We performed a comparison between Citus Data and Exasol based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Relational Databases Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Its distributed processing capabilities are a standout feature. It requires minimal changes to get up and running if you already have a system on PostgreSQL. Citus can run in its natural state."
"It's very straightforward to implement the solution. It took us two days to set up everything."
"You can use Citus Data to write complex scripts. I like its version upgrades and disaster recovery as well."
"We can quickly scale the solution as it works on an MPP system."
"We mainly chose Exasol for its performance reasons."
"The speed is very good compared to other databases, like SQL Server or Oracle."
"Its speed is great."
"Performance is a top priority, and it excels in this aspect."
"The solution is hands-off; you set it up insert your data and it self tunes queries."
"It is easy to scale."
"The most valuable feature of Exasol is its speed."
"More features in monitoring and the reporting could make it better."
"There are many areas of improvement , especially in terms of DDL query routing. Even though it's masterless, DDL queries need to be sent to the coordinator node. Also, setting up a multi-node environment could be more straightforward."
"Citus Data needs to improve its stability. Do not consider this product if you have the budget. It is still developing and has a lot of issues."
"They should improve the security features for MPP processing."
"There are limited resources available to help me resolve the issue with Exasol."
"Lacks a cloud-based platform."
"You have to install Exasol drivers, and it's not easy to find or implement a driver into different systems."
"They don't talk very well to with other products when it comes to connectivity. Integration is lacking."
"It's not cloud-native so many maintenance operations require downtime."
"It would be beneficial if the updates would occur more often."
"The only area where we found it could improve was in custom role creation and security, and it was difficult to work with."
Citus Data is ranked 18th in Relational Databases Tools with 3 reviews while Exasol is ranked 12th in Relational Databases Tools with 8 reviews. Citus Data is rated 8.0, while Exasol is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Citus Data writes "Efficiently handles high-traffic scenarios and compatible with PostgreSQL extensions, offering flexibility in database management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Exasol writes "Fast query processing and easy-to-store all the data". Citus Data is most compared with YugabyteDB, CockroachDB, Amazon Aurora, SQL Server and MySQL, whereas Exasol is most compared with SQL Server, SAP HANA, Vertica, Oracle Database In-Memory and MySQL. See our Citus Data vs. Exasol report.
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