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Firebolt vs. Oracle Exadata

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Firebolt
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Firebolt's Cloud Data Warehouse is designed to deliver extreme speed and elasticity at any scale to solve impossible data challenges. The vendor states it combines the best of high performance database architecture with the infinite scale of the data lake, enabling you to perform analytics at jaw-dropping speed across terabyte and petabyte scale. Built on a decoupled storage and compute architecture, Firebolt allows users to scale up or down to support any workload.N/A
Oracle Exadata
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Oracle Exadata is an enterprise database platform that runs Oracle Database workloads of any scale and criticality with high performance, availability, and security. Exadata’s scale-out design employs optimizations that let transaction processing, analytics, machine learning, and mixed workloads run faster. Consolidating diverse Oracle Database workloads on Exadata platforms in enterprise data centers, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and multicloud environments helps organizations increase…
$2.90
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Pricing
FireboltOracle Exadata
Editions & Modules
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Database Server
$2.9032
Per Unit
Quarter Rack
$14.5162
Per Unit
Offerings
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FireboltOracle Exadata
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFirebolt introduces a new business model that ensures true alignment of interests with customers. You can now rely on Firebolt to support your ever growing data and compute requirements, enabling you to run more queries faster, without breaking the bank. Firebolt pricing includes a fixed annual cost (described in the tiers below) as well as AWS cloud costs for resources you decide to use (fully transparent AWS compute and storage at the baseline cost. We don't make any profit here).—
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Score 8.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
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User Testimonials
FireboltOracle Exadata
Likelihood to Recommend
Firebolt
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Oracle
  • First, get the database on Oracle. If you are in an Oracle stack, it would be much better to use the Oracle products. If you are driving a Ferrari, you wouldn’t put a Mercedes engine in it. If you are writing a query, you cannot rely on other brands. Since I'm an architect, when I look for a product, I look for performance.
  • The installation is easy because it comes out-of-the-box and you just start using it.
  • Previous to Oracle Exadata, we were using a normal Oracle RAC service. We were just waiting for this product to come out.
  • I'm currently writing a data warehouse on Exadata. Before this solution, we were aiming for this to be completed by 8 a.m., when our ETLs would finish. With the help of Exadata's special features, this was reduced to 3 a.m. This solution allows us to bring more data within the same time period. It provides us with more subject areas that provide more reports to our users. Our ETL times reduced to 65%, then to 50%.
Gurcan Orhan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Gurcan Orhan
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Pros
Firebolt
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Oracle
  • Customize-able for specific functionality optimized for combination of online transaction or analytical processing.
  • Ability to serve mix workloads with resource management feature enables prioritizing allocation for certain workload.
  • Scale-able on-premise with compatibility for cloud deployment offers flexible solution for organization considering to transition from on-premise solution.
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Cons
Firebolt
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Oracle
  • Patching can often become quite involved and convoluted. It should be more transparent and straightforward.
  • Storage metrics can be difficult and time consuming to obtain.
  • Basic administrative functions can be hard to repair when discovered.
  • Vendor support can take a while to obtain. Generally several attempts are necessary to reach the right area of vendor expertise.
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Alternatives Considered
Firebolt
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Oracle
Oracle Exadata Database Machine had the best performance overall hands down. It clearly beat the competition and we were seeing 1000X improvement on SAP HANA. Oracle Exadata Database Machine beat that without us refactoring our code. To achieve that in HANA, we had to refactor the code somewhat. Now this was for our limited POC of 5 use cases. Given the large number of stored procedures we had in Sybase, we need to capture more production metrics but we are seeing incredible performance.
Gene Baker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Gene Baker
Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
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Return on Investment
Firebolt
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Oracle
  • Single support from a single vendor with both machine and database from Oracle, which is costing us less.
  • With Exadata, we need less technical manpower and less technical support. A business transaction with the integrated and centralized database helps us focus on other business needs.
  • We don't need to buy additional licenses and Hardware for the next 3 to 5 years.
Habeeb Akbar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Habeeb Akbar
Sr. Product Manager/Consultant for Software Technologies and Infrastructure
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