SAP MaxDB
The facts below are what the maker publishes about SAP MaxDB, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From SAP MaxDB's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Community License | Free | Free of charge · Must not be used with SAP applications |
| Commercial License | Priced on request | Available with SAP applications or SAP NetWeaver · Under the terms and conditions of the SAP price list |
The facts
Each one read from SAP MaxDB's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Administration
- SAP identifies built-in self-administering features as a key benefit of MaxDB.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Community support
- SAP describes community support as free and based on mutual help among users, with replies possible from the database development team and community members.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Database model
- relationalchecked 23 Sep 2026
- Database size
- SAP states that MaxDB version 7.9.09 and later supports database sizes up to 32 TB.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment options
- self-managedchecked 23 Sep 2026
- Intended use
- SAP says MaxDB focuses on SAP customers and applications and can also be used for customers’ own or third-party applications.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Interface limitation
- SAP says ADO.NET, Perl, and PHP are no longer supported since database version 7.9, and WebDAV is no longer supported since 7.9.09.06.checked 8 Oct 2026
- License restriction
- The free Community License does not permit use of the software in combination with SAP applications.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Online backup
- SAP says backups can run while the database is in ONLINE operational state and available to users.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- SAP lists Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Unix as available operating systems.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- SAP MaxDB is a database management system developed and supported by SAP SE.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Restore and backup tools
- SAP documents restore from saved data and log backups and support for backup tools from other providers.checked 8 Oct 2026
- SAP support
- SAP says an SAP support contract provides access to its support infrastructure when MaxDB is used in an SAP solution.checked 8 Oct 2026
- SQL
- SAP documents SQL for data definition, authorization, manipulation, queries, transactions, and statistics.checked 8 Oct 2026
- SQL support
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Target configurations
- SAP describes MaxDB as suitable for medium to large server configurations and desktop or laptop database use.checked 8 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Application interfaces
- SAP documents SQLDBC, ODBC, and JDBC interfaces for MaxDB.checked 8 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
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