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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (39.5% of reviews)
Enterprise (58.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$1.22 - $3.26 Per hour
$0.00
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 plansKX
Star Rating
(51)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (58.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that KX excels in query latency, achieving a remarkable score of 9.8, which reviewers mention significantly enhances their data retrieval speed compared to Amazon Redshift's score of 8.3.
- Reviewers mention that KX's data types score of 9.7 stands out, allowing for a broader range of data handling, while Amazon Redshift's score of 8.4 indicates some limitations in this area.
- G2 users highlight KX's superior data replication capabilities with a score of 9.0, which reviewers say ensures better data availability and reliability than Amazon Redshift's score of 8.4.
- Users on G2 report that KX's built-in data analytics feature, scoring 8.1, is less robust than Amazon Redshift's offerings, which reviewers mention provide more comprehensive analytical tools.
- Reviewers mention that KX's ease of use score of 6.8 is a drawback, especially when compared to Amazon Redshift's higher score of 8.7, indicating a more user-friendly experience for new users.
- Users say that KX's auto recovery feature, scoring 7.6, is less effective than Amazon Redshift's 8.2, which reviewers mention provides a more reliable backup and recovery process.
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%
KX
Free
$0.00
Rate-limited plan for quickly and easily getting started with kdb+.
- Fastest query speed
- In-memory compute engine
- Extreme scalability
Free Trial
Amazon Redshift
Free Trial is available
KX
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
281
8.9
35
Ease of Use
8.7
281
6.7
38
Ease of Setup
8.6
138
8.5
24
Ease of Admin
8.4
128
8.9
14
Quality of Support
8.5
264
8.7
33
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
127
9.0
12
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
252
8.6
42
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
8.8
20
8.4
56
9.5
22
Availability
8.6
47
7.9
14
8.2
50
7.6
16
8.4
48
9.0
16
Performance
8.2
48
9.1
17
Security
8.7
47
8.0
15
8.4
52
7.9
18
8.1
47
7.7
14
8.5
48
8.2
16
Support
7.9
43
7.7
11
8.5
47
9.1
16
Data Indexing
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
9.3
10
Filters
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
9.1
9
Query latency
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
8.3
9
Data latency
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Connectors
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.0
9
Scale
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.3
10
Architecture
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon Redshift and KX are categorized as Columnar Databases
Unique Categories
Amazon Redshift is categorized as Data Warehouse and Big Data Integration Platforms
KX is categorized as Time Series Intelligence, Time Series Databases, Stream Analytics, Real-time Analytic Database, and Vector Database
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Redshift
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
KX
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%
Financial Services
46.0%
Banking
12.0%
Capital Markets
10.0%
Investment Banking
6.0%
Investment Management
4.0%
Other
22.0%
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
KX has no discussions with answers
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