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Netezza Analytics vs Spark SQL comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Netezza Analytics
Ranking in Hadoop
10th
Average Rating
7.4
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Spark SQL
Ranking in Hadoop
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Hadoop category, the mindshare of Netezza Analytics is 1.4%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spark SQL is 9.8%, down from 11.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Shiv Subramaniam Koduvayur - PeerSpot reviewer
A robust solution with good support, but a better GUI for database management is needed
The biggest lesson that I have learned from using this solution is that a lot of evaluation should be done before starting. Also, we needed to put a lot of effort into understanding the different functions that the product offers. This allows you to best leverage the capability of the product. I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
Sahil Taneja - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to use and do not require a learning curve
Spark SQL can improve the documentation they have provided. It can be a bit unclear at times. They could improve the documentation a bit more so that we can understand it more easily. Moreover, they could improve SparkUI to have more advanced versions of the performance and the queries and all.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Speed contributes to large capacity."
"The need for administration involvement is quite limited on the solution."
"Data compression. It was relatively impressive. I think at some point we were getting 4:1 compression if not more."
"For me, as an end-user, everything that I do on the solution is simple, clear, and understandable."
"The performance of the solution is its most valuable feature. The solution is easy to administer as well. It's very user-friendly. On the technical side, the architecture is simple to understand and you don't need too many administrators to handle the solution."
"It is a back end for our SSIS, MicroStrategy,, Tableau. All of these are connecting to get the data. To do so we are also using our analytics which is built on the data."
"The most valuable feature is the performance."
"Overall the solution is excellent."
"The solution is easy to understand if you have basic knowledge of SQL commands."
"One of Spark SQL's most beautiful features is running parallel queries to go through enormous data."
"Data validation and ease of use are the most valuable features."
"This solution is useful to leverage within a distributed ecosystem."
"The performance is one of the most important features. It has an API to process the data in a functional manner."
"It is a stable solution."
"I find the Thrift connection valuable."
 

Cons

"This product is being discontinued from IBM, and I would like to have some kind of upgrade available."
"The solution could implement more reporting tools and networking utilities."
"The most valuable features of this solution are robustness and support."
"I'm not sure of IBM's roadmap currently, as the solution is coming up on its end of life."
"Disaster recovery support. Because it was an appliance, and if you wanted to support disaster recovery, you needed to buy two."
"The hardware has a risk of failure. They need to improve this."
"The Analytics feature should be simplified."
"Administration of this product is too tough. It's very complex because of the tools which it's missing."
"Anything to improve the GUI would be helpful."
"It takes a bit of time to get used to using this solution versus Pandas as it has a steep learning curve."
"In the next release, maybe the visualization of some command-line features could be added."
"The solution needs to include graphing capabilities. Including financial charts would help improve everything overall."
"It would be useful if Spark SQL integrated with some data visualization tools."
"I've experienced some incompatibilities when using the Delta Lake format."
"In terms of improvement, the only thing that could be enhanced is the stability aspect of Spark SQL."
"This solution could be improved by adding monitoring and integration for the EMR."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The annual licensing fees are twenty-two percent of the product cost."
"For me, mainly, it reduces my costs. It's not only the appliance cost. There are also support costs and a maintenance costs. It does reduce the costs very drastically."
"Expensive to maintain compared to other solutions."
"The solution is open-sourced and free."
"The solution is bundled with Palantir Foundry at no extra charge."
"We don't have to pay for licenses with this solution because we are working in a small market, and we rely on open-source because the budgets of projects are very small."
"There is no license or subscription for this solution."
"The on-premise solution is quite expensive in terms of hardware, setting up the cluster, memory, hardware and resources. It depends on the use case, but in our case with a shared cluster which is quite large, it is quite expensive."
"We use the open-source version, so we do not have direct support from Apache."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
University
7%
 

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What do you like most about Spark SQL?
Spark SQL's efficiency in managing distributed data and its simplicity in expressing complex operations make it an essential part of our data pipeline.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Spark SQL?
We don't have to pay for licenses with this solution because we are working in a small market, and we rely on open-source because the budgets of projects are very small.
What needs improvement with Spark SQL?
In terms of improvement, the only thing that could be enhanced is the stability aspect of Spark SQL. There could be additional features that I haven't explored but the current solution for working ...
 

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