IBM Netezza Performance Server vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse comparison

IBM and Oracle are both solutions in the Cloud Data Warehouse category. Additionally, 93% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

IBM Netezza Performance Server

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM Netezza Performance Server and Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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IBM Netezza Performance Server

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

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Data Warehouse (12th)

Oracle Autonomous Data Ware...

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

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Cloud Data Warehouse (11th)

Featured Reviews

Shiv Subramaniam Koduvayur

Project Manager at MAF Retail

Parallel data processing streamlines operations while cost and cloud integration challenge adoption

The cost of the solution is on the more expensive side, which is a concern for me. Additionally, its promotion and interaction with cloud applications are limited. The cloud version is only available in AWS, and in the Middle East, it is not well-developed in the Azure environment. For the cost to be reduced, it should match competitors. Many features need to be incorporated on the cloud.

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Kwajah Mohiuddin

Global Head of Architecture at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Provides self-repair features, but the setup is complex

We use the product for online applications. We use it in the financial industry The product has self-repair features. The tool tunes itself. It separates compute from storage. We can scale storage and compute separately. The setup is complex. Oracle is a complex tool. I have been using Oracle…

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of the IBM Netezza Performance Server are the NPS server because of the reduced maintenance and overall good performance."

"The benefit is really because of the additional speed that we have and, truth be told, the more updated ETL processes and the revamped scheduler in general."

"The most valuable feature would be the fact that it has been running for awhile in an appliance format."

"We are able to execute very complex queries. Over 90 percent of our query executions are one second or less. We do millions of queries everyday."

"The data governance prospect... from what I've seen, that is a really powerful tool as well, to help with data lineage and keeping track of that."

"Parallel data processing is a significant feature for me."

"The underlying hardware that IBM provides with this appliance is made for a specific purpose, to serve performance on a large amount of data, and to do analytics as well. It is faster, when you compare it to any other product."

"Distribution concurrency control."

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"The product has self-repair features."

"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is used globally to deliver extreme performance on large Financial data sets."

"It is an extremely scalable solution since you can dynamically change the resources as some other cloud solutions."

"It is a very stable tool...It is an extremely scalable tool."

"The solution has a self-backup, so you don't need a DBA (database administrator) to do a backup."

"The solution integrates well with Power BI."

"The solution is used for analytics and it works for our data security needs."

"One advantage is that if you already have an Oracle Database, it easily integrates with that."

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Cons

"Our main problem with it is concurrency. When there are too many users running Netezza at the same time, this is when we have the most complaints."

"In terms of features that I would like to see, one is the ability to actually scale out an architecture. Right now, if you buy one, it's fixed. There is no scale-up availability at all."

"IBM Netezza Performance Server could improve its interface, support for big data, and APA-based connectivity should be available."

"LIke Teradata, we can’t add a node/SPU to the existing appliance."

"Concurrency limit needs to be increased somewhat."

"Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server."

"The only issue is that it's not expandable."

"We are not able to scale. The only way to scale is to get another appliance, but we have a customers who would need us to hydrate the data between the two appliances, and Netezza does not do that."

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"The installation process is complex. Oracle can make the installation process better."

"The solution could be improved by allowing for migration tools from other cloud services, including migration from Amazon Redshift, RDS, and Aurora."

"Sometimes the solution works differently between the cloud and on-premises. It needs to be more consistent and predictable."

"Optimization should be better."

"The solution lacks visibility options."

"The initial setup was pretty complex. It was not easy."

"An improvement for us would be the inclusion of support for an internal IP, so we could use it directly with the VCN in Oracle Cloud."

"The setup is complex."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution has a yearly licensing fee, and users have to pay extra for support."

"Netezza is a costly solution. It does serve a specific purpose but it's costlier than what's available in the market, if you go to the cloud."

"The pricing is very expensive. It has a lot CPUs with a lot of components in it. It also has built-in redundancy for resiliency reasons."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing an eight."

"The cost is perfect with Oracle Universal credit."

"The solution's cost is reasonable."

"ROI is high."

"The licensing cost of the product can vary since you can integrate it very easily with other products or other cloud products...You pay as you use it, so it is not yearly or monthly payments to be made toward Oracle."

"The price depends on the configuration we choose."

"Cloud solutions are cheaper, but in the long run, they may not be much cheaper. They certainly have a lower initial cost. The licensing is yearly, and it is based on the size of the hardware and the number of users."

"We pay approximately $70,000 per month. The cost includes maintenance and support."

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Comparison Review

it_user232068

Senior Data Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 5, 2015

Netezza vs. Teradata

Original published at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/should-i-choose-net Two leading Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) architectures for Data Warehousing (DW) are IBM PureData System for Analytics (formerly Netezza) and Teradata. I thought talking about the similarities and differences…

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

23%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

University

Manufacturing Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Netezza Performance Server?

The solution has a yearly licensing fee, and users have to pay extra for support.

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What needs improvement with IBM Netezza Performance Server?

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What do you like most about Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?

With Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, things are much simpler. Creating a structure, initializing the servers, extending the servers, those are all things that are very, very easy. That's the main...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?

We pay approximately $70,000 per month. The cost includes maintenance and support.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?

Optimization should be better. The SQLs are sometimes very slow. I also noticed that Java is not supported, which is not ideal.

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Comparisons

Oracle Exadata vs IBM Netezza Performance Server

Compared 17% of the time

Snowflake vs IBM Netezza Performance Server

Compared 17% of the time

Teradata vs IBM Netezza Performance Server

Compared 14% of the time

Oracle Database vs IBM Netezza Performance Server

Compared 9% of the time

Amazon Redshift vs IBM Netezza Performance Server

Compared 6% of the time

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BigQuery vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 25% of the time

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 21% of the time

Snowflake vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 14% of the time

Oracle Exadata vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 14% of the time

Databricks vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 7% of the time

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Also Known As

Netezza Performance Server, Netezza

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Overview

IBM Netezza appliances are now part of IBM PureSystems - expert integrated systems with built in expertise, integration by design and a simplified user experience. Part of the PureData family, the Netezza appliance is now known as the PureData System for Analytics. It has the same key design tenets of simplicity, speed, scalability and analytics power that was fundamental to Netezza appliances.

IBM

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is the world’s first and only autonomous database optimized for analytic workloads, including data marts, data warehouses, data lakes, and data lakehouses. With Autonomous Data Warehouse, data scientists, business analysts, and nonexperts can rapidly, easily, and cost-effectively discover business insights using data of any size and type. Built for the cloud and optimized using Oracle Exadata, Autonomous Data Warehouse benefits from faster performance and, according to an IDC report (PDF), lowers operational costs by an average of 63%.

Autonomous Database provides the foundation for a data lakehouse—a modern, open architecture that enables you to store, analyze, and understand all your data. The data lakehouse combines the power and richness of data warehouses with the breadth, flexibility, and low cost of popular open source data lake technologies. Access your data lakehouse through Autonomous Database using the world's most powerful and open SQL processing engine.

Oracle

Sample Customers

Seattle Childrens Hospital, Carphone Warehouse, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Battelle, Start Today Co. Ltd., Kelley Blue Book, Trident Marketing, Elisa Corporation, Catalina Marketing, iBasis, Barnes & Noble, Qualcomm, MediaMath, Acxiom, iBasis, Foxwoods

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