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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Datameer

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ADatameer helps businesses clean up, combine, and organize data to make sense of it and use it for reports and machine learning.N/A

    Microsoft SQL Server

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

    $1,418

    Per License

    Pricing
    DatameerMicrosoft SQL Server
    Editions & Modules
    Team/Enterprise
    Contact for pricing
    per month Team
    Subscription
    $1,418.00
    Per License
    Enterprise
    $13,748.00
    Per License
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DatameerMicrosoft SQL Server
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    DatameerMicrosoft SQL Server
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    User Ratings
    DatameerMicrosoft SQL Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    7.9
    (107 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.4
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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
    8.0
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    7.9
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    In-Person Training
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    9.0
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    Online Training
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    Configurability
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    Data Sharing and Collaboration
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    User Testimonials
    DatameerMicrosoft SQL Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Datameer
    Datameer is a great tool if someone is capable of keeping the most recent version of the tool up to date along with the most recent version of the distribution of Hadoop. The tool is easy to support but it must have someone who can run the back end processes
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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
    Datameer
    • It leverages scalability, flexibility and cost-effectiveness of hadoop to deliver an end-user focused analytic platform for big data without involvement of IT.
    • It overcomes Hadoop`s complexity by providing GUI interface with pre-built functions across integration, analytics and data visualization .
    • Excel feature is awesome for business users which is already provided by Datameer.
    • Using datameer now user can do smart analytic using Decision Trees, Column dependency and recommendation.
    • Recently HTML5 inclusion is making application to available on a wider range of devices, including the iPad and other mobile devices which does not support Flash.
    • It can be used in premise or in a cloud computing environment.
    • Wizard-based data integration designed for IT and business users to schedule and do transformation of large sets of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data without any knowledge of Hadoop ecosystem.
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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
    Datameer
    • Concentration issues are possible while using a lot of tabs at once.
    • In most cases, the length of a tutorial video is excessive.
    • A more condensed design is certainly a viable option.
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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
    Datameer
    Employees with intermediate SQL and Hive knowledge can generate reports faster than using Datameer . It does have visualization tool but I don't think it is anything that cannot be accomplished by importing the data in Excel
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    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
    Datameer
    Easy to use for most things, starts to require some planning as your projects get more complex.
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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
    Datameer
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Its does not have outages.
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    Performance
    Datameer
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    SSAS data cubes may some time slow down your Excel reports.
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    Support Rating
    Datameer
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Datameer
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    It was good
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    Online Training
    Datameer
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    Microsoft
    very hands on and detailed training
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    Implementation Rating
    Datameer
    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
    Datameer
    Pricing, support, and ease of use. We plan to scale up our data over the net few years and Datameer gives us all the things we need in one tool. Handles large transformations quickly and works with all the cloud data warehouses.
    Datameer's per-user pricing sealed the deal for us as we plan to transfer much more data over the next few years. We looked at Fivetran but the usage pricing discourages growth. We also looked at Informatica but it was too expensive and didn't work as well with other BI tools like Datameer does.
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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
    Datameer
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    SQL server does handle growing demands of a mid sized company.
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    Return on Investment
    Datameer
    • We have not been able to reach our business objectives just yet.
    • Hadoop its a hard sell in most companies still.
    • Legacy skills are still highly on demand and as long as an easier path leverage SQL for example is available, it would be hard to gain more adoption.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Datameer Screenshots

    Screenshot of DATA TRANSFORMATION: SQL or No Code

SQL SELECT statements can be used to explore and shape data. Work is represented visually on a canvas like interface, making it easier to design and maintain projects.

Datameer includes library of pre-built drag-and-drop transformations to accelerate SQL development or transform datasets without writing code.Screenshot of DATA CATALOG: Collaboration in Snowflake

Search, Metadata, Data Profiling, and Auto documentationScreenshot of AUTOMATION & INSIGHTS

Insights can be sent to email or Slack, integrated, and deployed to SnowflakeScreenshot of PRODUCTION PIPELINES: From ad-hoc exploration to production pipelines

GIT version control, materialization, dependency management, monitoring