| Number | Base of difference | OLTP | OLAP |
| 1 | Full Form | Online Transactional Processing Systems(OLTP) | Online Transactional Analytics Systems(OLAP) |
| 2 | Source of DataSource | When say about DataSource for OLTP actually OLTP systems are itself the source of the data. | And data to OLAP comes from different OLTP databases. |
| 3 | Target Audience | When we say about the audience for OLTP it is mostly for market insight. | When we say about the OLAP it is customer insight. |
| 4 | Integrity | When we say about the OLTP it is a system which are required to maintain data integrity. | When we say about the OLAP this systems are not modified very frequently so data integrity is not compulsory. |
| 5 | Access | When we say about OLTP read and write both accesses are permitted. | Mostly read access is permitted, and rarely write is allowed. |
| 6 | Backup and Recovery | When we say about the Backup and Recovery in OLTP a complete and back for all the databases is required since data availbility is very critical in OLTP Systems. | OLAP systems are backed on a timely basis and not regular. |
| 7 | Table Normalization | When we say about the Database Table Normalization in OLTP here tables are highly normalized. | When we say about Database table Normalization in OLAP here systems are typically de-normalized. |
| 8 | Response Time | When we say about the response time of OLTP system it is in milliseconds. | When we say about the response time of OLAP system it is larger and might vary from seconds to minutes to even hours. |
| 9 | Use Of | When we say about the OLTP it makes use of traditional DBMS system. | When we say about the OLAPit makes use of data warehouse. |
| 10 | Queries | Here in OLTP small and simple queries which take care of data processing. | Here in OLAP we use relatively larger and complex queries. |
| 11 | Insert and Update | When we say about the insert and update in OLTP it is fast and short insertion and updating of user data. | When we say about the OLAP insert and update in OLAP it mainly uses for long-running batch jobs which take care of data insertion. |
| 12 | Process | When we say about the Process in OLTP it is used to manage transactions which are happening every day to update the database. | When we say about the OLAP it is used to retrieve the data from OLTP system and carry analysis over the data. |
| 13 | Need | When we say about the need in OLTP it helps to run the business semlessly. | When we say about the Need is is use to analyze and predict business, to find out the lacking and booming area in the business and accordingly act. |