Big Data Consulting Companies | What to Look For

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:

1. Start with business outcomes – every initiative must tie to revenue, cost, or risk.

2. Prove value in 90 days – if you can’t show ROI fast, you’re doing it wrong.

3. Keep the stack lean – warehouse + dbt + simple self-service. No overengineering.

4. Treat data like a product – iterate, ship fast, and prioritize.

5. 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.