# Amazon Redshift vs Azure Cosmos DB Comparison | | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.3 out of 5 | 4.2 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 402 | 68 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Mid-Market (40.1% of reviews) | Enterprise (42.4% of reviews) | | **Entry Level Price** | $1.22 - $3.26 Per hour | No pricing available | --- ## Top Pros & Cons ### Amazon Redshift Pros: - Ease of Use (7 reviews) - Integrations (7 reviews) Cons: - Complexity (5 reviews) - Feature Limitations (5 reviews) ### Azure Cosmos DB Pros: - Ease of Use (4 reviews) - Features (3 reviews) Cons: - Expensive (3 reviews) - Cost Issues (2 reviews) --- ## Ratings Comparison | Rating | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 8.7 (285 reviews) | 8.5 (48 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 8.7 (285 reviews) | 8.2 (48 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | 8.6 (142 reviews) | 8.0 (22 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | 8.4 (129 reviews) | 7.7 (23 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 8.5 (268 reviews) | 8.2 (46 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.7 (128 reviews) | 8.3 (22 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.9 (256 reviews) | 9.0 (47 reviews) | --- ## Pricing ### Amazon Redshift #### Entry-Level Pricing Plan: RA3.4xlarge Price: $1.22 - $3.26 Per hour Description: On-demand, 1-Year, or 3-Year Terms Key Features: - Commit to save up to 34% [Browse all 6 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-redshift/pricing) #### Free Trial Yes ### Azure Cosmos DB #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available --- ## Features Comparison By Category ### Data Warehouse | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Redshift** | 8.4/10 | 151 | | **Azure Cosmos DB** | N/A | N/A | #### Data Management | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Data Integration** | 8.8 (136 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | | **Data Compression** | 8.4 (125 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | | **Data Quality** | 8.8 (131 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | | **Built-In Data Analytics** | 8.0 (127 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | | **In-Database Machine Learning** | 7.6 (102 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | | **Data Lake Analytics** | 8.3 (119 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | #### Integration | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **AI/ ML Integration** | 7.9 (101 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | | **BI Tool Integration** | 8.7 (130 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | | **Data lake Integration** | 8.6 (119 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | #### Deployment | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **On-Premise** | 8.1 (102 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Cloud** | 9.0 (132 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | #### Performance | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Scalability** | 8.9 (137 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | #### Security | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Data Governance** | 8.7 (126 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | | **Data Security** | 8.8 (128 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | #### Generative AI | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **AI Text Generation** | 7.3 (20 reviews) | Not enough data | | **AI Text Summarization** | 7.2 (19 reviews) | Not enough data | ### Key Value Databases | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A | | **Azure Cosmos DB** | N/A | N/A | #### Data Management | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Data Model** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Data Types** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Availability | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Auto Sharding** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Auto Recovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Data Replication** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Performance | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Integrated Cache** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Security | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Role-Based Authorization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Authentication** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Audit Logs** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | | **Encryption** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Support | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Multi-Model** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Operating Systems** | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Document Databases | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A | | **Azure Cosmos DB** | 7.7/10 | 7 | #### Data Management | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Data Model** | Not enough data | 8.3 (6 reviews) | | **Data Types** | Not enough data | 7.8 (6 reviews) | | **Built - In Search** | Not enough data | 7.0 (5 reviews) | | **Event Triggers** | Not enough data | 7.7 (5 reviews) | #### Availability | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Auto Sharding** | Not enough data | 7.3 (5 reviews) | | **Auto Recovery** | Not enough data | 7.3 (5 reviews) | | **Data Replication** | Not enough data | 8.7 (5 reviews) | #### Performance | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Query Optimization** | Not enough data | 6.7 (6 reviews) | #### Security | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Role-Based Authorization** | Not enough data | 8.1 (6 reviews) | | **Authentication** | Not enough data | 7.7 (5 reviews) | | **Audit Logs** | Not enough data | 7.3 (5 reviews) | | **Encryption** | Not enough data | 8.0 (5 reviews) | #### Support | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Multi-Model** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Operating Systems** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **BI Connectors** | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Graph Databases | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A | | **Azure Cosmos DB** | N/A | N/A | #### Data Management | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Data Model** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Data Types** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Built - In Search** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Event Triggers** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Query Language** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Availability | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Auto Sharding** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Auto Recovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Performance | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Query Optimization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Security | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Role-Based Authorization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Authentication** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Audit Logs** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Encryption** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Support | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Multi-Model** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **BI Connectors** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Operating Systems** | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Columnar Databases | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Redshift** | 8.3/10 | 63 | | **Azure Cosmos DB** | N/A | N/A | #### Storage | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Data Model** | 8.4 (53 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Data Types** | 8.4 (56 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Availability | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Auto Sharding** | 8.6 (47 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Auto Recovery** | 8.2 (50 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Data Replication** | 8.4 (48 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Performance | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Integrated Cache** | 8.2 (48 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Security | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Role-Based Authorization** | 8.7 (47 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Authentication** | 8.4 (52 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Audit Logs** | 8.1 (47 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Encryption** | 8.5 (48 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Support | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Multi-Model** | 7.9 (43 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Operating Systems** | 8.5 (47 reviews) | Not enough data | ### Database as a Service (DBaaS) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A | | **Azure Cosmos DB** | 7.8/10 | 21 | #### Configuration | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Application Performance** | Not enough data | 8.6 (16 reviews) | | **Orchestration** | Not enough data | 7.8 (15 reviews) | | **Database Monitoring** | Not enough data | 8.3 (15 reviews) | | **Anomaly Detection** | Not enough data | 7.2 (9 reviews) | | **Network Security** | Not enough data | 8.7 (15 reviews) | #### Database Administration | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Provisioning** | Not enough data | 8.4 (15 reviews) | | **Governance** | Not enough data | 7.6 (9 reviews) | | **Auditing** | Not enough data | 7.1 (8 reviews) | #### Availability | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Scalability** | Not enough data | 8.9 (16 reviews) | | **Backup** | Not enough data | 8.3 (16 reviews) | | **Archiving** | Not enough data | 8.4 (15 reviews) | | **Indexing** | Not enough data | 8.6 (16 reviews) | #### Security | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Data Masking** | Not enough data | 7.2 (6 reviews) | | **Authentication And Single Sign-On** | Not enough data | 7.2 (6 reviews) | | **Data Anonymization** | Not enough data | 5.6 (6 reviews) | #### Data Management | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Data Replication** | Not enough data | 8.1 (7 reviews) | | **Advanced Data Analytics** | Not enough data | 7.4 (7 reviews) | ### NoSQL Databases | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A | | **Azure Cosmos DB** | N/A | N/A | #### Database Features | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Storage** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Availability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Stability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Scalability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Security** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Data Manipulation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Query Language** | Not enough data | Not enough data | --- ## Categories **Shared Categories (1):** [Columnar Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/columnar-databases) **Unique to Amazon Redshift (2):** [Data Warehouse Solutions](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-warehouse), [Big Data Integration Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/big-data-integration-platforms) **Unique to Azure Cosmos DB (4):** [Database as a Service (DBaaS) Providers](https://www.g2.com/categories/database-as-a-service-dbaas), [Key Value Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/key-value-databases), [Document Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/document-databases), [Graph Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/graph-databases) --- ## Reviewer Demographics ### By Company Size | Segment | Amazon Redshift | Azure Cosmos DB | |---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 20.7% | 30.5% | | **Mid-Market** | 40.1% | 27.1% | | **Enterprise** | 39.2% | 42.4% | ### By Industry #### Amazon Redshift - **Information Technology and Services:** 15.3% - **Computer Software:** 12.6% - **Financial Services:** 7.7% - **Retail:** 5.5% - **Marketing and Advertising:** 4.6% - **Telecommunications:** 4.6% - **Hospital & Health Care:** 4.4% - **Banking:** 3.8% - **Pharmaceuticals:** 2.5% - **Management Consulting:** 2.2% - **Other:** 36.9% #### Azure Cosmos DB - **Information Technology and Services:** 23.7% - **Computer Software:** 20.3% - **Internet:** 8.5% - **Retail:** 5.1% - **Computer & Network Security:** 3.4% - **Consumer Services:** 3.4% - **Education Management:** 3.4% - **Gambling & Casinos:** 3.4% - **Accounting:** 1.7% - **Airlines/Aviation:** 1.7% - **Other:** 25.4% --- ## Alternatives ### Alternatives to Amazon Redshift - [Google Cloud BigQuery](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigquery/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (1226 reviews) - [Snowflake](https://www.g2.com/products/snowflake/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (756 reviews) - [Rocket Vertica](https://www.g2.com/products/rocket-vertica/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (216 reviews) - [Cloudera](https://www.g2.com/products/cloudera/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (136 reviews) - [Databricks](https://www.g2.com/products/databricks/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (1335 reviews) - [IBM Db2](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-db2/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (682 reviews) - [Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/teradata-autonomous-knowledge-platform/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (375 reviews) - [Panoply](https://www.g2.com/products/panoply/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (83 reviews) - [SQL Server 2019](https://www.g2.com/products/sql-server-2019/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (83 reviews) - [IBM Netezza Performance Server](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-netezza-performance-server/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (84 reviews) ### Alternatives to Azure Cosmos DB - [Amazon DynamoDB](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-web-services-aws-amazon-dynamodb/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (529 reviews) - [Arango](https://www.g2.com/products/arango/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (115 reviews) - [Redis Software](https://www.g2.com/products/redis-software/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (134 reviews) - [MongoDB Atlas](https://www.g2.com/products/mongodb-atlas/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (899 reviews) - [Neo4j Graph Database](https://www.g2.com/products/neo4j-graph-database/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (133 reviews) - [Snowflake](https://www.g2.com/products/snowflake/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (756 reviews) - [Google Cloud Firestore](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-firestore/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (97 reviews) - [Amazon Neptune](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-neptune/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (30 reviews) - [Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-relational-database-service-rds/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (908 reviews) - [Google Cloud BigQuery](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigquery/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (1226 reviews) --- ## Top Discussions ### Amazon Redshift - Title: [When can I use Amazon redshift?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/when-can-i-use-amazon-redshift) — 3 comments > **Top comment:** "You can use it in Datawarehousing. " - Title: [Should I use with a data mart for a frontend tool that make request on it ?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/should-i-use-with-a-data-mart-for-a-frontend-tool-that-make-request-on-it) — 3 comments, 3 upvotes > **Top comment:** "Hi Mehdi Can you elaborate your question? AWS Redshift is a DataBase/Data Warehouse service, which is Ideal for Analytical use cases. You can..." - Title: [What are the characteristics of redshift?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-characteristics-of-redshift) — 2 comments > **Top comment:** "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..." - Title: [Is Amazon redshift good for large datasets considering its cost.](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-amazon-redshift-good-for-large-datasets-considering-its-cost) — 2 comments, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "its costly" - Title: [What does Amazon redshift do?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-does-amazon-redshift-do) — 2 comments > **Top comment:** "Redshift is data warehouse where data reside on cloud and on top of that we can query the required data." ### Azure Cosmos DB No discussions available for this product. --- **Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/amazon-redshift-vs-azure-cosmos-db)