We performed a comparison between Oracle Exadata and Vertica based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Warehouse solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Oracle Exadata is its capabilities for storing and processing data. It is very good for our domain."
"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."
"Oracle Exadata's performance is one of its best features. We very satisfied with it."
"The ease of setup is an eight out of ten."
"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."
"Complete management occurs from one single address instead of different servers."
"Oracle Exadata has very good hardware."
"The most valuable feature is that you have the same familiar environment of an Oracle database but with the additional performance you get from this architecture."
"Vertica is a columnar database where the query performance is extremely fast and it can be used for real-time integrations for API and other applications. The solution requires zero maintenance which is helpful."
"The solution has great capabilities. The tool that instructs the internal database forward is easy to use and is very powerful."
"I don't need any special hardware. I can use commodity hardware, which is nice to have in a commercial solution."
"The hardware usage and speed has been the most valuable feature of this solution. It is very fast and has saved us a lot of money."
"Initiate on one node, and the RPM propagates automatically to all other nodes. "
"Vertica is a columnar database, this support our developments in analytics, advanced analytics, and ETL process with large sets of data."
"Bulk loads, batch loads, and micro-batch loads have made it possible for our organization to process near real-time ingestions and faster analytics."
"Vertica is a great product because customers can compress and code data. The infrastructure that data warehouse solutions need is a commodity server so that customers don't have to invest in infrastructure."
"Since the product is an appliance, it is very costly."
"The solution takes a lot of time to clone the environment. I would like to see some improvement in the cloning support or the time it takes on the storage side."
"We used the support from Oracle Exadata to complete the implementation."
"The improvement could be made on the hardware level as the habit in the industry is to go better and faster and larger with every iteration."
"Oracle Exadata has room for improvement in pricing, especially for smaller companies. The solution is okay for bigger companies, but for smaller companies, it isn't."
"Certification should also be improved. Today, Oracle doesn't certify applications with engineered systems."
"Setting up Exadata is complex. You need an Oracle vendor or someone who is Oracle-certified to set it up."
"The integration with third-party applications regarding access management security could be better."
"The integration with AI has room for improvement."
"Promotion/marketing must be improved, even though it is a very useful product at very good price, it is not as "popular" as it should be."
"Vertica can improve automation and documentation. Additionally, the solution can be simplified."
"One feature, which has really benefited us, is the scalability offered by Vertica as it has enabled Pythian's clients to manage data with agility."
"In my opinion, Vertica's documentation could be improved. Currently, there is not enough documentation available to gain a comprehensive understanding of the platform."
"I have found that coding support could be simplified."
"They could improve the integration and some of the features in the cloud version."
"The geospatial functionality could be designed better."
Oracle Exadata is ranked 2nd in Data Warehouse with 25 reviews while Vertica is ranked 4th in Data Warehouse with 10 reviews. Oracle Exadata is rated 8.4, while Vertica is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Oracle Exadata writes "Exadata can significantly improve performance but there's a learning curve in a few key areas". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Vertica writes "Reliable and feature-rich, with optimization techniques to fine-tune queries for faster report generation". Oracle Exadata is most compared with Oracle Database Appliance, Teradata, Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, Snowflake and Apache Hadoop, whereas Vertica is most compared with Snowflake, SQL Server, Amazon Redshift, Teradata and BigQuery. See our Oracle Exadata vs. Vertica report.
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