We performed a comparison between Exasol and SQL Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Relational Databases Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The speed is very good compared to other databases, like SQL Server or Oracle."
"The most valuable feature of Exasol is its speed."
"We can quickly scale the solution as it works on an MPP system."
"Its speed is great."
"We mainly chose Exasol for its performance reasons."
"Performance is a top priority, and it excels in this aspect."
"It is easy to scale."
"The solution is hands-off; you set it up insert your data and it self tunes queries."
"What I like most is the management, as it is very easy compared with other products."
"I like that it's relatively stable."
"As a data warehouse and storage solution, it's quite good."
"One of the things I most like about SQL Server is the log shipping piece. This is a great feature."
"We've found it to basically be pretty problem-free."
"SQL Server has good performance. It is one of the best features."
"It's a good option for those that have a lot of Microsoft solutions in use."
"I value the ability it gives me to test on small machines and easily scale up to larger devices for live applications."
"Lacks a cloud-based platform."
"It would be beneficial if the updates would occur more often."
"You have to install Exasol drivers, and it's not easy to find or implement a driver into different systems."
"There are limited resources available to help me resolve the issue with Exasol."
"They should improve the security features for MPP processing."
"It's not cloud-native so many maintenance operations require downtime."
"The only area where we found it could improve was in custom role creation and security, and it was difficult to work with."
"They don't talk very well to with other products when it comes to connectivity. Integration is lacking."
"The price could be better. It costs a lot, and competing databases like Postgres are free."
"Linux-based editions are not yet proven to be on par with Windows deployments."
"As a software developer, it can be hard to do something in Oracle that is SQL Server specific, and vice-versa, sometimes."
"We would like to have a common storage option in the SQL Server. This option is available in Oracle Database. It would be great if Microsoft could create something like a columnstore that has not only indexing but also tables for common storage."
"It would definitely be better if SQL Server were free."
"The performance is not always the best."
"Third-party services from Redgate should be built-in to it, like SQL Search."
"Microsoft doesn't have active-active load balancing scenarios. It's always a failover cluster."
Exasol is ranked 13th in Relational Databases Tools with 8 reviews while SQL Server is ranked 1st in Relational Databases Tools with 260 reviews. Exasol is rated 8.0, while SQL Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Exasol writes "Fast query processing and easy-to-store all the data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Server writes "Easy to use and provides good speed and data recovery". Exasol is most compared with SAP HANA, Vertica, Oracle Database In-Memory and MySQL, whereas SQL Server is most compared with MariaDB, SAP HANA, Oracle Database, LocalDB and IBM Db2 Database. See our Exasol vs. SQL Server report.
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