Compare Amazon Redshift and Azure Cosmos DB 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (40.0% of reviews)
Enterprise (42.4% 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 plansAzure Cosmos DB
Star Rating
(68)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Azure Cosmos DBAmazon Redshift vs Azure Cosmos DB
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Amazon Redshift easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Amazon Redshift overall.
- Reviewers felt that Amazon Redshift meets the needs of their business better than Azure Cosmos DB.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Amazon Redshift is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Azure Cosmos DB over Amazon Redshift.
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%
Azure Cosmos DB
No pricing availableFree Trial
Amazon Redshift
Free Trial is available
Azure Cosmos DB
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.7
284
8.5
48
Ease of Use
8.7
284
8.2
48
Ease of Setup
8.6
141
8.0
22
Ease of Admin
8.4
129
7.7
23
Quality of Support
8.5
267
8.2
46
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
128
8.3
22
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
255
9.0
47
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
Data Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Availability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Availability
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Performance
Not enough data
6.7
6
Security
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Availability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Configuration
Not enough data
8.6
16
Not enough data
7.8
15
Not enough data
8.3
15
Not enough data
7.2
9
Not enough data
8.7
15
Database Administration
Not enough data
8.4
15
Not enough data
7.6
9
Not enough data
7.1
8
Availability
Not enough data
8.9
16
Not enough data
8.3
16
Not enough data
8.4
15
Not enough data
8.6
16
Security
Not enough data
7.2
6
Not enough data
7.2
6
Not enough data
5.6
6
Data Management
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Database Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon Redshift and Azure Cosmos DB are categorized as Columnar Databases
Unique Categories
Amazon Redshift is categorized as Data Warehouse and Big Data Integration Platforms
Azure Cosmos DB is categorized as Database as a Service (DBaaS), Key Value Databases, Document Databases, and Graph Databases
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Redshift
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Azure Cosmos DB
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%
Marketing and Advertising
4.7%
Other
54.5%
Information Technology and Services
23.7%
Computer Software
20.3%
Internet
8.5%
Retail
5.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.4%
Other
39.0%
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
Azure Cosmos DB has no discussions with answers
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