We performed a comparison between Firebolt and Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Snowflake Computing, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and others in Cloud Data Warehouse."Firebolt is fast for analytical purposes. For example, we have analytical data in our data warehouse, and Firebolt can quickly query it to generate quick results."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics are how easy and quick it is to set up the linked services."
"Azure Synapse combines the strengths of SQL technologies for effective enterprise data management."
"It is a fantastic product; we are satisfied with its features and performance."
"I have not used the technical support from Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, but I worked with the developers at Microsoft who were top-notch."
"The most valuable feature is the incremental load because we do not need to refresh the entire data on a daily basis."
"The architecture, including compute and storage, is good."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is the pipeline that is the ETL tool. It's very well designed and is overall very good. We usually don't use the ETL tool in Databricks, but we use the ETL tool in this solution."
"The most advantageous aspect of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is its simplified data transformation process compared to traditional databases. This makes data cleansing and transformation more manageable and straightforward, which we appreciate. It is much easier to build as well."
"Firebolt's engine takes a long time to start because it needs to make engine calls."
"Non-structured data is unavailable with this product."
"They should provide a less expensive version with a smaller setup for small businesses. Currently, its price is quite high for entry-level or small businesses. In terms of integration, new connectors are always welcomed."
"Integration with other products is an area that can be improved."
"The platform is not flexible, and the graphical user interface needs to be improved because the interface makes it hard for the end user to use it."
"We encountered data processing and transformation issues while working with Apache Spark languages for the product."
"The configuration for things like high-availability could be more user-friendly for non-technical users."
"Documentation could be improved."
"It needs strong support for social media, internet data, and native support for NoSQL."
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Firebolt is ranked 14th in Cloud Data Warehouse with 1 review while Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is ranked 2nd in Cloud Data Warehouse with 86 reviews. Firebolt is rated 9.0, while Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Firebolt writes "Can quickly query it to generate quick results". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics writes "No competitors provide the entire solution to one place ". Firebolt is most compared with Snowflake and Yellowbrick Cloud Data Warehouse, whereas Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is most compared with Azure Data Factory, SAP BW4HANA, Snowflake, Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse and Teradata.
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