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AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3) vs Denodo comparison

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Categories and Ranking

AtScale Adaptive Analytics ...
Ranking in Data Virtualization
6th
Average Rating
5.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (57th), Data Governance (47th), BI on Hadoop (2nd)
Denodo
Ranking in Data Virtualization
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (7th), Cloud Data Integration (6th), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (3rd), AI Data Analysis (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Data Virtualization category, the mindshare of AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3) is 5.2%, down from 10.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Denodo is 21.7%, down from 40.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Virtualization Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Denodo21.7%
AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3)5.2%
Other73.1%
Data Virtualization
 

Featured Reviews

it_user822762 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior BI and Reporting Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The GUI interface is nice and easy to use, but the organization of the icons is not saved across users
Connecting to a Hadoop database to create a cube to connect to Tableau. We want to be able to easily create cubes which can be connected to Tableau for visualization The product had many issues. We had great collaboration with the product development team, but the product was not able to meet our…
Douglas Camargo - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Backend Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 51-200 employees
Has simplified multi-database querying and accelerated solution delivery with minimal setup
Denodo offers a great query language, the VQL, which was very easy to understand for someone that only knows SQL. It was easy to work with, and it was easy to integrate various types of databases in general. The usability of the platform is very great. The federated queries were also a feature that I used a lot. The easy usability of Denodo helped my work and made things easier for productivity. We were able to ship code faster than if we needed to use another type of data visualization tool or even an ETL. When we have multiple databases, the standard or common approach is just to have an ETL that matches the data, and we need to write this whole ETL. With Denodo, we can simplify this whole work to a few queries or setups in the databases and just make a few queries. This was actually easier, and it was faster to deliver a solution for a client instead of building a whole ETL pipeline or simply backfilling one database in another. Denodo simplifies your work and helps you ship code or ship solutions in a faster way. I really like the UI that Denodo has on the web app version. It was very simple and actually very beautiful to see. For a complicated program, it was very easy to understand how it works, even for someone who is just approaching the data engineering career or side of the programming language.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The GUI interface is nice and easy to use."
"The best thing about Denodo is that creating and deploying a web service can be done in about 10 minutes, compared to a whole day when it comes to other solutions (such as when deploying with Java and AWS)."
"We can consume data fast."
"It is a very stable solution."
"Denodo provides several server connectivity options with other tools such as ODPC and UDPC. It supports API integrations, allowing integration with a wide range of databases using different technologies, including NoSQL and relational databases."
"The most valuable feature in Denodo is data virtualization."
"The most valuable features are data lineage and the concept of a semantic layer."
"One thing that we have noticed is that when you have a BI tool, you end up building a lot of the logic in the BI tool, but as a company, every company wants to be tool agnostic because today, you could be in the Qlik Sense, and tomorrow, you may decide to go with Tableau or something else that is there. If you have put a lot of logic within the tool, transitioning or moving away from one BI tool to another tool becomes a very intensive process. By keeping the logic in Denodo, you can move to any tool."
"The performance of our application has increased significantly."
 

Cons

"The product was not able to meet our 10 second refresh requirements."
"There was an issue with the incremental aggregation not working as indicated."
"The organization of the icons is not saved across users."
"Data transformation must be improved."
"We can't scale it to meet digital requirements."
"Denodo can be improved in some areas. We faced some issues with respect to Java client dependencies and had significant hassle with version management."
"To make it easier to use or a better tool, the architecture and internal design of the folders for organizing the structure of the different data could be more structured."
"There are a couple of areas that can be improved in Denodo. From a stability point of view, sometimes we see issues in the data management functionality. This only happens now and then, however, and usually takes place when we add in our own customization."
"Documentation needs to be improved"
"I am still waiting for Denodo to support vector databases."
"I would like it if we could pull the data model or export the data model because Denodo has, based on how you build, something called associations. The data model gets very confusing when you go look at it. It depends on how you define it, but it's really huge. I wish there was a way to export it into Visio. It could be that they already have a way to do it, and I don't know, but it would be much easier for the architects and even for the developers to look at it than scrunching it into the screen and expanding every small portion of it. If there was an easy way to export the Denodo model into another modeling tool and view it, it would be great."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I am not super familiar with the pricing, but so far, it seems good. We have been happy. We haven't seen any problems. The only time we had to pay extra was during the upgrade. We didn't upgrade at the time they told us to upgrade, and we had to pay extra to keep the service. They had stopped the support for the older version and moved to the newer version. It was not their fault. It was our fault because we didn't get on board quickly."
"For us, the cost has been okay. Also, there are no additional costs; it's just the standard licensing fee."
"The licensing charges for this solution are payable annually."
"The licensing should be improved, as the cost per connector is quite expensive."
"There is an express edition and a licensed enterprise edition."
"Depending on the size of the client you want to work with, it can be prohibitively expensive at times."
"Cost wise, on a scale from one to five, with one being the cheapest and five being the most expensive, Denodo would be at three. We get all the features in a bundle."
"I don't know the actual cost, but it's tens of thousands of dollars per month."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Healthcare Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Media Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise20
 

Questions from the Community

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Does Denodo provide useful data virtualization education? Is it useful to attend their training?
If you are a Denodo user, it makes sense to undergo their training. Different types of professionals can benefit from it, including administrators, developers, and architects. If you are keen on i...
In experience, what might Denodo be lacking or need improvement on?
I like Denodo a lot. It offers quick and easy web service deployment within minutes. There are not any flaws that I think make the product less good or effective. The only thing I can point out is...
Which industries can benefit from Denodo the most?
Denodo is suitable for pretty much all sectors that deal with: Big data Cloud solutions Data governance Logical data fabric Master data management In my opinion, organizations in different fields...
 

Also Known As

AtScale, AtScale Intelligence Platform
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