Compare Amazon Redshift and Amazon S3 Glacier 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (40.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (39.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$1.22 - $3.26 Per hour
No pricing available
Amazon Redshift
Star Rating
(400)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (40.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$1.22 - $3.26 Per hour
Browse all 6 pricing plansAmazon S3 Glacier
Star Rating
(136)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (39.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon S3 GlacierAmazon Redshift vs Amazon S3 Glacier
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Amazon Redshift easier to use and set up. Reviewers also felt that Amazon Redshift was easier to do business with overall. However, reviewers felt that administration of both products was equally easy.
- Reviewers felt that Amazon S3 Glacier meets the needs of their business better than Amazon Redshift.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, Amazon Redshift and Amazon S3 Glacier provide similar levels of assistance.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Amazon Redshift over Amazon S3 Glacier.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon Redshift
RA3.4xlarge
$1.22 - $3.26
Per hour
On-demand, 1-Year, or 3-Year Terms
- Commit to save up to 34%
Amazon S3 Glacier
No pricing availableFree Trial
Amazon Redshift
Free Trial is available
Amazon S3 Glacier
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.7
284
8.9
102
Ease of Use
8.7
284
8.3
101
Ease of Setup
8.6
141
8.4
62
Ease of Admin
8.4
129
8.4
58
Quality of Support
8.5
267
8.5
90
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
128
8.6
55
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
255
8.7
98
Features by Category
Data Management
8.8
135
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
125
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
131
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
127
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
102
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
119
|
Verified
Not enough data
Integration
7.9
101
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
129
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
119
|
Verified
Not enough data
Deployment
8.1
102
Not enough data
8.9
131
|
Verified
Not enough data
Performance
8.9
136
|
Verified
Not enough data
Security
8.7
126
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
128
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.3
20
Not enough data
7.2
19
Not enough data
Storage
8.4
53
Not enough data
8.4
56
Not enough data
Availability
8.6
47
Not enough data
8.2
50
Not enough data
8.4
48
Not enough data
Performance
8.2
48
Not enough data
Security
8.7
47
Not enough data
8.4
52
Not enough data
8.1
47
Not enough data
8.5
48
Not enough data
Support
7.9
43
Not enough data
8.5
47
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.0
21
Not enough data
9.5
22
Not enough data
8.3
23
Reliability
Not enough data
8.9
22
Not enough data
9.5
23
Security
Not enough data
9.2
22
Not enough data
9.0
21
Not enough data
9.2
21
Compatibility
Not enough data
9.0
21
Not enough data
8.9
20
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon Redshift and Amazon S3 Glacier share no categories
Unique Categories
Amazon Redshift is categorized as Columnar Databases, Data Warehouse, and Big Data Integration Platforms
Amazon S3 Glacier is categorized as Archive Storage Solutions and Object Storage Solutions
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Redshift
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Amazon S3 Glacier
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
15.3%
Computer Software
12.6%
Financial Services
7.7%
Retail
5.2%
Telecommunications
4.7%
Other
54.5%
Information Technology and Services
27.3%
Computer Software
18.2%
Marketing and Advertising
9.9%
Media Production
3.3%
Education Management
3.3%
Other
38.0%
Alternatives
Discussions
Should I use with a data mart for a frontend tool that make request on it ?
3 Comments
NM
Hi Mehdi
Can you elaborate your question?
AWS Redshift is a DataBase/Data Warehouse service, which is Ideal for Analytical use cases.
You can...Read more
When can I use Amazon redshift?
3 Comments
PG
Redshift is big data warehousing solution to handle petabytes of data and also for real time decisions. If you want highly optimized data warehousing...Read more
What are the characteristics of redshift?
2 Comments
AK
Redshift is mainly used for Big data and analytics to store the data in columner format. Retrieve the data is very fast and parallel processing also most...Read more
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