# Amazon Redshift, KX vs Google Cloud BigQuery Comparison

| | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.3 out of 5 | 4.6 out of 5 | 4.5 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 401 | 51 | 1,235 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Mid-Market (39.9% of reviews) | Enterprise (58.0% of reviews) | Enterprise (38.1% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | $1.22 - $3.26  Per hour | $0.00 | Free | 

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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)

### Google Cloud BigQuery

Pros:
- Ease of Use (156 reviews)
- Speed (143 reviews)

Cons:
- Expensive (127 reviews)
- Query Issues (78 reviews)

---
## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 8.7 (284 reviews) | 8.9 (35 reviews) | 8.8 (633 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.7 (284 reviews) | 6.7 (38 reviews) | 8.7 (650 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.6 (141 reviews) | 8.5 (24 reviews) | 8.7 (422 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 8.4 (129 reviews) | 8.9 (14 reviews) | 8.5 (225 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.5 (267 reviews) | 8.7 (33 reviews) | 8.3 (575 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.7 (128 reviews) | 9.0 (12 reviews) | 8.6 (219 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.9 (255 reviews) | 8.6 (42 reviews) | 9.3 (618 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

### Google Cloud BigQuery

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: Free

Price: Free

Description: New customers get $300 in free Google Cloud credits to spend on BigQuery with free trial sign-up. 

Key Features:
- 10 GB storage
- Up to 1 TB queries per month

[Browse all 5 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigquery/pricing)

#### Free Trial

Yes

---
## Features Comparison By Category

### ETL Tools

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A |
| **KX** | N/A | N/A |
| **Google Cloud BigQuery** | 9.0/10 | 135 |

#### Management

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Reporting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.6 (120 reviews) | 
| **Auditing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (118 reviews) | 

#### Functionality

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Extraction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.0 (119 reviews) | 
| **Transformation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.1 (122 reviews) | 
| **Loading** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.0 (123 reviews) | 
| **Automation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (122 reviews) | 
| **Scalability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.3 (121 reviews) | 

### Data Warehouse

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | 8.4/10 | 150 |
| **KX** | N/A | N/A |
| **Google Cloud BigQuery** | 8.6/10 | 279 |

#### Data Management

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Data Integration** | 8.8 (135 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.9 (227 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Data Compression** | 8.4 (125 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.3 (208 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Data Quality** | 8.8 (131 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.8 (216 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Built-In Data Analytics** | 8.0 (127 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.6 (219 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **In-Database Machine Learning** | 7.6 (102 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.3 (202 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Data Lake Analytics** | 8.3 (119 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.6 (199 reviews) ✓ Verified | 

#### Integration

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI/ ML Integration** | 7.9 (101 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.5 (203 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **BI Tool Integration** | 8.7 (129 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.6 (216 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Data lake Integration** | 8.6 (119 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.5 (199 reviews) ✓ Verified | 

#### Deployment

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **On-Premise** | 8.1 (102 reviews) | Not enough data | 7.7 (185 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Cloud** | 8.9 (131 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 9.1 (226 reviews) ✓ Verified | 

#### Performance 

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Scalability** | 8.9 (136 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 9.2 (238 reviews) ✓ Verified | 

#### Security

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Data Governance** | 8.7 (126 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.8 (207 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Data Security** | 8.8 (128 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 9.1 (214 reviews) ✓ Verified | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | 7.3 (20 reviews) | Not enough data | 7.6 (125 reviews) | 
| **AI Text Summarization** | 7.2 (19 reviews) | Not enough data | 7.8 (122 reviews) | 

### Columnar Databases

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | 8.3/10 | 63 |
| **KX** | 8.4/10 | 22 |
| **Google Cloud BigQuery** | 8.8/10 | 79 |

#### Storage

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Data Model** | 8.4 (53 reviews) | 8.8 (20 reviews) | 9.0 (68 reviews) | 
| **Data Types** | 8.4 (56 reviews) | 9.5 (22 reviews) | 8.7 (68 reviews) | 

#### Availability

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Auto Sharding** | 8.6 (47 reviews) | 7.9 (14 reviews) | 8.3 (60 reviews) | 
| **Auto Recovery** | 8.2 (50 reviews) | 7.6 (16 reviews) | 8.5 (64 reviews) | 
| **Data Replication** | 8.4 (48 reviews) | 9.0 (16 reviews) | 8.6 (66 reviews) | 

#### Performance

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Integrated Cache** | 8.2 (48 reviews) | 9.1 (17 reviews) | 8.5 (63 reviews) | 

#### Security

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Role-Based Authorization** | 8.7 (47 reviews) | 8.0 (15 reviews) | 8.7 (69 reviews) | 
| **Authentication** | 8.4 (52 reviews) | 7.9 (18 reviews) | 8.8 (67 reviews) | 
| **Audit Logs** | 8.1 (47 reviews) | 7.7 (14 reviews) | 8.4 (68 reviews) | 
| **Encryption** | 8.5 (48 reviews) | 8.2 (16 reviews) | 8.6 (63 reviews) | 

#### Support

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Multi-Model** | 7.9 (43 reviews) | 7.7 (11 reviews) | 8.7 (64 reviews) | 
| **Operating Systems** | 8.5 (47 reviews) | 9.1 (16 reviews) | 8.8 (64 reviews) | 

### Data Clean Room

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A |
| **KX** | N/A | N/A |
| **Google Cloud BigQuery** | 9.1/10 | 29 |

#### Centralized computation

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Centralized Computation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.0 (24 reviews) | 

#### Localized computation

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Localized computation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (25 reviews) | 

### Vector Database

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A |
| **KX** | 8.7/10 | 10 |
| **Google Cloud BigQuery** | N/A | N/A |

#### Data Indexing

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **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 | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **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 |
| **Google Cloud BigQuery** | N/A | N/A |

#### Query latency

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **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 | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **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 | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **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 | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **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 | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Data security** | Not enough data | 8.1 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Lockless architecture** | Not enough data | 8.3 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 

### Predictive Analytics

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A |
| **KX** | N/A | N/A |
| **Google Cloud BigQuery** | 8.6/10 | 84 |

#### Statistical Tool

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Scripting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (78 reviews) | 
| **Data Mining** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.0 (78 reviews) | 
| **Algorithms** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (80 reviews) | 

#### Data Analysis

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Analysis** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.2 (79 reviews) | 
| **Data Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.1 (79 reviews) | 

#### Decision Making

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Modeling** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (80 reviews) | 
| **Data Visualizations** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (77 reviews) | 
| **Report Generation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (80 reviews) | 
| **Data Unification** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (77 reviews) | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.5 (50 reviews) | 
| **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.8 (50 reviews) | 

### Marketing Analytics

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A |
| **KX** | N/A | N/A |
| **Google Cloud BigQuery** | 8.9/10 | 73 |

#### Marketing Operations

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **ROI Tracking** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (65 reviews) | 
| **Data Collection** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.2 (64 reviews) | 
| **Customer Insights** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (64 reviews) | 
| **Multi-User Access** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.4 (65 reviews) | 
| **Spend Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (63 reviews) | 
| **White Label** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.4 (62 reviews) | 

#### Campaign Activity

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Campaign Insights** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.1 (67 reviews) | 
| **Reports and Dashboards** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.5 (67 reviews) | 
| **Campaign Stickiness** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (64 reviews) | 
| **Multichannel Tracking** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.2 (61 reviews) | 
| **Brand Optimization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (62 reviews) | 
| **Predictive Analytics** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.0 (64 reviews) | 

#### Agentic AI - Marketing Analytics

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (15 reviews) | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.6 (16 reviews) | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.2 (15 reviews) | 

### Big Data Processing and Distribution

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A |
| **KX** | N/A | N/A |
| **Google Cloud BigQuery** | 8.8/10 | 214 |

#### Database

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Real-Time Data Collection** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (173 reviews) | 
| **Data Distribution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (171 reviews) | 
| **Data Lake** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (166 reviews) | 

#### Integrations

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Hadoop Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (134 reviews) | 
| **Spark Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (131 reviews) | 

#### Platform

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Machine Scaling** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (148 reviews) | 
| **Data Preparation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (163 reviews) | 
| **Spark Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (131 reviews) | 

#### Processing

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Cloud Processing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.2 (166 reviews) | 
| **Workload Processing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.1 (159 reviews) | 

### Big Data Analytics

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A |
| **KX** | N/A | N/A |
| **Google Cloud BigQuery** | 8.6/10 | 327 |

#### Data Transformation

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Real-Time Analytics** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (284 reviews) | 
| **Data Querying** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.3 (293 reviews) | 

#### Connectivity

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Hadoop Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.1 (250 reviews) | 
| **Spark Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.2 (249 reviews) | 
| **Multi-Source Analysis** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (278 reviews) | 
| **Data Lake** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (269 reviews) | 

#### Operations

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Data Visualization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (278 reviews) | 
| **Data Workflow** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (276 reviews) | 
| **Governed Discovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (254 reviews) | 
| **Embedded Analytics** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.4 (261 reviews) | 
| **Notebooks** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (253 reviews) | 

### Big Data

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Redshift** | N/A | N/A |
| **KX** | N/A | N/A |
| **Google Cloud BigQuery** | N/A | N/A |

#### Building Reports

| Feature | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **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 | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **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 | 

---
## Categories
**Shared Categories (1):** [Columnar Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/columnar-databases)

**Unique to Amazon Redshift (2):** [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 (5):** [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 Google Cloud BigQuery (8):** [Big Data Integration Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/big-data-integration-platforms), [ETL Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/etl-tools), [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), [Marketing Analytics Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/marketing-analytics), [Predictive Analytics Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/predictive-analytics), [Data Warehouse Solutions](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-warehouse), [Data Clean Room Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-clean-room)


---
## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | Amazon Redshift | KX | Google Cloud BigQuery | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 20.8% | 24.0% | 27.4% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 39.9% | 18.0% | 34.5% | 
| **Enterprise** | 39.3% | 58.0% | 38.1% | 

### 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%

#### Google Cloud BigQuery

- **Information Technology and Services:** 15.7%
- **Computer Software:** 13.6%
- **Retail:** 7.0%
- **Financial Services:** 6.6%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 5.2%
- **Consulting:** 3.5%
- **Telecommunications:** 2.8%
- **Banking:** 2.6%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 2.2%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 1.9%
- **Other:** 38.8%

---
## Alternatives

### Alternatives to Amazon Redshift

- [Snowflake](https://www.g2.com/products/snowflake/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (745 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)
- [Oracle Exadata Cloud Service](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-exadata-cloud-service/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (44 reviews)

### Alternatives to KX

- [Snowflake](https://www.g2.com/products/snowflake/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (745 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)
- [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)
- [Minitab Statistical Software](https://www.g2.com/products/minitab-statistical-software/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (225 reviews)

### Alternatives to Google Cloud BigQuery

- [Snowflake](https://www.g2.com/products/snowflake/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (745 reviews)
- [Databricks](https://www.g2.com/products/databricks/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (769 reviews)
- [Cloudera Data Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/cloudera-cloudera-data-platform/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (136 reviews)
- [Teradata Vantage](https://www.g2.com/products/teradata-teradata-vantage/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (373 reviews)
- [OpenText Vertica](https://www.g2.com/products/opentext-vertica/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (216 reviews)
- [Alteryx](https://www.g2.com/products/alteryx/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (809 reviews)
- [IBM Db2](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-db2/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (682 reviews)
- [Qubole](https://www.g2.com/products/qubole/reviews) — 4.0/5 stars (259 reviews)
- [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-sql-server/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (2275 reviews)
- [SAP HANA Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-hana-cloud-2025-10-01/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (621 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."

### KX

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### Google Cloud BigQuery

- Title: [Is Big Query free?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-big-query-free) — 3 comments, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "my cloud software store "
- Title: [Is BigQuery part of Google Cloud Platform?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-bigquery-part-of-google-cloud-platform) — 2 comments, 2 upvotes
  > **Top comment:** "Yes, bigquery is part of google cloud platform."
- Title: [What is Google BigQuery based on?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-google-bigquery-based-on) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "Dremel: The Execution Engine
Colossus: Distributed Storage
Borg: Compute
Jupiter: The Network
"
- Title: [What is Google BigQuery used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-google-bigquery-used-for) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "BigQuery is a powerful tool for organizations that need to analyze large datasets quickly and effectively and can be used for a variety of purposes depending..."
- Title: [When we can integrate](https://www.g2.com/discussions/when-we-can-integrate) — 1 comment, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Hi Pankaj, what kind of integration do you want to make?"

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