Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

Composite Score

7.8 /10

CX Score

8.0 /10

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What is Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics?

Azure Synapse is a limitless analytics service that brings together enterprise data warehousing and Big Data analytics. It gives you the freedom to query data on your terms, using either serverless or provisioned resources—at scale. Azure Synapse brings these two worlds together with a unified experience to ingest, prepare, manage, and serve data for immediate BI and machine learning needs.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics won the following awards in the Analytical Data Store category

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0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2024

0 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2022

2020 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2020

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2019

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics Ratings

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80 Likeliness to Recommend

3
Since last award

86 Plan to Renew

5
Since last award

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 87%
Negotiation and Contract:: 85%
Conflict Resolution:: 89%
Strategy & Innovation:: 85%
Service Experience:: 91%

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+87 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics?

8% Negative

5% Neutral

87% Positive

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Security Protects
Efficient Service
Respectful
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 80

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Platform Administration

Data Management

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Analytics and Reporting

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Metadata Management

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Average 77

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Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics Reviews

Mukadas M.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2025

A Powerful but Complex Unified Data Platform.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics from other similar products?

1.Unified Experience Combines SQL-based data warehousing and Apache Spark-based big data processing in a single service. Allows users to analyze structured and unstructured data together. 2. On-Demand and Provisioned Querying Supports serverless (pay-per-use) querying for ad-hoc analysis. Offers dedicated SQL pools for high-performance, scalable data warehousing. 3. Tight Integration with Azure Services Deep integration with Azure Data Lake, Azure Machine Learning, and Power BI. Built-in connectors to services like Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Purview for data governance.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Azure Synapse Analytics is its unified analytics environment, which seamlessly integrates big data processing and enterprise data warehousing in a single platform.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing at all

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Clearly Define Your Use Case Use dedicated SQL pools for structured data warehousing and high-performance analytics. Use serverless SQL pools for ad-hoc queries and cost-effective exploration of data in Azure Data Lake. Use Apache Spark pools for big data processing and machine learning. 2. Monitor and Optimize Costs Track usage closely—serverless queries charge per TB scanned, so optimize queries with partitioning and filtering. Choose reserved instances if using dedicated SQL pools for long-term workloads.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Tabraj K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Electronics
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Advanced product

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics from other similar products?

The services provided are better than other

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Technical supports from team

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is nothing to dislike in this product

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Highly recommend

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Easy to use for big data specialiast

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2020 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics Ratings

80 Likeliness to Recommend

3 Since last award

86 Plan to Renew

5 Since last award

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Data Security Includes ability to hide sensitive data by masking with special characters or anonymous information.

Data Integration Includes integration of data from multiple sources, merging systems, transforming data and capture data to form a unified view of a company's data assets

Workload Management and Monitoring Includes task, performance, monitoring and time management

Platform Administration Includes back-end interface and administrative capabilities

Data Management Includes data sharing, data storage, records management, and data security.

Distributed Processing Data storage and processing is shared among many physical or virtual independents servers or sites for high volume data with seamless access to large datasets.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Analytics and Data Science Tools Includes Analytics and Data science components such as AI, statistical and machine learning libraries

Real Time Capabilities Ability to analytics and visualize data as soon as it becomes available in underline systems.

Metadata Management Easily manage metadata associated with customer data or audience segments.

Data Visualization Thematic visualization with the ability to change views, including color, pattern/icon, dot-density, chart, scaled-symbol, and 3D prism themes

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Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics Reviews

Mukadas M.

A Powerful but Complex Unified Data Platform.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Tabraj K.

Advanced product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Easy to use for big data specialiast

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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