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Comparison

Amazon Redshift vs Google BigQuery

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 →Google BigQuery full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
★Amazon Redshift55
Google BigQuery46
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon Redshift55 / 100medium · 73%
Google BigQuery46 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Redshift✓
Google BigQuery✓
Model
Amazon Redshiftfreemium
Google BigQueryfreemium
Price level
Amazon Redshiftlow
Google BigQuerylow
Transparent
Amazon Redshift✓
Google BigQuery✗
Integrations
Count
Amazon Redshift7
Google BigQuery4
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Redshift✓
Google BigQuery–
Fedramp
Amazon Redshift✓
Google BigQuery–
Gdpr
Amazon Redshift✓
Google BigQuery–
Hipaa
Amazon Redshift✓
Google BigQuery–
Pci
Amazon Redshift✓
Google BigQuery–
Reliability
Status page
Amazon Redshift✓
Google BigQuery✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

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

Google BigQuery

BigQuery is a fully managed, serverless data warehouse that supports analytics, machine learning, and AI applications. It enables users to store and query large datasets while integrating built-in AI capabilities for predictive analytics and natural language interaction.

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 ↗

Google BigQuery

Usage-basedFree tier

Free tier with 10 GiB storage and 1 TiB monthly queries. New customers receive $300 in free credits.

  • Free tierFree
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Amazon Redshift✓
Google BigQuery✓
CLI
Amazon Redshift✓
Google BigQuery✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Redshift✓
Google BigQuery✓

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

Google BigQuery

4 total
  • Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
  • Data Engineering Agent
  • Data Science Agent
  • Conversational Analytics Agent
Independently observed

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