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Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse vs SAP IQ comparison

 

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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
6.9
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (11th)
SAP IQ
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (24th), Data Warehouse (15th)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1297710 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Administrator at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Analytics and data security needs are met but optimization requires improvement
We are using Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse for analytics in my company The solution is used for analytics and it works for our data security needs. We continue to use it with satisfaction. Optimization should be better. The SQLs are sometimes very slow. I also noticed that Java is not…
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Tech Lead, Database Section. at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Compression performance gets high marks but user-friendly interface needs improvement
The downside of SAP IQ, from what I understood from the management side, is that the front end for the DBA, for the admin, is not that user-friendly. If you compare it with SQL Server Management Studio, it is not that user-friendly GUI for the admin. But the engine is very strong and powerful. It is easy to deploy SAP IQ; the implementation and installation are easy. The downside I see is that it doesn't allow most integrated backups; many of the marketplace players such as NetBackup, those software integrated backups are not available. So, if you want to take a backup, you need to take it locally, and then only you can back it up to any storage or anything. Those features such as integrated backup, which would allow it to stripe into an appliance or something similar, are not present. One thing I notice as a downside is that if the CPU utilization is very high, there is no direct way we can find out which query is taking the most CPU. In any other RDBMS, there are DMVs available to find out which query is taking most of the CPU, but those features are not present in SAP IQ. If our CPU is hitting at 100%, it is not easy to identify which connection is taking the most CPU.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I loved the simplicity of loading the data and simply relying on the self-tuning capabilities of ADW."
"The performance and scalability are awesome."
"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is used globally to deliver extreme performance on large Financial data sets."
"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."
"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."
"The solution is used for analytics and it works for our data security needs."
"The product is easy to use."
"IQ is a very high-performance and high-transaction database."
"Unbeatable speed and compression with a colummn-structured relational database."
"The feature I appreciate the most about SAP IQ is the compression, which is very good; we cannot compare with any other type of EDW."
"SAP IQ is actually quite effective when it comes to scalability; we have a setup that's built with multiple servers involved and that seems to be working fairly efficiently, and if we wanted to add more servers into this entire setup, that would be fairly easy."
"All data is compressed and indexed, allowing for fast execution of transactions."
"Columnar storage allows high compression, high load rates and high query performance."
"Valuable features for us include the compression, speed, fast response time, and easy object maintenance."
"It is very robust for ad hoc DW queries and its columnar compression is unique and valuable."
 

Cons

"The solution could be improved by allowing for migration tools from other cloud services, including migration from Amazon Redshift, RDS, and Aurora."
"They should make the solution more user-friendly."
"I would like to see an on-premise solution in the future."
"The initial setup was pretty complex. It was not easy."
"We are not satisfied with the technical support. Their understanding is lacking."
"It is very important the integration with other platforms be made to be as easy as it is with an on-premises deployment."
"Optimization should be better."
"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."
"I think the universe should be part of the Sybase IQ tool set."
"The only negative aspect of IQ is the cost, which can be challenging for companies in Peru."
"There is very little documentation available."
"The solution works best when combined with other SAP solutions. If the environment has other systems other options might be better."
"The tool gets stuck sometimes."
"The downside I see is that it doesn't allow most integrated backups; many of the marketplace players such as NetBackup or Veritas, those software integrated backups are not available."
"Concurrency and functional error messaging."
"The room for improvement would be the marketing of the product, because this product is much better than advertised."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."
"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 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."
"You pay as you go, and you don't pay for services that you don't use."
"The price depends on the configuration we choose."
"We pay approximately $70,000 per month. The cost includes maintenance and support."
"The cost is perfect with Oracle Universal credit."
"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse's pricing is fair and reasonable compared to the other cloud vendors."
"Negotiate based on the features required."
"The only costs after standard licensing fees are for add-ons and upgrades."
"Evaluate all options; check to see if you need expensive add-ons."
"Negotiation is very important."
"The cost of implementation is about $3,000."
"It's not that costly. So, the pricing is cheap."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Media Company
8%
Insurance Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
36%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise16
 

Questions from the Community

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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP IQ?
IQ implementation costs about three thousand dollars. It's less expensive compared to alternatives like Teradata Base in terms of transactional efficiency.
What needs improvement with SAP IQ?
When it comes to SAP IQ, the areas that could be improved or enhanced include the error messaging and the locking capabilities, as that's where we often encounter problems. When there is an issue, ...
What is your primary use case for SAP IQ?
Our usual use cases for SAP IQ is that we have a Software-as-a-Service architecture where this database is the foundation for our SAP BusinessObjects platform. This is where it's getting its data f...
 

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Sample Customers

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