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(1,225)4.5 out of 5
Entry Level Price:Free
1st Easiest To Use in Columnar Databases software
View top Consulting Services for Google Cloud BigQuery
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Google Cloud BigQuery features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.1
Data Model
Average: 8.7
8.8
Data Types
Average: 8.5
8.6
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
8.5
Integrated Cache
Average: 8.5
AA
I really like Google Cloud BigQuery's interface; it’s very neat and everything looks like it's in one place. I can easily switch between BigQuery,... Read review
CF
I like the structured and organized way Google Cloud BigQuery deals with data. The quickness with which it handles and analyzes data is another... Read review
Twitter
@google31,798,732 Twitter followers
Ownership
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(400)4.3 out of 5
Entry Level Price:$1.22 - $3.26 Per hour
3rd Easiest To Use in Columnar Databases software
View top Consulting Services for Amazon Redshift
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Amazon Redshift features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.4
Data Model
Average: 8.7
8.4
Data Types
Average: 8.5
8.7
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
8.2
Integrated Cache
Average: 8.5
AT
Speed, price, and the ease of use. The serverless option make it so much faster and easier to manage the system itself. Read review
KL
Amazon Redshift provides excellent scalability for handling large volumes of structured data and integrates smoothly with other AWS services like... Read review
Twitter
@awscloud2,220,322 Twitter followers
Ownership
NASDAQ: AMZN
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(114)4.2 out of 5
5th Easiest To Use in Columnar Databases software
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Hbase features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.1
Data Model
Average: 8.7
7.2
Data Types
Average: 8.5
8.0
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
7.0
Integrated Cache
Average: 8.5
GN
1. Free and open source
2. Comes as part of all Hadoop distribution
3. Good for fast inserts and scan use cases
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UN
With HBase, you get what you asked for. HBase is great because it's an open-source, well-known Apache project. As a result, the community and... Read review
Twitter
@TheASF66,061 Twitter followers
(695)4.6 out of 5
Entry Level Price:$2 Compute/Hour
2nd Easiest To Use in Columnar Databases software
View top Consulting Services for Snowflake
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Snowflake features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.2
Data Model
Average: 8.7
9.2
Data Types
Average: 8.5
9.0
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
9.2
Integrated Cache
Average: 8.5
AO
The best thing about this platform is its architecture. Snowflake separates storage and compute, which allows my teams to scale us independently... Read review
CS
Snowflake is excellent for analytical workloads. The cost is relatively transparent, and there are plenty of tools available to help optimize both... Read review
HQ Location
San Mateo, CATwitter
@SnowflakeDB228 Twitter followers
OverviewUser Satisfaction
OpenText Vertica features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.4
Data Model
Average: 8.7
8.0
Data Types
Average: 8.5
8.3
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
8.5
Integrated Cache
Average: 8.5
SS
Can perform any type of analytics, in our use-case we use Time Series, Pattern Matching by ingesting data gathering from different data sources... Read review
KS
OpenText Veryica excels in understanding context, generating coherent responses, and aiding various natural language processing tasks. Its... Read review
Twitter
@OpenText21,592 Twitter followers
Ownership
NASDAQ:OTEX
OverviewUser Satisfaction
KX features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.8
Data Model
Average: 8.7
9.5
Data Types
Average: 8.5
9.0
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
9.1
Integrated Cache
Average: 8.5
KL
Its speed, and the expressiveness of the language, q. The speed of development in the team is difficult to replicate in other languages. Its also a... Read review
NP
Insane performance and elegant minimalist syntax. Ajing billions of rows in a few seconds is perfect for time series data analysis. Read review
Twitter
@kxsystems4,161 Twitter followers
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Druid features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.8
Data Model
Average: 8.7
7.8
Data Types
Average: 8.5
7.7
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
8.9
Integrated Cache
Average: 8.5
AM
1) Pre-rolled up data into dimension and metrics
2) Lighting fast data/ query result retrieval Read review
Twitter
@druid4 Twitter followers
OverviewUser Satisfaction
MariaDB features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.8
Data Model
Average: 8.7
8.9
Data Types
Average: 8.5
8.1
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
9.0
Integrated Cache
Average: 8.5
NI
MariaDB is a powerful database server with open source features that is improved every day by MySQL developers. It has many features and its speed... Read review
SS
The best thing I like about MariaDB is that it is super-compatible with MySQL, by which new users won't find it difficult to shift and start the... Read review
Twitter
@mariadb453,669 Twitter followers
Ownership
NYSE: MRDB
OverviewUser Satisfaction
CrateDB features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.0
Data Model
Average: 8.7
9.2
Data Types
Average: 8.5
9.3
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
10.0
Integrated Cache
Average: 8.5
LO
This is one of my favorite software because of its ease of use very ease to create a database, It can handle a massive amount of data, and it... Read review
AA
I value the pricing over competitors like CockroachDB, and MongoDB Atlas for similar amounts of data stored and retrieved. Read review
HQ Location
Redwood City, CATwitter
@cratedb4,187 Twitter followers
OverviewUser Satisfaction
StarTree features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.3
Data Model
Average: 8.7
8.1
Data Types
Average: 8.5
8.8
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
8.7
Integrated Cache
Average: 8.5
NG
Fully managed Database as a service and also self service provision Read review
EC
"Bring Your Own Cloud" is great - they manage but we control. It worked just as described. They're very responsive for onboarding/support issues... Read review
HQ Location
Mountain View, CaliforniaTwitter
@startreedata2,262 Twitter followers
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Tembo features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.9
Data Model
Average: 8.7
9.4
Data Types
Average: 8.5
10.0
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
8.9
Integrated Cache
Average: 8.5
UC
It resolves our specific needs such as the cloud and stack related deployments Read review
SN
The best thing I like about Tembo is that they have extensive postgres extension library Read review
Twitter
@tembo_io1 Twitter followers
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Tinybird features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
0.0
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0.0
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10.0
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
0.0
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PG
Tinybird simplifies development, excelling in real-time analytics with unmatched speed and cost effectiveness. Easy data ingestion, quick querying,... Read review
HQ Location
New York, US
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Tiger Data features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
7.2
Data Model
Average: 8.7
7.8
Data Types
Average: 8.5
9.3
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
7.8
Integrated Cache
Average: 8.5
KF
We loved the ease of installation and the familiarity of Timescale with PostgreSQL. It was easy to get started, and it has been easy to maintain... Read review
KC
Timescale has predictable cost anchored in familiar reality; it is driven by storage volume and system load. You don't have that familiar, awful... Read review
HQ Location
New York, New YorkTwitter
@TigerDatabase1,264 Twitter followers
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