G2 Vendor Directory

SimpleDB vs. Amazon Athena

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

MetricSimpleDB

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Amazon Athena

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Overall rating4.14.4
Review count51173
Ease of use8.79.0
Ease of setup8.79.2
Quality of support8.88.8
Meets requirements9.28.7
NPS42.85714361.111111
Small Business35.3%22.0%
Mid-Market25.5%27.2%
Enterprise39.2%50.9%
Total page views32181
Total LLM citations2447

SimpleDB

SimpleDB is a highly available and flexible non-relational data store that offloads the work of database administration.

Pros

  • Innovation
  • Customer Support
  • Cloud Storage
  • Ease of Use
  • Speed
  • Features

Amazon Athena

Amazon Athena is a serverless, interactive query service that enables users to analyze large datasets directly in Amazon S3 using standard SQL. With no infrastructure to manage, Athena allows for quick, ad-hoc querying without the need for complex ETL processes. It automatically scales to execute queries in parallel, delivering fast results even for complex queries and large datasets. Key Features and Functionality: - Serverless Architecture: Athena requires no server management, automatically handling infrastructure scaling and maintenance.

Pros

  • Querying
  • Big Data Handling
  • Analytics
  • Ease of Use
  • Data Analysis
  • Features