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Amazon Redshift vs BMC AMI Data comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Amazon Redshift
Ranking in Database Management Systems (DBMS)
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (7th), Cloud Data Warehouse (8th)
BMC AMI Data
Ranking in Database Management Systems (DBMS)
13th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Hemanthreddy Vakiti - PeerSpot reviewer
Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Optimized restaurant analytics has driven faster insights and streamlined daily reporting
Amazon Redshift offers massive parallel processing capability, allowing it to handle millions of records, along with integration with other AWS features such as S3 and QuickSight. The column-level storage supports high performance and easy data retrieval compared to other tools. The integration with S3 has helped my team immensely since S3 is our starting source, and the direct integration with Amazon Redshift simplifies the transformation and loading process. Columnar storage has benefited our performance significantly, allowing us to extract specific rows from tables with years of data much faster than other tools with row-level storage. Amazon Redshift has positively impacted our organization by significantly improving query performance and speed. Features such as easy integration with S3 allow us to process millions of records efficiently, ultimately saving us nearly one hour per day for our project.
reviewer2842878 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mainframe modernization architecture at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
AI-driven monitoring has transformed batch anomaly detection and improved mainframe performance
BMC AMI Data monitors technical components very well, but end-to-end business transaction tracing is still limited. For instance, the flow of business transactions from order creation to generation of the ASN is limited. I would say it would be great if cross-system business flow visibility were improved. Moreover, I would say stronger AI root cause accuracy is needed. Current AI capabilities are useful but still heavily rule-based in many environments. I would also suggest having a somewhat easier UI for better user experience, as it remains operational heavy, menu-driven, and less intuitive for new engineers. Cleaner dashboards, drill-down visualizations, interactive topology maps, and easier search or filtering would be beneficial. Additionally, better cloud and hybrid visibility along with native event-driven monitoring would improve the solution. I feel there are still some features that need improvement. Particularly, business cross-functional visibility and cross-systems visibility need enhancement.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"For the on-premises version of Amazon Redshift, we need to start from scratch. However, with the cloud version whenever you want to deploy, you can scale up, and down, and it has a data warehousing capability. Redshift has many features."
"You can copy JSON to the column and have it analyzed using simple functions."
"Redshift Spectrum is the most valuable feature."
"The best part about this solution is the cost."
"It helped my customers migrate off on-premise platforms such as Teradata to Redshift, at a fraction of the cost."
"Now, we are able to spin up some clusters and then start using it, allowing us to incrementally pay as we expand."
"Amazon Redshift is very fast. It has really good response times. It's very user-friendly."
"Amazon Redshift is reliable and has high availability."
"BMC AMI Data has positively impacted my organization as the data's performance is faster, reduced the storage cost through optimization, automatically diagnosed the problems, and resolved them accordingly."
"BMC AMI Data has had a positive impact on my organization by improving the visibility and reliability of our mainframe."
"BMC AMI Data has positively impacted the organization because it saved time and reduced errors."
"The biggest difference in BMC AMI Data is the database performance and optimization capability that has made a very significant difference in our system."
"I have reduced a lot of incident failures since using BMC AMI Data, am able to see a significant improvement in CICS transactional response times and overall region health, and have stopped the storage violations, transactional bottlenecks, and task buildups that I faced earlier, with this improvement very visible in my high-volume real-time environments."
 

Cons

"There is some missing functionality and sometimes it's so difficult to work in. We need to convert these functionalities using VACUUM inside Amazon Redshift and then it causes some complexity."
"The explain panel in the Redshift database could be better."
"The product must become a bit more serverless."
"It is difficult to work with unstructured data and JSON documents."
"Although the product is simple to use there can be problems. If you declare some unique key in a column and then store it, the database is going to believe this is what you have and results will be distorted."
"Planting is the primary key enforcement that should be improved but there is probably a reason that they don't follow the reference architecture."
"The managing updates, deletes, and role-level change performance is very low. For example, while you are doing inserts, updates, deletes, and amalgamates, the performance is very, very poor."
"During the setup, whenever we try to give any permissions, if I have a data warehouse in Amazon Redshift and want to provide access to a user to just check the data without making any changes, it is a long process to create a policy in Amazon and share it with that policy."
"BMC AMI Data could be improved in backup timing, as it should be faster compared to the current situation."
"I would like BMC AMI Data to have a modern user interface."
"I have had a good experience but there are a few improvements. The user interface feels a bit outdated compared to modern monitoring tools."
"I think there is nothing to be improved in BMC AMI Data, but I believe from the customer service point of view, it should be more convenient rather than mailing and waiting for twenty-four hours to get a response."
"BMC AMI Data monitors technical components very well, but end-to-end business transaction tracing is still limited."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is available at a mid-range price compared to other vendors."
"In comparison to the price of similar solutions, Redshift's cost is the lowest."
"The cost is comparable to Snowflake."
"If you want a fixed price, an to not worry about every query, but you need to manage your nodes personally, use Redshift."
"One of my customers went with Google Big Query over Redshift because it was significantly cheaper for their project."
"The price of Amazon Redshift is reasonable because it depends on the usage that you use and for DWH for the long term."
"The product is quite expensive."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing a seven."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise29
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

How does Amazon Redshift compare with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics?
Amazon Redshift is very fast, has a very good response time, and is very user-friendly. The initial setup is very straightforward. This solution can merge and integrate well with many different dat...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Redshift?
My experience with pricing and setup cost is satisfactory, as we have been loyal clients of Amazon since the beginning of our organization. However, I am not aware of the exact costs associated wit...
What needs improvement with Amazon Redshift?
Amazon Redshift could improve by enhancing its UI to be more user-friendly for non-technical users and by offering better cost management, as similar tools tend to be less expensive. Additionally, ...
What needs improvement with BMC AMI Data?
I have had a good experience but there are a few improvements. The user interface feels a bit outdated compared to modern monitoring tools. A more customizable dashboard would make it easier to nav...
What is your primary use case for BMC AMI Data?
My primary use case for BMC AMI Data is application performance monitoring and troubleshooting. I use it to analyze transaction behavior, identify performance bottlenecks, monitor system health, an...
What advice do you have for others considering BMC AMI Data?
Despite those limitations, it's a solid product that delivers consistent value. I rate BMC AMI Data an eight out of ten. From what I have seen, BMC AMI Data takes governance and security seriously,...
 

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Liberty Mutual Insurance, 4Cite Marketing, BrandVerity, DNA Plc, Sirocco Systems, Gainsight, Blue 449
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