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OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 29, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

OpenText Analytics Database...
Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse
11th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (5th)
Oracle Autonomous Data Ware...
Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse
14th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Cloud Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is 5.6%, down from 5.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is 5.0%, up from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica)5.6%
Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse5.0%
Other89.4%
Cloud Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

JN
consultant at tcs
Data warehousing has transformed reporting performance and now delivers near real-time insights
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is a very powerful analytic database, but like any platform, there are areas where it can improve to make daily work even smoother. Better cloud-native experience is one area for improvement. OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) was originally designed as an on-premises analytic database and later moved to cloud. Improvement opportunities include more seamless cloud-native features such as auto-scaling, serverless options, and easier cluster management. Competitors such as Snowflake and BigQuery provide more fully managed experiences. Easier UI is another area for improvement. Most administration is currently done by SQL and command line tools. An improvement opportunity would be a more modern web UI for monitoring, workload management, and troubleshooting. Faster ecosystem and community growth is needed. In short, OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) could improve in areas such as cloud-native capability, modern UI for administration, stronger real-time streaming integration, and growing its ecosystem and community. These enhancements would make it easier to manage and adopt compared to newer cloud-first analytic platforms. From a day-to-day operational perspective, there are a few areas where OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) could improve to make our work smoother. Smarter automatic projection management is needed with more intelligence, auto projection creation, automatic optimization, and reduced manual testing with better workload management. Right now, monitoring queries often requires system tables and manual analysis. Troubleshooting slow queries takes time. A modern real-time dashboard showing query bottlenecks and resource users would enable quick detection. The impact could be faster issue resolution and less time spent debugging performance. Storage native interaction with modern data tools is also important. In short, from a day-to-day perspective, improvements in automatic projection optimization, better workload monitoring dashboard, easier schema evolution, and stronger modern tool integration would significantly reduce manual tuning effort and improve developer productivity. While OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is very powerful, these enhancements would make it more efficient for the analytics team.
Kwajah Mohiuddin - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Head of Architecture at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Provides self-repair features, but the setup is complex
We use the product for online applications. We use it in the financial industry The product has self-repair features. The tool tunes itself. It separates compute from storage. We can scale storage and compute separately. The setup is complex. Oracle is a complex tool. I have been using Oracle…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Vertica is a columnar database where the query performance is extremely fast and it can be used for real-time integrations for API and other applications. The solution requires zero maintenance which is helpful."
"Integrated R and geospatial functions are helping us improve efficiency and explore new revenue streams. ​"
"Partition and join back to node are easy and simple for DBAs."
"It's the fastest database I have ever tested. That's the most important feature of Vertica."
"The performance is very good and the aggregate records are fast."
"Customer Service: Excellent! Technical Support: Excellent!"
"We are able to integrate our Vertica data warehouse with Tableau to create numerous reports quickly and efficiently."
"We use the solution because it is very good, you can make interconnections with anything to collect the data, any type of data."
"Amazing performance, it is a revolution."
"The product is easy to use."
"I loved the simplicity of loading the data and simply relying on the self-tuning capabilities of ADW."
"One advantage is that if you already have an Oracle Database, it easily integrates with that."
"The integration feature is very good because you can automate protection security automatically, restricting the access of unauthorized people."
"The autonomous database provides several benefits and unmatched performance."
"The solution has a self-backup, so you don't need a DBA (database administrator) to do a backup."
"It is a stable and scalable solution."
 

Cons

"Vertica’s resource demands for RAM and I/O during load and storage were challenging for our platform."
"Vertica's native cloud support could be improved, and its installation could be made easier."
"We are looking for a cheaper deployment for the solution. Although we did a lot of benchmarks, like Redshift. We tried Redshift, it didn't work. It didn't work out for us as well."
"The documentation could be improved with more examples of commands and step-by-step scenarios."
"Pricing could be more competitive."
"Performance of management of metadata layer (database catalog) needs improvement. We still have to have smaller customers on PostgreSQL; Vertica cannot manage thousands of schemata."
"It is usually very stable, but we occasionally see some nodes going down."
"I think they need an easy client so that you can write queries easily, but it's not necessarily a weak point."
"We are not satisfied with the technical support. Their understanding is lacking."
"One of the major problem is creating custom tablespace. The ADB serverless option doesn't support custom tablespace creation, which could cause issues during on-premise database migration that requires specifically named tablespace. There should be an option to create customized tablespace."
"The solution could be improved by allowing for migration tools from other cloud services, including migration from Amazon Redshift, RDS, and Aurora."
"I would like to see Application Express and Oracle R Enterprise fully supported, and I would like to see Oracle Data Mining supported as a front end."
"I would like to see an on-premise solution in the future."
"The solution could be improved by allowing for migration tools from other cloud services, including migration from Amazon Redshift, RDS, and Aurora."
"One of the major problem is creating custom tablespace."
"An improvement for us would be the inclusion of support for an internal IP, so we could use it directly with the VCN in Oracle Cloud."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is free and we pay for the storage."
"I am aware that we have licensed it, but I have no knowledge of its cost."
"The solution is relatively cost-effective."
"The price is reasonable. We use a pay per license model. Firstly, you need to buy a license. After that, you mainly pay the annual support fee of around 20% or 25%. I think their prices are quite reasonable."
"It's an expensive product"
"The pricing and licensing depend on the size of your environment and the zone where you want to implement."
"Read the fine print carefully."
"The pricing for this solution is very reasonable compared to other vendors."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing an eight."
"You pay as you go, and you don't pay for services that you don't use."
"The licensing cost of the product can vary since you can integrate it very easily with other products or other cloud products...You pay as you use it, so it is not yearly or monthly payments to be made toward Oracle."
"The solution's cost is reasonable."
"In terms of architecture and pricing structure, I feel it is a little bit costly compared to Azure. It's fine compared to RedShift, but compared to Azure, it's a bit pricey when you calculate for one TB storage plus around five hours of reporting with the frequency of 1TB data. The cost adds up, making Oracle a bit expensive."
"Cloud solutions are cheaper, but in the long run, they may not be much cheaper. They certainly have a lower initial cost. The licensing is yearly, and it is based on the size of the hardware and the number of users."
"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse's pricing is fair and reasonable compared to the other cloud vendors."
"The solution is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Media Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Insurance Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise23
Large Enterprise43
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Vertica?
Vertica is easy to use and provides really high performance, stability, and scalability.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vertica?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is limited because the organization handled the licensing and pricing as well as the cost setup.
What needs improvement with Vertica?
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is already doing great. There could be a community which could have been much more advanced and more people can be engaged so that any kind of questions, queri...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?
We pay approximately $70,000 per month. The cost includes maintenance and support.
What needs improvement with Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?
Optimization should be better. The SQLs are sometimes very slow. I also noticed that Java is not supported, which is not ideal.
What is your primary use case for Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?
We are using Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse for analytics in my company.
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus Vertica, HPE Vertica, HPE Vertica on Demand
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Sample Customers

Cerner, Game Show Network Game, Guess by Marciano, Supercell, Etsy, Nascar, Empirix, adMarketplace, and Cardlytics.
Hertz, TaylorMade Golf, Outront Media, Kingold, FSmart, Drop-Tank
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