Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Azure SQL Database

Azure Synapse Analytics

52 Reviews and Ratings

Azure SQL Database

279 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
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)
Azure SQL Database	Score8.9 out of 10	N/A	Azure SQL Database is Microsoft's relational database as a service (DBaaS).	$0.50 Per Hour

Pricing

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure SQL Database

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)

2 vCORE: $0.5044
Per Hour
6 vCORE: $1.5131
Per Hour
10 vCORE: $2.52
Per Hour

Pricing Offerings
Azure Synapse Analytics	Azure SQL Database
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Azure Synapse Analytics	Azure SQL Database
Considered Both Products	Microsoft Verified User Chose Azure Synapse Analytics They're all part of the Microsoft Azure family, so they are not exactly competitors. They overlap in functionality, but they're targeted at different levels of customers. Azure Data Factory is an excellent stand-alone PaaS (included in Synapse Analytics) for writing, scheduling, … Incentivized Helpful? Scott Kennedy Director, eCommerce Analytics and Digital Marketing in Marketing at Franklin Sports (Sporting Goods, 201-500 employees) Chose Azure Synapse Analytics Azure Synapse Analytics stacks up well against the competitors I mentioned above. Technically, Azure SQL Datawarehouse is an upgraded version of the Azure SQL Database. So, the choice to move from one to the other depends on the processing needs of your company. If you need … Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft No answer on this topic
	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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Features

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure SQL Database

Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure SQL Database
Feature	Azure Synapse Analytics - Ratings	Azure SQL Database 9.2 28 Ratings
Automatic software patching	00 Ratings	9.026 Ratings
Database scalability	00 Ratings	9.028 Ratings
Automated backups	00 Ratings	10.028 Ratings
Database security provisions	00 Ratings	9.028 Ratings
Monitoring and metrics	00 Ratings	8.027 Ratings
Automatic host deployment	00 Ratings	10.023 Ratings

User Ratings
	Azure Synapse Analytics	Azure SQL Database
Likelihood to Recommend	8.1 (9 ratings)	8.0 (28 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	9.6 (2 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	9.6 (2 ratings)	9.0 (5 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)