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 are the flexibility and that it's easy to use as an end-user compared to AWS."
"This is a stable solution with many functionalities."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is its ability to integrate well with other services offered by Azure."
"The product is very user friendly."
"I like the keynotes and their simplicity. Like other Microsoft products, Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is simple to understand and use."
"We have found that it is easy to develop and to do the analytics in the modules of data."
"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."
"The integrated workspace in Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics where everything comes together, such as Power BI and Data Factory, is very good. Additionally, the ability to do dedicated SQL pooling is a benefit."
"Firebolt's engine takes a long time to start because it needs to make engine calls."
"The performance and data consistency need to be improved."
"Synapse makes it easy to integrate and onboard data from other Microsoft and Azure sources. The interface is familiar because we were using Azure Data Factory before Synapse. It made the transition even easier because the Synapse interface is exactly the same."
"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."
"The security performance and cost are the two things that needs improvement."
"The initial setup process needs improvement. When you're moving to the cloud it takes a bit of time. It would be great if they could implement something that would make it faster."
"There is a limit on the number of concurrent queries to around 125 for Azure Synapse."
"Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics can improve by adding more flexibility to the reports. Having more visible structures based on the area, region and country would be beneficial."
"In the future, Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics could improve the performance, there are other solutions that are better, such as Databricks."
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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, Yellowbrick Cloud Data Warehouse and Amazon Redshift, 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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