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Amazon EMR vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse 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

Amazon EMR
Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse
13th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Hadoop (3rd)
Oracle Autonomous Data Ware...
Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse
14th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Cloud Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Amazon EMR is 3.8%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is 5.0%, up from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon EMR3.8%
Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse5.0%
Other91.2%
Cloud Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1343079 - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Kwajah Mohiuddin - PeerSpot reviewer
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…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"One of the valuable features about this solution is that it's managed services, so it's pretty stable, and scalable as much as you wish."
"It's easier to have everything connected via Amazon."
"We are using Amazon EMR to clean the data and transform the data in such a way that the end-user can get the insights faster."
"Overall a good cloud infrastructure and takes the burden of managing the distributed hardware and can easily scale up and scale down as per the requirement of the task at hand."
"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."
"This tool is simple to use and it's really accessible to many dev teams."
"The solution is scalable."
"The project management is very streamlined."
"The integration feature is very good because you can automate protection security automatically, restricting the access of unauthorized people."
"Amazing performance, it is a revolution."
"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."
"One advantage is that if you already have an Oracle Database, it easily integrates with that."
"It is a very stable tool...It is an extremely scalable tool."
"The solution has a self-backup, so you don't need a DBA (database administrator) to do a backup."
"A very good integration feature that restricts access to unauthorized people."
 

Cons

"It was complex to configure."
"There were times where they would release new versions and it seemed to end up breaking old versions, which is very strange."
"Modules and strategies should be better handled and notified early in advance."
"The initial setup was time-consuming."
"Better monitoring, debugging, and stability are all needed."
"In Qubole, the interface was very good. I could see many details because in Amazon EMR console, very few details are available."
"Spark jobs take longer on Amazon EMR compared to previous experiences."
"There is room for improvement with respect to retries, handling the volume of data on S3 buckets, cluster provisioning, scaling, termination, security, and integration between services like S3, Glue, Lake Formation, and DynamoDB."
"The solution lacks visibility options."
"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."
"It is very important the integration with other platforms be made to be as easy as it is with an on-premises deployment."
"There is a need for more storage to be allocated, but over a period of time, it becomes impossible to reduce it after using it."
"They should make the solution more user-friendly."
"The solution could be improved by allowing for migration tools from other cloud services, including migration from Amazon Redshift, RDS, and Aurora."
"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."
"Ease of connectivity could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution is expensive."
"Amazon EMR's price is reasonable."
"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."
"The product is not cheap, but it is not expensive."
"The cost of Amazon EMR is very high."
"There is a small fee for the EMR system, but major cost components are the underlying infrastructure resources which we actually use."
"There is no need to pay extra for third-party software."
"Amazon EMR is not very expensive."
"We pay approximately $70,000 per month. The cost includes maintenance and support."
"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 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."
"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse's pricing is fair and reasonable compared to the other cloud vendors."
"ROI is high."
"The cost is perfect with Oracle Universal credit."
"You pay as you go, and you don't pay for services that you don't use."
"The price depends on the configuration we choose."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Healthcare Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Performing Arts
5%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Media Company
9%
Insurance Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise11
 

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.
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.
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.
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 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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