Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) comparison

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica)

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Review summaries and opinions

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ROI

Sentiment score

6.1

Companies benefited from Azure Synapse's cost savings, flexibility, and improved efficiency, though financial specifics and satisfaction varied.

Sentiment score

6.2

Organizations achieved financial and operational gains with Vertica, reducing costs and processing time while enhancing analytics and performance.

Some of my customers have indeed seen a return on investment with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics as they used it for analytics to drive decision-making, improving their processes or increasing revenue.

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Data Strategist, Cloud Solutions Architect at Strategic Architects

I saved a lot of money because the storage was on a cheaper alternative and was not directly on OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica), but on S3.

Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

The time we used to take with our earlier databases has reduced to one-tenth of what was there earlier, which is a positive outcome that can be converted to financial metrics in terms of return on investment.

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Data Engineering Associate Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.5

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics support experiences vary, with larger clients generally receiving faster, more knowledgeable assistance.

Sentiment score

7.1

OpenText Analytics Database's customer service is generally valued for expertise but has occasional response time and escalation issues.

They are slow to respond and not very knowledgeable.

IT Manager at KONGSBERG

This is an underestimation of the real impact because we use big data also to monitor the network and the customer.

Director Information Technology Services at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

I would rate the support for Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics as an eight out of ten.

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Data Strategist, Cloud Solutions Architect at Strategic Architects

Throughout this process, customer support was outstanding, and we had a person actively supporting us from the OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) team for our use case.

Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

Overall, our experience with OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) customer support has been good and reliable.

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consultant at tcs

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.4

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is praised for its scalability, flexibility, and auto-scaling, despite occasional cost and latency concerns.

Sentiment score

7.2

OpenText Vertica offers scalable, efficient data handling with robust performance, though pricing and node addition may challenge some users.

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is scalable, offering numerous opportunities for scalability.

IT Manager at KONGSBERG

For the scalability of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, I would rate it a 10 until you remain in the Azure Cloud scalability framework.

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Director Information Technology Services at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Recovering from such scenarios becomes a bit problematic or time-consuming.

Joy Maitra

Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited

We have experienced easy horizontal scaling, consistent query performance as data grew, and the ability to handle large analytic workloads.

consultant at tcs

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) has very good scalability.

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Data Engineering Associate Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) can scale to a great extent.

Anuj Chourasia

Analytics Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees

Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.4

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is praised for its stability, despite occasional minor outages and performance issues with large datasets.

Sentiment score

7.2

OpenText Analytics Database offers high stability and performance, with successful migrations and minimal clustering issues ensuring user satisfaction.

Performance and stability are absolutely fine because Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is a PaaS service.

AnandTiwari

CTO at New Turn Technologies

I find the service stable as I have not encountered many issues.

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IT Manager at KONGSBERG

We have never integrated Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics with Databricks, but we have mostly pulled data from on-premises systems into Azure Databricks.

Jaya Prakasha Sarma

Practice Head BI at Nous Infosystems

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is very stable.

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Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

Room For Improvement

Microsoft Azure Synapse needs improvements in integration, pricing, ease of use, setup, and advanced analytics features for better adoption.

OpenText Analytics Database needs improvements in community, cloud features, SQL, integration, cost efficiency, machine learning, and developer tools.

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is an excellent product because it includes both SIEM and orchestration capabilities with playbooks.

AnandTiwari

CTO at New Turn Technologies

There is a need for better documentation, particularly for customized tasks with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics.

IT Manager at KONGSBERG

Databricks is a very rich solution, with numerous open sources and capabilities in terms of extract, transform, load, database query, and so forth.

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Director Information Technology Services at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Smarter automatic projection management is needed with more intelligence, auto projection creation, automatic optimization, and reduced manual testing with better workload management.

consultant at tcs

Projections could be made more dynamic, and if they could find a faster way to update, insert, and delete data, that would also be helpful.

Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) does not have a cloud-based UI that Snowflake has, which features a very good comprehensive GUI for querying and analyzing data.

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Data Engineering Associate Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Setup Cost

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics offers flexible pricing but requires careful cost management due to unpredictable expenses and competitive services.

OpenText Analytics Database offers flexible pricing, often cost-effective for its advanced features, despite being pricey vs. open-source solutions.

The cheapest tier costs about $4,000 to $4,700 a year, while the most expensive tier can reach up to $300,000 a year.

Data Strategist, Cloud Solutions Architect at Strategic Architects

I think the price of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is very expensive, but that's not only for Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics—it's for the cloud in general.

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Director Information Technology Services at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

I find the pricing of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics reasonable.

Joy Maitra

Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited

The pricing for OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is somewhat on the higher side for the license.

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Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

Valuable Features

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics offers scalability, integration, and advanced analytics with easy management, data protection, and familiar Microsoft interface.

OpenText Analytics Database excels in fast query responses, scalability, and real-time insights, enhancing decision-making and operational efficiency.

One of the most valuable features in Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is the ability to write your own ETL code using Azure Data Factory, which is a component within Synapse.

Data Strategist, Cloud Solutions Architect at Strategic Architects

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics offers significant visibility, which helps us understand our usage more clearly.

IT Manager at KONGSBERG

For Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, the integration is the most valuable feature, meaning that whatever you need is fast and easy to use.

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Director Information Technology Services at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

I can use it in Eon Mode in which I can store the data in cheaper storage such as Amazon S3 and have different compute nodes.

Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

Projection and columnar storage are the most valuable features because they dramatically improve query performance and reduce the need for index management.

consultant at tcs

The best features that OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) offers are mainly the parallel processing, ETL capabilities, and the multi-cloud features which are very handy to use.

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Data Engineering Associate Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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

No ranking in other categories

OpenText Analytics Database...

Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse

10th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Warehouse (6th)

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 OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is 5.6%, down from 5.6% 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%
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica)	5.6%
Other	88.7%

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Featured Reviews

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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Data warehousing has transformed reporting performance and now delivers near real-time insights

consultant at tcs

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is a very powerful analytic database, but like any platform, there are areas where it can improve to make daily work even smoother. Better cloud-native experience is one area for improvement. OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) was originally designed as an on-premises analytic database and later moved to cloud. Improvement opportunities include more seamless cloud-native features such as auto-scaling, serverless options, and easier cluster management. Competitors such as Snowflake and BigQuery provide more fully managed experiences. Easier UI is another area for improvement. Most administration is currently done by SQL and command line tools. An improvement opportunity would be a more modern web UI for monitoring, workload management, and troubleshooting. Faster ecosystem and community growth is needed. In short, OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) could improve in areas such as cloud-native capability, modern UI for administration, stronger real-time streaming integration, and growing its ecosystem and community. These enhancements would make it easier to manage and adopt compared to newer cloud-first analytic platforms. From a day-to-day operational perspective, there are a few areas where OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) could improve to make our work smoother. Smarter automatic projection management is needed with more intelligence, auto projection creation, automatic optimization, and reduced manual testing with better workload management. Right now, monitoring queries often requires system tables and manual analysis. Troubleshooting slow queries takes time. A modern real-time dashboard showing query bottlenecks and resource users would enable quick detection. The impact could be faster issue resolution and less time spent debugging performance. Storage native interaction with modern data tools is also important. In short, from a day-to-day perspective, improvements in automatic projection optimization, better workload monitoring dashboard, easier schema evolution, and stronger modern tool integration would significantly reduce manual tuning effort and improve developer productivity. While OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is very powerful, these enhancements would make it more efficient for the analytics team.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Government

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

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	29
Midsize Enterprise	23
Large Enterprise	43

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 do you like most about Vertica?

Vertica is easy to use and provides really high performance, stability, and scalability.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vertica?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is limited because the organization handled the licensing and pricing as well as the cost setup.

What needs improvement with Vertica?

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is already doing great. There could be a community which could have been much more advanced and more people can be engaged so that any kind of questions, queri...

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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

Micro Focus Vertica, HPE Vertica, HPE Vertica on Demand

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.

Microsoft

OpenText Analytics Database Vertica is known for its fast data loading and efficient query processing, providing scalability and user-friendliness with a low cost per TB. It supports large data volumes with OLAP, clustering, and parallel ingestion capabilities.

OpenText Analytics Database Vertica is designed to handle substantial data volumes with a focus on speed and efficient storage through its columnar architecture. It offers advanced performance features like workload isolation and compression, ensuring flexibility and high availability. The database is optimized for scalable data management, supporting data scientists and analysts with real-time reporting and analytics. Its architecture is built to facilitate hybrid deployments on-premises or within cloud environments, integrating seamlessly with business intelligence tools like Tableau. However, challenges such as improved transactional capabilities, optimized delete processes, and better real-time loading need addressing.

What features define OpenText Analytics Database Vertica?

Fast Data Loading: Quickly ingests large data volumes.
Columnar Storage: Optimizes storage efficiency and speed.
OLAP Support: Provides robust analytics capabilities.
Advanced Compression: Enhances storage efficiency and performance.
Parallel Data Ingestion: Enables faster data processing.
Fault Tolerance: Ensures high availability and reliability.

What benefits should users expect?

Cost Efficiency: Low cost per TB is advantageous.
Scalability: Accommodates growing data needs seamlessly.
Integration Flexibility: Works well with BI tools like Tableau.
Real-Time Reporting: Delivers immediate insights for decision-making.

OpenText Analytics Database Vertica's implementation spans industries such as finance, healthcare, and telecommunications. It serves as a central data warehouse offering scalable management, high-speed processing, and geospatial functions. Companies benefit from its capacity to integrate machine learning and operational reporting, enhancing analytical capabilities.

OpenText

Sample Customers

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

Cerner, Game Show Network Game, Guess by Marciano, Supercell, Etsy, Nascar, Empirix, adMarketplace, and Cardlytics.

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica)