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Amazon Athena vs. Azure Database

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon Athena
Score 8.4 out of 10
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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 Database
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Available on Microsoft's Azure, Azure Database is a managed cloud-based option for a variety of popular community and open source databases. Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Fully managed, intelligent, and scalable PostgreSQL Azure Database for MySQL - Scalable, open-source MySQL database Azure Database for MariaDB - Enterprise-ready, fully managed community MariaDB Azure's fully managed PostgreSQL database automates maintenance, patching, and updates.…N/A
Pricing
Amazon AthenaAzure Database
Editions & Modules
Price per Query
$5.00
per TB of Data Scanned
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon AthenaAzure Database
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Amazon AthenaAzure Database
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Amazon AthenaAzure Database
Database-as-a-Service
Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Athena
8.5
3 Ratings
3% below category average
Azure Database
9.8
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Automatic software patching8.22 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Database scalability8.22 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Automated backups7.73 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Database security provisions9.22 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Monitoring and metrics8.73 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Automatic host deployment9.22 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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Amazon AthenaAzure Database
Small Businesses
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SingleStore
Score 9.7 out of 10
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SingleStore
Score 9.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
SingleStore
SingleStore
Score 9.7 out of 10
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SingleStore
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
SingleStore
SingleStore
Score 9.7 out of 10
SingleStore
SingleStore
Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Amazon AthenaAzure Database
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon AthenaAzure Database
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.
Scott Kennedy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Scott Kennedy
Sr Director, BI
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Microsoft
Azure Databases is suitable in situations where users require a cloud space, which holds or takes secure data and makes accessibility easy. More so, Azure Databases supports data migration, which is a professional process of data transfer. The analytical progress from Azure Databases is connected to AI power and has automated reporting.
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Sanjoy Malik
Senior Database Administrator
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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
RK
Riyaz Khan
Data Engineer
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Microsoft
  • Azure Databases is functional on cloud, giving the users flexibility and accessibility.
  • Azure Databases has a high storage space, and high speed processing power.
  • The tool is AI powered, hence, reputable for intelligent analysis.
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Sanjoy Malik
Senior Database Administrator
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • Query manager can incoperate GUI based query designer
  • Auto-completion engine sometimes overwrite the query
  • Time range selection should be implicit
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Microsoft
  • Should develop a friendly and more intuitive dashboard and UI wizard
  • Create smart package for fair ratings/prices.
  • Improve on documentation and perfect the support response.
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Sanjoy Malik
Senior Database Administrator
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
Amazon Athena, a product from Amazon, competes with offerings from Google and Microsoft. Overall, I think your database choice depends on some of the other applications you are running at your company. For example, if you are using Microsoft Power BI for reporting needs, you might want to consider going the Azure route.
Scott Kennedy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Scott Kennedy
Sr Director, BI
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Microsoft
Azure Databases has the data migrating power, which is done with just a press of a button and instant results are attained. Azure Databases has the optimization of performance, which includes an AI, which is intelligent based. Azure Databases has the recent or advanced SQL power, which is easily configurable and allows a safe cloud storage.
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Sanjoy Malik
Senior Database Administrator
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Easy to query terabytes of data with faster response
  • Pricing model is also cheap
  • No indexing and partitioning
RK
Riyaz Khan
Data Engineer
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Microsoft
  • Database security is a positive ROI for users.
  • Undisputed cloud space, which control access, and smoothly accessible.
  • Automated backup, which fully declassify or eliminate data loss.
SM
Sanjoy Malik
Senior Database Administrator
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