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Azure HDInsight vs. Azure Synapse Analytics

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Azure HDInsight

36 Reviews and Ratings

Azure Synapse Analytics

52 Reviews and Ratings

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure HDInsight

    Score4 out of 10
    		N/AHDInsight is an implementation of the Apache Hadoop technology stack on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform: It is based on the Hortonworks Hadoop distribution. Microsoft Azure HDInsight includes implementations of Apache Spark, HBase, Storm, Pig, Hive, Sqoop, Oozie, Ambari, etc. It also integrates with with business intelligence (BI) tools such as Power BI, Excel, SQL Server Analysis Services, and SQL Server Reporting Services.N/A

    Azure Synapse Analytics

    Score6.9 out of 10
    		N/AAzure 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)

    Pricing
    Azure HDInsightAzure Synapse Analytics
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Tier 1
    $4,700
    per month 5,000 Synapse Commit Units (SCUs)
    Tier 2
    $9,200
    per month 10,000 Synapse Commit Units (SCUs)
    Tier 3
    $21,360
    per month 24,000 Synapse Commit Units (SCUs)
    Tier 4
    $50,400
    per month 60,000 Synapse Commit Units (SCUs)
    Tier 5
    $117,000
    per month 150,000 Synapse Commit Units (SCUs)
    Tier 6
    $259,200
    per month 360,000 Synapse Commit Units (SCUs)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure HDInsightAzure Synapse Analytics
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Azure HDInsightAzure Synapse Analytics
    Considered Both Products
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    Microsoft
    Verified User
    Chose Azure Synapse Analytics
    SQL Data Warehousing is much easier to manage if you already have SQL Server experience and analysts who are familiar with its interface. We are currently piloting using NoSQL and Hadoop type databases but it is difficult to get set up properly. Additionally, we have to …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Azure HDInsightAzure Synapse Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)