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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Analysis Services

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAzure Analysis Services delivers enterprise-grade BI semantic modeling capabilities with the scale, flexibility, and management benefits of the cloud. Azure Analysis Services helps transform complex data into actionable insights. Azure Analysis Services is built on the analytics engine in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.N/A

    Amazon Redshift

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Redshift is a hosted data warehouse solution, from Amazon Web Services.

    $0.24

    per GB per month

    Pricing
    Azure Analysis ServicesAmazon Redshift
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Redshift Managed Storage
    $0.24
    per GB per month
    Current Generation
    $0.25 - $13.04
    per hour
    Previous Generation
    $0.25 - $4.08
    per hour
    Redshift Spectrum
    $5.00
    per terabyte of data scanned
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure Analysis ServicesAmazon Redshift
    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
    Azure Analysis ServicesAmazon Redshift
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Amazon AWS
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    78%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    82%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    78%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    Features
    Azure Analysis ServicesAmazon Redshift
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Azure Analysis Services and Amazon Redshift
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    8.6
    8 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Amazon Redshift
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    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Azure Analysis Services and Amazon Redshift
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Amazon Redshift
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Azure Analysis Services and Amazon Redshift
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Amazon Redshift
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Azure Analysis Services and Amazon Redshift
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Amazon Redshift
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Azure Analysis Services and Amazon Redshift
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    9.3
    8 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Amazon Redshift
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.38 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.38 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Azure Analysis Services and Amazon Redshift
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    8.6
    7 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Amazon Redshift
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    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Azure Analysis Services and Amazon Redshift
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    8.8
    7 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Amazon Redshift
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API8.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Azure Analysis ServicesAmazon Redshift
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8 out of 10
    Snowflake
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
    Snowflake
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure Analysis ServicesAmazon Redshift
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (38 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure Analysis ServicesAmazon Redshift
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    We would have many technical issues and glitches with previous similar providers but found that Azure Analysis Services can simply handle our workload and memory better. I remember we lost an account due to cloud issues not fully saving or corrupting some files. Granted, this is rare with any cloud but haven't had that issue with the same load of memory with Azure Analysis Services.
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    Amazon AWS
    If the number of connections is expected to be low, but the amounts of data are large or projected to grow it is a good solutions especially if there is previous exposure to PostgreSQL. Speaking of Postgres, Redshift is based on several versions old releases of PostgreSQL so the developers would not be able to take advantage of some of the newer SQL language features. The queries need some fine-tuning still, indexing is not provided, but playing with sorting keys becomes necessary. Lastly, there is no notion of the Primary Key in Redshift so the business must be prepared to explain why duplication occurred (must be vigilant for)
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Providing role based access or we can say privilege based on the role to the user if it is integrated with Azure active directory and hence securing the access to sensitive data.
    • We use to run different type of analytics services to get the better result which is hectic if done manually or with human efforts.
    • We also use to collect bulk of data with the help of this tool and run customized test cases for better efficiency of result and better decision making. The result are very crucial and helps in taking big decision.
    • It supports different or we can say heterogeneous database vendors like the Oracle, SQL, and hence make the task easy.
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    Amazon AWS
    • [Amazon] Redshift has Distribution Keys. If you correctly define them on your tables, it improves Query performance. For instance, we can define Mapping/Meta-data tables with Distribution-All Key, so that it gets replicated across all the nodes, for fast joins and fast query results.
    • [Amazon] Redshift has Sort Keys. If you correctly define them on your tables along with above Distribution Keys, it further improves your Query performance. It also has Composite Sort Keys and Interleaved Sort Keys, to support various use cases
    • [Amazon] Redshift is forked out of PostgreSQL DB, and then AWS added "MPP" (Massively Parallel Processing) and "Column Oriented" concepts to it, to make it a powerful data store.
    • [Amazon] Redshift has "Analyze" operation that could be performed on tables, which will update the stats of the table in leader node. This is sort of a ledger about which data is stored in which node and which partition with in a node. Up to date stats improves Query performance.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • There is very least content available on Microsoft docs and the Internet to get through with AAS.
    • i faced lots of connection issues while implementation.
    • The need for serious platform experience or expertise.
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    Amazon AWS
    • We've experienced some problems with hanging queries on Redshift Spectrum/external tables. We've had to roll back to and old version of Redshift while we wait for AWS to provide a patch.
    • Redshift's dialect is most similar to that of PostgreSQL 8. It lacks many modern features and data types.
    • Constraints are not enforced. We must rely on other means to verify the integrity of transformed tables.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Amazon AWS
    Just very happy with the product, it fits our needs perfectly. Amazon pioneered the cloud and we have had a positive experience using RedShift. Really cool to be able to see your data housed and to be able to query and perform administrative tasks with ease.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Amazon AWS
    The support was great and helped us in a timely fashion. We did use a lot of online forums as well, but the official documentation was an ongoing one, and it did take more time for us to look through it. We would have probably chosen a competitor product had it not been for the great support
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    The platform has vast number of features and modules. The UI is sleek and once you get to use to it, you will be able to do a lot of stuff. Also support for data sources is more in Azure Analysis Services.
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    Amazon AWS
    Than Vertica: Redshift is cheaper and AWS integrated (which was a plus because the whole company was on AWS).
    Than BigQuery: Redshift has a standard SQL interface, though recently I heard good things about BigQuery and would try it out again.
    Than Hive: Hive is great if you are in the PB+ range, but latencies tend to be much slower than Redshift and it is not suited for ad-hoc applications.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Amazon AWS
    Redshift is relatively cheaper tool but since the pricing is dynamic, there is always a risk of exceeding the cost. Since most of our team is using it as self serve and there is no continuous tracking by a dedicated team, it really needs time & effort on analyst's side to know how much it is going to cost.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • The tool has helped us a lot for taking critical decision which has resulted in the increase of profit of organization by 18 percent.
    • Return on investment is 70 percent as we are unable to utilize the tool with full functionalities, so we are still testing some of the use cases.
    • Human effort has been reduced and task has become automated hence helped in cost management
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    Amazon AWS
    • Our company is moving to the AWS infrastructure, and in this context moving the warehouse environments to Redshift sounds logical regardless of the cost.
    • Development organizations have to operate in the Dev/Ops mode where they build and support their apps at the same time.
    • Hard to estimate the overall ROI of moving to Redshift from my position. However, running Redshift seems to be inexpensive compared to all the licensing and hardware costs we had on our RDBMS platform before Redshift.
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