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Comparison

Amazon Redshift vs Azure Synapse Analytics

On the evidence we track, Amazon Redshift leads this comparison with a composite score of 55/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Amazon Redshift full profile →Azure Synapse Analytics full profile →
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★Amazon Redshift55
Azure Synapse Analytics50
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon Redshift55 / 100medium · 73%
Azure Synapse Analytics50 / 100low · 14%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Redshift✓
Azure Synapse Analytics–
Model
Amazon Redshiftfreemium
Azure Synapse Analyticscommercial
Price level
Amazon Redshiftlow
Azure Synapse Analytics–
Transparent
Amazon Redshift✓
Azure Synapse Analytics–
Integrations
Count
Amazon Redshift7
Azure Synapse Analytics–
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Redshift✓
Azure Synapse Analytics–
Fedramp
Amazon Redshift✓
Azure Synapse Analytics–
Gdpr
Amazon Redshift✓
Azure Synapse Analytics✓
Hipaa
Amazon Redshift✓
Azure Synapse Analytics–
Pci
Amazon Redshift✓
Azure Synapse Analytics–
Reliability
Status page
Amazon Redshift✓
Azure Synapse Analytics✓
Market
Availability
Amazon RedshiftAvailable worldwide · HQ US
Azure Synapse AnalyticsAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for data warehouse software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Deployment
Amazon RedshiftManaged cloud
Azure Synapse AnalyticsManaged cloud
Architecture
Architecture
Amazon RedshiftSeparated storage/compute
Azure Synapse Analytics-
Compute model
Amazon RedshiftClusters
Azure Synapse Analytics-
Query
SQL dialect
Amazon RedshiftVendor-specific
Azure Synapse Analytics-
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
Amazon Redshift✓
Azure Synapse Analytics-
Interoperability
Table-format support
Amazon RedshiftIceberg, Parquet
Azure Synapse Analytics-
Scale
Concurrency scaling
Amazon RedshiftAutomatic
Azure Synapse Analytics-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
Amazon Redshift✓
Azure Synapse Analytics-
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
Amazon RedshiftFunctional
Azure Synapse Analytics-
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
Amazon Redshift✓
Azure Synapse Analytics-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
Amazon Redshift✓
Azure Synapse Analytics-
Licensing
Licence class
Amazon RedshiftProprietary
Azure Synapse AnalyticsProprietary

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon Redshift

Leader

A cloud-based data warehouse available in provisioned and serverless deployment models, supporting SQL analytics across data warehouses and data lakes. Redshift integrates with SageMaker for AI workloads and connects to S3 and third-party data sources via zero-ETL integrations.

Independently observed

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Synapse Analytics is a managed, cloud-based analytics platform that enables rapid analysis and insight generation across enterprise data warehouses and big data systems. It provides a unified solution for processing and analyzing data at scale.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon Redshift

Leader
from $0.54/moHybridFree tier90-day trial

Provisioned from $0.543/hour on-demand or discounted reserved rates; Serverless from $1.50/hour per-second billing. Free $300 credit for 90 days on new Serverless accounts.

  • Provisioned On-Demand$0.54/hr
    • Flexible scaling
    • Pause and resume
    • Node type selection
    • Elastic Resize
  • Provisioned Reserved Instances-
    • Significant discounts over on-demand
    • Steady-state workloads
    • Cost predictability
  • Serverless$1.50 per hour
    • Automatic capacity scaling
    • No idle charges
    • Seconds-based billing
    • Automatic shutdown
  • Serverless Reservations-
    • Up to 45% savings on Serverless compute
    • Cross-account sharing
    • AWS payer account management
as of verify ↗

Azure Synapse Analytics

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon Redshift✓
Azure Synapse Analytics✓
CLI
Amazon Redshift✓
Azure Synapse Analytics✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Redshift✓
Azure Synapse Analytics✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon Redshift

Leader
7 total
  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon SageMaker
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Apache Iceberg
  • Apache Parquet
  • Streaming services
  • Operational databases
Independently observed

Azure Synapse Analytics

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.