We performed a comparison between Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse and Oracle Exadata 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."We can store the data in a data lake for a very low cost."
"It handles high volumes of data very well."
"I am very satisfied with the customer service/technical support."
"The most valuable feature is the business intelligence (BI) part of it."
"The solution's integration is good."
"The UI is very simple and functional for my clients, most of the clients that use the solution are not experts."
"Tools like the BI and SAS are excellent."
"We are able to monitor daily jobs, so if there is anything that needs to be done then we can do it."
"On-premises Exadata is just as stable as the cloud version. It's a very stable platform."
"The ease of setup is an eight out of ten."
"The performance on the databases is good."
"Oracle Exadata's performance is one of its best features. We very satisfied with it."
"Regarding features, there are so many that we can offer to customers. When we sell Exadata Cloud, there are many options to choose from, especially when it comes to enterprise database options. In my experience, the main features that are appreciated are various ones like GPS and the assortment of security options."
"Parallelism is the most valuable feature."
"What I like best about Oracle Exadata is its good performance. It's also a very fast solution."
"The most valuable feature is that you have the same familiar environment of an Oracle database but with the additional performance you get from this architecture."
"The query is slow if we don't optimize it."
"It could be made more user-friendly for business users which would increase the user base."
"Sometimes, the product requires rolling back to its previous version during a software update. This particular area could be enhanced."
"I think that the error messages need to be made more specific."
"We'd like to see it be a bit more compatible with other solutions."
"I would like the tool to support different operating systems."
"The reporting for certain types of data needs to be improved."
"The only issue with the product is that the process is very slow when we have a huge amount of data."
"We used the support from Oracle Exadata to complete the implementation."
"Checking the Smart Scan issues is complicated."
"It's too expensive per terabyte. It's complex."
"The integration with third-party applications regarding access management security could be better."
"I liked Spark, but it was discontinued when Exadata L6 came back. I loved it, and I wish they would bring back Spark integration."
"The solution's pricing is very high."
"We need a monitoring tool which can in one place, where we can manage, monitor the entire Exadata components."
"Oracle Exadata could improve the monitoring system in the enterprise manager, it could be more user-friendly. In most Oracle tools there is a lot of functionality, and sometimes you need to do five or six clicks to find metrics, and sometimes it's a waste of time."
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Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse is ranked 9th in Data Warehouse with 32 reviews while Oracle Exadata is ranked 2nd in Data Warehouse with 125 reviews. Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse is rated 7.6, while Oracle Exadata is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse writes "An easy to setup tool that allows its users to write stored procedure, making it a scalable product". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Exadata writes "Offers a variety of valuable features". Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse is most compared with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, SAP BW4HANA, Snowflake and VMware Tanzu Data Services, whereas Oracle Exadata is most compared with Oracle Database Appliance, Teradata, Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, Snowflake and Amazon Redshift. See our Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse vs. Oracle Exadata report.
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You are asking about front end tools but you do not mention which ones. What you have are "database backends" and each has different features. The utilization will depend on what kind of expertise you have available else you will end up trying to implement say, Teradata on Exadata which may not give you the best solution. What are your criteria for success? Based on these you will have to evaluate each solution -- I am sure each vendor will be happy to set up the environment and work with your set of sampl,e data to show you have they evaluate against your criteria.
Given we partner with many or all of the above, or can get to them as we access all data, I have the following opinion - InfoBright is very new and probable to be sold long term. It is also an expensive subscription so presents highest risk to me. Exidata is Oracle - if you like Oracle and their style, it maybe ok, but then it is Oracle. Microsoft is Microsoft - tends to be cheap to acquire and expensive to implement and maintain. Teradata is pricey but of the group presents the least risk and the greatest number of front end partners. The product I represent is unique as it is designed for high complexity large numbers of users and data and runs inside Teradata taking better advantage of the architecture.
Disclosure: I work for Information Builders