Amazon Athena vs. Azure Analysis Services

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon Athena
Score 8.9 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
Azure Analysis Services
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Azure Analysis Services delivers enterprise-grade BI semantic modeling capabilities with the scale, flexibility, and management benefits of the cloud. Azure Analysis Services helps transform complex data into actionable insights. Azure Analysis Services is built on the analytics engine in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.N/A
Pricing
Amazon AthenaAzure Analysis Services
Editions & Modules
Price per Query
$5.00
per TB of Data Scanned
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon AthenaAzure Analysis Services
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Amazon AthenaAzure Analysis Services
Features
Amazon AthenaAzure Analysis Services
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
Azure Analysis Services
-
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
Azure Analysis Services
8.7
9 Ratings
6% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.78 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.59 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Athena
-
Ratings
Azure Analysis Services
9.0
9 Ratings
11% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.98 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.98 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Athena
-
Ratings
Azure Analysis Services
9.0
9 Ratings
9% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings9.19 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.98 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings9.48 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.78 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Athena
-
Ratings
Azure Analysis Services
9.1
8 Ratings
14% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings9.37 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings9.28 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Athena
-
Ratings
Azure Analysis Services
9.3
9 Ratings
8% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.38 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.49 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.29 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.58 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Athena
-
Ratings
Azure Analysis Services
8.8
8 Ratings
12% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.58 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings9.54 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Athena
-
Ratings
Azure Analysis Services
8.9
8 Ratings
14% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.97 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.98 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
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User Ratings
Amazon AthenaAzure Analysis Services
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(4 ratings)
9.1
(10 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon AthenaAzure Analysis Services
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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Microsoft
We would have many technical issues and glitches with previous similar providers but found that Azure Analysis Services can simply handle our workload and memory better. I remember we lost an account due to cloud issues not fully saving or corrupting some files. Granted, this is rare with any cloud but haven't had that issue with the same load of memory with Azure Analysis 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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Microsoft
  • Providing role based access or we can say privilege based on the role to the user if it is integrated with Azure active directory and hence securing the access to sensitive data.
  • We use to run different type of analytics services to get the better result which is hectic if done manually or with human efforts.
  • We also use to collect bulk of data with the help of this tool and run customized test cases for better efficiency of result and better decision making. The result are very crucial and helps in taking big decision.
  • It supports different or we can say heterogeneous database vendors like the Oracle, SQL, and hence make the task easy.
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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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Microsoft
  • There is very least content available on Microsoft docs and the Internet to get through with AAS.
  • i faced lots of connection issues while implementation.
  • The need for serious platform experience or expertise.
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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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Microsoft
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
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Microsoft
The platform has vast number of features and modules. The UI is sleek and once you get to use to it, you will be able to do a lot of stuff. Also support for data sources is more in Azure Analysis Services.
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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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Microsoft
  • Azure Analysis Service scale resources to match our business needs.
  • Helps us to govern, deploy, test and deliver our BI solution with confidence.
  • Stores our business data and clients data in a safe place where it's easy to access and visible to all our teams.
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