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We performed a comparison between AWS Lake Formation and Firebolt based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The solution has many features that are applicable to events such as audits.""We use AWS Lake Formation typically for the data warehouse.""The most important advantage in using AWS Lake Formation is its ability to connect the data lake to the other technologies in AWS. This is what I advise my clients.""It is seamlessly integrated within the AWS ecosystem, making it straightforward to manage access patterns for AWS-native services.""The solution is quite good at handling analytics. It's done a good job at helping us centralize them."

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"Firebolt is fast for analytical purposes. For example, we have analytical data in our data warehouse, and Firebolt can quickly query it to generate quick results."

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Cons
"In our experience what could be improved are not the support, performance or monitoring, but at a managerial level, the very expensive professional services of AWS. This could be an area of improvement for them. It's too expensive to acquire their support.""For the end-users, it's not as user-friendly as it could be.""AWS Lake Formation's pricing could be cheaper.""It falls short when it comes to more granular access control, such as cell-level or row-level entitlements which is a significant drawback for organizations that require precise control over who can access specific rows of data.""The solution could make improvements around orchestration and doing some automation stuff on AWS front automation. It would be useful if we could use automation to build images and use hardened images which are CIS compliant."

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"Firebolt's engine takes a long time to start because it needs to make engine calls."

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  • "AWS Lake Formation is a bit expensive."
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    Top Answer:It is seamlessly integrated within the AWS ecosystem, making it straightforward to manage access patterns for AWS-native services.
    Top Answer:There are significant challenges when dealing with external applications, and vendors, or pursuing a hybrid cloud strategy because AWS Lake Formation is specific to AWS and does not integrate… more »
    Top Answer:Firebolt is fast for analytical purposes. For example, we have analytical data in our data warehouse, and Firebolt can quickly query it to generate quick results.
    Top Answer:Firebolt's engine takes a long time to start because it needs to make engine calls. Currently, the data size of Firebolt is small. It can be increased.
    Top Answer:One way to retrieve data from firewalls is to add query parameters to the connection string. For example, you can use the REST API to retrieve the security query. Some firewalls have been deployed to… more »
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    12th
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    6.0
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    660
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    9.0
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    Overview

    AWS Lake Formation is a service that makes it easy to set up a secure data lake in days. A data lake is a centralized, curated, and secured repository that stores all your data, both in its original form and prepared for analysis.

    Firebolt is a cloud-native data warehouse that enables organizations to process massive amounts of data at lightning-fast speeds. This is achieved through its unique architecture that utilizes a cloud-native approach, allowing for elastic scaling and parallel processing. 

    Firebolt helps organizations with a scalable and cost-effective solution for their data warehousing needs. It eliminates the need for expensive hardware and maintenance costs associated with traditional data warehouses. Firebolt's real-time analytics capabilities also enable businesses to make data-driven decisions quickly, giving them a competitive edge in their respective industries.
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    bp, Cerner, Expedia, Finra, HESS, intuit, Kellog's, Philips, TIME, workday
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Healthcare Company5%
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    Computer Software Company11%
    Healthcare Company10%
    Recreational Facilities/Services Company7%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise73%
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    Small Business34%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise55%
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    AWS Lake Formation is ranked 12th in Cloud Data Warehouse with 5 reviews while Firebolt is ranked 14th in Cloud Data Warehouse with 1 review. AWS Lake Formation is rated 7.6, while Firebolt is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of AWS Lake Formation writes "Strategically aligning data management in a multi-cloud environment with significant reporting challenges". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Firebolt writes "Can quickly query it to generate quick results". AWS Lake Formation is most compared with Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, Amazon Redshift, Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics and BigQuery, whereas Firebolt is most compared with Snowflake, Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, Yellowbrick Cloud Data Warehouse and Amazon Redshift.

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