# Amazon Redshift vs Azure Data Factory Comparison | | Amazon Redshift | Azure Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.3 out of 5 | 4.6 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 401 | 100 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Mid-Market (39.9% of reviews) | Enterprise (59.6% 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 Data Factory Pros: - Data Integration (7 reviews) - Ease of Use (7 reviews) Cons: - Debugging Difficulty (5 reviews) - Difficult Debugging (4 reviews) --- ## Ratings Comparison | Rating | Amazon Redshift | Azure Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 8.7 (284 reviews) | 9.1 (77 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 8.7 (284 reviews) | 8.9 (79 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | 8.6 (141 reviews) | 9.0 (44 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | 8.4 (129 reviews) | 8.7 (31 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 8.5 (267 reviews) | 8.8 (72 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.7 (128 reviews) | 9.1 (30 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.9 (255 reviews) | 9.8 (73 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 Data Factory #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available --- ## Features Comparison By Category ### ETL Tools | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A | | **Azure Data Factory** | 9.0/10 | 62 | #### Management | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **Reporting** | Not enough data | 8.6 (50 reviews) | | **Auditing** | Not enough data | 8.4 (46 reviews) | #### Functionality | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **Extraction** | Not enough data | 9.2 (56 reviews) | | **Transformation** | Not enough data | 9.1 (54 reviews) | | **Loading** | Not enough data | 9.4 (52 reviews) | | **Automation** | Not enough data | 9.2 (54 reviews) | | **Scalability** | Not enough data | 9.1 (51 reviews) | ### Data Warehouse | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Redshift** | 8.4/10 | 150 | | **Azure Data Factory** | N/A | N/A | #### Data Management | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **Data Integration** | 8.8 (135 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 Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **AI/ ML Integration** | 7.9 (101 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | | **BI Tool Integration** | 8.7 (129 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | | **Data lake Integration** | 8.6 (119 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | #### Deployment | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **On-Premise** | 8.1 (102 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Cloud** | 8.9 (131 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | #### Performance | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **Scalability** | 8.9 (136 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | #### Security | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **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 Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **AI Text Generation** | 7.3 (20 reviews) | Not enough data | | **AI Text Summarization** | 7.2 (19 reviews) | Not enough data | ### Columnar Databases | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Redshift** | 8.3/10 | 63 | | **Azure Data Factory** | N/A | N/A | #### Storage | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **Data Model** | 8.4 (53 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Data Types** | 8.4 (56 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Availability | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **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 Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **Integrated Cache** | 8.2 (48 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Security | Feature | Amazon Redshift | Azure Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **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 Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **Multi-Model** | 7.9 (43 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Operating Systems** | 8.5 (47 reviews) | Not enough data | --- ## Categories **Shared Categories (1):** [Big Data Integration Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/big-data-integration-platforms) **Unique to Amazon Redshift (2):** [Columnar Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/columnar-databases), [Data Warehouse Solutions](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-warehouse) **Unique to Azure Data Factory (1):** [ETL Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/etl-tools) --- ## Reviewer Demographics ### By Company Size | Segment | Amazon Redshift | Azure Data Factory | |---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 20.8% | 11.7% | | **Mid-Market** | 39.9% | 28.7% | | **Enterprise** | 39.3% | 59.6% | ### By Industry #### Amazon Redshift - **Information Technology and Services:** 15.3% - **Computer Software:** 12.6% - **Financial Services:** 7.7% - **Retail:** 5.2% - **Marketing and Advertising:** 4.7% - **Telecommunications:** 4.7% - **Hospital & Health Care:** 4.4% - **Banking:** 3.8% - **Pharmaceuticals:** 2.5% - **Management Consulting:** 2.2% - **Other:** 37.0% #### Azure Data Factory - **Information Technology and Services:** 31.6% - **Computer Software:** 12.6% - **Consulting:** 5.3% - **Financial Services:** 5.3% - **Airlines/Aviation:** 4.2% - **Retail:** 4.2% - **Hospital & Health Care:** 3.2% - **Oil & Energy:** 2.1% - **Education Management:** 2.1% - **Logistics and Supply Chain:** 2.1% - **Other:** 27.4% --- ## Alternatives ### Alternatives to Amazon Redshift - [Google Cloud BigQuery](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigquery/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (1235 reviews) - [Snowflake](https://www.g2.com/products/snowflake/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (747 reviews) - [OpenText Vertica](https://www.g2.com/products/opentext-vertica/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (216 reviews) - [Cloudera Data Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/cloudera-cloudera-data-platform/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (136 reviews) - [Databricks](https://www.g2.com/products/databricks/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (774 reviews) - [IBM Db2](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-db2/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (682 reviews) - [Teradata Vantage](https://www.g2.com/products/teradata-teradata-vantage/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (373 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 Data Factory - [SnapLogic Intelligent Integration Platform (IIP)](https://www.g2.com/products/snaplogic-intelligent-integration-platform-iip/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (397 reviews) - [dbt](https://www.g2.com/products/dbt/reviews) — 4.7/5 stars (206 reviews) - [AWS Glue](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-glue/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (202 reviews) - [Matillion](https://www.g2.com/products/matillion-2023-06-26/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (84 reviews) - [IBM DataStage](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-datastage/reviews) — 4.0/5 stars (73 reviews) - [Apache NiFi](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-nifi/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (26 reviews) - [Pentaho Data Integration](https://www.g2.com/products/pentaho-data-integration/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (17 reviews) - [Qlik Replicate](https://www.g2.com/products/qlik-replicate/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (110 reviews) - [Google Cloud BigQuery](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigquery/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (1235 reviews) - [Fivetran](https://www.g2.com/products/fivetran/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (795 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 Data Factory - Title: [Is Azure data Factory an ETL tool?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-azure-data-factory-an-etl-tool) — 2 comments > **Top comment:** "Yes Azure Data Factory is a No-Code ETL tool. Very easy to use." --- **Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/amazon-redshift-vs-azure-data-factory)