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Compare Amazon Redshift and Azure Synapse Analytics 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (39.5% of reviews)
Mid-Market (39.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$1.22 - $3.26 Per hour
No pricing available
Amazon Redshift
Star Rating
(397)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (39.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$1.22 - $3.26 Per hour
Browse all 6 pricing plansAzure Synapse Analytics
Star Rating
(34)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (39.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Azure Synapse AnalyticsAmazon Redshift vs Azure Synapse Analytics
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Azure Synapse Analytics easier to use and administer. However, reviewers preferred the ease of set up, and doing business with Amazon Redshift overall.
- Reviewers felt that Azure Synapse Analytics meets the needs of their business better than Amazon Redshift.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Azure Synapse Analytics is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Amazon Redshift over Azure Synapse Analytics.
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 Synapse Analytics
No pricing availableFree Trial
Amazon Redshift
Free Trial is available
Azure Synapse Analytics
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.7
281
8.8
26
Ease of Use
8.7
281
8.8
27
Ease of Setup
8.6
138
8.5
9
Ease of Admin
8.4
128
9.0
8
Quality of Support
8.5
264
8.6
22
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
127
8.3
8
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
252
8.3
27
Features by Category
Data Management
8.8
133
|
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
118
|
Verified
Not enough data
Integration
7.9
101
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
128
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
119
|
Verified
Not enough data
Deployment
8.1
102
Not enough data
8.9
130
|
Verified
Not enough data
Performance
8.9
134
|
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
Database
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Integrations
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.9
6
Platform
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Processing
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Data Transformation
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.5
10
Connectivity
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
9.4
9
Operations
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
9.0
10
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.8
10
Building Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
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 Synapse Analytics are categorized as Big Data Integration Platforms
Unique Categories
Amazon Redshift is categorized as Columnar Databases and Data Warehouse
Azure Synapse Analytics is categorized as Big Data Processing and Distribution and Big Data Analytics
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Redshift
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Azure Synapse Analytics
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
15.5%
Computer Software
12.7%
Financial Services
7.7%
Retail
5.2%
Telecommunications
4.7%
Other
54.1%
Information Technology and Services
48.5%
Hospital & Health Care
12.1%
Computer Software
12.1%
Retail
6.1%
Computer & Network Security
6.1%
Other
15.2%
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 Synapse Analytics has no discussions with answers
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