# Amazon Redshift, KX vs Azure Synapse Analytics Comparison

| | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.3 out of 5 | 4.6 out of 5 | 4.4 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 401 | 51 | 38 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Mid-Market (39.9% of reviews) | Enterprise (58.0% of reviews) | Mid-Market (44.4% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | $1.22 - $3.26  Per hour | $0.00 | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### Amazon Redshift

Pros:
- Ease of Use (7 reviews)
- Integrations (7 reviews)

Cons:
- Complexity (5 reviews)
- Feature Limitations (5 reviews)

### KX

Pros:
- Speed (11 reviews)
- Performance (9 reviews)

Cons:
- Learning Curve (12 reviews)
- Difficult Learning (7 reviews)

### Azure Synapse Analytics

Pros:
- Analytics (1 reviews)
- Automation (1 reviews)

Cons:
- Cost Estimation (1 reviews)
- Cost Management (1 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 8.7 (284 reviews) | 8.9 (35 reviews) | 8.9 (28 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.7 (284 reviews) | 6.7 (38 reviews) | 8.8 (29 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.6 (141 reviews) | 8.5 (24 reviews) | 8.6 (11 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 8.4 (129 reviews) | 8.9 (14 reviews) | 8.9 (9 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.5 (267 reviews) | 8.7 (33 reviews) | 8.7 (24 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.7 (128 reviews) | 9.0 (12 reviews) | 8.3 (9 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.9 (255 reviews) | 8.6 (42 reviews) | 8.4 (29 reviews) | 

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## 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

### KX

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: Free

Price: $0.00

Description: Rate-limited plan for quickly and easily getting started with kdb+.

Key Features:
- Fastest query speed ​
- In-memory compute engine​
- Extreme scalability ​

[Browse all 3 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/kx-kx/pricing)

#### Free Trial

Yes

### Azure Synapse Analytics

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Data Warehouse

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | 8.4/10 | 150 |
| **KX** | N/A | N/A |
| **Azure Synapse Analytics** | N/A | N/A |

#### Data Management

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Data Integration** | 8.8 (135 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data Compression** | 8.4 (125 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data Quality** | 8.8 (131 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Built-In Data Analytics** | 8.0 (127 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **In-Database Machine Learning** | 7.6 (102 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data Lake Analytics** | 8.3 (119 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Integration

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI/ ML Integration** | 7.9 (101 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **BI Tool Integration** | 8.7 (129 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data lake Integration** | 8.6 (119 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Deployment

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **On-Premise** | 8.1 (102 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cloud** | 8.9 (131 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Performance 

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Scalability** | 8.9 (136 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Security

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Data Governance** | 8.7 (126 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data Security** | 8.8 (128 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | 7.3 (20 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **AI Text Summarization** | 7.2 (19 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Columnar Databases

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | 8.3/10 | 63 |
| **KX** | 8.4/10 | 22 |
| **Azure Synapse Analytics** | N/A | N/A |

#### Storage

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Data Model** | 8.4 (53 reviews) | 8.8 (20 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Types** | 8.4 (56 reviews) | 9.5 (22 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Availability

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Auto Sharding** | 8.6 (47 reviews) | 7.9 (14 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Auto Recovery** | 8.2 (50 reviews) | 7.6 (16 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Replication** | 8.4 (48 reviews) | 9.0 (16 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Performance

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Integrated Cache** | 8.2 (48 reviews) | 9.1 (17 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Security

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Role-Based Authorization** | 8.7 (47 reviews) | 8.0 (15 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Authentication** | 8.4 (52 reviews) | 7.9 (18 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Audit Logs** | 8.1 (47 reviews) | 7.7 (14 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Encryption** | 8.5 (48 reviews) | 8.2 (16 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Support

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Multi-Model** | 7.9 (43 reviews) | 7.7 (11 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Operating Systems** | 8.5 (47 reviews) | 9.1 (16 reviews) | Not enough data | 

### Vector Database

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A |
| **KX** | 8.7/10 | 10 |
| **Azure Synapse Analytics** | N/A | N/A |

#### Data Indexing

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Semantic Search** | Not enough data | 8.0 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Indexing Data** | Not enough data | 9.3 (10 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Filters

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Accurate Search** | Not enough data | 8.5 (10 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Single Stage Filtering - Vector Database** | Not enough data | 9.1 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 

### Real-time Analytic Database

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A |
| **KX** | 8.3/10 | 10 |
| **Azure Synapse Analytics** | N/A | N/A |

#### Query latency

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Lower query latency** | Not enough data | 8.8 (10 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Continuous queries** | Not enough data | 8.3 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Data latency

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Lower data latency** | Not enough data | 8.9 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data pipeline performance** | Not enough data | 8.0 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Connectors

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Faster ingestion** | Not enough data | 8.0 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Built-in connectors** | Not enough data | 7.0 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Scale

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Linearly scalable database** | Not enough data | 8.9 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Storage management** | Not enough data | 8.3 (10 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Architecture

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Data security** | Not enough data | 8.1 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Lockless architecture** | Not enough data | 8.3 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 

### Big Data Processing and Distribution

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A |
| **KX** | N/A | N/A |
| **Azure Synapse Analytics** | 8.5/10 | 6 |

#### Database

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Real-Time Data Collection** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.8 (6 reviews) | 
| **Data Distribution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (6 reviews) | 
| **Data Lake** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 

#### Integrations

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Hadoop Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Spark Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (6 reviews) | 

#### Platform

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Machine Scaling** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.1 (6 reviews) | 
| **Data Preparation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (6 reviews) | 
| **Spark Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (6 reviews) | 

#### Processing

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Cloud Processing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 
| **Workload Processing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 

### Big Data Analytics

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A |
| **KX** | N/A | N/A |
| **Azure Synapse Analytics** | 8.9/10 | 12 |

#### Data Transformation

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Real-Time Analytics** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (9 reviews) | 
| **Data Querying** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (12 reviews) | 

#### Connectivity

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Hadoop Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (8 reviews) | 
| **Spark Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.5 (10 reviews) | 
| **Multi-Source Analysis** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (11 reviews) | 
| **Data Lake** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.4 (9 reviews) | 

#### Operations

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Data Visualization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (9 reviews) | 
| **Data Workflow** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.6 (11 reviews) | 
| **Governed Discovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (8 reviews) | 
| **Embedded Analytics** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (8 reviews) | 
| **Notebooks** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (11 reviews) | 

### Big Data

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A |
| **KX** | N/A | N/A |
| **Azure Synapse Analytics** | N/A | N/A |

#### Building Reports

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Data Transformation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data Modeling** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **WYSIWYG Report Design** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Integration APIs** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Platform

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Mobile User Support** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Customization ** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **User, Role, and Access Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Internationalization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Sandbox / Test Environments** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Performance and Reliability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Breadth of Partner Applications** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

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## Categories

**Unique to Amazon Redshift (3):** [Columnar Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/columnar-databases), [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 KX (6):** [Columnar Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/columnar-databases), [Time Series Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/time-series-intelligence), [Time Series Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/time-series-databases), [Stream Analytics Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/stream-analytics), [Real-time Analytic Database Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/real-time-analytic-database), [Vector Database Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/vector-database)

**Unique to Azure Synapse Analytics (3):** [Big Data Processing And Distribution Systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/big-data-processing-and-distribution), [Big Data Analytics Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/big-data-analytics), [Big Data Integration Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/big-data-integration-platforms)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | Amazon Redshift | KX | Azure Synapse Analytics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 20.8% | 24.0% | 25.0% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 39.9% | 18.0% | 44.4% | 
| **Enterprise** | 39.3% | 58.0% | 30.6% | 

### 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%

#### KX

- **Financial Services:** 46.0%
- **Banking:** 12.0%
- **Capital Markets:** 10.0%
- **Investment Banking:** 6.0%
- **Investment Management:** 4.0%
- **Computer Software:** 4.0%
- **Professional Training & Coaching:** 2.0%
- **Online Media:** 2.0%
- **Management Consulting:** 2.0%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 2.0%
- **Other:** 10.0%

#### Azure Synapse Analytics

- **Information Technology and Services:** 48.6%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 11.4%
- **Computer Software:** 11.4%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 8.6%
- **Retail:** 5.7%
- **Utilities:** 2.9%
- **Telecommunications:** 2.9%
- **Management Consulting:** 2.9%
- **Insurance:** 2.9%
- **Consumer Goods:** 2.9%

---
## 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 (744 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 (769 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 KX

- [Snowflake](https://www.g2.com/products/snowflake/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (744 reviews)
- [SAP HANA Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-hana-cloud-2025-10-01/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (621 reviews)
- [InfluxDB](https://www.g2.com/products/influxdata-influxdb/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (101 reviews)
- [Google Cloud BigQuery](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigquery/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (1235 reviews)
- [HubSpot Data Hub](https://www.g2.com/products/hubspot-data-hub/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (576 reviews)
- [Spotfire Analytics](https://www.g2.com/products/spotfire-analytics/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (362 reviews)
- [Tealium Customer Data Hub](https://www.g2.com/products/tealium-customer-data-hub/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (474 reviews)
- [Elasticsearch](https://www.g2.com/products/elastic-elasticsearch/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (292 reviews)
- [Epsilon3](https://www.g2.com/products/epsilon3/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (260 reviews)
- [MariaDB](https://www.g2.com/products/mariadb/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (226 reviews)

### Alternatives to Azure Synapse Analytics

- [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 (744 reviews)
- [Databricks](https://www.g2.com/products/databricks/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (769 reviews)
- [Teradata Vantage](https://www.g2.com/products/teradata-teradata-vantage/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (373 reviews)
- [Cloudera Data Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/cloudera-cloudera-data-platform/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (136 reviews)
- [Dremio](https://www.g2.com/products/dremio/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (70 reviews)
- [dbt](https://www.g2.com/products/dbt/reviews) — 4.7/5 stars (206 reviews)
- [Alteryx](https://www.g2.com/products/alteryx/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (809 reviews)
- [MATLAB](https://www.g2.com/products/matlab/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (770 reviews)
- [Posit](https://www.g2.com/products/posit-posit/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (570 reviews)

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## 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."

### KX

No discussions available for this product.

### Azure Synapse Analytics

No discussions available for this product.

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**Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/amazon-redshift-vs-kx-kx-vs-azure-synapse-analytics)