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Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse vs Oracle Exadata comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Autonomous Data Ware...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
19
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Cloud Data Warehouse (11th)
Oracle Exadata
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
127
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

Miodrag Milojevic - PeerSpot reviewer
A tool for data warehousing that offers scalability, stability, and ease of setup
The initial setup of Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is easy and basic, especially if one doesn't use the tricks to get Oracle Exadata for use. One doesn't need to know or be involved in technical stuff to do the setup since, at the least, knowledge might be required when working with some external connections, but it is easy because everything can be done within a couple of clicks. The solution is deployed on the cloud. For deployment, you don't need any technical guidance since you can sit, find it on the web, and prepare an Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse platform by yourself for free for a limited time. The people needed for the deployment and maintenance depend on the implementation one wants. If you do a simple implementation, you don't need anybody for maintenance since everything is on the cloud. You only have to schedule your backup or see if Oracle can schedule a backup, and you don't take care of the backup. For some more sophisticated or technical implementations, you will need staff for some data warehouse except for some parts of the maintenance like backup, patches, or upgrades since these are a few things you take care of in the background, and you only seek help with the maintenance part, if needed.
Anand_Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
A solid data warehouse for transactional data that needs to be priced more competitively
Since the product is an appliance, it is very costly. And in the current age, people are cautious about spending this amount of money on any of these types of backend products. Some use cases are in real-time, where all other databases are much faster, but if you talk about the data warehouse, business intelligence, and all other perspectives in the transactional world, Oracle has to reduce the cost. Otherwise, a customer wouldn't want to continue this. If the same thing can be done at half or one-third of the cost, why would people stay with Oracle? Oracle Exadata would not have great value in front of a CFO. Other solutions can guard your data and address security concerns. Security, volumetrics, and so on are also provided by other databases, which are not that costly. Apart from Exadata, Oracle has other tools for business intelligence and other things, which they add on top of Exadata when they're selling a general license. For example, the Vertica database, an HP data warehouse. They have come up with their own analytic engine within the database, which gives an edge for the client to use the data analytics engine as a part of their database. Exadata does not have an analytic engine. Even MySQL has some statistical tools within it. If Exadata integrates analytical tools, it will be good for them.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is used globally to deliver extreme performance on large Financial data sets."
"It provides Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) capabilities by default to address data security issues."
"I loved the simplicity of loading the data and simply relying on the self-tuning capabilities of ADW."
"The solution is used for analytics and it works for our data security needs."
"The solution is used for analytics and it works for our data security needs."
"I really like the auto-tuning, auto-scaling, and the automatic load balancing and query tuning in the system."
"The product is easy to use."
"It is a very stable tool...It is an extremely scalable tool."
"Exadata with the In-Memory option is several levels about SAP HANA."
"Parallelism is the most valuable feature."
"They just have a lot of products, and they work well together."
"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."
"What I like most about Oracle Exadata is its smart scan feature. I also like that it supports higher capacities and it's high-performing, so my company can use Oracle Exadata for massive databases."
"Oracle has reliable solutions and this one is no different."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The performance on the databases is good."
 

Cons

"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is not available as an on-premises solution."
"The initial setup was pretty complex. It was not easy."
"A lot of the tools that were previously there have now been taken away."
"Optimization should be better."
"The installation process is complex. Oracle can make the installation process better."
"My main suggestion for Oracle is the configuration and key values that come for JSON files. When we create a table, especially if you see in our RedShift or some other stuff, if I create a table on top of a JSON file with multiple array columns or superset columns, those column values create some difficulty in Oracle."
"We are not satisfied with the technical support. Their understanding is lacking."
"The setup is complex."
"There is one aspect to Exadata that I dislike, and that's the inconsistency with other databases. When you try to get Exadata to function with another type of database like SQL, or others, there should be reliable and consistent operation. When this is improved on, we should start to see more applications growing the market."
"Certification should also be improved. Today, Oracle doesn't certify applications with engineered systems."
"One small area for improvement in Oracle Exadata is integration, particularly at the consolidated application level."
"License or upgrade management can be difficult and time consuming because it requires login to a separate console."
"Sometimes it takes too long time to get help with technical issues."
"Checking the Smart Scan issues is complicated."
"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."
"Tech support sometimes takes some time to identify and rectify issues."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cloud solutions are cheaper, but in the long run, they may not be much cheaper. They certainly have a lower initial cost. The licensing is yearly, and it is based on the size of the hardware and the number of users."
"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse's pricing is fair and reasonable compared to the other cloud vendors."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing an eight."
"We pay approximately $70,000 per month. The cost includes maintenance and support."
"The solution is expensive."
"The licensing cost of the product can vary since you can integrate it very easily with other products or other cloud products...You pay as you use it, so it is not yearly or monthly payments to be made toward Oracle."
"The cost is perfect with Oracle Universal credit."
"In terms of architecture and pricing structure, I feel it is a little bit costly compared to Azure. It's fine compared to RedShift, but compared to Azure, it's a bit pricey when you calculate for one TB storage plus around five hours of reporting with the frequency of 1TB data. The cost adds up, making Oracle a bit expensive."
"Oracle Exadata is not a cheap solution. Pricing is a problem for Oracle, and every client, not just my company, would like the vendor to improve on the price, or lower the price. My company paid for several years' worth of Oracle Exadata licenses. You need to pay for the technical support and other features separately, on different contracts. In terms of affordability, my rating for Oracle Exadata is two out of five."
"You have to pay for the storage and the database in Oracle Exadata. It cost a lot, but it is worth it. It would be a benefit if we could reduce the price for the number of CPUs and extend the memory."
"The price of Oracle Exadata is expensive. It is not competitive with other solutions some of the times."
"There is an annual license to use this solution. The solution is expensive."
"Exadata is an expensive tool, but, considering the ROI, it's worth going for the solution."
"The Initial investment price could use improvement"
"The price of the solution could improve, it is expensive."
"The licensing can be a bit expensive because you need to have certain tools enabled that require them."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
49%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
31%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Government
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?
With Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, things are much simpler. Creating a structure, initializing the servers, extending the servers, those are all things that are very, very easy. That's the main...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?
We pay approximately $70,000 per month. The cost includes maintenance and support.
What needs improvement with Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?
Optimization should be better. The SQLs are sometimes very slow. I also noticed that Java is not supported, which is not ideal.
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?
Also considered an advantage, the main drawback is the inability to cluster two Exadata systems across sites. For example, with one node on one site and another node on a different site, I cannot c...
 

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