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IBM Integrated Analytics System vs Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Integrated Analytics Sy...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (23rd)
Microsoft Azure Synapse Ana...
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
98
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (7th)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user258975 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Management Specialist at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
They deliver a canned, scalable solution, but I would like to see the TSA scripts available publicly.
With a solid DB2 foundation, it performs incredibly and I recently implemented the new BLU Acceleration, and was dumbfounded that hour-long queries took minutes, in the correct scenario, of course. From a consultant point of view, I can step in and immediately know the system. I do not…
AnandTiwari - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at New Turn Technologies
Has consistently supported integration across diverse environments and streamlined deployment processes
Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics could improve their pricing structure. They currently have two separate pricing tiers: full log and partial log. I suggest they implement a single price and reduce charges on logs. They could implement a cap with some free tier or price tier based on the GBs of log collected. This would help customers use Azure more effectively. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is an excellent product because it includes both SIEM and orchestration capabilities with playbooks, but the log management part is very costly. Regarding future improvements, I would appreciate more application connectors for integration, particularly for on-premise based solutions. Many customers still maintain on-premise infrastructure, so having more integration possibilities for these environments would be beneficial.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"With a solid DB2 foundation, it performs incredibly and I recently implemented the new BLU Acceleration, and was dumbfounded that hour-long queries took minutes, in the correct scenario, of course."
"The platform has multiple valuable use cases. They include performance, compatibility, flexibility, and cost."
"With this solution, I can better understand buying patterns and user habits, and I can tell in real time a customer's review and purchase based on the cloud data of Azure Data Warehouse."
"Its seamless integration with Azure services is most valuable."
"It's quite quick for querying, even with large datasets, and it's scalable. It's also flexible to use, so it's easy to update and get data quickly without wasting time."
"The most valuable feature is the incremental load because we do not need to refresh the entire data on a daily basis."
"I have been working with Microsoft, and they have been very helpful."
"I like how Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics integrates with other Microsoft solutions."
"We can have the dedicated SQL up and running within 15 minutes."
 

Cons

"The HA - it's a good solution, but I feel IBM should provide the necessary scripts so you can destroy the TSA domain and rebuild it easily."
"There are some limitations. The filing can be improved."
"I'm not entirely happy with the billing model. I'm not entirely happy with how the enterprise services are pretty expensive, but that's about it."
"I think potential areas to improve on could be performance and if they offered a decoupled compute from storage kind of service that would be nice."
"This solution needs to have query caching so that if the same query is run and the results are available, it will return the data from the cache without having to re-run the query."
"I would like my team to be able to build pipelines that integrate with the Azure Data Factory."
"The only issue that we have run into with the solution's performance is with regard to concurrency."
"It's a complicated product."
"I am pretty sure that there are areas that need improvement but I just can think of them off the top of my head."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing is quite reasonable in comparison to other products."
"We only have to pay for what we use in the solution. It's easy for the customers. It's not more than some companies, not more than 300 to 400 users. They do not need to buy other license products, such as SAP B1, or analytics tools in the market, such as Tableau."
"Microsoft's pricing is relatively high, and it varies according to the extent of our usage. The pricing is directly tied to our consumption. This decision is ultimately a business choice."
"The price of this solution could be improved."
"The solution is expensive at the enterprise level."
"We normally pay between $300 and $500 per month, which is quite expensive for how much we actually use it, performance- and usage-wise. They have a cheap version and an expensive version, and our usage usually falls in the middle ground, which makes it not as cost-effective as it could be."
"The pricing is competitive, but only when you pay upfront. If you pay as you go, it's not as competitive. I'd give pricing a rating of seven out of ten."
"We are on a monthly payment plan for the use of Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics."
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Financial Services Firm
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Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Government
6%
 

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Small Business29
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Large Enterprise59
 

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The product is easy to use, and anybody can easily migrate to advanced DB.
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I think the licensing cost for Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is very high, but I have a local system to support that, so I don't consider that in the near future.
 

Also Known As

Smart Analytics System, IBM Smart Analytics System
Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Microsoft Azure SQL DW, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, MS Azure Synapse Analytics
 

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