Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse comparison

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure Synapse Ana...

Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse

9th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Oracle Autonomous Data Ware...

Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Cloud Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is 5.7%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is 5.3%, up from 4.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics	5.7%
Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse	5.3%
Other	89.0%

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AnandTiwari

CTO at New Turn Technologies

Has consistently supported integration across diverse environments and streamlined deployment processes

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics could improve their pricing structure. They currently have two separate pricing tiers: full log and partial log. I suggest they implement a single price and reduce charges on logs. They could implement a cap with some free tier or price tier based on the GBs of log collected. This would help customers use Azure more effectively. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is an excellent product because it includes both SIEM and orchestration capabilities with playbooks, but the log management part is very costly. Regarding future improvements, I would appreciate more application connectors for integration, particularly for on-premise based solutions. Many customers still maintain on-premise infrastructure, so having more integration possibilities for these environments would be beneficial.

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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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) architecture helps to make things a lot faster."

"It's user-friendly and has a good dashboard."

"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics are the interface and the agility of the on-cloud platform."

"Very interactive and provides flexibility."

"The most valuable feature is that you can suspend the computer if it is not being used, which means that you don't incur costs."

"The setup is pretty simple."

"The core strength of Microsoft technologies is ease of use and administration, regardless of the type of product."

"The features we've found most valuable for data warehouses is extracting data, SSIS packages, and the DBs."

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

"The analytics have been very good. We've found them to be quite useful."

"The product has self-repair features."

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

"The integration feature is very good because you can automate protection security automatically, restricting the access of unauthorized people."

"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 reason we use it."

"I loved the simplicity of loading the data and simply relying on the self-tuning capabilities of ADW."

"The solution integrates well with Power BI."

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Cons

"It's a complicated product."

"This is a young product in transition to the cloud and it needs more work before it is both settled as a product and competitive in the market."

"I would like to see them provide the ingestion of images."

"From an infrastructure standpoint, I believe it can be more secure in terms of availability."

"They should provide a less expensive version with a smaller setup for small businesses. Currently, its price is quite high for entry-level or small businesses."

"There may be some challenges in terms of connecting with Virtual Networks (VNETs) to Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics."

"Unfortunately, we have had some issues with the dashboard reporting. Sometimes, the data for specific periods would just appear blank on the dashboard."

"Right now, we are really struggling with the performance. it's not as good as we had hoped."

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

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

"It doesn't work well when you have unstructured data or you need online analytics. It is not as nice as Hadoop in these aspects."

"We are not satisfied with the technical support. Their understanding is lacking."

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

"I would like to see Application Express and Oracle R Enterprise fully supported, and I would like to see Oracle Data Mining supported as a front end."

"It is good as data warehouses go, but it is not that good for really big data."

"It is very important the integration with other platforms be made to be as easy as it is with an on-premises deployment."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It goes by the usage, and there are some limits. Synapse goes by particular pricing, and it is expensive. Both Azure Synapse Analytics and Snowflake are pretty expensive. They don't have standard pricing. They deal with each customer differently."

"The solution is subscription-based. You can also pay to use the product as you go."

"The price of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics can vary. Other solutions are typically fixed prices and a fixed cost regardless of usage, but this solution is based on usage or consumption."

"The cost of the solution depends on the type of license we choose, such as pay-as-you-go, one-year reserve, or three-year reserve."

"The licensing fees for this solution are on a pay-per-use basis, and not very expensive."

"Pay for what you use"

"Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is a moderately priced solution."

"Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is an expensive solution and there is a license needed to use it. My company has an enterprise license."

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"ROI is high."

"The cost is perfect with Oracle Universal credit."

"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."

"In terms of architecture and pricing structure, I feel it is a little bit costly compared to Azure. It's fine compared to RedShift, but compared to Azure, it's a bit pricey when you calculate for one TB storage plus around five hours of reporting with the frequency of 1TB data. The cost adds up, making Oracle a bit expensive."

"The solution's cost is reasonable."

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

"The solution is expensive."

"You pay as you go, and you don't pay for services that you don't use."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Government

Manufacturing Company

Media Company

Financial Services Firm

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	29
Midsize Enterprise	18
Large Enterprise	56

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

Questions from the Community

How does Amazon Redshift compare with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics?

Amazon Redshift is very fast, has a very good response time, and is very user-friendly. The initial setup is very straightforward. This solution can merge and integrate well with many different dat...

What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics?

The product is easy to use, and anybody can easily migrate to advanced DB.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics?

I think the licensing cost for Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is very high, but I have a local system to support that, so I don't consider that in the near future.

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.

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.

What is your primary use case for Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?

We are using Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse for analytics in my company.

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Comparisons

Compared 18% of the time

Amazon Redshift vs Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

Compared 8% of the time

Azure Data Factory vs Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

Compared 5% of the time

Teradata vs Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

Compared 5% of the time

SAP Business Warehouse vs Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

Compared 4% of the time

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BigQuery vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 22% of the time

Snowflake vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 16% of the time

Databricks vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 11% of the time

Amazon Redshift vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 5% of the time

Oracle Exadata vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Microsoft Azure SQL DW, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, MS Azure Synapse Analytics

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Overview

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is an end-to-end analytics solution that successfully combines analytical services to merge big data analytics and enterprise data warehouses into a single unified platform. The solution can run intelligent distributed queries among nodes, and provides the ability to query both relational and non-relational data.

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is built with these 4 components:

Synapse SQL
Spark
Synapse Pipeline
Studio

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics Features

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics has many valuable key features, including:

Cloud Data Service: WIth Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics you can operate services (data analytics, machine learning, data warehousing, dashboarding, etc.) in a single workspace via the cloud.
Structured and unstructured data: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics supports both structured and unstructured data and allows you to manage relational and non-relational data - unlike data warehouses and lakes that tend to store them respectively.
Effective data storage: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics offers next-level data storage with high availability and different tiers.
Responsive data engine: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics uses Massive Parallel Processing (MPP) and is designed to handle large volumes of data and analytical workloads efficiently without any problems.
Several scripting languages: The solution provides language compatibility and supports different programming languages, such as Python, Java, Spark SQL, and Scala.
Query optimization: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics works well to facilitate limitless concurrency and performance optimization. It also simplifies workload management.

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics Benefits

Some of the benefits of using Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics include:

Database templates: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics offers industry-specific database templates that make it easy to combine and shape data.
Better business insights: With Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics you can expand discovery of insights from all your data and apply machine learning models to all your intelligent apps.
Reduce project development time: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics makes it possible to have a unified experience for developing end-to-end analytics, which reduces project development time significantly.
Eliminate data barriers: By using Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, you can perform analytics on operational and business apps data without data movement.
Advanced security: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics provides both advanced security and privacy features to ensure data protection.
Machine Learning: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics integrates Azure Machine Learning, Azure Cognitive Services, and Power BI.

Reviews from Real Users

Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics users who are currently using the solution.

PeerSpot user Jael S., who is an Information Architect at Systems Analysis & Design Engineering, comments on her experience using the product, saying that it is “Scalable, intuitive, facilitates compliance and keeps your data secure”. She also says "We also like governance. It looks at what the requirements are for the company to identify the best way to ensure compliance is met when you move to the cloud."

Michel T., CHTO at Timp-iT, mentions that "the features most valuable are the simplicity, how easy it is to create a dashboard from different information systems."

A Senior Teradata Consultant at a tech services company says, "Microsoft provides both the platform and the data center, so you don't have to look for a cloud vendor. It saves you from having to deal with two vendors for the same task."

Microsoft

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

Toshiba, Carnival, LG Electronics, Jet.com, Adobe,

Hertz, TaylorMade Golf, Outront Media, Kingold, FSmart, Drop-Tank

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse