Amazon EMR vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Oracle are both solutions in the Cloud Data Warehouse category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #14 with an average rating of 7.8, while Oracle is ranked #13 with an average rating of 7.7. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 3.8% mindshare in CDW, compared to Oracle’s 5.7% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Amazon EMR and Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse are leading solutions in the cloud-based data processing and analytics category. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive automated features and advanced security, which appeal to enterprises.

Features: Amazon EMR is highly scalable, with auto-scaling capabilities and integration support for multiple platforms like Hive and Spark. It uses Hadoop and HDFS technologies for efficient big data processing and is cost-effective for distributed data handling. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse excels in self-tuning and self-securing, offering automated backups and high data security. It supports advanced analytics and provides an impressive degree of automation in database management.

Room for Improvement: Amazon EMR has a steep learning curve and customization challenges for beginners. Updates can disrupt existing systems, and startup times need enhancement. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse could benefit from simplified setup and integration with third-party solutions. It faces critique over higher pricing and limited support for specific data types.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Amazon EMR primarily deploys on the public cloud, with varied satisfaction in customer service response times. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse offers both cloud and on-premises deployment options, receiving positive feedback for its technical support.

Pricing and ROI: Amazon EMR's usage-based pricing might lead to unexpected costs, whereas Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse provides a flexible pay-as-you-go model. Although considered expensive, Oracle offers better long-term ROI, especially for enterprises previously using on-premise solutions.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon EMR

Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse

14th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Hadoop (3rd)

Oracle Autonomous Data Ware...

Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse

13th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Cloud Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Amazon EMR is 3.8%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is 5.7%, up from 4.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse	5.7%
Amazon EMR	3.8%
Other	90.5%

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reviewer1343079

Senior Chief Engineer (Enterprise System Presales/Postsales) at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Has simplified ETL workflows with on-demand processing but needs improved cost efficiency and visibility

I have used AWS Glue with S3 for making tables and databases, but regarding Amazon EMR, I do not remember much as we are currently using it very minimally. This is my observation: In EKS, we have had to deploy by ourselves because EKS does not provide the Hadoop framework, Spark, Hive, and everything, but we have completed all the deployment ourselves. Whereas Amazon EMR provides all these things. The cost factor differs significantly. When you run Spark application on EKS, you run at the pod level, so you can control the compute cost. But in Amazon EMR, when you have to run one application, you have to launch the entire EC2. In Qubole, the interface was very good. I could see many details because in Amazon EMR console, very few details are available. In Qubole, at one link, you can get all the details of what is happening, how the processes are running, and the cost decreased by using Qubole. I found Qubole more user-friendly and cost-effective. From the security point of view, we had to open some access rights to Qubole, which might be a drawback in comparison to Amazon EMR which is native to AWS.

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Kwajah Mohiuddin

Global Head of Architecture at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Provides self-repair features, but the setup is complex

We use the product for online applications. We use it in the financial industry The product has self-repair features. The tool tunes itself. It separates compute from storage. We can scale storage and compute separately. The setup is complex. Oracle is a complex tool. I have been using Oracle…

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"Amazon EMR provides out-of-the-box functionality because we can deploy and get Spark functionality over Hadoop."

"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."

"We are using applications, such as Splunk, Livy, Hadoop, and Spark. We are using all of these applications in Amazon EMR and they're helping us a lot."

"It allows users to access the data through a web interface."

"The solution is scalable."

"Amazon EMR is a good solution that can be used to manage big data."

"The security of the managed workflow and the managed services are the best features for us. Since we inherited their security model and it's all managed services, those are the key benefits for our clients."

"Less expensive than in-house hosting, much more scalable when needed to process larger volumes of data."

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"The integration feature is very good because you can automate protection security automatically, restricting the access of unauthorized people."

"The performance and scalability are awesome."

"The product has self-repair features."

"The solution integrates well with Power BI."

"The performance and scalability are awesome."

"It is a very stable tool...It is an extremely scalable tool."

"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is used globally to deliver extreme performance on large Financial data sets."

"The solution integrates well with Power BI."

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Cons

"The dashboard management could be better. Right now, it's lacking a bit."

"Modules and strategies should be better handled and notified early in advance."

"The product's features for storing data in static clusters could be better."

"We don't have much control. If we have multiple users, if they want to scale up, the cost will go and increase and we don't know how we can restrict that price part."

"The web interface for managing all your cloud services is a bit patchy and needs improvement."

"The most complicated thing is configuring to the cluster and to ensure it's running correctly."

"The problem for us is it starts very slow; they need to improve the start time."

"There were times where they would release new versions and it seemed to end up breaking old versions, which is very strange."

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"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is not available as an on-premises solution."

"The installation process is complex. Oracle can make the installation process better."

"Optimization should be better."

"An improvement for us would be the inclusion of support for an internal IP, so we could use it directly with the VCN in Oracle Cloud."

"I would like to see Application Express and Oracle R Enterprise fully supported, and I would like to see Oracle Data Mining supported as a front end."

"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."

"A lot of the tools that were previously there have now been taken away."

"Ease of interconnectivity could be improved by which I mean setting up the VPN access and the like from on-premises to cloud."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution is expensive."

"There is no need to pay extra for third-party software."

"Amazon EMR is not very expensive."

"Amazon EMR's price is reasonable."

"There is a small fee for the EMR system, but major cost components are the underlying infrastructure resources which we actually use."

"The cost of Amazon EMR is very high."

"I rate the tool's pricing a five out of ten. It can be expensive since it's a managed service, and if you are not careful, you can run into unexpected charges. You can make a mistake that costs you tens of thousands of dollars. That's happened to us twice, so I'm sensitive to it. We're still trying to work on that. Our smallest client probably spends a hundred thousand dollars yearly on licensing, while our largest is well over a million."

"You don't need to pay for licensing on a yearly or monthly basis, you only pay for what you use, in terms of underlying instances."

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"The cost is perfect with Oracle Universal credit."

"We pay approximately $70,000 per month. The cost includes maintenance and support."

"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."

"ROI is high."

"The solution is expensive."

"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."

"The solution's cost is reasonable."

"The price depends on the configuration we choose."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

19%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

Performing Arts

Manufacturing Company

10%

Media Company

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	12

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EMR?

I would rate the price for Amazon EMR, where one is high and ten is low, as a good one.

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What needs improvement with Amazon EMR?

I feel some lack of functionality in Amazon EMR. I have thoughts on what would be great to see in the product, such as AI/ML features or additional options.

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What advice do you have for others considering Amazon EMR?

I find it easy to integrate Amazon EMR with other AWS services like S3 or EC2 for data processing needs. I would rate this review as eight out of ten.

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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.

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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.

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?

We are using Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse for analytics in my company.

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Also Known As

Amazon Elastic MapReduce

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Overview

Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR) is a web service that makes it easy to quickly and cost-effectively process vast amounts of data. Amazon EMR simplifies big data processing, providing a managed Hadoop framework that makes it easy, fast, and cost-effective for you to distribute and process vast amounts of your data across dynamically scalable Amazon EC2 instances.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is the world’s first and only autonomous database optimized for analytic workloads, including data marts, data warehouses, data lakes, and data lakehouses. With Autonomous Data Warehouse, data scientists, business analysts, and nonexperts can rapidly, easily, and cost-effectively discover business insights using data of any size and type. Built for the cloud and optimized using Oracle Exadata, Autonomous Data Warehouse benefits from faster performance and, according to an IDC report (PDF), lowers operational costs by an average of 63%.

Autonomous Database provides the foundation for a data lakehouse—a modern, open architecture that enables you to store, analyze, and understand all your data. The data lakehouse combines the power and richness of data warehouses with the breadth, flexibility, and low cost of popular open source data lake technologies. Access your data lakehouse through Autonomous Database using the world's most powerful and open SQL processing engine.

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