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Coalesce.io vs Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse 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

Coalesce.io
Ranking in Data Warehouse
16th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
3.3
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Parallel Data War...
Ranking in Data Warehouse
9th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Coalesce.io is 1.1%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse is 3.3%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse3.3%
Coalesce.io1.1%
Other95.6%
Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

Kunal Shah - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Intelligence Developer at VodafoneZiggo
Standardized ELT templates have accelerated delivery while API and UI flexibility still need improvement
The best features Coalesce.io offers in my experience include lineage, which is the most important from the Ziggo perspective, and the APIs, which I would rank as the second most valuable. The third feature is the bulk edit option, so we don't have to do repetitive tasks again and again. The new SQL feature they are introducing, where you can dump your SQL and have your table or view created without manually creating columns, is also valuable. These are the four features I appreciate the most, and the fifth one would be the recently implemented GUI change where you can put a node in a spotlight to see the upstream and downstream based on what you need, setting up the depth and those settings. Coalesce.io has positively impacted my organization by reducing our development time and the time to market from around 15 days to a couple of days. This is the biggest impact we have experienced, and we are able to enforce a standardized way of working among developers, eliminating silos or customized solutions that developers create for themselves. If a satellite is loaded by ten different processes, all ten different processes generate the same type of SQL, making it easier to debug later if someone new joins the team. Additionally, since it is a SaaS solution, there is no need to maintain any software or install anything on laptops, which has helped us at VodafoneZiggo. Another feature is the API feature and the CLI command tool, which aid us significantly in moving from PowerCenter to Coalesce, enabling the migration of mappings from PowerCenter to Coalesce in bulk.
HassanFatemi - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Smart Data-Driven Solutions
Has handled large volumes of data effectively but still needs cost flexibility
There could be improvements on the cost side of Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse because it is still considered to be quite expensive by a lot of users, and many companies are not interested in solutions with parallel data warehousing due to this expense. Addressing the cost would be the number one area for improvement. Additionally, I have not worked recently with it, so I don't know if this feature already exists, but if it doesn't, having an elastic feature that adjusts the service's power dynamically based on the workload would be beneficial instead of fixing the power at a specific level.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Coalesce.io has positively impacted my organization by reducing our development time and the time to market from around 15 days to a couple of days."
"Using Coalesce.io, I have reduced my transformation process and eliminated macros that were previously used, creating reusable programs that are helpful for other projects and models, which has reduced code dependencies between teams and saved approximately three hundred to four hundred dollars per day in processing costs."
"Coalesce.io has positively impacted my organization by improving workflow, productivity, and business outcomes."
"The best features that Coalesce.io offers include a very rigid ETL framework that ensures all developers use the same pattern."
"Coalesce.io has positively impacted my organization by being a tool that can be leveraged by a non-technical team, especially business analysts who are working on bringing data from different sources."
"Coalesce.io has positively impacted my organization by making development faster and keeping the logic clearer, so we do not have to see 1000-2000 lines of code every time."
"Coalesce.io has impacted our organization positively by providing a low-code approach, supporting different sources so we don't need to write custom code, and offering a collaborative tool suitable for teams with a large number of developers."
"Coalesce.io has helped me develop projects faster, as it is easy to implement and maintain, reducing execution time by thirty to forty percent, while also helping me design a modular approach."
"Its scalability is impressive as it scales up and down really well, we go from a couple of users to tons of users all the time, and it scales and handles things really well."
"The most valuable feature for me is querying."
"Everything about the solution is great."
"It performs very well overall."
"It is a very stable database."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is performance."
"The biggest lessons I've learned through the years are that Microsoft is probably the largest research company there is, so people should stick to people that know what they're doing, and Microsoft definitely has some very, very capable people designing these products, and that's probably why I've stayed with Microsoft so long."
"In our economic situation, the price is really the most important consideration, and it is not a pricey product compared to other data warehouse solutions like Oracle and similar products, as it is less expensive but still achieves our goals and fulfills all our needs, so it is a comfortable solution for us and we can afford the price."
 

Cons

"For that specific use case, I was able to accomplish what I was trying to do during the demo, but we encountered certain scenarios such as post-hooks, update statements, edge cases, or particular SQL query modifications and custom cases that could not be implemented through the GUI interface."
"Coalesce.io could improve in their AI features that they have enabled now."
"Coalesce.io can be improved regarding the APIs that still do not support all types of scenarios within a node, which is a blocking issue for us and potentially for other companies as well."
"Regarding the accuracy and reliability of Coalesce.io's output, I am not entirely sure it is reliable."
"I do not find anything particularly helpful or something that stands out yet."
"Coalesce.io is compatible with Snowflake only, so it must be configured with other platforms such as Databricks and BigQuery, which is a limitation and a drawback."
"I believe the editing should be a bit easier, or there should be a bulk edit option where a column can be added in one go in multiple places."
"At the moment, the only improvement I see is deeper support for AI agents to support the developer's job."
"When there are many users or many expensive queries, it can be very slow."
"It could be made more user-friendly for business users which would increase the user base."
"The patch releases are a concern. For a customer with tons of servers, frequent patches lead to required reboots, which interrupts business."
"It could offer more development across the solution."
"The feature updates on the on-premise solution come very slowly, and it would be great if they came faster."
"The product scalability needs improvement."
"The query is slow if we don't optimize it."
"Sometimes, the product requires rolling back to its previous version during a software update. This particular area could be enhanced."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The tool could be expensive if we need to manage a lot of data."
"All the features that we use do not require any additional subscription or yearly fees."
"Microsoft has an agreement with the government in our country, so our customers get their licensing costs from the Ministry. Whenever we work with any government, company, or government institute, which is mainly what we are doing, that license comes directly from the Ministry of Technology and Information."
"They offer an annual subscription. The pricing depends on the size of the environments."
"I think the program is well-priced compared to the other offerings that are out in the market."
"The solution's pricing is fairly decent for organizations with huge data sizes."
"The solution is cost-effective."
"Technical support is an additional fee and is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Healthcare Company
30%
Construction Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
24%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise22
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Coalesce.io?
Licensing costs are based on the region. We are using the US region, so charges are determined accordingly.
What needs improvement with Coalesce.io?
Coalesce.io can be improved by making it handle more edge cases and providing better documentation. When I was initially working and trying to find information, there was not much available on thei...
What is your primary use case for Coalesce.io?
My main use case for Coalesce.io was with a healthcare provider client whose team was not particularly tech savvy, so we wanted something easy to use. I was debating between two options: Coalesce.i...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse?
The pricing could be better; I think it actually just went up.
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse?
The basic use case for us is virtual machines. In real estate, we use it for our operations. They handle large data sets well, and the performance is good during those times.
 

Also Known As

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Microsoft PDW, SQL Server Data Warehouse, Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse, MS Parallel Data Warehouse
 

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Sample Customers

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Auckland Transport, Erste Bank Group, Urban Software Institute, NJVC, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Tata Steel Europe
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