EXASOL Reviews & Product Details

Exasol is the world’s most powerful Analytics Engine, purpose-built to handle the most demanding data workloads at an unmatched price / performance ratio. In-memory architecture Want to process 3 billion rows in 3 seconds, not 3 hours? Exasol manages memory cache automatically, only bringing what's needed into the database for dramatically faster access times. Automatic query tuning Enjoy optimized performance while minimizing data administration overhead. Exasol uses intelligent, proprietary algorithms to self-tune queries on the fly -- adding and removing indices automatically – so you can bring true self-service BI to your organization. User defined functions (UDF) When you need more than a SQL statement, UDF scripts allow you to program your own analysis. Take your unique machine learning and data ingest scripts written in Python, R, and Lua, and run them in our database engine. Through UDF scripts, you'll get a highly flexible interface for nearly every requirement, allowing you to bring in data quickly from wherever it lives. In addition to being the fastest, Exasol also leads in the TPC price-performance metrics, meaning everyone in your organization can take advantage of unrivaled in-memory speed at a low price. And, unlike our competitors, Exasol allows you to choose the deployment destination. Deploy in the cloud, on-premises, or hybrid to meet your organization's unique needs and preferred vendors.

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Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/10/2026

"Fast, Powerful Analytical Tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about EXASOL?

AI Integration: The AI Lab and UDF (User Defined Functions) let you run Python, R, or Java scripts directly within the database, so you can execute machine learning models right where the data lives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about EXASOL?

Smaller Ecosystem/Community: Compared to giants like Snowflake or Databricks, the community is smaller. This can mean fewer third-party integrations and a smaller pool of pre-built "connectors" for niche SaaS tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is EXASOL solving and how is that benefiting you?

It tackles the tension between data democratisation and security. With their new MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, we can allow AI agents and non-technical users to query the database in natural language without granting direct SQL access. That creates a read-only safety layer that helps prevent accidental data deletion, while still giving the business the real-time insights it needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Björn B.

Data Architect

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/10/2026

"Light-Speed Performance and Superior Support"

5/5

What do you like best about EXASOL?

Exasol delivers light-speed performance, with the option for data sovereignty through hosting in Exasol’s own data center or in-house. Support has also been consistently excellent and stands out as a real strength.

It is easy to use, you can even execute a full-featured local playground version.

With the service by Exasol you get started blazingly fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about EXASOL?

Performance and service come at a price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Khadeejah E.

Business Intelligence Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/12/2026

"Scalable, Best-in-Class Database for Data Warehousing"

4.5/5

What do you like best about EXASOL?

Scalable, the best database to use for a data warehouse Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about EXASOL?

The installation process is a bit complicated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Thomas M.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/10/2026

"High-Performance Data Analytics with Stellar Support"

4/5

What do you like best about EXASOL?

I like the high-performance aspect of EXASOL for getting data for reports. I also appreciate the support and easy administration. The initial setup was easy, which was great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about EXASOL?

I dislike not being able to bring in reserve nodes without downtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/10/2026

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Lightning-fast support and efficiency increase with EXASOL"

5/5

What do you like best about EXASOL?

I like the very good service at EXASOL, especially when there are problems. A new driver was provided with very high speed and efficiency. The team is very friendly and competent, both in sales, with EXASOL partners, and in support. After the initial performance issue, the solution with a new database driver made it possible to focus on technical problems. EXASOL just worked well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about EXASOL?

There are too few active partners available, which may lead to bottlenecks for consultants. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Juraj S.

VP Strategic Partnerships

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/11/2026

"Unparalleled Speed for Responsive Reporting"

5/5

What do you like best about EXASOL?

Unparalleled speed...what took minutes now takes seconds. Invaluable for building responsive reporting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about EXASOL?

I cannot think of anything at this moment, it does its job very well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/10/2026

"Fast, Easy Exasol Integeration - Ease of AI use cases"

4.5/5

What do you like best about EXASOL?

Fastest in memory db and it can be implemented easily with the c4 tool. In 15 minutes exasol db can be ready to go. License models also help costs management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about EXASOL?

Using strong VMs with high cpu and memory costs a lot in large data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/10/2026

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Stable, Scalable In-Memory Analytics with Predictable On-Prem Costs"

5/5

What do you like best about EXASOL?

Very stable, scalable, in-memory analytical database. The cost is predictible and what is importnt in EU - it runs on the premise Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about EXASOL?

The size of the company and its related visibility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ingo L.

Data Warehouse Architect

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/7/2025

"Fastest Database | Onpremise/SaaS/Hybrid deployment options"

4/5

What do you like best about EXASOL?

- Unparalleled query performance: in-memory, massive-parallel processing cluster DB

- Suited for highly analytical workloads

- Comes with the ability to run custom build Python,Lua,R workloads *in database*

- New feature: "Lakehouse Turbo Charge" allows for highly performant queries against Apache Iceberg tables (an open table format) - data is no longer silo'ed in vendor specific systems

- Fast and competent customer support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about EXASOL?

- Requires more setup steps and configuration effort than cloud-only SaaS databases

- Version upgrades have to be performed by DBAs

- less out of the box SQL functions (in particular semi-structured data) than competitors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is EXASOL solving and how is that benefiting you?

Exasol allows me to run a best-of-breed in my Data Lakehouse architecture and avoid vendor lock-in, by accessing/caching Apache Iceberg tables in my data lake.

It is more cost effective that common competitor clould databases/platforms.

Exasol solves the problem of slow, inefficient data analytics by providing an ultra-fast in-memory database designed for big data workloads eliminating bottlenecks in real-time analytics: Use it for Accelerating certain BI workloads. Even in existing DWH landscapes, you can offload (copy) performance-critical Tables/Data Marts into Exasol, giving you an immediate performance boost without refactoring

The benefits are clear: businesses gain instant access to actionable insights, reducing decision-making cycles from hours to seconds. Scalability ensures performance remains consistent as data grows, while cost efficiency outperforms proprietary alternatives like Oracle. For industries reliant on data-driven strategies (e.g., finance, telecom), Exasol’s speed and flexibility translate directly into competitive advantages, better resource allocation, and faster innovation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.