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    AlloyDB

    N/AN/AAlloyDB for PostgreSQL from Google is a fully managed PostgreSQL-compatible database service for demanding enterprise database workloads. AlloyDB aims to combine the best of Google with one of the most popular open-source database engines, PostgreSQL, for superior performance, scale, and availability.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
    AlloyDBAmazon Athena
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Price per Query
    $5.00
    per TB of Data Scanned
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AlloyDBAmazon 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
    AlloyDBAmazon Athena
    Database-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of AlloyDB and Amazon Athena
    Feature
    AlloyDB
    -
    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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    Score9.8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Google BigQuery
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    User Ratings
    AlloyDBAmazon Athena
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    Usability
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    User Testimonials
    AlloyDBAmazon Athena
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    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
    Google
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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
    Google
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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
    Google
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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
    Google
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    Amazon AWS
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    Return on Investment
    Google
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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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