Comparison

Amazon Redshift vs DuckDB

On the evidence we track, DuckDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 62/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Amazon Redshift full profile →DuckDB full profile →

Machine formatsJSON Markdown GraphQLor send Accept: application/json

Amazon Redshift55

★DuckDB62

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Amazon Redshift	DuckDBLeader
Vioscale score	55 / 100medium · 73%	62 / 100medium · 56%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	27
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=python-duckdb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	1
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	40,661
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	17,889,302
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	28
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	C++
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	Available worldwide · HQ NL

Score

Vioscale score

Amazon Redshift55 / 100medium · 73%

DuckDB62 / 100medium · 56%

Pricing

Free tier

Amazon Redshift✓

DuckDB✓

Model

Amazon Redshiftfreemium

DuckDBopen_source

Price level

Amazon Redshiftlow

DuckDBfree

Transparent

Amazon Redshift✓

DuckDB✓

Integrations

Count

Amazon Redshift7

DuckDB27

Security

Disclosure policy

Amazon Redshift✓

DuckDB–

Fedramp

Amazon Redshift✓

DuckDB–

Gdpr

Amazon Redshift✓

DuckDB–

Hipaa

Amazon Redshift✓

DuckDB–

Pci

Amazon Redshift✓

DuckDB–

Vulnerabilities

Amazon Redshift–

DuckDBCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=python-duckdb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Amazon Redshift✓

DuckDB✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Amazon Redshift–

DuckDB1

Github stars

Amazon Redshift–

DuckDB40,661

Package downloads weekly

Amazon Redshift–

DuckDB17,889,302

Activity

Commits last 30d

Amazon Redshift–

DuckDB100

Release

Cadence days

Amazon Redshift–

DuckDB28

History

Amazon Redshift–

DuckDB20 items

License

Spdx

Amazon Redshift–

DuckDBMIT

Language

Primary

Amazon Redshift–

DuckDBC++

Market

Availability

Amazon RedshiftAvailable worldwide · HQ US

DuckDBAvailable worldwide · HQ NL

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Data Warehouse Software
Capability	Amazon Redshift	DuckDB
Deployment
Deployment	Managed cloud	Embedded
Architecture
Architecture	Separated storage/compute	-
Compute model	Clusters	-
Query
SQL dialect	Vendor-specific	Vendor-specific
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place	✓	✓
Interoperability
Table-format support	Iceberg, Parquet	Parquet, CSV, JSON, Iceberg, Delta Lake, Vortex, DuckLake, Lance, Arrow, Avro, E
Scale
Concurrency scaling	Automatic	-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest	✓	-
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)	Functional	Functional
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions	✓	✓
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace	✓	-
Licensing
Licence class	Proprietary	Permissive OSS

Deployment

Amazon RedshiftManaged cloud

DuckDBEmbedded

Architecture

Amazon RedshiftSeparated storage/compute

DuckDB-

Compute model

Amazon RedshiftClusters

DuckDB-

Query

SQL dialect

Amazon RedshiftVendor-specific

DuckDBVendor-specific

Federation / lakehouse query-in-place

Amazon Redshift✓

DuckDB✓

Interoperability

Table-format support

Amazon RedshiftIceberg, Parquet

DuckDBParquet, CSV, JSON, Iceberg, Delta Lake, Vortex, DuckLake, Lance, Arrow, Avro, E

Scale

Concurrency scaling

Amazon RedshiftAutomatic

DuckDB-

Ingestion

Streaming ingest

Amazon Redshift✓

DuckDB-

Data model

Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)

Amazon RedshiftFunctional

DuckDBFunctional

Analytics

ML / in-DB functions

Amazon Redshift✓

DuckDB✓

Sharing

Data sharing / marketplace

Amazon Redshift✓

DuckDB-

Licensing

Licence class

Amazon RedshiftProprietary

DuckDBPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

Amazon Redshift

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

DuckDB

Leader

An in-process SQL analytical database that runs natively in applications across operating systems and environments. Supports querying files and cloud data directly with a SQL dialect and includes vector search capabilities.

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

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 2026-08-14verify ↗

DuckDB

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

Free, open source under MIT license

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Amazon Redshift	DuckDB
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Amazon Redshift✓

DuckDB✓

macOS

Amazon Redshift✗

DuckDB✓

Windows

Amazon Redshift✗

DuckDB✓

Linux

Amazon Redshift✗

DuckDB✓

CLI

Amazon Redshift✓

DuckDB✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Amazon Redshift✓

DuckDB✗

Self-hosted

Amazon Redshift✗

DuckDB✓

Integrations

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

Amazon Redshift

7 total

Amazon S3
Amazon SageMaker
Amazon Bedrock
Apache Iceberg
Apache Parquet
Streaming services
Operational databases

Independently observed

DuckDB

Leader

27 total

Postgres
AWS
S3
Azure
Google Cloud
Hugging Face
SQLite
MySQL
Iceberg
Delta Lake
Parquet
JSON
Arrow
Avro
Pandas
dplyr
Jupyter
Marimo
Claude
Cloudflare
ODBC
HTTP
Excel
Vortex
+3 more

Independently observed

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