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Crunchy Bridge vs SAP HANA Cloud

Both stand on relational databases. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Crunchy Bridge

Free trial APILinuxWeb

Crunchy Bridge provides managed PostgreSQL with monitoring, backups and multiple networking options. Review the listed plan resources and usage-based billing alongside your deployment and availability needs.

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SAP HANA Cloud

Free plan APILinuxWeb

SAP HANA Cloud brings broad data-model support and AI capabilities into one database service. Review the free-tier lifecycle and licensing conditions, since documented features may require separate licenses.

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The facts

	Crunchy Bridge	SAP HANA Cloud
Free plan	A free trial	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	API, Linux, Web	API, Linux, Web
Lowest paid plan	Hobby-0: $9 a month	Free or on request
Plans published	10	2
Maker	Not published	SAP HANA Cloud
Website	crunchydata.com	sap.com
On relational databases	#24 of 38	#20 of 38

Crunchy Bridge: what it does well

Runs on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform
Managed backups can be restored
Cross-zone automated failover is available
Supports PostgreSQL 15, 16 and 17
Includes CPU, IOPS, connection and storage metrics

What to know first

No free plan is listed
Hobby-0 is listed at $9 per month
Billing is prorated by use and invoiced monthly

SAP HANA Cloud: what it does well

Stores seven data models in a single engine.
Compute and storage can scale independently.
Supports SQL-based generative and predictive AI functions.
Runs on four listed cloud infrastructure providers.
Free tier is available.

What to know first

Free-tier instances stop nightly.
Free-tier instances are deleted after 30 days unless restarted.
Backup and recovery are unavailable in the free tier.
Feature availability may depend on licensing and account setup.

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