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We performed a comparison between Exasol and SAP IQ 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Exasol vs. SAP IQ Report (Updated: March 2024).
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"It is easy to scale.""Performance is a top priority, and it excels in this aspect.""We mainly chose Exasol for its performance reasons.""The solution is hands-off; you set it up insert your data and it self tunes queries.""The most valuable feature of Exasol is its speed.""Its speed is great.""The speed is very good compared to other databases, like SQL Server or Oracle.""We can quickly scale the solution as it works on an MPP system."

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"The primary benefit of SAP IQ is its ability to limit the expansion of the costly SAP HANA database, which has limited storage capacity. This necessitates a form of data management that involves moving data from SAP HANA to SAP NLS, which is essentially archiving. This allows us to retain access to the data via a link whenever it is required.""The column-based technologies (basically all the database for ITP) are used for SAP IQ. It is used as a column-based solution.""Unbeatable speed and compression with a colummn-structured relational database.""Columnar storage allows high compression, high load rates and high query performance.""It is very robust for ad hoc DW queries and its columnar compression is unique and valuable.""Valuable features for us include the compression, speed, fast response time, and easy object maintenance."

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Cons
"Lacks a cloud-based platform.""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.""There are limited resources available to help me resolve the issue with Exasol.""You have to install Exasol drivers, and it's not easy to find or implement a driver into different systems.""They should improve the security features for MPP processing.""The only area where we found it could improve was in custom role creation and security, and it was difficult to work with."

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"The solution works best when combined with other SAP solutions. If the environment has other systems other options might be better.""The room for improvement would be the marketing of the product, because this product is much better than advertised.""Concurrency and functional error messaging.""Multiplex is very problematic. There are consistency problems in the metadata, meaning it is possible to lose metadata consistency. You should make sure you have healthy backups.""I think the universe should be part of the Sybase IQ tool set.""The organization who owns the product does not support it well and appears not to be doing significant development for the future."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The solution's cost is mid-ranged."
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  • "Evaluate all options; check to see if you need expensive add-ons."
  • "Negotiate based on the features required."
  • "Negotiation is very important."
  • "The only costs after standard licensing fees are for add-ons and upgrades."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of Exasol is its speed.
    Top Answer:You have to use upper-column names in Exasol, which is strange. You have to install Exasol drivers, and it's not easy to find or implement a driver into different systems.
    Top Answer:We implemented our data problem issues from Tableau. We inserted the data into the Exasol database in order to run 10 to 20 reports from Tableau. This was just a small but problematic report for us.
    Top Answer:The primary benefit of SAP IQ is its ability to limit the expansion of the costly SAP HANA database, which has limited storage capacity. This necessitates a form of data management that involves… more »
    Top Answer:The solution’s pricing is high, but coverage is good with high implementation with customer requirements.
    Top Answer:The product should add more business intelligence factors.
    Ranking
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    636
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    Reviews
    6
    Average Words per Review
    461
    Rating
    8.2
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    475
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    Average Words per Review
    559
    Rating
    7.0
    Comparisons
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    Compared 14% of the time.
    MySQL logo
    Compared 12% of the time.
    Snowflake logo
    Compared 28% of the time.
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    Compared 15% of the time.
    SAP HANA logo
    Compared 15% of the time.
    Apache Hadoop logo
    Compared 14% of the time.
    SAP BW4HANA logo
    Compared 12% of the time.
    Also Known As
    Sybase IQ
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    Overview

    Exasol is a high-performance data warehouse solution that accelerates BI and reporting features. Its speed, stability, and self-tuning queries make it valuable, and it doesn't require a database administrator. It's a backend database for Tableau dashboards, resulting in faster report loading times and increased efficiency in querying data. 

    Exasol's high performance allows users to connect insights and fire queries instead of looking at cached dashboards. It has impressive aggregation capabilities that help calculate metrics on the fly based on user-selected filters.

    SAP® IQ software delivers speed and power for extreme-scale enterprise data warehousing and analytics. Its column-oriented, grid-based massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture and patented data compression and indexing technologies enable companies to exploit the value of huge amounts of data at the speed of business.

    Sample Customers
    1&1 Internet SE 11880 Internet Services AG AB Svenska Spel Accarda AG Aera Technology Inc. AGRAVIS Raiffeisen AG Apotheken-Rechen-Zentrum GmbH AQR Capital Management, LLC arvato distribution GmbH ARZ Allgemeines Rechenzentrum GmbH Badoo Limited Baur Versand (GmbH & Co. KG) BIScience Ltd Blocket Blue Yonder GmbH Codilink UK Ltd T/A Coniq crealytics GmbH dailyme TV GmbH Dailymotion S.A. Dataforce Verlagsgesellschaft für Business Information mbH Deutsche Postbank AG Digitales Rezept Zentrum GmbH DIKW Groep direct services Gütersloh GmbH DR Technologies Ltd. dress-for-less GmbH econda GmbH emetriq GmbH empiriecom GmbH & Co. KG Flaconi GmbH Fresenius Netcare GmbH Fyber GmbH GfK SE Grant Street Group, Inc. Gruner + Jahr GmbH Gymshark UK Hahn Air Lines GmbH Hermes Einrichtungs Service GmbH & Co. KG INNOVATIVE SCHEDULING, LLC internetstores GmbH INTERSPORT Deutschland eG IQVIA Commercial GmbH & Co. OHG IQVIA Commercial Sp. z o.o. IQVIA Incorporated iVantage Health Analytics K - Mail Order GmbH & Co. KG LIQ CORP SA Manor AG Basel Match2Lists Limited MEDION AG Midasplayer AB Monsoon Accessorize Limited m-pathy GmbH msales Ltd. MTG Modern Services AB MW Aviation GmbH & Co. KG Myntra Designs Pvt Ltd Netzeffekt GmbH New Company Services Ltd. NOVENTI HealthCare GmbH Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG Operation Fistula OpsDataStore OTTO (GmbH & Co KG) Panda Retail Co. PAPSTAR GmbH Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. Questback GmbH RatePAY GmbH Revolut Ltd. Saarland-Sporttoto GmbH Sagarmatha Ltd. SIA Damara Technologies Supermärkte Nord Vertriebs GmbH & Co. KG The National Research Center for College & University Admissions, Inc. United Utilities Water Ltd. Verlag C.H. Beck oHG Vocal Planet Ltd. Vodafone Group Services GmbH Webtrekk GmbH wer liefert was? GmbH Windeln.de SE Wooga GmbH XING SE Zalando SE
    ASR Group, Citrix, State of Indiana, PocketCard Co. Ltd.
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Retailer14%
    Comms Service Provider11%
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    Financial Services Firm55%
    Marketing Services Firm9%
    Healthcare Company9%
    Insurance Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm37%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Healthcare Company4%
    Company Size
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    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise75%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise77%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise67%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise80%
    Buyer's Guide
    Exasol vs. SAP IQ
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Exasol vs. SAP IQ and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Exasol is ranked 12th in Relational Databases Tools with 8 reviews while SAP IQ is ranked 21st in Relational Databases Tools with 17 reviews. Exasol is rated 8.0, while SAP IQ is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Exasol writes "Fast query processing and easy-to-store all the data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP IQ writes "Easy to use, highly stable, but integration could improve". Exasol is most compared with SQL Server, SAP HANA, Vertica, Oracle Database In-Memory and MySQL, whereas SAP IQ is most compared with Snowflake, SQL Server, SAP HANA, Apache Hadoop and SAP BW4HANA. See our Exasol vs. SAP IQ report.

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