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Amazon RDS vs Exasol Data Warehouse comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Exasol are both solutions in the Relational Databases Tools category. Additionally, 98% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Exasol users who would recommend it.
Amazon RDS
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    98% willing to recommend
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    100% willing to recommend
     

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    Categories and Ranking

    Amazon RDS
    Average Rating
    8.4
    Reviews Sentiment
    6.7
    Number of Reviews
    58
    Ranking in other categories
    Database as a Service (DBaaS) (1st)
    Exasol Data Warehouse
    Average Rating
    8.0
    Reviews Sentiment
    7.1
    Number of Reviews
    8
    Ranking in other categories
    Relational Databases Tools (20th)
     

    Featured Reviews

    reviewer2592669 - PeerSpot reviewer
    reviewer2592669
    Director Software Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
    Positive experiences with database services, with minor room for feature enhancements observed
    I don't really see any disadvantages of Amazon RDS. With Oracle, I think AWS doesn't provide the RAC stability. If you have Oracle installed in your own data centers, you can set up various clusters and we can set up the RACs, but in Amazon RDS, we cannot have the RAC feature of Oracle. They could add that feature. Amazon RDS has limitations regarding RAC. If we talk about installing Oracle in RDS, we cannot have the RAC, but if you deploy Oracle on GCP, then there is probably the RAC feature available. I observed that around two or three years back, but I'm not sure whether they have added the RAC feature in AWS. Amazon RDS is expensive compared to GCP. GCP also has the same features, and although it is quite extensive and feature-rich, I see Amazon RDS as slightly expensive compared to other clouds.
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    Shubham-Agarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
    Shubham-Agarwal
    Manager - Projects at Cognizant
    Fast query processing and easy-to-store all the data
    There are very few companies that are using Exasol, but the majority of companies are using SQL Server, Cloud or IBM Db2 Database, or any other databases. Therefore, the resources are limited, which is my only concern. So if I face any issues, limited resources are available to help me resolve the issue with Exasol. From that perspective, it can be a bit of a struggle for me to find a solution. In the next release, I would like to see better compatibility issues. Currently, Exasol has limited compatibility with other software like Python and R. For example, If I talk about SQL Server, we can connect it to big data or Python, which is also compatible with different servers.
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    Quotes from Members

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

    Pros

    "Amazon RDS fulfills PCI requirements, which is a valuable feature for us."
    "The dashboard and performance are the most valuable features of Amazon RDS."
    "Being able to change the size of an RDS MySQL instance is amazing."
    "I use Amazon RDS to support scalability, with multi-AZ support being an essential aspect."
    "For me, RDS is a great solution. I like that Amazon RDS is a very simple solution to implement and to start using."
    "The solution has unique features like backup and recovery, and snapshots. It upgrades automatically. The solution offers easy analytics concerning performance metrics. Its reliability and scalability are very good. The tool's most valuable features are disaster recovery, high availability and scalability."
    "It handles large-scale data migrations perfectly. Amazon RDS's performance is quite good. Charges are incurred after you utilize the service"
    "Amazon RDS provides data encryption using services like KMS, crucial for securing high-sensitive data and meeting compliance requirements such as HIPAA or PCI DSS."
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    "We mainly chose Exasol for its performance reasons."
    "It is easy to scale."
    "The speed is very good compared to other databases, like SQL Server or Oracle."
    "The solution is hands-off; you set it up insert your data and it self tunes queries."
    "The most valuable feature of Exasol is its speed."
    "Performance is a top priority, and it excels in this aspect."
    "Its speed is great."
    "We can quickly scale the solution as it works on an MPP system."
     

    Cons

    "There are some advanced monitoring queries that we cannot execute because Amazon doesn't give admin privileges to the end users."
    "In the next release, it would be great to have access to core parameters to improve or tweak the performance."
    "The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
    "Amazon RDS is expensive compared to GCP. GCP also has the same features, and although it is quite extensive and feature-rich, I see Amazon RDS as slightly expensive compared to other clouds."
    "For improvements, Amazon RDS could work on more features for multi-availability zone deployment to enhance higher availability, and on simplifying migration for those transitioning from on-premises to cloud environments."
    "Currently, we are using Fargate. Instead of that, we are planning to use EC2 instances, but we are facing some problems, and we are unable to enable NAT gateway for Elastic Load Balancer. When we enable auto-scaling, the instance count increases, and we get IP addresses dynamically. We need to whitelist the IPs of these instances, but there is no option to whitelist those IPs in Amazon RDS. We need one static IP that we can assign to ELB so that we can whitelist this IP."
    "Some of the features will not be there. For example, some on-premises things we want to set up will not be supported there. There are some challenges that they are fixing."
    "AWS support is decent, but it's not as good as before. Sometimes, we get junior staff who are unable to answer our questions. It also depends on the support team you get. Support based in Europe and Australia is better than US support. For example, European support is quick to deliver the right answer. US support handles routine maintenance issues, and it's mostly junior staff who don't know the product well."
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    "They don't talk very well to with other products when it comes to connectivity. Integration is lacking."
    "There are limited resources available to help me resolve the issue with Exasol."
    "You have to install Exasol drivers, and it's not easy to find or implement a driver into different systems."
    "The only area where we found it could improve was in custom role creation and security, and it was difficult to work with."
    "They should improve the security features for MPP processing."
    "It's not cloud-native so many maintenance operations require downtime."
    "Lacks a cloud-based platform."
    "It would be beneficial if the updates would occur more often."
     

    Pricing and Cost Advice

    "The prices for different regions are different."
    "The cost depends on the kind of instance we use."
    "On a scale from one to ten, where ten is the most expensive, and one is the cheapest, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."
    "The platform pricing is on the higher side, but given its capabilities and ease of use, it remains competitive."
    "By using a combination of Reserve Instances and On-Demand pricing, you can reduce the cost."
    "In my case, MySQL is free, and if there are any costs, then it is much less than other solutions since all such things usually come bundled with the hardware."
    "AWS is becoming pretty expensive because cheap or absolutely free services have become paid services. Amazon RDS is not an expensive product, but Amazon's ecosystem is becoming increasingly expensive."
    "if you don't know how to optimize and use your tool properly, the cost might hurt you."
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    "The solution's cost is mid-ranged."
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    Top Industries

    By visitors reading reviews
    Computer Software Company
    13%
    Financial Services Firm
    11%
    University
    8%
    Manufacturing Company
    6%
    Logistics Company
    8%
    Financial Services Firm
    7%
    Outsourcing Company
    7%
    Healthcare Company
    7%
     

    Company Size

    By reviewers
    Large Enterprise
    Midsize Enterprise
    Small Business
    By reviewers
    Company SizeCount
    Small Business22
    Midsize Enterprise15
    Large Enterprise23
    By reviewers
    Company SizeCount
    Small Business1
    Midsize Enterprise1
    Large Enterprise6
     

    Questions from the Community

    What do you like most about Amazon RDS?
    The product's installation phase is easy.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon RDS?
    The pricing for Amazon RDS is reasonable.
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    What needs improvement with Amazon RDS?
    I don't really see any disadvantages of Amazon RDS. With Oracle, I think AWS doesn't provide the RAC stability. If you have Oracle installed in your own data centers, you can set up various cluster...
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    What do you like most about Exasol?
    The most valuable feature of Exasol is its speed.
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    What needs improvement with Exasol?
    You have to use upper-column names in Exasol, which is strange. You have to install Exasol drivers, and it's not easy to find or implement a driver into different systems.
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    What is your primary use case for Exasol?
    We implemented our data problem issues from Tableau. We inserted the data into the Exasol database in order to run 10 to 20 reports from Tableau. This was just a small but problematic report for us.
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    Overview

    Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a web service that makes it easier to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides cost-efficient, resizeable capacity for an industry-standard relational database and manages common database administration tasks.

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    Exasol is a high-performance data warehouse solution that accelerates BI and reporting features. Its speed, stability, and self-tuning queries make it valuable, and it doesn't require a database administrator. It's a backend database for Tableau dashboards, resulting in faster report loading times and increased efficiency in querying data. 

    Exasol's high performance allows users to connect insights and fire queries instead of looking at cached dashboards. It has impressive aggregation capabilities that help calculate metrics on the fly based on user-selected filters.

    Exasol
     

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