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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Apache Hive

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AApache Hive is database/data warehouse software that supports data querying and analysis of large datasets stored in the Hadoop distributed file system (HDFS) and other compatible systems, and is distributed under an open source license.N/A

    Azure Synapse Analytics

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/AAzure Synapse Analytics is described as the former Azure SQL Data Warehouse, evolved, and as a limitless analytics service that brings together enterprise data warehousing and Big Data analytics. It gives users the freedom to query data using either serverless or provisioned resources, at scale. Azure Synapse brings these two worlds together with a unified experience to ingest, prepare, manage, and serve data for immediate BI and machine learning needs.

    $4,700

    per month 5000 Synapse Commit Units (SCUs)

    Pricing
    Apache HiveAzure Synapse Analytics
    Editions & Modules
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    Tier 1
    $4,700
    per month 5,000 Synapse Commit Units (SCUs)
    Tier 2
    $9,200
    per month 10,000 Synapse Commit Units (SCUs)
    Tier 3
    $21,360
    per month 24,000 Synapse Commit Units (SCUs)
    Tier 4
    $50,400
    per month 60,000 Synapse Commit Units (SCUs)
    Tier 5
    $117,000
    per month 150,000 Synapse Commit Units (SCUs)
    Tier 6
    $259,200
    per month 360,000 Synapse Commit Units (SCUs)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Apache HiveAzure Synapse Analytics
    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
    Apache HiveAzure Synapse Analytics
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
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    User Ratings
    Apache HiveAzure Synapse Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (35 ratings)
    7.7
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (7 ratings)
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Apache HiveAzure Synapse Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Apache
    Software work execution is on a large scale, it is good to use for new projects or organizational changes, data lineage mapping has always been dubious but this one has had good results. You can store and synchronize data from different departments, the storage process can be manual but it is best automated.
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    Microsoft
    It's well suited for large, fastly growing, and frequently changing data warehouses (e.g., in startups). It's also suited for companies that want a single, relatively easy-to-use, centralized cloud service for all their data needs. Larger, more structured organizations could still benefit from this service by using Synapse Dedicated SQL Pools, knowing that costs will be much higher than other solutions. I think this product is not suited for smaller, simpler workloads (where an Azure SQL Database and a Data Factory could be enough) or very large scenarios, where it may be better to build custom infrastructure.
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    Pros
    Apache
    • Apache Hive allows use to write expressive solutions to complex problems thanks to its SQL-like syntax.
    • Relatively easy to set up and start using.
    • Very little ramp-up to start using the actual product, documentation is very thorough, there is an active community, and the code base is constantly being improved.
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    Microsoft
    • Quick to return data. Queries in a SQL data warehouse architecture tend to return data much more quickly than a OLTP setup. Especially with columnar indexes.
    • Ability to manage extremely large SQL tables. Our databases contain billions of records. This would be unwieldy without a proper SQL datawarehouse
    • Backup and replication. Because we're already using SQL, moving the data to a datawarehouse makes it easier to manage as our users are already familiar with SQL.
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    Cons
    Apache
    • Some queries, particularly complex joins, are still quite slow and can take hours
    • Previous jobs and queries are not stored sometimes
    • Switching to Impala can sometimes be time-consuming (i.e. the system hangs, or is slow to respond).
    • Sometimes, directories and tables don't load properly which causes confusion
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    Microsoft
    • With Azure, it's always the same issue, too many moving parts doing similar things with no specialisation. ADF, Fabric Data Factory and Synapse pipeline serve the same purpose. Same goes for Fabric Warehouse and Synapse SQL pools.
    • Could do better with serverless workloads considering the competition from databricks and its own fabric warehouse
    • Synapse pipelines is a replica of Azure Data Factory with no tight integration with Synapse and to a surprise, with missing features from ADF. Integration of warehouse can be improved with in environment ETl tools
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Apache
    Since I do not know the second data warehouse solution that integrate with HDFS as well as Hive.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Apache
    Hive is a very good big data analysis and ad-hoc query platform, which supports scaling also. The BI processes can be easily integrated with Hadoop via the Hive. It can deal with a much larger data set that traditional RDBMS can not. It is a "must-have" component of the big data domain.
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    Microsoft
    The data warehouse portion is very much like old style on-prem SQL server, so most SQL skills one has mastered carry over easily. Azure Data Factory has an easy drag and drop system which allows quick building of pipelines with minimal coding. The Spark portion is the only really complex portion, but if there's an in-house python expert, then the Spark portion is also quiet useable.
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    Support Rating
    Apache
    Apache Hive is a FOSS project and its open source. We need not definitely comment on anything about the support of open source and its developer community. But, it has got tremendous developer support, awesome documentation. I would justify the fact that much support can be gathered from the community backup.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft does its best to support Synapse. More and more articles are being added to the documentation, providing more useful information on best utilizing its features. The examples provided work well for basic knowledge, but more complex examples should be added to further assist in discovering the vast abilities that the system has.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Apache
    Besides Hive, I have used Google BigQuery, which is costly but have very high computation speed. Amazon Redshift is the another product, I used in my recent organisation. Both Redshift and BigQuery are managed solution whereas Hive needs to be managed
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    Microsoft
    In comparing Azure Synapse to the Google BigQuery - the biggest highlight that I'd like to bring forward is Azure Synapse SQL leverages a scale-out architecture in order to distribute computational processing of data across multiple nodes whereas Google BigQuery only takes into account computation and storage.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Basically, the billing is predictable, and this all about it.
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    Return on Investment
    Apache
    • Apache hive is secured and scalable solution that helps in increasing the overall organization productivity.
    • Apache hive can handle and process large amount of data in a sufficient time manner.
    • It simplifies writing SQL queries, hence helping the organization as most companies use SQL for all query jobs.
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    Microsoft
    • Licensing fees is replaced with Azure subscription fee. No big saving there
    • More visibility into the Azure usage and cost
    • It can be used a hot storage and old data can be archived to data lake. Real time data integration is possible via external tables and Microsoft Power BI
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