Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse comparison

Microsoft and Oracle are both solutions in the Cloud Data Warehouse category. Microsoft is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.7, while Oracle is ranked #13 with an average rating of 6.5. Microsoft holds a 6.0% mindshare in CDW, compared to Oracle’s 4.3% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics and Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse are top contenders in the cloud data warehousing category. Oracle seems to have the upper hand with superior automation and performance features highlighted in the comparisons.

Features: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is noted for its flexibility, ease of administration, and integration with Power BI. Its MPP architecture supports large-scale data processing and modern tool integration. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse offers self-securing, self-patching, and self-tuning capabilities, leveraging automation for tasks like indexing and adaptation. Users appreciate its scalability and Exadata-based performance.

Room for Improvement: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics could enhance pricing transparency, Active Directory integration, and user interfaces for non-technical users. It would benefit from Data Factory and governance improvements. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse should focus on improving user-friendliness, GoldenGate integration, and unstructured data handling. There's also a need for flexible pricing and better on-premises migration functionalities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is utilized in public, private, and hybrid clouds, with mixed reviews on customer service, though generally responsive. Larger customers tend to receive superior support. Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is praised for its technical support, known for quick responses and proactive updates. While Microsoft benefits from a broad ecosystem, Oracle offers consistent and localized support.

Pricing and ROI: Both solutions use a pay-as-you-go model. Oracle's pricing is CPU-based, allowing easy scaling, although generally higher, justified by advanced features. Azure pricing varies, with some users finding it cost-effective but unpredictable. Oracle emphasizes performance and strategic cost savings despite higher costs, while Microsoft offers flexible deployment, appealing to Azure ecosystem users.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure Synapse Ana...

Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse

6th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

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Oracle Autonomous Data Ware...

Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse

13th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

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Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Cloud Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is 6.0%, up from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is 4.3%, down from 4.9% 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	6.0%
Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse	4.3%
Other	89.7%

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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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Pros

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is its integration with the new legacy systems, where whatever application we want to integrate, we receive the reports based on the objects and the solution is easy to purchase from the cloud."

"We are getting a good ROI from Synapse Analytics."

"I like SQL post, which is for storage and distributed computing. Another good feature is the copy activity."

"Synapse makes it easy to integrate and onboard data from other Microsoft and Azure sources. The interface is familiar because we were using Azure Data Factory before Synapse. It made the transition even easier because the Synapse interface is exactly the same."

"The solution is scalable."

"The stability of the solution is pretty good."

"We've had a good experience with technical support in general."

"Our primary use case is for gathering data and analytics. We provide insights into vehicle data. We gather millions of records per second and we have various millions of vehicles running across."

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

"The solution is self-securing. All data is encrypted and security updates and patches are applied automatically both periodically and off-cycle."

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

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

"I really like the auto-tuning, auto-scaling, and the automatic load balancing and query tuning in the system."

"The product has self-repair features."

"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

"In Azure, when you do the scaling up, it is not totally simple. It takes time to scale up."

"The major pro of Synapse is the service, and the major con is that when you decide to move out of Synapse, you would have to rewrite the entire thing, whereas, with Snowflake, it would be just simple migration to different cloud providers."

"When I was trying to link services to an SFTP site it was not able to do all the possible encryption that I needed. They can improve by adding more encryption options."

"Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics could improve its compatibility with Visual Studio. One of the challenges for people moving from an on-premise to a cloud solution, such as Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, is that you're constantly working in a browser. There are people that have been working for decades on desktop applications. For them to start working in a browser, it's quite a change. Allowing people to work and do their work inside Visual Studio than in the browser, would be a large advantage."

"An area for improvement in Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is its user interface. You can use it for analytical purposes, but its platform should be a little bit more user-friendly. Another small point for improvement in Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is its stability. It's good currently, but it could still be improved. Microsoft is combining different tools and technologies into one solution, so in the future, I'm expecting to see even more improvement in Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics. An additional feature I'd like to see in the next version of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is the drag-and-drop feature. If you're doing some integrations where you can write Scala or you have SPARK programming or SQL, or you're combining different programming, the process should be seamless, and you should be able to drag and drop in Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics. When doing reporting in the solution, you should also be able to drag and drop. There should be connectors available and a drag-and-drop feature available in the user interface of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, so you won't have to worry about how all processes would work together. You need to be able to drag and drop even from the backend, and having this feature will make the solution more user-friendly."

"I would like to see better integration with Active Directory, because we have had problems, and we still do."

"We'd, of course, always like to pay less for the service if we can."

"One area for improvement could be better integration with Power BI, as well as data integration with BW."

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

"One of the major problem is creating custom tablespace. The ADB serverless option doesn't support custom tablespace creation, which could cause issues during on-premise database migration that requires specifically named tablespace. There should be an option to create customized tablespace."

"One of the major problem is creating custom tablespace."

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

"Oracle should increase visibility options because what's available now is limited."

"They should make the solution more user-friendly."

"Optimization should be better."

"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is not available as an on-premises solution."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"I'm not sure of the exact cost, however, it is around $100,000 a year."

"There's no license required for Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics. the model is more of a use-based system. You got to pay for computing power and disk storage. Everything has different units and is kept backed up. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics uses storage units(SU). This is how everything's computed for cost."

"We have a licensing cost to pay."

"You have to be very careful with one specific service inside Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics which is called the Sequel Data Warehouse Dedicated. It is very reliable and performs well, but it's expensive. You need to define the tier well because you can choose between several tiers and you have to define which suits your needs and not overperform the tier because it's quite expensive."

"I don't know about the price, but I'm trying to get a sense of the cost."

"Price is dependent of the use case of the customer. Customers are not likely to only use this as an individual platform/database, they are likely to bundle it with the Azure stack."

"There is a cost calculator available online that allows you to input your entire scenario, and it will get back to you with information on what the costs are going to be."

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"The solution is expensive."

"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."

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

"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse's pricing is fair and reasonable compared to the other cloud vendors."

"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."

"ROI is high."

"The price depends on the configuration we choose."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

Construction Company

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Media Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	28
Midsize Enterprise	18
Large Enterprise	60

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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...

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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.

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What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics?

I am hoping that in the future Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics may have AI support.

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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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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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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 integrates data warehousing and big data analytics seamlessly. It provides scalability and user-friendly features for efficient, real-time reporting and data management.

Azure Synapse Analytics is designed for seamless data integration, allowing users to scale their operations effectively while providing extensive analytics capabilities. It supports both traditional data warehousing and big data solutions with real-time reporting through an interactive interface that integrates well with Power BI. The platform's serverless flexibility optimizes cost while ensuring robust security, leveraging users' familiarity with SQL technologies. Scalability allows processing of large datasets efficiently, empowering companies to connect disparate data sources and support industry-specific needs. Despite its strengths, Synapse users often seek improved governance, schema management, and technical support. Enhanced integration with Microsoft and third-party tools, along with better data loading capabilities, are also desired.

What are the key features of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics?

SQL Pooling: Provides a dedicated SQL pool for scalable data processing.
Massively Parallel Processing: Architecture that enhances efficiency for big data workloads.
Pipelines: Streamlines data orchestration and workflow automation.
Real-Time Reporting: Delivers quick insights by processing data in real time.
Power BI Integration: Seamlessly connects with Power BI for advanced data visualization.
Serverless Flexibility: Optimizes cost management by allowing on-demand resources.

What benefits and ROI should be considered in reviews of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics?

Scalability: Efficiently handles expanding data loads.
Cost Management: Serverless architecture provides cost-efficient resource usage.
Security Features: Ensures data protection and compliance.
Data Integration: Connects various data sources for unified analytics.
SQL Familiarity: Leverages common SQL skills for ease of use.

Azure Synapse Analytics is extensively implemented across sectors like healthcare, finance, marketing, and government. Organizations use it to build data pipelines, perform analytics modeling, and facilitate reporting. It supports data transformation, migration, and orchestration, enhancing business intelligence and decision-making capabilities by efficiently handling big data and connecting disparate data sources.

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Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is a cloud-based service offering advanced data management capabilities, including automated administration and high performance for analytics tasks. It is ideal for enterprises prioritizing security, easy maintenance, and dynamic scale.

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse stands out by offering self-managing capabilities that minimize administrative overhead, allowing organizations to focus on data-driven decision-making. With features such as transparent data encryption, seamless cloud integration, and automated query tuning, it ensures secure and efficient data operations. Its architecture separates compute and storage, enhancing scalability and performance. Despite its setup complexity and higher cost than some competitors, it offers deep integration with Oracle Database, ensuring reliable performance and fast data exchange.

What features define Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?

Self-Patching: Automatically updates to ensure security and performance.
Auto-Scaling: Dynamically adjusts resources to meet workload demands.
Query Tuning: Optimizes queries for better performance without user intervention.
Seamless Cloud Integration: Easily connects with Oracle and other cloud applications.
Transparent Data Encryption: Provides secure data handling to meet compliance needs.
Smart Scan: Efficiently processes queries to reduce data retrieval times.

What benefits can be expected from Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?

Cost-Effectiveness: Reduces operational costs through automation and serverless operations.
High Security: Ensures data protection with encryption and isolated resources.
Performance Enhancement: High-speed data processing and query response times.
Easy Maintenance: Minimal administrative tasks due to automation.
Scalability: Effortlessly scales resources to accommodate growth.

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is widely used in finance, banking, transport, and manufacturing, supporting data analytics in financial systems, procurement, and student management. It facilitates large-scale transaction processing, offering centralized reporting and dynamic resource allocation, which is crucial for enhancing performance across industries.

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