# EXASOL vs Firebolt Comparison

| | EXASOL | Firebolt | 
|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.7 out of 5 | 4.5 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 28 | 14 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Enterprise (39.1% of reviews) | Small-Business (50.0% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### EXASOL

Pros:
- Performance (2 reviews)
- Query Efficiency (2 reviews)

Cons:
- Complexity (1 reviews)
- Debugging Issues (1 reviews)

### Firebolt

Pros:
- Analytics (2 reviews)
- Ease of Access (2 reviews)

Cons:
- Difficult Setup (1 reviews)
- Technical Difficulties (1 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | EXASOL | Firebolt | 
|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 9.6 (19 reviews) | 8.6 (12 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 9.0 (20 reviews) | 8.6 (12 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.6 (13 reviews) | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 9.4 (9 reviews) | 8.1 (7 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 9.4 (18 reviews) | 9.2 (12 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 9.7 (10 reviews) | 9.0 (7 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.5 (16 reviews) | 10.0 (10 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### EXASOL

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

Yes

### Firebolt

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Data Warehouse

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **EXASOL** | 9.4/10 | 12 |
| **Firebolt** | 8.3/10 | 10 |

#### Data Management

| Feature | EXASOL | Firebolt | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Integration** | 9.8 (8 reviews) | Feature Not Available | 
| **Data Compression** | 9.3 (7 reviews) | 8.5 (8 reviews) | 
| **Data Quality** | 8.3 (7 reviews) | 8.3 (8 reviews) | 
| **Built-In Data Analytics** | 10.0 (5 reviews) | 7.5 (8 reviews) | 
| **In-Database Machine Learning** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 
| **Data Lake Analytics** | Not enough data | 7.7 (8 reviews) | 

#### Integration

| Feature | EXASOL | Firebolt | 
|---|---|---|
| **AI/ ML Integration** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 
| **BI Tool Integration** | 9.7 (10 reviews) | 8.3 (9 reviews) | 
| **Data lake Integration** | 9.0 (5 reviews) | 8.5 (8 reviews) | 

#### Deployment

| Feature | EXASOL | Firebolt | 
|---|---|---|
| **On-Premise** | 10.0 (6 reviews) | Feature Not Available | 
| **Cloud** | 9.0 (5 reviews) | 8.3 (7 reviews) | 

#### Performance 

| Feature | EXASOL | Firebolt | 
|---|---|---|
| **Scalability** | 10.0 (7 reviews) | 9.2 (8 reviews) | 

#### Security

| Feature | EXASOL | Firebolt | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Governance** | 9.7 (5 reviews) | 8.3 (7 reviews) | 
| **Data Security** | 8.6 (7 reviews) | 8.3 (8 reviews) | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | EXASOL | Firebolt | 
|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Big Data Analytics

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **EXASOL** | 8.8/10 | 14 |
| **Firebolt** | N/A | N/A |

#### Data Transformation

| Feature | EXASOL | Firebolt | 
|---|---|---|
| **Real-Time Analytics** | 9.6 (8 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Querying** | 10.0 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Connectivity

| Feature | EXASOL | Firebolt | 
|---|---|---|
| **Hadoop Integration** | 8.3 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Spark Integration** | 7.9 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-Source Analysis** | 9.2 (10 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Lake** | 9.0 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Operations

| Feature | EXASOL | Firebolt | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Visualization** | 7.7 (8 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Workflow** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Governed Discovery** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Embedded Analytics** | 8.6 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Notebooks** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Big Data

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **EXASOL** | N/A | N/A |
| **Firebolt** | N/A | N/A |

#### Building Reports

| Feature | EXASOL | Firebolt | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Transformation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data Modeling** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **WYSIWYG Report Design** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Integration APIs** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Platform

| Feature | EXASOL | Firebolt | 
|---|---|---|
| **Mobile User Support** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Customization ** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **User, Role, and Access Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Internationalization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Sandbox / Test Environments** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Performance and Reliability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Breadth of Partner Applications** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

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## Categories
**Shared Categories (1):** [Data Warehouse Solutions](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-warehouse)

**Unique to EXASOL (1):** [Big Data Analytics Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/big-data-analytics)



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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | EXASOL | Firebolt | 
|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 26.1% | 50.0% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 34.8% | 21.4% | 
| **Enterprise** | 39.1% | 28.6% | 

### By Industry

#### EXASOL

- **Financial Services:** 13.6%
- **Retail:** 9.1%
- **Internet:** 9.1%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 9.1%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 9.1%
- **Consumer Services:** 9.1%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 9.1%
- **Transportation/Trucking/Railroad:** 4.5%
- **Sporting Goods:** 4.5%
- **Non-Profit Organization Management:** 4.5%
- **Other:** 18.2%

#### Firebolt

- **Computer Software:** 21.4%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 14.3%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 7.1%
- **Hospitality:** 7.1%
- **Financial Services:** 7.1%
- **Consumer Services:** 7.1%
- **Consumer Goods:** 7.1%
- **Computer Networking:** 7.1%
- **Computer Games:** 7.1%
- **Automotive:** 7.1%
- **Other:** 7.1%

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## Alternatives

### Alternatives to EXASOL

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- [Amazon Redshift](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-redshift/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (402 reviews)
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## Top Discussions

### EXASOL

- Title: [How Exasol DB is different from Other Transactional Database.](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-exasol-db-is-different-from-other-transactional-database) — 1 comment, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Hi Mayank,

I have worked on all 3 databases (SQL server, Exasol & Databricks SQL) so I will try my best opinion to choose good database in terms of..."
- Title: [How do you use Exasol?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-you-use-exasol) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "We are using Exasol as a Database and we have created ETL pipeline using the Lua scripts in Exasol.
Exasol is pretty much similar than SQL server but..."
- Title: [Training](https://www.g2.com/discussions/training-198bfdc0-f5f4-4387-b41a-db3731af18b6) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)*
  > **Top comment:** "As part of our online-self learning platform, Exacademy, you can get more information about Exasol and how to run our database. 
Register here:..."
- Title: [Community Edition](https://www.g2.com/discussions/community-edition) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)*
  > **Top comment:** "It is a free-to-use, one-node image of the Exasol In-Memory Database that can be installed on common virtualization solutions, including VMware, VirtualBox..."

### Firebolt

No discussions available for this product.

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**Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/exasol-vs-firebolt)