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We performed a comparison between Amazon Redshift and SnapLogic based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Question: Which ETL or Data Integration tool goes the best with Amazon Redshift?
Answer: S3 copy is the best solution to load data into Redshift. I have used Informatica to move data from On premise to S3 and used S3 Copy to load Redshift.
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Pros
"Redshift has an advantage when it comes to administration, making it easier to manage and collaborate.""I find the most valuable features to be the MPP style of processing, which mostly all of the data warehouses provide. The ability to integrate all other AWS services, such as NSS and S3, with little effort is very helpful. The service is well maintained, there are update patches frequently.""Has a very user-friendly SQL editor and it's very easy to use the connectors.""I like the cost-benefit ratio, meaning that it is as easy to use as it is powerful and well-performing.""Easy to build out our snowflake design and load data.""The most valuable feature is its scalability.""The initial setup of this solution is straightforward.""The product offers good support for the data lake."

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"The connection with SOAP is the best feature.""The product is easy to use and has many connectivity options.""By using snaps instead of functions in code, you can see the building blocks of the integration visually. This helps a lot.""SnapLogice is a low-code development tool.""It is a scalable solution.""It is a stable solution.""It's more developer-friendly, and development can be done at a faster phase.""SnapLogic is a great platform for establishing integrations among various systems or patterns by using any kind of interface. If something is not supported by predefined snaps – snaps are connectors in SnapLogic – you can create them (custom snaps) or write a script."

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Cons
"Running parallel queries results in poor performance and this needs to be improved.""It lacks a few features which can be very useful, such as stored procedures""I would like to improve the pricing and the simplicity of using this solution.""In our experiments, the handling of unstructured data was not very smooth.""We are using third-party tools to integrate Amazon Redshift, they should create their own interface on their own for it to be easily connected on the AWS itself.""It takes a lot of time to ingest and update the data.""The OLAP slide and dice features need to be improved.""There are physically too many pipelines for a company of this size to maintain. For a data scientist, it's very difficult to learn the data in all of these different environments."

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"The solution isn't ideal for complex processing or logic. We use another solution for that.""SnapLogic should have some inbuilt protocol mechanism in order to speed up.""I don't think the support has better knowledge about technologies and tool support. There were lots of times when we had an issue, and it took me quite a long time to explain the problem. I feel like some of the support staff don't know their product well.""We'd like zero downtime in the future.""One area for improvement in SnapLogic is the transparency in the flow of data. It needs to have more transparency. Right now, users only have a preview option at the end of any job flow, so at the end of any Snap Pack, there is a data preview option that lets you review the data and see how it's moving. What would make the solution better is more debugging and more access to change data from the preview panel or more functionality in terms of the preview option.""SnapLogic sits somewhere in the middle. It doesn’t offer enough easy canned integrations for its users like some of the easier to use integration apps.""I would like to see more performance-related dashboards, ones that display the cost of a pipeline, for instance. Also, it would be helpful to have management dashboards for overseeing pipelines and connections.""One of the areas for improvement in SnapLogic is that the connectors for some of the applications should be more available in terms of testing in the dev environment. Another area for improvement is that the logging should be standardized, for example, the integration with an ELK stack should be required out-of-the-box, so you can ship the log and have it in the ELK stack. There should be integration with ELK stack for the log shipping."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Redshift is very cost effective for a cloud based solution if you need to scale it a lot. For smaller data sizes, I would think about using other products."
  • "If you want a fixed price, an to not worry about every query, but you need to manage your nodes personally, use Redshift."
  • "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."
  • "One of my customers went with Google Big Query over Redshift because it was significantly cheaper for their project."
  • "Per hour pricing is helpful to keep the costs of a pilot down, but long-term retention is expensive."
  • "It's around $200 US dollars. There are some data transfer costs but it's minimal, around $20."
  • "The best part about this solution is the cost."
  • "The part that I like best is that you only pay for what you are using."
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  • "It is a higher initial cost than other easy-to-use integration apps."
  • "They have pricing/usage tiers that are easy to move up or down."
  • "SnapLogic is not expensive. It's reasonably priced."
  • "The cost with SnapLogic is an annual license and better than Informatica."
  • "By scaling the solution incrementally the cost is controlled and more beneficial to the client."
  • "The license model is based on consumption."
  • "I used the free trial."
  • "SnapLogic's price is high compared to the other tools available in the market."
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    Answers from the Community
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    it_user102573 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user102573 (Database Expert at a healthcare company)
    Vendor

    I've found Matillion to be very intuitive and easy to use...

    it_user603990 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user603990 (Works at a tech company with 51-200 employees)
    Vendor

    I wish I could answer that question, but my expertise is limited to SSIS only.

    As far as I know 'talend' could be a better choice compare to the other tools.

    it_user414306 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user414306 (Cloud Architect at a tech company with 10,001+ employees)
    Vendor

    Informatica is the way forward

    it_user592836 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user592836 (Works at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees)
    Consultant

    it depends on the infrastructure you are using and what's the total cost of ownership being authorized for the implementation. You can see the "Data Integration" partners within AWS-Redshift in the below link-
    aws.amazon.com

    Informatica undoubtedly is one of the best in the list. It's a great ETL tool but surely expensive in License.

    Microsoft's SSIS is a light weight tool but not as robust as Informatica. Certain other software's like Talend and Matillion are also good. Talend has an open source option where developers can build their own APIs and then productionize those APIs and that's cost effective as well.

    it_user524709 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user524709 (Works)
    Vendor

    Traditionally SQL is a plus, automation is only by a ETL is smarter.

    it_user702450 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user702450 (Manager BI Development at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees)
    Real User

    Any ETL tool that moves data to it's own server for processing will add overhead and will not use Redshift's power ( more specifically parallelism). It is recommended to use standard SQL for data processing.

    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:Redshift Spectrum is the most valuable feature.
    Top Answer:My company has a licensed version of SnapLogic, so we have to pay for the product when we use it in our organization. Pentaho and Talend are ETL tools that allow my company to migrate the data within… more »
    Top Answer:SnapLogic and Pentaho are tools I use collaboratively for data integration. I have good experience with Pentaho and SnapLogic for data migration from one database to another database. The main use… more »
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    Overview

    What is Amazon Redshift?

    Amazon Redshift is a fully administered, petabyte-scale cloud-based data warehouse service. Users are able to begin with a minimal amount of gigabytes of data and can easily scale up to a petabyte or more as needed. This will enable them to utilize their own data to develop new intuitions on how to improve business processes and client relations.

    Initially, users start to develop a data warehouse by initiating what is called an Amazon Redshift cluster or a set of nodes. Once the cluster has been provisioned, users can seamlessly upload data sets, and then begin to perform data analysis queries. Amazon Redshift delivers super-fast query performance, regardless of size, utilizing the exact SQL-based tools and BI applications that most users are already working with today.

    The Amazon Redshift service performs all of the work of setting up, operating, and scaling a data warehouse. These tasks include provisioning capacity, monitoring and backing up the cluster, and applying patches and upgrades to the Amazon Redshift engine.

    Amazon Redshift Functionalities

    Amazon Redshift has many valuable key functionalities. Some of its most useful functionalities include:

    • Cluster administration: The Amazon Redshift cluster is a group of nodes that contains a leader node and one (or more) compute node(s). The compute nodes needed are dependent on the data size, amount of queries needed, and the query execution functionality desired.
    • Cluster snapshots: Snapshots are backups of a cluster from an exact point in time. Amazon Redshift offers two types of snapshots: manual and automated. Amazon will store these snapshots internally in the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) utilizing an SSL connection. Whenever a Snapshot restore is needed, Amazon Redshift will create a new cluster and will import data from the snapshot as directed. 
    • Cluster access: Amazon Redshift provides several intuitive features to help define connectivity rules, encrypt data and connections, and control the overall access of your cluster.
    • IAM credentials and AWS accounts: The Amazon Redshift cluster is only accessible by the AWS account that created the cluster. This automatically secures the cluster and keeps it safe. Inside the AWS account, users access the AWS Identity and IAM protocol to create additional user accounts and manage permissions, granting specified users the desired access needed to control cluster performance.
    • Encryption: Users have the option to choose to encrypt the clusters for additional added security once the cluster is provisioned. When encryption is enabled, Amazon Redshift will store all the data in user-created tables in a secure encrypted format. To manage Amazon Redshift encryption keys, users will access AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS).

    Reviews from Real Users

    Redshift's versioning and data security are the two most critical features. When migrating into the cloud, it's vital to secure the data. The encryption and security are there.” - Kundan A., Senior Consultant at Dynamic Elements AS

    “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. They have enriched and elaborate documentation that is helpful.”- Aishwarya K., Solution Architect at Capgemini

    The SnapLogic Intelligent Integration Platform uses AI-powered workflows to automate all stages of IT integration projects – design, development, deployment, and maintenance – whether on-premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid environments. The platform’s easy-to-use, self-service interface enables both expert and citizen integrators to manage all application integration, data integration, API management, B2B integration, and data engineering projects on a single, scalable platform. With SnapLogic, organizations can connect all of their enterprise systems quickly and easily to automate business processes, accelerate analytics, and drive transformation.

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    Buyer's Guide
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    Amazon Redshift is ranked 4th in Cloud Data Warehouse with 58 reviews while SnapLogic is ranked 6th in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) with 20 reviews. Amazon Redshift is rated 7.8, while SnapLogic is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon Redshift writes "Provides one place where we can store data, and allows us to easily connect to other services with AWS". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SnapLogic writes "Easy to set up, easy to use, and is low-code". Amazon Redshift is most compared with AWS Lake Formation, Snowflake, Teradata, Vertica and Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, whereas SnapLogic is most compared with AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Informatica Cloud Data Integration and SSIS.

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