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    ApsaraDB

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AAlibaba Cloud offers ApsaraDB, a range of scalable online database services that provide operation and maintenance of more than 90% of the mainstream open source and commercial databases (such as MySQL, SQL Server, and Redis). Also, ApsaraDB provides POLARDB performant databases. In addition, ApsaraDB offers HybridDB with 100TB of real-time data computational capabilities. ApsaraDB delivers a comprehensive solution that includes disaster recovery, backups, restoration, monitoring, and migration.N/A

    Amazon Athena

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Athena is an interactive query service that makes it easy to analyze data directly in Amazon S3 using standard SQL. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, customers can point Athena at their data stored in S3 and begin using standard SQL to run ad-hoc queries and get results in seconds. Athena is serverless, so there is no infrastructure to setup or manage, and customers pay only for the queries they run. You can use Athena to process logs, perform ad-hoc analysis, and run…

    $5

    per TB of Data Scanned

    Pricing
    ApsaraDBAmazon Athena
    Editions & Modules
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    Price per Query
    $5.00
    per TB of Data Scanned
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ApsaraDBAmazon Athena
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    ApsaraDBAmazon Athena
    Database-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB and Amazon Athena
    Feature
    Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB
    -
    Ratings
    Amazon Athena
    8.6
    4 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Automatic software patching00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Database scalability00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Automated backups00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Database security provisions00 Ratings9.22 Ratings
    Monitoring and metrics00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Automatic host deployment00 Ratings9.22 Ratings
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    ApsaraDBAmazon Athena
    Small Businesses
    MongoDB Atlas
    Score8.2 out of 10
    MongoDB Atlas
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Azure Database
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Azure Database
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google BigQuery
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Google BigQuery
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ApsaraDBAmazon Athena
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ApsaraDBAmazon Athena
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Alibaba Cloud
    No answers on this topic
    Amazon AWS
    If you are looking to take a lot of the traditional "database administration" work off someone's plate, going with Amazon Athena certainly has "no code" options to optimize lots of database tasks. I would say this option is less appropriate if you have other Microsoft things at play, such as Power BI.
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    Pros
    Alibaba Cloud
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    Amazon AWS
    • Nested Schemas like JSON data structure
    • Ability to adapt the data model to fit your queries better
    • Performance Improvement
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    Cons
    Alibaba Cloud
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    Amazon AWS
    • Response caching can be improved.
    • Data Partitioning is tricky and understanding of the same could be improved.
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    Usability
    Alibaba Cloud
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    Amazon AWS
    Easy to use. Scalable. Gets the job of data warehousing setup done. Using the datalake on S3 has become super convenient.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Alibaba Cloud
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    Amazon AWS
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    Return on Investment
    Alibaba Cloud
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    Amazon AWS
    • The query speeds help us make more decisions in a day (speed).
    • If you need more horsepower for specific times in the day this option helps scale.
    • The security of your environment is well protected too.
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