We compared Amazon Redshift and Oracle Exadata based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Amazon Redshift seems to be the superior solution. Our reviewers feel that Oracle Exadata’s complexity of deployment and its expensive price tag make Amazon Redshift the better investment.
"The product is relatively easy to use because there is no indexing and no partitions."
"It allows you write complex queries and perform row by row processes."
"The solution's flexibility is its most valuable feature. It's also easy to scale and has relatively painless pricing."
"The product offers good support for the data lake."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon Redshift is its ability to handle really large sets of data."
"Redshift is a major service of Amazon and is very scalable. It enables faster recalculations and data management, helping to retrieve data quickly."
"I like the cost-benefit ratio, meaning that it is as easy to use as it is powerful and well-performing."
"Changing from local servers to the cloud is very easy. It's so nice not to have to worry about physical servers."
"We have used this solution for a long period of time so it has become easy for us to query any kind of data from Oracle Exadata which has been valuable."
"The tool performs well with a large database."
"The most valuable feature is storage offloading."
"Exadata is a fantastic machine. Two features stand out. The first is the resource input/output management tool that allows you to manage the resources to the neck on the Exadata box."
"Regarding features, there are so many that we can offer to customers. When we sell Exadata Cloud, there are many options to choose from, especially when it comes to enterprise database options. In my experience, the main features that are appreciated are various ones like GPS and the assortment of security options."
"What I like most about Oracle Exadata is its smart scan feature. I also like that it supports higher capacities and it's high-performing, so my company can use Oracle Exadata for massive databases."
"The product is flexible."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Exadata is the storage available."
"We recently moved from the DC2 cluster to the RA3 cluster, which is a different node type and we are finding some issues with the RA3 cluster regarding connection and processing. There is room for improvement in this area. We are in talks with AWS regarding the connection issues."
"The refreshment rate of data reaching Redshift from other sources should be faster."
"Sometimes, it's difficult to get the metadata from Redshift."
"For people who struggle with IAM or role-based management, the setup isn't easy."
"Amazon Redshift is a little more expensive than other products."
"The initial setup is a complex process, especially for someone who is not familiar with nodes and configuring terms like RPUs."
"There are too many limitations with respect to concurrency."
"The product must become a bit more serverless."
"The solution's pricing is very high."
"The technical support is in need of improvement."
"Checking the Smart Scan issues is complicated."
"The solution lacks a visualized console."
"Oracle Exadata compatibility with the analytics could be better and the OBIEE could improve. Oracle BI to Exadata needs to be improved. Even if the full analytics practice for Oracle should be improved and when compared with other solutions it is weak."
"We need a monitoring tool which can in one place, where we can manage, monitor the entire Exadata components."
"I have found Oracle Exadata to be scalable. However, you have to purchase more hardware, such as memory."
"We used the support from Oracle Exadata to complete the implementation."
Amazon Redshift is ranked 4th in Cloud Data Warehouse with 61 reviews while Oracle Exadata is ranked 2nd in Data Warehouse with 125 reviews. Amazon Redshift is rated 7.8, while Oracle Exadata is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Amazon Redshift writes "Provides one place where we can store data, and allows us to easily connect to other services with AWS". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Exadata writes "Offers a variety of valuable features". Amazon Redshift is most compared with Teradata, Vertica, Snowflake, Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Data Factory, whereas Oracle Exadata is most compared with Oracle Database Appliance, Teradata, Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, Snowflake and VMware Tanzu Data Services. See our Amazon Redshift vs. Oracle Exadata report.
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