Apache Pig vs Db2 Big SQL

Likelihood to Recommend

Apache Pig is best suited for ETL-based data processes. It is good in performance in handling and analyzing a large amount of data. it gives faster results than any other similar tool. It is easy to implement and any user with some initial training or some prior SQL knowledge can work on it. Apache Pig is proud to have a large community base globally.

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Prateek Agarwal

Technical Program Manager

Everwell Health SolutionsInformation Technology & Services, 201-500 employees

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My recommendation obviously would depend on the application. But I think given the right requirements, IBM DB2 Big SQL is definitely a contender for a database platform. Especially when disparate data and multiple data stores are involved. I like the fact I can use the product to federate my data and make it look like it's all in one place. The engine is high performance and if you desire to use Hadoop, this could be your platform.

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Gene Baker

Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer

WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Pros

Its performance, ease of use, and simplicity in learning and deployment.
Using this tool, we can quickly analyze large amounts of data.
It's adequate for map-reducing large datasets and fully abstracted MapReduce.

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Sourov K Chowdhury

Database Software Engineer

Best Web Design Ltd.Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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data storage
data manipulation
data definitions
data reliability

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John Spies

Database Administrator

RewardsLive.comInternet, 51-200 employees

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Cons

UDFS Python errors are not interpretable. Developer struggles for a very very long time if he/she gets these errors.
Being in early stage, it still has a small community for help in related matters.
It needs a lot of improvements yet. Only recently they added datetime module for time series, which is a very basic requirement.

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Kartik Chavan

Data Analyst

The University of Texas at ArlingtonElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 1001-5000 employees

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Cloud readiness.
Ease of implementation.

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Gene Baker

Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer

WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Usability

Apache Pig 10.0

Based on 1 answer

It is quick, fast and easy to implement Apache Pig which makes is quite popular to be used.

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Subhadipto Poddar

Research Assistant

Iowa State UniversityHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees

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Db2 Big SQL 8.0

Based on 1 answer

IBM DB2 is a solid service but hasn't seen much innovation over the past decade. It gets the job done and supports our IT operations across digital so it is fair.

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John Spies

Database Administrator

RewardsLive.comInternet, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

Apache Pig 6.0

Based on 2 answers

The documentation is adequate. I'm not sure how large of an external community there is for support.

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Jordan Moore

Software Consultant

Avalon ConsultingInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Db2 Big SQL 8.8

Based on 4 answers

IBM did a good job of supporting us during our evaluation and proof of concept. They were able to provide all necessary guidance, answer questions, help us architect it, etc. We were pleased with the support provided by the vendor. I will caveat and say this support was all before the sale, however, we have a ton of IBM products and they provide the same high level of support for all of them. I didn't see this being any different. I give IBM support two thumbs up!

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Gene Baker

Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer

WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

Apache Pig might help to start things faster at first and it was one of the best tool years back but it lacks important features that are needed in the data engineering world right now. Pig also has a steeper learning curve since it uses a proprietary language compared to Spark which can be coded with Python, Java.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Internet Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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MS SQL Server was ruled out given we didn't feel we could collapse environments. We thought of MS-SQL as more of a one for one replacement for Sybase ASE, i.e., server for server. SAP HANA was evaluated and given a big thumbs up but was rejected because the SQL would have to be rewritten at the time (now they have an accelerator so you don't have to). Also, there was a very low adoption rate within the enterprise. IBM DB2 Big SQL was not selected even though technically it achieved high scores, because we could not find readily available talent and low adoption rate within the enterprise (basically no adoption at the time). We ended up selecting Exadata because of the high adoption rate within the enterprise even though technically HANA and Big SQL were superior in our evaluations.

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Gene Baker

Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer

WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Higher learning curve than other similar technologies so on-boarding new engineers or change ownership of Apache Pig code tends to be a bit of a headache
Once the language is learned and understood it can be relatively straightforward to write simple Pig scripts so development can go relatively quickly with a skilled team
As distributed technologies grow and improve, overall Apache Pig feels left in the dust and is more legacy code to support than something to actively develop with.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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better data visibility
solid reliability for mission critical data

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John Spies

Database Administrator

RewardsLive.comInternet, 51-200 employees

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Apache Pig vs Db2 Big SQL

Apache Pig

Db2 Big SQL

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Likelihood to Recommend

Apache Pig

Db2 Big SQL

Usability

Apache Pig

Db2 Big SQL

Support Rating

Apache Pig

Db2 Big SQL

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Usability

Support Rating

Alternatives Considered

Return on Investment

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