Amazon Redshift vs Azure Synapse Analytics

Amazon Redshift9.2Visit Azure Synapse Analytics8.7Visit

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

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Azure Synapse Analytics #5 in Data Warehouse Software 8.7/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Azure Synapse

• Amazon Redshift fits best

  AWS-centric analytics teams

• Azure Synapse Analytics fits best

  Microsoft organizations needing an integrated warehouse

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon Redshift 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Azure Synapse Analytics 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.7
Ranking	#2 in Data Warehouse Software	#5 in Data Warehouse Software
Best for	AWS-centric analytics teams	Microsoft organizations needing an integrated warehouse
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$0.54/unit usage-based	—
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Phone, Tickets, Docs	Docs, Community
Integrations	15 integrations	90+ integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon Redshift 4/4 · Azure Synapse Analytics 4/4
Separate storage and compute	✓	✓
Data lake support	✓	✓
Streaming ingestion	✓	✓
In-database machine learning	✓	✓
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	Combines dedicated and serverless SQL pools with Apache Spark Queries Azure data lakes and supports streaming ingestion Integrates with Power BI, Azure services, and CI/CD controls
Cons	No free plan Serverless is priced at $1.50 per hour Managed storage is billed separately for some provisioned nodes	Requires contact with sales for pricing Broad scope may exceed focused warehouse requirements Cloud deployment is centered on the web and Azure ecosystem
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 →	Azure Synapse Analytics brings data warehousing, data lake exploration, big data processing, machine learning, and data integration into one Microsoft cloud analytics service. It is designed for enterprise teams that need dedicated or… 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

• Azure Synapse Analytics — where it wins

  • Combines dedicated and serverless SQL pools with Apache Spark
  • Queries Azure data lakes and supports streaming ingestion
  • Integrates with Power BI, Azure services, and CI/CD controls

  Where it doesn't

  • Requires contact with sales for pricing
  • Broad scope may exceed focused warehouse requirements
  • Cloud deployment is centered on the web and Azure ecosystem

• Amazon Redshift9.2/10 · Paid

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

  Try Amazon RedshiftFull verdict →
• Azure Synapse Analytics8.7/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad Microsoft cloud analytics service for integrated warehousing and data lake workloads.

  Visit Azure SynapseFull verdict →