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Kovair Data Lake vs Oracle Exadata comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

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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

Kovair Data Lake
Ranking in Data Warehouse
18th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Exadata
Ranking in Data Warehouse
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
128
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Kovair Data Lake is 0.6%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Exadata is 17.4%, down from 19.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

LuizKazan - PeerSpot reviewer
Ability to interact with teachers in real-time and manage lessons after class
The deployment process is very fast. We have prepared the product to be easily installed, and we have had successful cases where it could be implemented in less than a few weeks. Moreover, Around three or four people in a call center are involved in maintaining the solution. We have a project manager, a service manager, and at least two or three system analysts who handle the maintenance. If there are any issues, we can open a support ticket for them to address.
Anand_Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
A solid data warehouse for transactional data that needs to be priced more competitively
Since the product is an appliance, it is very costly. And in the current age, people are cautious about spending this amount of money on any of these types of backend products. Some use cases are in real-time, where all other databases are much faster, but if you talk about the data warehouse, business intelligence, and all other perspectives in the transactional world, Oracle has to reduce the cost. Otherwise, a customer wouldn't want to continue this. If the same thing can be done at half or one-third of the cost, why would people stay with Oracle? Oracle Exadata would not have great value in front of a CFO. Other solutions can guard your data and address security concerns. Security, volumetrics, and so on are also provided by other databases, which are not that costly. Apart from Exadata, Oracle has other tools for business intelligence and other things, which they add on top of Exadata when they're selling a general license. For example, the Vertica database, an HP data warehouse. They have come up with their own analytic engine within the database, which gives an edge for the client to use the data analytics engine as a part of their database. Exadata does not have an analytic engine. Even MySQL has some statistical tools within it. If Exadata integrates analytical tools, it will be good for them.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the ability to interact with teachers in real-time and manage lessons after class."
"The tool's most valuable features for us are its combination of formatting, ETL, analytics, and storage capabilities."
"The tool's performance is good."
"The offloading of data to the SIM is a valuable feature."
"The ease of setup is an eight out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Exadata is its capabilities for storing and processing data. It is very good for our domain."
"The most valuable feature is storage offloading."
"Oracle Exadata has very good hardware."
"We like the tool’s features like Smart Scan, Hybrid Columnar Compression, and the TFA."
"Exadata's best features are its performance during redo logging and the elasticity of the database handling."
 

Cons

"The solution is expensive. For future releases, it would be beneficial if Kovair Data Lake could enhance its ETL and data capabilities."
"Maybe the chat conversation feature could be improved."
"The scalability can be improved as it is not a parallel execution."
"License or upgrade management can be difficult and time consuming because it requires login to a separate console."
"Oracle Exadata has room for improvement in pricing, especially for smaller companies. The solution is okay for bigger companies, but for smaller companies, it isn't."
"Sometimes it takes too long time to get help with technical issues."
"The technical support is in need of improvement."
"The customization can sometimes be difficult to achieve."
"In a future release, I would like to see some upgrade analysis advisors to help with a clear roadmap on steps that need to be taken and some of the automated processes."
"Since the product is an appliance, it is very costly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the tool's pricing a five out of ten."
"In the sizing phase, you can also decide whether to license all cores, or reduce the number cores using capacity-on-demand features of Exadata, as well. This has a direct impact on licensing."
"The price is very high."
"Exadata is an expensive tool, but, considering the ROI, it's worth going for the solution."
"We pay for an annual license and it is expensive."
"The price of Oracle Exadata is expensive. It is not competitive with other solutions some of the times."
"Oracle Exadata is not a cheap solution. Pricing is a problem for Oracle, and every client, not just my company, would like the vendor to improve on the price, or lower the price. My company paid for several years' worth of Oracle Exadata licenses. You need to pay for the technical support and other features separately, on different contracts. In terms of affordability, my rating for Oracle Exadata is two out of five."
"All things considered, the price of this product is fairly high, as is always the case with Oracle."
"The solution is expensive."
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Financial Services Firm
32%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
6%
Manufacturing Company
5%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Kovair Data Lake?
The tool's most valuable features for us are its combination of formatting, ETL, analytics, and storage capabilities.
What needs improvement with Kovair Data Lake?
The solution is expensive. For future releases, it would be beneficial if Kovair Data Lake could enhance its ETL and data capabilities.
What is your primary use case for Kovair Data Lake?
I primarily use Kovair Data Lake for data analytics use cases. This involves data cleansing and gaining business intelligence.
What do you like most about Oracle Exadata?
It is the best solution for OLTP and data warehousing.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Exadata?
The price is a major consideration. I would rate the price an eight on a scale from one to ten, indicating it is fairly expensive.
What needs improvement with Oracle Exadata?
We recently completed an extension of our storage space. There are minor areas where improvement is needed, such as making the user interface more user-friendly and enhancing configuration and cust...
 

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