Insight
7/4/25
Big Data Consulting Companies | What to Look For
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Most big data consulting firms overbuild and under-deliver. Learn how to choose a partner that drives ROI fast without wasting millions.
The Problem With Big Data Consulting Companies
Most “big data” firms pitch complexity:
Multi-year programs before you see a single result
Endless vendor lock-in with platforms you don’t need
Fancy dashboards no one actually uses
Consultants who leave you with a stack no one on your team understands
The result?
Millions spent. Zero impact.
We’ve seen it first-hand: healthcare firms with 2,000 reports no one trusts, SaaS companies burning $400k on data cleanup that didn’t matter, logistics companies waiting a year for “perfect” data before touching AI.
What Really Matters in Data Consulting
Forget buzzwords like “big data” or “AI transformation.”
Here’s what separates successful programs from failures:
Start with business outcomes – every initiative must tie to revenue, cost, or risk.
Prove value in 90 days – if you can’t show ROI fast, you’re doing it wrong.
Keep the stack lean – warehouse + dbt + simple self-service. No overengineering.
Treat data like a product – iterate, ship fast, and prioritize.
Prioritize clarity, not tools – strategy > platform shopping.
Aztela vs Traditional Big Data Consulting Firms
Traditional firms:
Sell you a 12–24 month roadmap before results
Drop armies of juniors learning on your dime
Overbuild pipelines and dashboards
Leave you with a stack that breaks when they’re gone
Aztela:
Senior-only team, no juniors
ROI-first playbooks: working analytics in under 90 days
Tool-agnostic (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks — whatever fits)
End-to-end: strategy → stack → analytics → ML → GenAI copilots
Continuous prioritization: what not to build matters more than what to build
Who We Work With
Mid-market and scale-ups ($10M–$500M+) stuck in data choas.
COOs, CTOs, CEOs, ITs, CIOs and CFOs are frustrated with conflicting metrics and no data-driven effective growth.
Companies that want to move from vanity reporting → predictive → GenAI without burning millions
Strategic organization thinking about how to impact business, not just buy new fancy tool.
Bottom Line
You don’t need another “big data” consulting company.
You need a partner that delivers clarity, trust, and ROI in weeks, not months.
That’s what we do at Aztela we are your only strategic agnostic end to end data partner.
Book a call to see how we can get your data stack delivering in under 90 days.
