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A compatible tool with a great UI, but requires you to build the metadata yourself
Pros and Cons
  • "Athena has a really good UI and is very compatible with on-prem products."
  • "You have to build out the metadata yourself because of the nature of the cloud."

What is our primary use case?

I used the solution to load relational databases.

What is most valuable?

We used Athena to get off Hadoop, and Athena is very much like Hadoop in its capabilities. Athena has a really good UI and is very compatible with on-prem products.

What needs improvement?

You have to build out the metadata yourself because of the nature of the cloud.

For how long have I used the solution?

I’ve used Amazon Athena for two and a half years, but I stopped using it seven months ago. I used the version on the cloud.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable.

How was the initial setup?

The solution was straightforward to deploy, but I’ve been doing this for a long time. I don't know if someone new to the solution would struggle or not.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Athena is very inexpensive for being a cloud tool.

What other advice do I have?

Athena only has a relational database, so using it depends on your use case. I rate Amazon Athena a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Professor at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
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You can perform SQL queries in S3
Pros and Cons
  • "You can perform SQL queries in S3 using Athena."
  • "I would like to use Spark or Python-based queries in Athena."

What is our primary use case?

I use Athena to make tables for data in S3. 

How has it helped my organization?

Athena offers visibility into all my S3 data. 

What is most valuable?

You can perform SQL queries in S3 using Athena.  

What needs improvement?

I would like to use Spark or Python-based queries in Athena. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used Athena for a month or two.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Athena 10 out of 10 for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate Athena 10 out of 10 for scalability.

How was the initial setup?

Athena is easy to set up. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Athena is fairly priced.

What other advice do I have?

I rate AWS Athena 10 out of 10. I always recommend Athena to friends who are working with S3.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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