Compare leading Databases & Storage Software

Data storage solutions and query tools in the context of Data and Analytics (D&A) include systems for storing, managing, and providing data and/or query capabilities for analytical purposes. They offer various advantages in terms of scalability, flexibility, and performance, and can be combined as needed. The most prominent examples currently include relational databases, data warehouses, data lakes, and lakehouses.

Number of reviews: 20
| Customer Satisfaction:
4.9
Rated 4.9 out of 10

What is Exasol

High-performance, massively parallel, column-oriented, in-memory database for data & analytics use cases that can be used on-premise, in the cloud or hybrid.
Number of reviews: 21
| Customer Satisfaction:
7.6
Rated 7.6 out of 10

What is Snowflake Platform

Multi-cloud data platform to support data warehousing, data lakes, data engineering, data science, data application development and data exchange.

What is Actian Data Platform

Cloud-based end-to-end data platform for building analytical applications with functions for data integration, data quality and data storage.
Number of reviews: 19
| Customer Satisfaction:
6.4
Rated 6.4 out of 10

What is Amazon Redshift

Cloud-based data warehouse based on S3.

What is Amazon S3

Simple Storage Service of the AWS Cloud

What is Amazon Web Services

Comprehensive Cloud Data Platform with services for data storage (S3), data processing (Glue), data warehousing (Redshift, Athena), real-time streaming (Kinesis), and databases (DynamoDB, Aurora) with seamless integration.

What is Apache Iceberg

Iceberg is an optimized format for large analytical tables for big data. It enables engines such as Spark, Trino, Flink, Presto, Hive and Impala to work with the same tables simultaneously.

What is ClickHouse Cloud

Multidimensional cloud database for real-time applications based on the open source solution Apache Clickhouse

What is Couchbase

Distributed, multi-purpose NoSQL database; available as a self-hosted solution and SaaS product.

What is Couchbase Server

Distributed, multi-purpose NoSQL database; also available as a Couchbase Cloud Service.

What is Crate.io CrateDB

Scalable database system with NoSQL architecture and distributed SQL engine with focus on large-scale scenarios with high write and read load, as well as real-time analytics; also available as a cloud service.
Number of reviews: 20
| Customer Satisfaction:
7.6
Rated 7.6 out of 10

What is Databricks Data Intelligence Platform

End-to-end platform solution for processing large amounts of data for data engineering, data science and building agents based on a further development of Apache Spark technology.
Number of reviews: 21
| Customer Satisfaction:
8.0
Rated 8 out of 10

What is Dremio Cloud

Dremio is a SQL-based query engine on Hadoop and cloud storage systems, with services covering the data lakehouse paradigm and agent building. Available in the cloud or on-premise.

What is eccenca Corporate Memory

Knowledge Graph technology for the implementation of AI, data integration, governance, supply chain optimization use cases and knowledge management.
Number of reviews: 18
| Customer Satisfaction:
3.2
Rated 3.2 out of 10

What is Google BigQuery

Fully managed, serverless data warehouse and analysis environment as a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). BigQuery is optimized for the analysis of data in the petabyte range with SQL-like syntax.

What is Google Cloud Platform

Cloud data platform with comprehensive data management services for analytics, AI, and data processing with integrated governance capabilities.

What is Google Cloud Storage

Storage service of the Google Cloud Platform; basic storage for e.g. the development of data lakes, IoT applications or BigQuery

What is Greenplum Database

Open-source massively parallel relational (Postgres) database for storing and processing polystructured data.

What is IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Cloud-based, integrated data and AI platform for integrating, managing and analyzing data for AI.

What is IBM Db2

Cloud-native, relational database system for transactional and analytical use cases.

What is IBM watsonx

AI and data platform with watsonx.data for data lakehouse, watsonx.data intelligence for data governance and quality, and watsonx.ai for AI development and deployment.

What is Insightsoftware Simba Intelligence

Software solution for controlled access to live enterprise data, combining traditional connectivity with data virtualization functionality, a query engine, and AI-assisted analytics workflows.

What is InterSystems IRIS Data Platform

Data platform for analytical, transactional and AI applications. The Data Studio component provides Data Management capabilities.

What is MariaDB Enterprise

Relational open source database with flexible storage engine concept for implementing transactional and analytical workloads.
Number of reviews: 19
| Customer Satisfaction:
6.3
Rated 6.3 out of 10

What is Microsoft Fabric

A unified platform that enables data integration, analysis, and management for analytics in the Azure cloud by integrating various Azure data services such as Power BI, Synapse, Data Factory, Purview and Data Lake.

What is Microsoft SQL Server

rDBMS for transactional and analytical workloads; additional services available for data integration, analysis, reporting, data quality and master data management

What is MongoDB Atlas

MongoDB Atlas is a platform which consists of the document-based, distributed database for modern application development and data services.

What is Neo4j Graph Database

Graph-based database with additional services for data processing and analysis. Also available as a cloud service with Neo4j AuraDB.

What is NetApp

Comprehensive data management solutions for hybrid cloud environments with capabilities for data storage, protection, governance, and optimization across on-premises and cloud infrastructures.

What is Oracle Autonomous Database

Database solution based on relational Oracle technology with machine learning functions to support “autonomous” administration for analytical and transactional use cases.

What is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

Cloud platform with more than 100 services for data & analytics, including data pipelines, data warehousing, cataloging, event processing as well as analytical services for BI, analytics & data science.

What is Oracle Database

Relational database for OLTP/OLAP applications, extended by analytical storage engines and analytical functions to form a broad data management platform.

What is PostgreSQL

Open source, object-relational database management system for transactional and analytical workloads.

What is Presto

Presto, also known as PrestoDB, is an open source distributed SQL query engine.

What is Progress Data Platform

Data platform for data integration and storage of data for transactional, analytical and AI applications.

What is SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC)

Cloud-based data and analytics platform for building a business data fabric & uniform access to SAP and non-SAP data consisting of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere, among others.

What is SAP BW/4HANA

Data warehouse application based on SAP HANA.
Number of reviews: 20
| Customer Satisfaction:
3.8
Rated 3.8 out of 10

What is SAP Datasphere

Cloud-based data platform for building a business data fabric that enables simple, standardized access to SAP data and integration with non-SAP data for both technical and business users.

What is SAP HANA Cloud

Tool for accelerating SAP Analytics projects based on SAP HANA through specialized modules for extracting and processing data.

What is Snowflake Cloud Data Platform

Multi-cloud data platform to support data warehousing, data lakes, data engineering, data science, data application development and data exchange.

What is Starburst Data Starburst Galaxy

SQL-based MPP query engine based on open source technology Trino (formerly PrestoSQL) and Apache Iceberg for analytics on data lakes. Available on-premisies or in the Cloud.

What is Teradata VantageCloud

Data platform with combinable, different engines to query data for analytical and transactional applications.

What is TigerGraph Savanna

Graph database with functions for exploring relationships between data.
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