Azure Analysis Services vs. Azure Synapse Analytics
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![]() Azure Analysis Services | Score7.4 out of 10 | N/A | Azure Analysis Services delivers enterprise-grade BI semantic modeling capabilities with the scale, flexibility, and management benefits of the cloud. Azure Analysis Services helps transform complex data into actionable insights. Azure Analysis Services is built on the analytics engine in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services. | N/A |
Azure Synapse Analytics | Score6.9 out of 10 | N/A | Azure Synapse Analytics is described as the former Azure SQL Data Warehouse, evolved, and as a limitless analytics service that brings together enterprise data warehousing and Big Data analytics. It gives users the freedom to query data using either serverless or provisioned resources, at scale. Azure Synapse brings these two worlds together with a unified experience to ingest, prepare, manage, and serve data for immediate BI and machine learning needs. | $4,700 per month 5000 Synapse Commit Units (SCUs) |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.1 | 8.1 |
| Usability | - | 9.6 |
| Support Rating | - | 9.6 |
| Contract Terms and Pricing Model | - | 10.0 |
