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We performed a comparison between IBM Netezza Performance Server and Microsoft Analytics Platform System based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The most valuable features of the IBM Netezza Performance Server are the NPS server because of the reduced maintenance and overall good performance.""The performance is most important to me, and it helps our ability to make business decisions quickly.""The most valuable feature would be the fact that it has been running for awhile in an appliance format.""IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution.""Distribution concurrency control.""The data governance prospect... from what I've seen, that is a really powerful tool as well, to help with data lineage and keeping track of that.""The underlying hardware that IBM provides with this appliance is made for a specific purpose, to serve performance on a large amount of data, and to do analytics as well. It is faster, when you compare it to any other product.""The benefit is really because of the additional speed that we have and, truth be told, the more updated ETL processes and the revamped scheduler in general."

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"It is closely integrated with other products in the MS portfolio.""I like that it's integrated with other Azure products.""Microsoft Analytics Platform System's most valuable feature is its ecosystems and seamless integration with other Microsoft reporting platforms and databases.""We leverage its capabilities for many applications. We can integrate with our databases, like Oracle, MySQL, or any other, using Microsoft Integration Services.""The Cube Solution is quite different when compared to the rest of the competition and has unique functionality for advanced analytics.""This solution will connect to any database, you can combine databases, and you can create a cube or tabular model.""Helps our customers to discover trends, which provides useful information based on their business.""This is a well-integrated solution and that integration empowers results."

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"The only issue is that it's not expandable.""Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server.""The scalability is not as expected. The capacity in the black box is not enough.""We are not able to scale. The only way to scale is to get another appliance, but we have a customers who would need us to hydrate the data between the two appliances, and Netezza does not do that.""In terms of features that I would like to see, one is the ability to actually scale out an architecture. Right now, if you buy one, it's fixed. There is no scale-up availability at all.""LIke Teradata, we can’t add a node/SPU to the existing appliance.""Our main problem with it is concurrency. When there are too many users running Netezza at the same time, this is when we have the most complaints.""Concurrency limit needs to be increased somewhat."

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"Machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities need to be more friendly for beginning users.""Microsoft Analytics Platform System could have better support.""Releases of new products and functionality is never accompanied by associated documentation, training and resources that adequately explain the release.""The pricing model needs to be improved.""I think the biggest problem with the product is that it does a data ingest model, which is very expensive.""The flexibility of this solution needs to be improved because you cannot make changes at every one of the different steps.""We need better real-time analytics capabilities. It's a bit challenging for us.""​Hybrid environments are complex to manage."

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  • "Netezza is a costly solution. It does serve a specific purpose but it's costlier than what's available in the market, if you go to the cloud."
  • "The pricing is very expensive. It has a lot CPUs with a lot of components in it. It also has built-in redundancy for resiliency reasons."
  • "The solution has a yearly licensing fee, and users have to pay extra for support."
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  • "The initial price is lower than Oracle, but extensive use of SQL may lead to a higher total cost of ownership."
  • "Users have to pay extra for premium-level technical support."
  • "We are currently paying $200,000 a year for all the different parts of the suite during an ingest model Microsoft now charges us $700,000 a year."
  • "I rate Microsoft Analytics Platform System a seven out of ten for pricing."
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    Top Answer:IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution.
    Top Answer:The solution has a yearly licensing fee, and users have to pay extra for support.
    Top Answer:Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server.
    Top Answer:We leverage its capabilities for many applications. We can integrate with our databases, like Oracle, MySQL, or any other, using Microsoft Integration Services.
    Top Answer:It's not too confusing. It's based on features, and we don't have to buy additional licenses.
    Top Answer:We need better real-time analytics capabilities. It's a bit challenging for us. Moreover, there are some permission limitations.
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    Also Known As
    Netezza Performance Server, Netezza
    Microsoft APS, MS Analytics Platform System
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    Overview
    IBM Netezza appliances are now part of IBM PureSystems - expert integrated systems with built in expertise, integration by design and a simplified user experience. Part of the PureData family, the Netezza appliance is now known as the PureData System for Analytics. It has the same key design tenets of simplicity, speed, scalability and analytics power that was fundamental to Netezza appliances.
    The Microsoft Analytics Platform System can meet the demands of your evolving data warehouse environment with its scale-out, massively parallel processing integrated system supporting hybrid data warehouse scenarios. It provides the ability to query across relational and non-relational data by leveraging Microsoft PolyBase and industry-leading big data technologies. It offers the lowest price per terabyte for large data warehouse workloads.
    Sample Customers
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    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm37%
    Retailer16%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Insurance Company11%
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    Educational Organization64%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Computer Software Company5%
    Insurance Company4%
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    Financial Services Firm13%
    Computer Software Company10%
    University10%
    Government9%
    Company Size
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise74%
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    Small Business5%
    Midsize Enterprise68%
    Large Enterprise27%
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    Small Business36%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise6%
    Large Enterprise73%
    Buyer's Guide
    IBM Netezza Performance Server vs. Microsoft Analytics Platform System
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about IBM Netezza Performance Server vs. Microsoft Analytics Platform System and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    IBM Netezza Performance Server is ranked 10th in Data Warehouse with 33 reviews while Microsoft Analytics Platform System is ranked 17th in Data Warehouse with 9 reviews. IBM Netezza Performance Server is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Analytics Platform System is rated 6.6. The top reviewer of IBM Netezza Performance Server writes "A cost-effective data warehousing tool, but security features like TDE encryption are missing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Analytics Platform System writes "Offers smooth data integration between systems, but requires better real-time analytics capabilities". IBM Netezza Performance Server is most compared with Oracle Exadata, Snowflake, Oracle Database, SQL Server and Teradata, whereas Microsoft Analytics Platform System is most compared with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, Teradata and Snowflake. See our IBM Netezza Performance Server vs. Microsoft Analytics Platform System report.

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