Get started with Exasol

Quick start with Exasol Personal

Exasol Personal is a completely free, single-user edition of Exasol with all enterprise features included. Exasol Personal runs in your own cloud infrastructure and is deployed using Exasol Launcher, a simple cross-platform command-line tool that runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Follow this step-by-step tutorial to create a free Exasol Personal deployment on AWS and connect from an SQL client.

Quick start with Exasol SaaS

Exasol SaaS is a fully-managed cloud service built on top of the Exasol database architecture. Using Amazon S3 as a storage backend, one database can support multiple compute clusters that all access the same data, providing flexibility for organizations to split and isolate workloads on demand.

In this tutorial you will sign up for a free Exasol SaaS trial account and be up and running your first queries in no time.

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Editions overview

Exasol is available in multiple editions for different use cases and deployment environments, and offers you several ways to explore Exasol in the cloud or on your own infrastructure for free. This overview outlines the differences between the editions including typical use cases.

Migrating from older versions

If you are using version 7.1 or older versions of Exasol, this overview guides you through the new features in Exasol and explains how you can migrate to the latest version.

Release notes

Release information for all currently available Exasol database and driver versions.