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Azure SQL Managed Instance vs SingleStore comparison

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.3
Azure SQL Managed Instance offers cost savings, increased productivity, and enhanced security with significant ROI and reduced management time.
Sentiment score
5.9
SingleStore enhances performance and efficiency with minimal setup, delivering transactional and analytical capabilities while reducing operational overhead.
We do not have to pay extra for software over-provisioning because Azure SQL is serverless and elastic pool configuration allows us to pay only for the precise usage on a second-by-second basis.
Test Engineer at Happiest Minds Technologies
We estimate that Azure SQL Managed Instance saves our team around 5 to 10 hours per month by reducing manual effort for patching, backups, availability, and maintenance.
Infrastructure Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
There's always a return on investment when it comes to SQL instance within Azure.
Chief IT Consultant at d3astech
The efficiency has increased significantly, and our workflows are consolidated into a single platform, thus reducing the operational overhead we previously faced.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
The objective was to scale as data loads with high-performing query model responses.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
I have seen a return on investment in terms of time saved.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
4.6
Azure SQL Managed Instance customer service is effective but inconsistent due to expert delays and partner-handled issues.
Sentiment score
7.9
SingleStore provides exceptional customer support with 24/7 availability, dedicated teams, and an intuitive interface, earning high satisfaction.
Whenever we contact customer support or the call center, they provide responses quickly and resolve issues immediately.
MANAGER IT at Axis Bank
Microsoft provides useful documentation, troubleshooting resources, and technical support for configuration, performance, and issues.
Infrastructure Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I'm very, very happy with the technical service from Microsoft.
Chief IT Consultant at d3astech
The customer support is very proactive and responsive twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
Their team is capable of resolving issues efficiently, allowing users to create tickets and receive support.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
We have our own account manager who keeps us informed of the latest solutions and improvements in the system.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.3
Azure SQL Managed Instance efficiently scales by dynamically allocating resources, accommodating growth without overprovisioning, simplifying database management.
Sentiment score
7.9
SingleStore efficiently scales with minimal downtime, supporting both vertical and horizontal scaling, and handles increased data loads effectively.
Azure SQL Managed Instance's scalability is quite good as it is a managed solution and PaaS, so it can scale automatically.
Senior Manager - Platform Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Azure SQL Managed Instance's scalability for our workloads can adjust compute and storage resources as application demands increase without having to provision and manage new database servers ourselves.
Infrastructure Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Azure SQL Managed Instance is totally scalable depending on the service plan chosen.
Packaged Application Development Team Lead at Accenture
As our data volumes grow, we can expand resources without significant performance degradation.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
SingleStore's scalability is really nice, as the process model includes master aggregator and slave aggregators or child aggregators, making it very well scalable both vertically and horizontally.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
I have added both storage and additional instances many times, and it worked perfectly.
Database Administrator at Twingo
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Azure SQL Managed Instance offers reliable performance and availability, with users appreciating its stability, automated features, and managed service model.
Sentiment score
8.3
SingleStore is highly rated for its stability, consistent uptime, effective workload handling, and reliability as a main database engine.
We have experienced consistent database performance and availability.
Infrastructure Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
After analyzing logs indicating request and command timeouts, I rebuilt and reorganized the indexes, which improved performance.
Packaged Application Development Team Lead at Accenture
It handles large workloads and maintains consistent performance very well overall.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
The performance and usability of SingleStore as a main database engine are significantly superior to other both paid and open-source solutions.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
I have not seen any downtime.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
 

Room For Improvement

Azure SQL Managed Instance could enhance scalability, AI, security, user data control, performance, automation, integrations, and troubleshooting.
SingleStore needs improvements in data distribution, SQL features, documentation, integration, error handling, administration, monitoring, migration, and community support.
In sizing, I need some options available so that it can be scaled up or scaled down based upon my requirements.
AVP at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
More proactive alerts, clearer recommendations, and easier-to-understand guidance around computing, sizing, storage, and cost optimization would be useful.
Infrastructure Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
For instance, if you are working with a government organization that doesn't want their data to be resided outside the country, it will not work.
Chief IT Consultant at d3astech
Error handling needs attention. When it fails due to memory, it only indicates that but not exactly in which process it failed.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
The data which is sent to DataDog sometimes does not match with the SingleStore dashboard.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Better documentation for advanced use cases, especially where data volumes are very high and queries are frequent, would help us manage the feature more efficiently.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Azure SQL Managed Instance provides cost predictability, seamless integration, and straightforward deployment with tiered monthly pricing for enterprises.
SingleStore offers transparent pricing with cloud and on-premises options, though costs vary; free trials are available for exploration.
However, I know it is approximately five dollars per month for the basic tier, fifteen dollars per month for the standard tier, and around five hundred dollars per month for the premium one.
Test Engineer at Happiest Minds Technologies
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is quite good because Microsoft provides tools to calculate the pricing upfront, so it is predictable.
Senior Manager - Platform Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
There was no major upfront infrastructure or hardware investment because Azure SQL Managed Instance is a managed cloud service.
Infrastructure Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it can be a bit expensive for startups.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
The setup cost was surprisingly good, and our transfer to Helios was almost seamless, as far as databases go, and it was not expensive.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

Azure SQL Managed Instance combines SQL server capabilities, automated management, and enhanced security to optimize performance and resource efficiency.
SingleStore offers fast, scalable data handling with resilience, supporting complex operations and improving productivity through integration and ease of use.
For high availability, there is a built-in failover, so if anything happens to the server, it is automatically brought back up in a different data center or location, all done behind the scenes.
Senior Manager - Platform Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It has AI-driven security and advanced encryption. It has always encrypted, which keeps our sensitive data protected in transit as well as at rest.
Test Engineer at Happiest Minds Technologies
One measurable benefit has been the reduction in routine database administration effort. We estimate that Azure SQL Managed Instance saved our team around 5 to 15 hours per month by reducing the need for manual work related to patching, backups, availability management, and infrastructure maintenance.
Infrastructure Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
SingleStore has impacted my organization positively by enabling us to run low-latency analytics and model-driven use cases at scale, which is quite difficult for OLAP and OLTP databases alone.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
A very nice and useful feature is its compatibility with MySQL API, letting any system that can connect to MySQL also connect to SingleStore, thus solving many interoperability issues with different systems.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
SingleStore is a distributed database that has the advantage that at any moment when resources are insufficient, there is a possibility to add more nodes, and everything is added online.
Database Administrator at Twingo
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure SQL Managed Instance
Ranking in Database as a Service (DBaaS)
11th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (11th)
SingleStore
Ranking in Database as a Service (DBaaS)
9th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Vector Databases (9th)
 

Featured Reviews

Kunal Das - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Engineer at Happiest Minds Technologies
Hybrid data platform has delivered secure AI-ready workloads and reduced operational effort
Regarding Azure SQL Managed Instance, I would like to see improvements in AI capabilities. If we want to utilize AI features, we need to provide the resources and offer instructions to receive proper answers. If that could be improved, it would yield many benefits. Additionally, performance and compute skills should be enhanced, security upgraded, automation backed, and more productivity tools developed for real-time architecture and tooling. Currently, AI is booming, and I think features that enhance scalability and performance are essential. First, I believe there should be good scalability and architecture. The second aspect pertains to an agentic environment such as GitHub Copilot agent mode, web portal query editor, or Terraform coverage. Finally, security should also be a focus, particularly regarding event streaming transitions.
Kelvin  Ben - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
Real-time analytics has transformed daily decisions and delivers fast dashboards from streaming data
The best features SingleStore offers include fast data recovery and data compression by 80 percent. Having the information in sheets helps me to process the information quickly. Simplicity in T-SQL is another aspect I appreciate. Data recovery and sheet-based processing help my team on a day-to-day basis by enabling us to handle information efficiently. I would like to add that the data compression by 80 percent helps us in an excellent way since we are very fast in obtaining the data for our dashboards and the compression of the information is great. SingleStore has impacted my organization positively by enabling us to run low-latency analytics and model-driven use cases at scale, which is quite difficult for OLAP and OLTP databases alone. It has been very helpful because our internal clients are happy to have the data and make data-driven decisions easily. Making decisions based on data within a two-hour delay to the transactional database is excellent since we went from twenty-four hours to two hours. I think the best contribution is decision-making with data that is close to reality. Reducing that delay from twenty-four hours to two hours has significantly affected my team and business outcomes by increasing productivity. We have been able to serve all our customers, and they are very happy. We can deliver to them on time.
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
27%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Azure SQL Managed Instance?
Regarding Azure SQL Managed Instance, I would like to see improvements in AI capabilities. If we want to utilize AI features, we need to provide the resources and offer instructions to receive prop...
What is your primary use case for Azure SQL Managed Instance?
I work with Azure SQL Managed Instance, which is a managed instance. Azure SQL Managed Instance is basically a single database and is a fully managed isolated database. There is also an elastic poo...
What advice do you have for others considering Azure SQL Managed Instance?
If asked for advice, I recommend going with Azure SQL Managed Instance over AWS. I suggest Azure because of its hybrid benefits. Upon initial registration, it offers approximately 150 to 200 dollar...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SingleStore DB?
The setup cost was surprisingly good, and our transfer to Helios was almost seamless, as far as databases go, and it was not expensive.
What needs improvement with SingleStore DB?
In my opinion, SingleStore could be improved, and we are talking about this directly with SingleStore. I have a relationship with their employees who are in California, and we are gradually improvi...
What is your primary use case for SingleStore DB?
The primary use case for SingleStore in my company is a project to migrate a large system from MS SQL to SingleStore. Specifically, I am currently migrating the data insert process from MS SQL Serv...
 

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