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Actian X vs. Azure SQL Server Stretch Database

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricActian X

by Actian Corporation

Azure SQL Server Stretch Database

by Microsoft

Overall rating3.54.1
Review count1317
Ease of use7.18.8
Ease of setup6.58.9
Quality of support7.18.0
Meets requirements7.68.9
NPS-7.69230831.25
Small Business23.1%29.4%
Mid-Market15.4%35.3%
Enterprise61.5%35.3%
Total page views10277
Total LLM citations2121

Actian X

Actian X is a combination of transactional and analytic databases and a robust monitoring tool. With industry-leading customer satisfaction ratings, Fortune 100 companies and government agencies turn to Actian X to run their business-critical systems.   The solution provides seamless OLTP that uses the same access methods and queries. The solution optimizes performance for hybrid workloads with both row and columnar data formats. vector processing, multi-parallelism (and more).

Pros

    Azure SQL Server Stretch Database

    Azure SQL Server Stretch Database was a feature introduced in SQL Server 2016 that allowed organizations to dynamically extend their on-premises databases to Azure, enabling seamless access to both hot and cold data without significant changes to existing applications. This capability provided virtually unlimited storage and compute capacity, facilitating efficient management of large datasets.

    Pros

    • Solution Efficiency
    • Features