We performed a comparison between Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse and Oracle Exadata 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."It is a very stable database."
"The data transmissions between the data models is the most valuable feature."
"It is not a pricey product compared to other data warehouse solutions."
"The solution has been reliable."
"Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse integrates beautifully with other Microsoft ecosystem products."
"The UI is very simple and functional for my clients, most of the clients that use the solution are not experts."
"We are able to monitor daily jobs, so if there is anything that needs to be done then we can do it."
"Data collection and reporting are valuable features of the solution."
"We can use virtualization on Exadata."
"Oracle Exadata has very good hardware."
"What I found most valuable in Oracle Exadata is its newer technology that gives better performance. It has more recent hardware and significant changes in the architecture, so it's better than older solutions."
"Exadata's best features are its performance during redo logging and the elasticity of the database handling."
"The offloading of data to the SIM is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is storage offloading."
"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 feature updates on the on-premise solution come very slowly, and it would be great if they came faster."
"I think that the error messages need to be made more specific."
"I would like the tool to support different operating systems."
"SQL installation is pretty tricky. The scalability and customer support also should be improved."
"We'd like to see it be a bit more compatible with other solutions."
"I would like the ability to do more real-time type updates instead of batch-oriented updates."
"This solution would be improved with an option for in-memory data analysis."
"It needs more compatibility with common BI tools."
"It would be nice to have a single click button to, say, migrate my VMware VM into the Oracle VM, or vice-versa."
"Oracle Exadata could improve by having faster data retrieval. We receive data at four or five seconds and want to reduce that number to one second."
"The initial setup process is very difficult and extremely complex."
"The technical support is in need of improvement."
"The customization can sometimes be difficult to achieve."
"The setup is a little bit complex. We would like to see the installation part get easier."
"Oracle Exadata could improve the monitoring system in the enterprise manager, it could be more user-friendly. In most Oracle tools there is a lot of functionality, and sometimes you need to do five or six clicks to find metrics, and sometimes it's a waste of time."
"The cost of the solution is high and can be improved."
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Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse is ranked 9th in Data Warehouse with 32 reviews while Oracle Exadata is ranked 2nd in Data Warehouse with 125 reviews. Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse is rated 7.6, while Oracle Exadata is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse writes "An easy to setup tool that allows its users to write stored procedure, making it a scalable product". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Exadata writes "Offers a variety of valuable features". Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse is most compared with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, SAP BW4HANA, Snowflake and VMware Tanzu Data Services, whereas Oracle Exadata is most compared with Oracle Database Appliance, Teradata, Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, Snowflake and Amazon Redshift. See our Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse vs. Oracle Exadata report.
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You are asking about front end tools but you do not mention which ones. What you have are "database backends" and each has different features. The utilization will depend on what kind of expertise you have available else you will end up trying to implement say, Teradata on Exadata which may not give you the best solution. What are your criteria for success? Based on these you will have to evaluate each solution -- I am sure each vendor will be happy to set up the environment and work with your set of sampl,e data to show you have they evaluate against your criteria.
Given we partner with many or all of the above, or can get to them as we access all data, I have the following opinion - InfoBright is very new and probable to be sold long term. It is also an expensive subscription so presents highest risk to me. Exidata is Oracle - if you like Oracle and their style, it maybe ok, but then it is Oracle. Microsoft is Microsoft - tends to be cheap to acquire and expensive to implement and maintain. Teradata is pricey but of the group presents the least risk and the greatest number of front end partners. The product I represent is unique as it is designed for high complexity large numbers of users and data and runs inside Teradata taking better advantage of the architecture.
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