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VMware Tanzu Data Solutions vs Vertica comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Vertica
Ranking in Data Warehouse
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
86
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (10th)
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions
Ranking in Data Warehouse
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
Database Development and Management (7th), Relational Databases Tools (10th), Message Queue (MQ) Software (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Vertica is 8.8%, up from 8.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is 4.5%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

T Venkatesh - PeerSpot reviewer
Processes query faster through multiple systems simultaneously, but it could support different data types
We use the solution for various tasks, including preparing data marts and generating offers. It helps extract data based on rules from the policy team and provides insights to enhance business operations. We also analyze transactions to target customers and improve business performance The…
Sushma Polavarapu - PeerSpot reviewer
Create essential reporting scripts with simplicity but has some operational challenges
We mainly create functions and scripts required for reporting The product is not complex; I do not have to create stored procedures, functions, or views. It's just simple to use. There is general room for improvement. I have been using it for five years. I have faced stability issues, mainly…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I don't need any special hardware. I can use commodity hardware, which is nice to have in a commercial solution."
"The hardware usage and speed has been the most valuable feature of this solution. It is very fast and has saved us a lot of money."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The solution has great capabilities. The tool that instructs the internal database forward is easy to use and is very powerful."
"Vertica uses advanced Azure technologies to compress raw data using indexing, allowing a large amount of data to be stored with minimal physical space. Advanced algorithms are employed in data compression."
"Allows us to take volumes and process them at a very high speed."
"DBAs don’t need to add a partition every month/quarter like with other DBs."
"Vertica has a few features that I like. From an architecture standpoint, they have separated compute and storage. So you have low-cost object storage for primary storage and the ability to have several sub-clusters working off the same ObjectStore. So it provides workload isolation."
"It's super easy to deploy and it also supports different languages and analytics."
"The solution improved our site reliability."
"Companies can scale the solution, so long as they have server room."
"The message routing is the most valuable feature. It is effective and flexible."
"I like the high throughput of 20K messages/sec, and that it supports multiple protocols."
"RabbitMQ provides access to SDKs for development and the ability to raise and log tickets if we encounter issues. We can integrate RabbitMQ using various languages like Java or Python using the provided SDKs."
"We chose Greenplum because of the architecture in terms of clustering databases and being able to have, or at least utilize the resources that are sitting on a database."
"The most valuable feature for us is horizontal scaling."
 

Cons

"The geospatial functionality could be designed better."
"In a future release, we would like to have artificial intelligence capabilities like neural networks. Customers are demanding this type of analytics."
"They could improve the integration and some of the features in the cloud version."
"Performance of management of metadata layer (database catalog) needs improvement. We still have to have smaller customers on PostgreSQL; Vertica cannot manage thousands of schemata."
"Support is an area where it could get better."
"Promotion/marketing must be improved, even though it is a very useful product at very good price, it is not as "popular" as it should be."
"They could improve on customer service."
"Some of our small to medium-sized customers would like to see containerization and flexibility from the deployment standpoint."
"Some integration with other platforms like design tools, and ETL development tools, that will enable some advanced functionality, like fully down processing, etc."
"Tanzu Greenplum's compression for GPText could be made more efficient."
"The initial deployment was a little difficult."
"The debugging capabilities and testing flexibilities need to be improved."
"It doesn't have any GUI-based monitoring tools."
"Lacks sufficient inbuilt machine-learning functions for complex use cases."
"Implementing a circuit breaker scenario using RabbitMQ is complicated. This complexity arises because manual intervention is required to manage worker details and handle operations based on worker IP addresses."
"We needed to configure additional plugins. While it was relatively easy to do this on-premises, it became more challenging in the cloud."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is free and we pay for the storage."
"Start with license per 1TB. Starting from hundreds of TB there is unlimited licensing to be considered. Move historical data to HDFS/S3 which are significantly cheaper or even free."
"The price of Vertica is less expensive than some competitors, such as Teradata."
"Vertica has a perpetual license, but they are currently trying to convert all those licenses to subscription-based licenses on a yearly basis."
"It is fast to purchase through the AWS Marketplace."
"It's an expensive product"
"Vertica is an expensive tool."
"The pricing for this solution is very reasonable compared to other vendors."
"This is an open source solution."
"The product is available for free use since it is an open-source technology."
"We are using the open-source version of this solution."
"The pricing is okay."
"The price is pretty good."
"It is an open-source platform. Although, we have to pay for additional features."
"It is an open-source product."
"The solution's pricing is cost-effective as it does not involve significant expenses. Licensing is required only for the server, while clients do not need any licensing. Therefore, it proves to be a cost-efficient option."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Real Estate/Law Firm
4%
Financial Services Firm
29%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Vertica?
Vertica is easy to use and provides really high performance, stability, and scalability.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vertica?
The solution is relatively cost-effective. Pricing and licensing are reasonable compared to other solutions.
What needs improvement with Vertica?
The product could improve by adding support for a wider variety of data types and enhancing features to better compete with other databases.
How does IBM MQ compare with VMware RabbitMQ?
IBM MQ has a great reputation behind it, and this solution is very robust with great stability. It is easy to use, simple to configure and integrates well with our enterprise ecosystem and protocol...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Tanzu Greenplum?
It’s an open-source solution. There are no expenses for using it.
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus Vertica, HPE Vertica, HPE Vertica on Demand
Greenplum, Pivotal Greenplum, VMware RabbitMQ, VMware Tanzu GemFire, VMware Postgres
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Cerner, Game Show Network Game, Guess by Marciano, Supercell, Etsy, Nascar, Empirix, adMarketplace, and Cardlytics.
General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University
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