Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse vs Oracle Big Data Appliance comparison

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse and Oracle Big Data Appliance are both solutions in the Cloud Data Warehouse category. Additionally, 94% of Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 71% of Oracle Big Data Appliance users who would recommend it.

Oracle Autonomous Data Ware...

Read 19 Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse reviews

1,853 Views
1,131 Comparison Views

94% willing to recommend

Oracle Big Data Appliance

Read 5 Oracle Big Data Appliance reviews

358 Views
213 Comparison Views

71% willing to recommend

Oracle Autonomous Data Ware...

Oracle Big Data Appliance

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse and Oracle Big Data Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Warehouse solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse vs. Oracle Big Data Appliance Report (Updated: June 2025).

Buyer's Guide

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse vs. Oracle Big Data Appliance

June 2025

Download the complete report

Helped 859,129 peers since 2012

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Autonomous Data Ware...

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Data Warehouse (10th)

Oracle Big Data Appliance

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Warehouse (19th)

Featured Reviews

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…

Read full review

Mohammed Hamad

AI & Data Engineering Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Provides clean, centralized data

From a technical perspective, Big Data Appliance could be improved with more innovation in the AI and machine-learning parts instead of relying on Cloudera. Oracle could also improve Big Data Appliance by having one technology on their stack and working on it instead of continually changing the name or technologies or features. In addition, they could have a program to enable their partners to use this technology because right now, I have to have an expert to use the AI elements.

Read full review

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It provides Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) capabilities by default to address data security issues."

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

"Self-patching and runs machine-learning across its logs all the time"

"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."

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

"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."

More Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse pros

"The best thing about the product is that the end-user can build the reports by themselves without really knowing anything about databases."

"This is a comprehensive solution that is easy to deploy."

"Because Big Data Appliance allows me to have a single source of truth, it means I have clean data that can be monetized and leveraged to gain more insights with real-time reports from the dashboard."

Cons

"The setup is complex."

"I would like to see an on-premise solution in the future."

"Ease of connectivity could be improved."

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

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

"My main suggestion for Oracle is the configuration and key values that come for JSON files. When we create a table, especially if you see in our RedShift or some other stuff, if I create a table on top of a JSON file with multiple array columns or superset columns, those column values create some difficulty in Oracle."

"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."

More Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse cons

"The product should be simplified for the average user."

"It seems like the deployment of repositories has become more difficult in later versions of the product rather than easier."

"From a technical perspective, Big Data Appliance could be improved with more innovation in the AI and machine-learning parts instead of relying on Cloudera."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"ROI is high."

"The solution's cost is reasonable."

"The price depends on the configuration we choose."

"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."

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

"The solution is expensive."

"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."

More Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse pricing and cost advice

"Oracle's prices are too high compared to others in the market."

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Cloud Data Warehouse solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

859,129 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

26%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

29%

Computer Software Company

15%

Government

10%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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...

See all answers

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.

See all answers

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.

See all answers

Ask a question

Earn 20 points

Comparisons

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 23% of the time

BigQuery vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 21% of the time

Oracle Exadata vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 18% of the time

Snowflake vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 12% of the time

Databricks vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Compared 6% of the time

More Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Competitors

Oracle Exadata vs Oracle Big Data Appliance

Compared 77% of the time

Apache Hadoop vs Oracle Big Data Appliance

Compared 23% of the time

More Oracle Big Data Appliance Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

June 2025

Download Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse product report

Buyer's Guide

Data Warehouse

June 2025

Download Oracle Big Data Appliance product report

Overview

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

Oracle Big Data Appliance is a flexible, high-performance, secure platform for running diverse workloads on Hadoop and NoSQL systems. With Oracle Big Data SQL, Oracle Big Data Appliance extends Oracle’s industry-leading implementation of SQL to Hadoop and NoSQL systems. By combining the newest technologies from the Hadoop ecosystem and powerful Oracle SQL capabilities together on a single pre-configured platform, Oracle Big Data Appliance is uniquely able to support rapid development of new Big Data applications and tight integration with existing relational data.

For more information on Oracle Big Data Appliance, visit Oracle.com

Oracle

Sample Customers

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

Caixa Bank

Buyer's Guide

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse vs. Oracle Big Data Appliance

June 2025

Free Report: Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse vs. Oracle Big Data Appliance

Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse vs. Oracle Big Data Appliance and other solutions. Updated: June 2025.

DOWNLOAD NOW

859,129 professionals have used our research since 2012.

See our Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse vs. Oracle Big Data Appliance report.

See our list of best Cloud Data Warehouse vendors.

We monitor all Cloud Data Warehouse reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.