Amazon Athena vs. Amazon QuickSight

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon Athena
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Amazon Athena is an interactive query service that makes it easy to analyze data directly in Amazon S3 using standard SQL. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, customers can point Athena at their data stored in S3 and begin using standard SQL to run ad-hoc queries and get results in seconds. Athena is serverless, so there is no infrastructure to setup or manage, and customers pay only for the queries they run. You can use Athena to process logs, perform ad-hoc analysis, and run…
$5
per TB of Data Scanned
Amazon QuickSight
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$5
per month
Pricing
Amazon AthenaAmazon QuickSight
Editions & Modules
Price per Query
$5.00
per TB of Data Scanned
Readers
$5.00
per month
Authors
$24.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon AthenaAmazon QuickSight
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Amazon AthenaAmazon QuickSight
Considered Both Products
Amazon Athena
Chose Amazon Athena
Amazon Redshift and EMR require explicit configuration for underlying compute infrastructure. In Amazon Athena, Users don't have to set up any underlying infrastructure. It saves a lot of costs required for infrastructure. Users have to pay only for scanned data. Athena is good …
Amazon QuickSight

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Amazon AthenaAmazon QuickSight
Database-as-a-Service
Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Athena
8.6
4 Ratings
1% below category average
Amazon QuickSight
-
Ratings
Automatic software patching8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Database scalability9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated backups7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Database security provisions9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Monitoring and metrics8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic host deployment9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Athena
-
Ratings
Amazon QuickSight
8.0
5 Ratings
2% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Athena
-
Ratings
Amazon QuickSight
7.2
5 Ratings
11% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Athena
-
Ratings
Amazon QuickSight
6.9
5 Ratings
18% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Athena
-
Ratings
Amazon QuickSight
5.8
5 Ratings
31% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings3.52 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Athena
-
Ratings
Amazon QuickSight
8.0
5 Ratings
6% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Athena
-
Ratings
Amazon QuickSight
3.9
4 Ratings
67% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings4.03 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings3.52 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings3.84 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Athena
-
Ratings
Amazon QuickSight
6.0
3 Ratings
25% below category average
REST API00 Ratings6.12 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings6.62 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings6.12 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings3.03 Ratings
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Amazon AthenaAmazon QuickSight
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 7.7 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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User Ratings
Amazon AthenaAmazon QuickSight
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(4 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon AthenaAmazon QuickSight
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
If you are looking to take a lot of the traditional "database administration" work off someone's plate, going with Amazon Athena certainly has "no code" options to optimize lots of database tasks. I would say this option is less appropriate if you have other Microsoft things at play, such as Power BI.
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Amazon AWS
Amazon Quicksight is a truly cloud-based solution so it works perfectly fine and saves a lot of expense in terms of hardware and maintenance. We can maintain it by ourselves by giving commands on UI. If you have connectivity issues then it can cause headaches because it's a cloud platform and it's a bit costly as compared to other services
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Nested Schemas like JSON data structure
  • Ability to adapt the data model to fit your queries better
  • Performance Improvement
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Amazon AWS
  • Easily to set up for data sources, already supports quite a few of AWS and non-AWS data sources
  • Cost friendly since users are charged only for basis of usage
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • Response caching can be improved.
  • Data Partitioning is tricky and understanding of the same could be improved.
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Amazon AWS
  • It is still immature as a cloud-based BI tool.
  • Its functionality is about 40-50% of its competitor's products.
  • Application is still a little buggy and non-intuitive at times.
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Usability
Amazon AWS
Easy to use. Scalable. Gets the job of data warehousing setup done. Using the datalake on S3 has become super convenient.
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Amazon AWS
It is easy to use and set up no need to put in so much effort. Once build, the dashboard can be used with multiple clients with the same domain. It provides multiple connectivity options which makes it a versatile option for reporting.
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Amazon AWS
They provide proper support when needed. They are always ready to provide the box solution and make things easier for users.
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
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Amazon AWS
All of the other reporting platforms my organization has used previously were within our CRM and not a standalone program. In that we were very limited in being able to slice and dice the data the way that we wanted to
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • The query speeds help us make more decisions in a day (speed).
  • If you need more horsepower for specific times in the day this option helps scale.
  • The security of your environment is well protected too.
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Amazon AWS
  • Reduce lots of setup and maintenance cost.
  • Latest technology in market.
  • Full eco system provided under on roof.
  • Cost effective.
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