Comparison

Amazon Redshift vs Vertica

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 →Vertica full profile →

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★Amazon Redshift55

Vertica25

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Amazon RedshiftLeader	Vertica
Vioscale score	55 / 100medium · 73%updating	25 / 100low · 14%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	-
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	-

Score

Vioscale score

Amazon Redshift55 / 100medium · 73%updating

Vertica25 / 100low · 14%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Amazon Redshift✓

Vertica–

Model

Amazon Redshiftfreemium

Verticacommercial

Price level

Amazon Redshiftlow

Vertica–

Transparent

Amazon Redshift✓

Vertica–

Integrations

Count

Amazon Redshift7

Vertica–

Security

Disclosure policy

Amazon Redshift✓

Vertica–

Fedramp

Amazon Redshift✓

Vertica–

Gdpr

Amazon Redshift✓

Vertica✓

Hipaa

Amazon Redshift✓

Vertica✓

Pci

Amazon Redshift✓

Vertica–

Reliability

Status page

Amazon Redshift✓

Vertica–

Market

Availability

Amazon RedshiftAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Vertica–

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	Vertica
Deployment
Deployment	Managed cloud	Hybrid
Architecture
Architecture	Separated storage/compute	Coupled MPP
Compute model	Clusters	Clusters
Query
SQL dialect	Vendor-specific	Vendor-specific
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place	✓	-
Interoperability
Table-format support	Iceberg, Parquet	-
Scale
Concurrency scaling	Automatic	-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest	✓	✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)	Functional	First-class
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions	✓	✓
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace	✓	-
Licensing
Licence class	Proprietary	Proprietary

Deployment

Amazon RedshiftManaged cloud

VerticaHybrid

Architecture

Amazon RedshiftSeparated storage/compute

VerticaCoupled MPP

Compute model

Amazon RedshiftClusters

VerticaClusters

Query

SQL dialect

Amazon RedshiftVendor-specific

VerticaVendor-specific

Federation / lakehouse query-in-place

Amazon Redshift✓

Vertica-

Interoperability

Table-format support

Amazon RedshiftIceberg, Parquet

Vertica-

Scale

Concurrency scaling

Amazon RedshiftAutomatic

Vertica-

Ingestion

Streaming ingest

Amazon Redshift✓

Vertica✓

Data model

Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)

Amazon RedshiftFunctional

VerticaFirst-class

Analytics

ML / in-DB functions

Amazon Redshift✓

Vertica✓

Sharing

Data sharing / marketplace

Amazon Redshift✓

Vertica-

Licensing

Licence class

Amazon RedshiftProprietary

VerticaProprietary

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

Vertica

A high-performance analytics platform built on columnar architecture and massively parallel processing that delivers real-time insights, machine learning, and fraud detection across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid deployments. Designed for enterprises to analyze massive volumes of data while maintaining flexibility in infrastructure choices.

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 2026-08-14verify ↗

Vertica

Pricing not documented yet.

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	Vertica
WebPlatforms	✓	-
CLIPlatforms	✓	-
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Amazon Redshift✓

Vertica–

CLI

Amazon Redshift✓

Vertica–

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Amazon Redshift✓

Vertica✓

Self-hosted

Amazon Redshift✗

Vertica✓

On-premise

Amazon Redshift✗

Vertica✓

Hybrid

Amazon Redshift✗

Vertica✓

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

Vertica

Not documented yet.

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