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Azure Synapse Analytics is a cloud-based Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) that leverages Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) to quickly run complex queries across petabytes of data. * * * Seller [Microsoft](https://www.g2.com/sellers/microsoft) Discussions [Azure Synapse Analytics Community](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-synapse-analytics/discuss) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Kaiser Larsen Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-synapse-analytics/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Google Cloud BigQuery](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Cloud BigQuery") Google Cloud BigQuery 4.5/5(1,224) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigquery/reviews) [ ![Snowflake](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Snowflake") Snowflake 4.6/5(764) ](https://www.g2.com/products/snowflake/reviews) [ ![Databricks](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Databricks") Databricks 4.6/5(1,365) ](https://www.g2.com/products/databricks/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-synapse-analytics/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 38 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Ashish D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ashish D.") AD Ashish D. Cloud Engineer Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/12/2026 "Unified Analytics Platform with Seamless Azure Integration" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Synapse Analytics? I use Azure Synapse Analytics primarily for building end-to-end data analytics solutions as it helps integrate data ingestion, transformation, storage, and analytics into a single unified platform. I love its unified experience which combines data engineering, big data processing, and enterprise data warehousing within a single workspace, significantly improving efficiency and reducing architectural complexity. I appreciate that I can switch between serverless SQL, dedicated SQL pools, and Spark environments seamlessly. The integration with data lakes and tools like Power BI is smooth, enabling faster insight generation. I value its scalability and performance optimization capabilities, along with the built-in pipeline orchestration suited for handling large-scale analytics workloads. I also appreciate how it integrates with the broader Azure ecosystem, like Azure Data Lake Storage and Azure Machine Learning, facilitating the building of end-to-end data pipelines. The flexibility, operational efficiency, and cost efficiency offered by serverless querying and on-demand scaling are truly beneficial. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Synapse Analytics? The learning curve can be steep, especially for teams that are new to distributed data processing or hybrid architectures involving SQL pools and Spark. Debugging complex pipeline failures can sometimes lack detailed error transparency, which increases troubleshooting time. Performance tuning in dedicated SQL pools also requires careful resource management and distribution design, which may not be intuitive for all users. Additionally, cost monitoring and optimization across serverless queries, Spark jobs, and dedicated pools can become complex if governance is not properly established. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Synapse Analytics solving and how is that benefiting you? Azure Synapse Analytics solves fragmented data system issues by integrating data ingestion, processing, and analytics on one platform. It reduces operational complexity, improves productivity, streamlines data workflows, and enhances decision-making. Seamless integration with BI tools and scalability optimize performance and cost-efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Hospital & Health Care](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Hospital & Health Care") UH Verified User in Hospital & Health Care Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/20/2023 "Azure synapse analytics review" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Synapse Analytics? What I most like about azure synapse analytics is it gives us end to end manages instance. Be it azure sql Or adf and any other functionality. We don't need to manage any connections they are all managed by synapse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Synapse Analytics? The cost structure is difficult to understand. And the logging metrics are not easy to use. Integrated external 3rd party data sources this capability seems to be missing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Synapse Analytics solving and how is that benefiting you? So in my project it is working as a centre point to collect all the data and perform the necessary etl operations to transform and send it to external vendors for further actions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Tanishq G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Tanishq G.") TG Tanishq G. Data Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/11/2022 "Nice ETL tool with many different integrations" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Synapse Analytics? The serverless pool which can work with external data sources with reference works very well, it gives the option to use Azure databricks to process files and use synapse as SQL frontend for it. User management is also easy, as you can provide access on every level, DB level, schema level etc. We can also import PowerBI datasets into the workspace and gives users one place to view everything which helps a lot. Option to write TSQL, KSQL, notebook, spark job etc also keeps everything at one place with GIT integration they perform very well. Pipelines can also be shifted from ADF to here, hence it becomes a single platform for everything. Logging is also very good, containing SQL query, user and execution time provides great insights about users and helps in data protection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Synapse Analytics? Queries can take several minutes to execute on a serverless pool. sometimes they don't even get cancelled. Indexing is only available in the dedicated server pool. When importing PowerBI datasets the only option is to create reports, we should be allowed to see underlying datasets in raw and fetch data from them using TSQL, then it would be more useful. TSQL is more powerful in SSMS, Synapse doesn't allow some functions and even takes time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Synapse Analytics solving and how is that benefiting you? We are using it for EDW solutions, we have also built many pipelines in it for data task. Data is used mainly for reporting which is used in PowerBI, after creating a dataset it again comes back in Synapse allowing users to build reports. It is also used by businesses as it doesn't require downloading any software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Hospital & Health Care](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Hospital & Health Care") UH Verified User in Hospital & Health Care Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/27/2023 "Decent tool if already working in Azure env" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Synapse Analytics? PySpark notebooks and easy connectivity to my Data Lake Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Synapse Analytics? Time to spin up resources with PySpark notebooks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Synapse Analytics solving and how is that benefiting you? Creating Data Science notebooks atop data stored in Azure resources Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer & Network Security](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer & Network Security") EC Verified User in Computer & Network Security Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/30/2020 "Azure SQL Data Warehouse Review1" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Synapse Analytics? Operates as a PaaS with data warehouse features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Synapse Analytics? I dislike the cost of the system. Even when not using it they charge you Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Azure Synapse Analytics: Review your market choices. But if you are an Azure or Microsoft client, the migration to Azure SQL Data Warehouse is fairly painless and the level of integration and the breadth of offerings is strong. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Synapse Analytics solving and how is that benefiting you? Data warehousing without the capital costs and ability to expand resources quickly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sunney S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sunney S.") SS Sunney S. Senior Sql Server developer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/15/2018 "I worked with Azure SQL Data Warehouse for three years" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Synapse Analytics? I like below features of azure sql data warehouse. 1)It support cloud computing. This makes it high availability. 2) It allows to create Virtual machine. It is easy and saves time. 3)Its GUI is simple. It is easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Synapse Analytics? 1) It do not support some features of T-SQL like Error\_LIne. 2)It do not provide support for entity framework. 3) The column store tables do not support secondary non-clustered indexes. 4)SQL azure database do not support sql jobs as provided by sql agent . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Azure Synapse Analytics: If you need 24/7 availability of database with high performance then this is a good choice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Synapse Analytics solving and how is that benefiting you? We have huge data distributed at different locations. It helps us to analyze this data. I consider below benifit's of using azure sql data warehouse. 1) It provides 24/7 availability . 2) It provides lost data by using backups. 3) It provides inbuilt support for optimized performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Nikunj A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Nikunj A.") NA Nikunj A. Solutions Architect Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/20/2018 "Can do same work with less money" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Synapse Analytics? Flexibility, and scalability also dont have to worry about maintaining it can also do schedule maintenance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Synapse Analytics? Security still seems like not up to the mark also security and role vould be more simlar to setup and it would have been great if i could setup a securoty based on region Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Synapse Analytics solving and how is that benefiting you? We can move out all data warehouse to azure and so far i can say it can save you a big amount of money rather doing in house Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Retail](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Retail") UR Verified User in Retail Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/18/2018 "Jumpstarts users. Needs improvement but is progressing..." 3.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Synapse Analytics? I like how all Azure technologies work side-by-side. Having Azure Storage and Azure Functions setup in our cloud enabled us to deliver solutions to our clients faster. With Azure SQL Data Warehouse, data management becomes a walk in a park in our team. It's easy to use. I feel safe when I'm experimenting with it for the first time. Support is awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Synapse Analytics? There is a learning curve to managing data and security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Synapse Analytics solving and how is that benefiting you? With all the confusing configuration and setup, Azure SQL Data Warehouse eliminated all those issues by providing an intuitive and powerful tool for the job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 8/24/2018 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Hospital & Health Care](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Hospital & Health Care") AH Verified User in Hospital & Health Care Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/24/2018 "Azure SQL Data Warehouse is a high-performance, secure tool to storing and accessing data." 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Synapse Analytics? Azure SQL Data Warehouse has been an amazing tool for our small company. We started collecting data just a few years ago and we were constantly running our of space. We migrated our data to Azure SQL Data warehouse and it had been our best move. We now have unlimited space and access to the data. We now are using the data on a daily basis to help make vital decisions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Synapse Analytics? The set up process was a long and tedious process that was an exhausting experience. I would never want to leave because I would never want to go through the process again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Azure Synapse Analytics: Give better assistance with the implementation process of the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Synapse Analytics solving and how is that benefiting you? Using Azure SQL data warehouse has allowed our organization to have access to the data which has helped us make important business decisions. Also as our business grows Azure can grow with us. We now do not face the problem of running out of storage space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Construction](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Construction") EC Verified User in Construction Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/28/2018 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Azure SQL DWH is for the future." 3.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Synapse Analytics? SQL Data Warehouse provides a cloud-based Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) that leverages Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) to quickly run complex queries across petabytes of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Synapse Analytics? The limitation on the number of connections Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Azure Synapse Analytics: It's a perfect solutions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Synapse Analytics solving and how is that benefiting you? Trying to build a cloud based system for 3 clients for my org. Really amazed by the product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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