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    Amazon Athena

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/AAmazon 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

    IBM watsonx.data

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AWatsonx.data is presented as an open, hybrid and governed data store that makes it possible for enterprises to scale analytics and AI with a fit-for-purpose data store, built on an open lakehouse architecture, supported by querying, governance and open data formats to access and share data.N/A
    Pricing
    Amazon AthenaIBM watsonx.data
    Editions & Modules
    Price per Query
    $5.00
    per TB of Data Scanned
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon AthenaIBM watsonx.data
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon AthenaIBM watsonx.data
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    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
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    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Amazon AthenaIBM watsonx.data
    Database-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Amazon Athena and IBM watsonx.data
    Feature
    Amazon Athena
    8.6
    4 Ratings
    2% above category average
    IBM watsonx.data
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    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
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    Amazon AthenaIBM watsonx.data
    Small Businesses
    MongoDB Atlas
    Score7.7 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Azure Database
    Score8.8 out of 10
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Cloud SQL
    Score8.7 out of 10
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon AthenaIBM watsonx.data
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    8.2
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    User Testimonials
    Amazon AthenaIBM watsonx.data
    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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    IBM
    Real-time transaction processing (both reads and writes) is where DataStax Enterprise shines. It's very fast with linear scalability should more resources be needed. Additional nodes are added very easily. DataStax Enterprise on its own (without Solr or Spark enabled) isn't well suited for long complicated reports. The data model doesn't support joining multiple tables together which is common in BI reporting.
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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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    IBM
    • Datastax Cassandra provides high availability and good performance for a database. It is built on top of open source Apache Cassandra so you can always somewhat understand the internal functioning and why.
    • Datastax Cassandra is fairly simple to start using, you can install/setup your cluster and be productive in 1 day.
    • Datastax Cassandra provides a lot of good detailed documentation, and when starting, the detailed free videos on the Datastax site and documentation are very helpful.
    • Datastax Enterprise Edition of Cassandra provides more tools, good support, and quick response SLA for enterprise business support.
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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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    IBM
    • I seen the connectivity of s3 buckets on aws it is only user based authentication if it can used as role based it would be help as part of security constraint
    • Mrap connections are more flexible, But using the presto and it helps a lot
    • If the customization can be happened on the IBM watsonx.data side like connectivity and other things
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    As an open source technology Cassandra can be readily used with or without any commercial support. DataStax provides value-added services and features, and in the end it is up to individual situations to strike a balance between the desirability of such support/service versus the associated cost.
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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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    IBM
    DataStax has a good community built around it and has amazing scalability options. Though the initial setup is a bit costly, in the long run, it makes up for it. It also has powerful monitoring tools and a clean UI.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
    good recovery features
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    Performance
    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
    scalable product
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
    We have had a few situations where we caused an outage or something has gone wrong and we are able to get a support person to offer live help within minutes. The escalation process is excellent - the best I've seen - and the support team is incredibly strong. Outside of emergencies, the team is very helpful with general questions and working through data model exercises and the subscription I believe still comes with some hours to help get the data model reviewed.
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    Online Training
    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
    easy to follow documentation, support is there when needed
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
    use saas service
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
    Cognos Analytics wont be able to have any assets without the connectivity to IBM watsonx.data lakehouse. In our environment, IBM watsonx.data serves as the primary data source for all of our assets within our Cognos Analytics environment. IBM watsonx.data also incorporates the ability to run and verify SQL schema right within the management console.
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    Scalability
    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
    IBM Cognos offers exceptional scalability, making it a strong solution for organizations with growing business intelligence and reporting needs. Numerous Fortune 500 companies rely on IBM Cognos to manage complex reporting environments, support large user populations, and scale their analytics capabilities as their businesses grow.
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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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    IBM
    • It has saved us a huge cost by offloading data-warehouse which are comparatively expensive.
    • Provides a single source of data to train AI models so we don't need to rely on multiple sources, saving infra/license costs.
    • Prevents data duplication as multiple engines can use the same data bucket for the search.
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