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On the recordRead 8 Oct 202618 facts
SAP MaxDB
Plans and prices
Community License
Free
Free of charge · Must not be used with SAP applications
Read 8 Oct 2026 · maxdb.sap.com
Commercial License
Priced on request
Available with SAP applications or SAP NetWeaver
Read 8 Oct 2026 · maxdb.sap.com
On the record
- Administration
- SAP identifies built-in self-administering features as a key benefit of MaxDB.help.sap.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Application interfaces
- SAP documents SQLDBC, ODBC, and JDBC interfaces for MaxDB.help.sap.com · read 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.maxdb.sap.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Database model
- relationalmaxdb.sap.com · read 23 Sep 2026
- Database size
- SAP states that MaxDB version 7.9.09 and later supports database sizes up to 32 TB.help.sap.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment options
- self-managedmaxdb.sap.com · read 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.help.sap.com · read 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.help.sap.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- License restriction
- The free Community License does not permit use of the software in combination with SAP applications.maxdb.sap.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Online backup
- SAP says backups can run while the database is in ONLINE operational state and available to users.help.sap.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- SAP lists Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Unix as available operating systems.maxdb.sap.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- SAP MaxDB is a database management system developed and supported by SAP SE.maxdb.sap.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Restore and backup tools
- SAP documents restore from saved data and log backups and support for backup tools from other providers.help.sap.com · read 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.maxdb.sap.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- SQL
- SAP documents SQL for data definition, authorization, manipulation, queries, transactions, and statistics.help.sap.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- SQL support
- Yesmaxdb.sap.com · read 23 Sep 2026
- Target configurations
- SAP describes MaxDB as suitable for medium to large server configurations and desktop or laptop database use.help.sap.com · read 8 Oct 2026