SAP SQL Anywhere is a comprehensive package providing database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments. Whether you're an independent developer, or part of a corporate enterprise, we offer various editions of SQL Anywhere to meet your needs. We also make it easy to migrate or upgrade to different editions - apply a new registration key to your existing installation and you'll be up and running in no time!
Each edition provides the full power and feature set of SQL Anywhere, except for the differences listed in the table below.
| Feature | Developer 1 | OEM | Edge "Workgroup" 2 | Advanced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | ||||
| Maximum number of cores | Not limited | Not limited | 8 | Not limited |
| Usage | Limited to development and testing only | Authenticated for use with specific software | General purpose | General purpose |
| SQL Anywhere Server | ||||
| Operating systems3 | Windows Linux OS X Solaris AIX HP-UX IA64 | Windows Linux OS X Solaris AIX HP-UX IA64 | Windows Linux OS X | Windows Linux OS X Solaris AIX HP-UX IA64 |
| Options | ||||
| High Availability | X | O | n/a | X |
| Monitoring Tool - development & testing | X | X | X | X |
| Monitoring Tool - production deployment | n/a | O | n/a | X |
| Read-Only Scale-Out | X | O | n/a | X |
| In-Memory Runtime | X | O | n/a | X |
| RSA Security | X | X | X | X |
| FIPS Security | n/a | O | O | X |
| MobiLink Synchronization Server | ||||
| Operating systems3 | Windows Linux OS X Solaris SPARC AIX | Windows Linux OS X Solaris SPARC AIX | Windows Linux OS X | Windows Linux OS X Solaris SPARC AIX |
| Database & Sync Client | ||||
| Personal Server | X | O | U | U |
| UltraLite4 | X | O | U | U |
1 Click here to download SAP SQL Anywhere Developer Edition.
2 The Workgroup Edition has been renamed the Edge Edition
3 Please consult this matrix for a comprehensive listing of platforms supported for specific SAP SQL Anywhere components: https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/SQLANY/SAP+SQL+Anywhere+Supported+Platforms+and+Engineering+Support+Status.
4 Supported platforms for UltraLite can be found at the link in note 3 above.
Legend
X - Included feature
O - Paid option
U - Option included in User License model. Options not included in Core License model but available separately as per device licenses.
n/a - Option not available in this edition
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/SSAstage/SAP+SQL+Anywhere+17.0+Components+by+Platforms
6 Comments
Former Member
Jose, to confirm my understanding. is MobiLink Synchronization Server include in all these editions? Thanks, Mark
Volker Stöffler
Is such a document available for SQL Anywhere 16 as well? Afaik, at least the core limitation of the Workgroup / Edge Edition doesn't exist there, (I remember a CPU limitation of 2). Unfortunately, the corresponding links in the documentation for the older versions all point into retired sybase.com URLs.
Former Member
Core limitation is also for Workgroup/ Edge Edition v.16 and later - in max. for 8 cores (we need to remember, that v. 12 had SAP valid maintenance only to the end of 2016). Current conversion from old metric to new one looks like - 1 Chip/CPU = 4 Cores. Of course that CPU could have more cores, but calculation of metric looks like that and software doesn't go properly if you buy 4 cores, but you have more cores on procesor. We need remember about another thing, that the minimum cores, which we need to buy for SQL Any license is 4 cores (I mean about metric "cores" for bundle pack SQL Anywhere Edge edition or Advanced edition).
Mobilink Synchronization Server - I see that option, when I run trial version of SAP SQL Anywhere Developer Edition v.16, you will also have access to Ultralite and Relay Server.
Volker Stöffler
Thank you very much for your comment, Paula.
However, it doesn't match the offer in SAP Store [https://www.sapstore.com/solutions/99035/SAP-SQL-Anywhere-%28v16%29] which still shows chip- based licensing for V.16, nor my own experience with a V.16 (build 2322) server which indicates that the Workgroup Edition actually does use all 12 cores of the 2 CPUs in that machine.
select * from sa_eng_properties ()
where PropName like '%Lic%t%' or Propname like 'Num%icalproc%' or PropName = 'ServerEdition'
order by PropName
Thanks again & best regards
Volker
Former Member
Hi Volker,
Sorry for postponed answer. I don't know, why it's described like that in SAP store.
I based on my experience and this helpful page http://www.sqlanywhere.info/EN/sql-anywhere/sql-anywhere-licensing.html
About this 4 cores, you will find information from page above: "In 2016, SAP replaced the per-CPU model with per-Cores, by multiples of 4".
Former Member
Link doesn't work:
SAP SQL Anywhere Supported Platforms and Engineering Support Status.