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Amazon EMR vs Oracle Exadata comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon EMR
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
Hadoop (3rd), Cloud Data Warehouse (11th)
Oracle Exadata
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
126
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

Prashant  Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to manage and reliable but the cost is hard to control
The cost is increasing. We are looking into how we can optimize the cost part of EMR. We're doing a comparison between Cloudera running on AWS and running AWS EMR. We don't have much control. If we have multiple users, if they want to scale up, the cost will go and increase and we don't know how we can restrict that price part.
Guruprasad Gonjare - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers a variety of valuable features
The deployment depends on the Exadata options. There are primarily three options which include, Exadata, Exadata Cloud@Customer, and Exadata Cloud Service. Out of these, Cloud Service requires the minimum effort. The deployment takes around two to three weeks to complete. For the deployment purpose, we need information on the user base where the access is going to happen. We would also require around four to five engineers and admins for the solution’s deployment and maintenance. This estimation is based on the workflow.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The security of the managed workflow and the managed services are the best features for us. Since we inherited their security model and it's all managed services, those are the key benefits for our clients."
"The ability to resize the cluster is what really makes it stand out over other Hadoop and big data solutions."
"Amazon EMR has multiple connectors that can connect to various data sources."
"It allows users to access the data through a web interface."
"Amazon EMR's most valuable features are processing speed and data storage capacity."
"The solution is scalable."
"This is the best tool for hosts and it's really flexible and scalable."
"One of the valuable features about this solution is that it's managed services, so it's pretty stable, and scalable as much as you wish. It has all the necessary distributions. With some additional work, it's also possible to change to a Spark version with the latest version of EMR. It also has Hudi, so we are leveraging Apache Hudi on EMR for change data capture, so then it comes out-of-the-box in EMR."
"Exadata is a fantastic machine. Two features stand out. The first is the resource input/output management tool that allows you to manage the resources to the neck on the Exadata box."
"It is the best solution for OLTP and data warehousing."
"Before using this machine, we took no less than two days to run a report. Now, we can do it within five hours. So, there is a lot of improvement."
"The data replication is very good."
"Compression is a great feature, where one can really save a lot of storage."
"Oracle Exadata has very good hardware."
"The key capability of Exadata, which is not found in any other solution or appliance, is its enhancement specifically for databases."
"They just have a lot of products, and they work well together."
 

Cons

"The initial setup was time-consuming."
"Amazon EMR can improve by adding some features, such as megastore services and HiveServer2. Additionally, the user interface could be better, similar to what Apache service provides, cross-platform services."
"The dashboard management could be better. Right now, it's lacking a bit."
"As people are shifting from legacy solutions to other technologies, Amazon EMR needs to add more features that give more flexibility in managing user data."
"The most complicated thing is configuring to the cluster and ensure it's running correctly."
"There were times where they would release new versions and it seemed to end up breaking old versions, which is very strange."
"The product's features for storing data in static clusters could be better."
"The legacy versions of the solution are not supported in the new versions."
"The customization can sometimes be difficult to achieve."
"The analytics features must be improved."
"Oracle Exadata has room for improvement in pricing, especially for smaller companies. The solution is okay for bigger companies, but for smaller companies, it isn't."
"We had issues with system restoration."
"I have found Oracle Exadata to be scalable. However, you have to purchase more hardware, such as memory."
"The cost of the solution is high and can be improved."
"There's room for improvement in terms of deployment, as it could be made faster and more user-friendly."
"We have experienced some issues with processing unstructured data on Exadata. This is an important requirement for our AIML based use case. Reactive analytics data can not be prepared easily in Oracle Exadata."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"You don't need to pay for licensing on a yearly or monthly basis, you only pay for what you use, in terms of underlying instances."
"There is no need to pay extra for third-party software."
"Amazon EMR's price is reasonable."
"The price of the solution is expensive."
"Amazon EMR is not very expensive."
"I rate the tool's pricing a five out of ten. It can be expensive since it's a managed service, and if you are not careful, you can run into unexpected charges. You can make a mistake that costs you tens of thousands of dollars. That's happened to us twice, so I'm sensitive to it. We're still trying to work on that. Our smallest client probably spends a hundred thousand dollars yearly on licensing, while our largest is well over a million."
"The product is not cheap, but it is not expensive."
"There is a small fee for the EMR system, but major cost components are the underlying infrastructure resources which we actually use."
"The solution takes a lot of time to clone the environment. I would like to see some improvement in the cloning support or the time it takes on the storage side."
"I'm giving Oracle Exadata five out of ten in terms of pricing. Its price could be lower."
"All things considered, the price of this product is fairly high, as is always the case with Oracle."
"The licensing can be a bit expensive because you need to have certain tools enabled that require them."
"The cost of the solution is high."
"The price of the solution has been expensive to implement."
"The price is very high."
"The price of Oracle Exadata is expensive. It is not competitive with other solutions some of the times."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
25%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Educational Organization
7%
Financial Services Firm
29%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon EMR?
Amazon EMR is a good solution that can be used to manage big data.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EMR?
The cost of Amazon EMR is a little bit expensive, especially considering the support package, which includes a gold package.
What needs improvement with Amazon EMR?
Spark jobs take longer on Amazon EMR compared to previous experiences. This aspect could be improved to make them more efficient.
What do you like most about Oracle Exadata?
It is the best solution for OLTP and data warehousing.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Exadata?
The pricing of Exadata is high. It is more expensive than usual, making it suitable only for big enterprises or businesses that can afford it.
What needs improvement with Oracle Exadata?
I would like to add some features to run applications or microservices-based applications on Exadata.
 

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