three. SAP Analytics Cloud features are built on SAP Extension Suite and SAP Integration Suite, and powered by SAP HANA – allowing you to seamlessly integrate all your data.