Amazon Redshift vs Alibaba Cloud Hologres

Amazon Redshift9.2Visit Alibaba Cloud Hologres8.4Visit

Higher score Amazon Redshift #2 in Data Warehouse Software 9.2/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Try Amazon Redshift

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Alibaba Cloud Hologres #8 in Data Warehouse Software 8.4/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Alibaba Cloud

• Amazon Redshift fits best

  AWS-centric analytics teams

• Alibaba Cloud Hologres fits best

  Interactive real-time analytics on Alibaba Cloud

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon Redshift 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Alibaba Cloud Hologres 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.4
Ranking	#2 in Data Warehouse Software	#8 in Data Warehouse Software
Best for	AWS-centric analytics teams	Interactive real-time analytics on Alibaba Cloud
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$0.54/unit usage-based	$0.04/GB usage-based
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Phone, Tickets, Docs	Live chat, Tickets, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SSO/SAML, 2FA	PCI DSS
Integrations	15 integrations	13 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon Redshift 4/4 · Alibaba Cloud Hologres 3/4
Separate storage and compute	✓	✓
Data lake support	✓	✓
Streaming ingestion	✓	✓
In-database machine learning	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment model	Cloud	Cloud
Pricing model	Hybrid	Hybrid
Our review
Pros	Provisioned and serverless deployment options Queries Amazon S3 data lakes and supports streaming ingestion Native SQL-based machine learning with Redshift ML	Sub-second analytics with high-throughput writes and updates Federated MaxCompute and data lake queries without moving data PostgreSQL-compatible SQL with broad BI and pipeline connectivity
Cons	No free plan Serverless is priced at $1.50 per hour Managed storage is billed separately for some provisioned nodes	No free plan is available Pricing is contact-sales and varies by region Compute, storage, and some advanced features bill separately
Our verdict	Amazon Redshift is a fully managed cloud data warehouse for analyzing large datasets with SQL. It supports data teams, analysts, developers, and organizations running business intelligence, data lake, real-time analytics, and predictive… Read the review →	Alibaba Cloud Hologres is a cloud-native, PostgreSQL-compatible data warehouse for interactive analytics, online data serving, and ad hoc analysis. It is designed for teams that need real-time writes and updates, high-concurrency querying,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Amazon Redshift — where it wins

  • Provisioned and serverless deployment options
  • Queries Amazon S3 data lakes and supports streaming ingestion
  • Native SQL-based machine learning with Redshift ML

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan
  • Serverless is priced at $1.50 per hour
  • Managed storage is billed separately for some provisioned nodes

• Alibaba Cloud Hologres — where it wins

  • Sub-second analytics with high-throughput writes and updates
  • Federated MaxCompute and data lake queries without moving data
  • PostgreSQL-compatible SQL with broad BI and pipeline connectivity

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Pricing is contact-sales and varies by region
  • Compute, storage, and some advanced features bill separately

• Amazon Redshift9.2/10 · Paid

  A broad AWS-native warehouse with flexible deployments, but no free plan.

  Try Amazon RedshiftFull verdict →
• Alibaba Cloud Hologres8.4/10 · Pricing on request

  A strong fit for sub-second analytics and lakehouse workloads on Alibaba Cloud.

  Visit Alibaba CloudFull verdict →