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    Apache Pig

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AApache Pig is an open-source platform for processing and analyzing large datasets in distributed environments. It provides Pig Latin, a high-level dataflow language for defining transformations, and an execution layer that converts those programs into parallel processing jobs.

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    Microsoft SQL Server

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft SQL Server is a relational database.

    $1,418

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    Apache PigMicrosoft SQL Server
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    $13,748.00
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    Apache PigMicrosoft SQL Server
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Apache PigMicrosoft SQL Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    7.9
    (107 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    9.0
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    Usability
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    7.6
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    Availability
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    Performance
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    Support Rating
    6.0
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    In-Person Training
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    Online Training
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    Implementation Rating
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    Configurability
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    Data Sharing and Collaboration
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    User Testimonials
    Apache PigMicrosoft SQL Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Apache
    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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    Microsoft
    Microsoft SQL is ubiquitous, while MySQL runs under the hood all over the place. Microsoft SQL is the platform taught in colleges and certification courses and is the one most likely to be used by businesses because it is backed by Microsoft. Its interface is friendly (well, as pleasant as SQL can be) and has been used by so many for so long that resources are freely available if you encounter any issues.
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    Pros
    Apache
    • 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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    Microsoft
    • Easy to configure and use with Visual Studio and Dot Net
    • Easy integration with MSBI to perform data analysis
    • Data Security
    • Easy to understand and use
    • Very easy to export database and tables in the form of SQL query or a script
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    Cons
    Apache
    • 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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    Microsoft
    • Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise edition has a high cost but is the only edition which supports SQL Always On Availability Groups. It would be nice to include this feature in the Standard version.
    • Licensing of Microsoft SQL Server is a quite complex matter, it would be good to simplify licensing in the future. For example, per core vs per user CAL licensing, as well as complex licensing scenarios in the Cloud and on Edge locations.
    • It would be good to include native tools for converting Oracle, DB2, Postgresql and MySQL/MariaDB databases (schema and data) for import into Microsoft SQL Server.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    We understand that the Microsoft SQL Server will continue to advance, offering the same robust and reliable platform while adding new features that enable us, as a software center, to create a superior product. That provides excellent performance while reducing the hardware requirements and the total cost of ownership of our solution.
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    Usability
    Apache
    It is quick, fast and easy to implement Apache Pig which makes is quite popular to be used.
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    Microsoft
    SQL Server mostly 'just works' or generates error messages to help you sort out the trouble. You can usually count on the product to get the job done and keep an eye on your potential mistakes. Interaction with other Microsoft products makes operating as a Windows user pretty straight forward. Digging through the multitude of dialogs and wizards can be a pain, but the answer is usually there somewhere.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Its does not have outages.
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    Performance
    Apache
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    Microsoft
    SSAS data cubes may some time slow down your Excel reports.
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    Support Rating
    Apache
    The documentation is adequate. I'm not sure how large of an external community there is for support.
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    Microsoft
    We managed to handle most of our problems by looking into Microsoft's official documentation that has everything explained and almost every function has an example that illustrates in detail how a particular functionality works. Just like PowerShell has the ability to show you an example of how some cmdlet works, that is the case also here, and in my opinion, it is a very good practice and I like it.
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    In-Person Training
    Apache
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    Microsoft
    It was good
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    Online Training
    Apache
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    Microsoft
    very hands on and detailed training
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    Implementation Rating
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Other than SQL taking quite a bit of time to actually install there are no problems with installation. Even on hardware that has good performance SQL can still take close to an hour to install a typical server with management and reporting services.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Apache
    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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    Microsoft
    [Microsoft] SQL Server has a much better community and professional support and is overall just a more reliable system with Microsoft behind it. I've used MySQL in the past and SQL Server has just become more comfortable for me and is my go to RDBMS.
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    Scalability
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    SQL server does handle growing demands of a mid sized company.
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    Return on Investment
    Apache
    • 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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    Microsoft
    • Increased accuracy - We went from multiple users having different versions of an Excel spreadsheet to a single source of truth for our reporting.
    • Increased Efficiency - We can now generate reports at any time from a single source rather than multiple users spending their time collating data and generating reports.
    • Improved Security - Enterprise level security on a dedicated server rather than financial files on multiple laptop hard drives.
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