We performed a comparison between IBM Netezza Performance Server and Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics 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."IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution."
"We are able to execute very complex queries. Over 90 percent of our query executions are one second or less. We do millions of queries everyday."
"The most valuable feature would be the fact that it has been running for awhile in an appliance format."
"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 most valuable features of the IBM Netezza Performance Server are the NPS server because of the reduced maintenance and overall good performance."
"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."
"The performance is most important to me, and it helps our ability to make business decisions quickly."
"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."
"Technical support is okay in terms of the help they provide."
"The pricing seems to be quite fair."
"We have found that it is easy to develop and to do the analytics in the modules of data."
"The MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) architecture helps to make things a lot faster."
"The most important feature for me is the integration with PolyBase."
"They are available on the Cloud, and the platform is very intuitive."
"The solution offers strong scalability opportunities."
"Microsoft provides both the platform and the data center, so you don't have to look for a cloud vendor. It saves you from having to deal with two vendors for the same task."
"The only issue is that it's not expandable."
"LIke Teradata, we can’t add a node/SPU to the existing appliance."
"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."
"Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server."
"Concurrency limit needs to be increased somewhat."
"IBM Netezza Performance Server could improve its interface, support for big data, and APA-based connectivity should be available."
"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."
"The scalability is not as expected. The capacity in the black box is not enough."
"Could have more connectors and better integration for Hadoop."
"I am pretty sure that there are areas that need improvement but I just can think of them off the top of my head."
"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."
"The support and price could improve."
"Comes with a pretty steep learning curve."
"It needs strong support for social media, internet data, and native support for NoSQL."
"Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics could improve its compatibility with Visual Studio. One of the challenges for people moving from an on-premise to a cloud solution, such as Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, is that you're constantly working in a browser. There are people that have been working for decades on desktop applications. For them to start working in a browser, it's quite a change. Allowing people to work and do their work inside Visual Studio than in the browser, would be a large advantage."
"It could be beneficial to focus on integration with various data sources and similar enhancements."
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IBM Netezza Performance Server is ranked 10th in Data Warehouse with 33 reviews while Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is ranked 2nd in Cloud Data Warehouse with 85 reviews. IBM Netezza Performance Server is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is rated 7.8. 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 Azure Synapse Analytics writes "No competitors provide the entire solution to one place ". IBM Netezza Performance Server is most compared with Oracle Exadata, Snowflake, Oracle Database, Teradata and Vertica, whereas Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is most compared with Azure Data Factory, SAP BW4HANA, Snowflake, Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse and Teradata. See our IBM Netezza Performance Server vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics report.
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