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Exasol Data Warehouse vs IBM solidDB comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Exasol Data Warehouse
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
32nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM solidDB
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
41st
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of Exasol Data Warehouse is 1.4%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM solidDB is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Exasol Data Warehouse1.4%
IBM solidDB0.5%
Other98.1%
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Featured Reviews

reviewer2132565 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Engineering Commercial Planning & Trading Data Platform at Zalando SE
Fast, reliable, and rock solid
The solution is intended as the backend for our reporting solution MicroStrategy. It's also used for ad-hoc analysis or to fuel other tools with data as it's the only place where some of the data points are available within an acceptable SLO We used it to decouple ETL and reporting databases. The…
it_user722241 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
​No other solution came close to this product's speed and tech support is on a really high level
If you need local DB cache with extreme speed, then go for it, if you need something to work as a distributed cloud database, then solidDB would not be the right decision. With our Telco experience, we help with suggestions for new features and improvements of existing ones for new versions of solidDB. Also, in our labs, we do some pre-alpha testing to help them to complete some new features in the right way.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This solution is extremely fast and very stable; you set it up and put your data on it and as long as it's structured, it self-tunes queries and doesn't require a database administrator."
"Its speed is great."
"The most valuable feature of Exasol is its speed."
"We mainly chose Exasol for its performance reasons."
"It is easy to scale."
"The solution is hands-off; you set it up insert your data and it self tunes queries."
"We can quickly scale the solution as it works on an MPP system."
"Performance is a top priority, and it excels in this aspect."
"Memory cache DB and carrier grade high availability, best fit to Telco demands."
 

Cons

"They should improve the security features for MPP processing."
"It would be beneficial if the updates would occur more often."
"Lacks a cloud-based platform."
"There are limited resources available to help me resolve the issue with Exasol."
"You have to install Exasol drivers, and it's not easy to find or implement a driver into different systems."
"The only area where we found it could improve was in custom role creation and security, and it was difficult to work with."
"They don't talk very well to with other products when it comes to connectivity. Integration is lacking."
"The price is quite expensive relative to other similar solutions, it could be more accessible in that sense."
"Data replication and data distribution between multiple nodes definitely have room for improvement here."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's cost is mid-ranged."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Government
7%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise6
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Also Known As

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solidDB
 

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