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Amazon Redshift vs Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Redshift
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
72
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (8th)
Oracle Exadata Express Clou...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Amazon Redshift and Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Amazon Redshift is designed for Cloud Data Warehouse and holds a mindshare of 7.6%, up 7.1% compared to last year.
Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service, on the other hand, focuses on Database as a Service (DBaaS), holds 1.0% mindshare, up 0.5% since last year.
Cloud Data Warehouse Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amazon Redshift7.6%
Snowflake17.7%
Dremio8.9%
Other65.80000000000001%
Cloud Data Warehouse
Database as a Service (DBaaS) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service1.0%
Amazon RDS19.1%
MongoDB Atlas14.0%
Other65.9%
Database as a Service (DBaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

StevenLai - PeerSpot reviewer
Has supported data analysis needs but still requires improvements in support responsiveness and setup clarity
I work in the real estate industry, and the best features I appreciate about Amazon Redshift include its efficiency in managing large datasets. Amazon Redshift's security features help meet our compliance needs, and I have experience with its pricing and licensing which I find reasonable. I utilize Redshift's workload management.
Shrikant Navelkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Have achieved excellent performance and seamless integration with effective cost control in cloud solutions
When customers are migrating from Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service and need to remove some of their test and development environment, what happens in normal virtualization is that they can just switch it off, but in ExaCS, they need to terminate the entire thing. Most of the customers are not aware of this, so they keep spending money even if they want to shut down their UAT environment or development environment, so Oracle needs to make it simpler in terms of reducing the bill on ExaCS when customers want to shut down certain environments. Today, you have to terminate the entire VM, and only then your billing will stop. The only functionality I would expect from Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service is that if Oracle is able to support Oracle MySQL Enterprise also on Exadata, that will solve a lot of problems.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I have primarily used the Redshift Spectrum feature and found it most valuable."
"With the APIs that are available, it can be easily integrated with other tools."
"If the analyst knows SQL, which is comfortable and easy to use to go between all of these tool stacks, I think it's reliable. It's a secure and reliable data warehouse."
"Redshift allows you to transform different data formats and consolidate them into one Redshift cluster. This means you can transform various siloed data sources like Excel files and CSV files into Redshift."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon Redshift is its ability to handle really large sets of data."
"The solution's flexibility is its most valuable feature. It's also easy to scale and has relatively painless pricing."
"The product offers good support for the data lake."
"Amazon Redshift is a really powerful database system for reporting and data warehousing."
"In the cloud, Exadata is more scalable. The on-prem version was limited. It wasn't that scalable because it only came in a quarter rack, half rack, and full rack. In the cloud, it scales to what you need."
"I would rate Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service ten out of ten for its overall solution."
"Having the prediction happen in the modular format allows you to start with a lower version of Exadata and then you can keep on upgrading it as per your requirement."
"The solution is very stable and offers great performance."
"The performance of the tool is valuable."
"I like that Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service is easier to use and is a cost-saving solution because you won't need to hire people to run and maintain it."
"I highly recommend Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service as a very good solution if you can afford it."
"It is a scalable product."
 

Cons

"We recently moved from the DC2 cluster to the RA3 cluster, which is a different node type and we are finding some issues with the RA3 cluster regarding connection and processing. There is room for improvement in this area. We are in talks with AWS regarding the connection issues."
"The explain panel in the Redshift database could be better."
"When working with third-party services requires additional integrations and configurations, which can sometimes add more cost."
"They should provide a better way to work with interim data in a structured way than to store it in parquet files locally."
"Amazon Redshift does not work alone and requires integration with other AWS tools like S3 and Glue for a complete ecosystem."
"It takes a lot of time to ingest and update the data."
"Running parallel queries results in poor performance and this needs to be improved."
"Planting is the primary key enforcement that should be improved."
"The customer's default choice is the on-premise version of this solution. Only when Oracle or the partners like us, can explain to customers the cloud value proposition, and if the compliance authorities allow, they can look into this cloud solution. It will take some time for Oracle to change its perception of customers' de-facto standards. Exadata used to be treated as a black box, which is not the case now. The customer is aware of what is happening inside, how the configurations have been made, and what patching has been applied. Oracle needs to market the cloud version better."
"The only downside is the difficulty in monitoring, and that's why I would like to implement MySQL database."
"Scaling Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service can be done, but the process is a little tedious, which could be an area for improvement in the solution."
"I feel there is a need for better integration with Google Maps and Google Earth. This is crucial for me in the geographical facilities of the environment."
"The product's installation process needs improvement. It could be more accessible."
"We use artificial intelligence for deep learning, and it would be a huge benefit to implement this in Oracle Exadata."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"Oracle's support could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"BI is sold to our customer base as a part of the initial sales bundle. A customer may elect to opt for a white labeled site for an up-charge."
"This solution implements the pay-as-you-use model, so no license. Pricing could be cheaper."
"The best part about this solution is the cost."
"It's pay per use. You can have multiple models."
"My customers have implementations that cost about $500 a month for a very small one. I also have a customer with a monthly invoice of about $25,000 USD."
"If you want a fixed price, an to not worry about every query, but you need to manage your nodes personally, use Redshift."
"At the moment, pricing is a little bit on the higher side, although it depends on the size of the company."
"The cost must be improved."
"The price of this solution is very comparative to others on the market. There is no direct comparison between this solution and with something else because I do not see any other similar product."
"The tool is not cheap, but it is not really expensive."
"I think Oracle pricing is usually above average market price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Transportation Company
6%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise28
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise8
 

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 do you like most about Amazon Redshift?
The tool's most valuable feature is its parallel processing capability. It can handle massive amounts of data, even when pushing hundreds of terabytes, and its scaling capabilities are good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service?
Oracle is quite expensive here in Brazil. Pricing is the primary challenge we face with Oracle.
What needs improvement with Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service?
When customers are migrating from Oracle Exadata Express Cloud Service and need to remove some of their test and development environment, what happens in normal virtualization is that they can just...
 

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