Amazon Redshift vs Teradata VantageCloud

Amazon Redshift9.2Visit TVTeradata VantageCloud9.0Visit

Higher score Amazon Redshift #2 in Analytical Data Store Software 9.2/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 2 features Try Amazon Redshift

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TV Teradata VantageCloud #4 in Analytical Data Store Software 9.0/10 Free plan · pricing on request Free plan✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Teradata

• Amazon Redshift fits best

  AWS-native enterprise warehousing

• Teradata VantageCloud fits best

  Enterprise lakehouse analytics and ML

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon Redshift 9.2/10 Visit ↗	TVTeradata VantageCloud 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	9.0
Ranking	#2 in Analytical Data Store Software	#4 in Analytical Data Store Software
Best for	AWS-native enterprise warehousing	Enterprise lakehouse analytics and ML
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$0.54/unit usage-based	$6 usage-based
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Phone, Tickets, Docs	Docs
Integrations	15 integrations	7 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Enterprise, Mid-market
Features Amazon Redshift 0/2 · Teradata VantageCloud 0/2
SQL support	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Cross-account data sharing	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment model	Cloud	Cloud
Storage architecture	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Compute scaling	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free storage limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Choose provisioned clusters or serverless compute with automatic scaling. Query Amazon S3 data and ingest streams from Kinesis Data Streams and Amazon MSK. Use SQL for Redshift ML workflows and programmatic access through the Data API.	Supports Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake in cloud object storage Combines elastic compute with object, block, and backup storage Includes in-database ML, Bring Your Own Model scoring, and ModelOps
Cons	Provisioned managed storage is billed separately for RG and RA3 nodes. Serverless starts at $1.50 per hour, above the provisioned starting rate. Its broad AWS service connections may be less suitable outside AWS-centered environments.	Pricing is contact-sales, with example pricing limited to AWS US East AWS pricing examples exclude cloud-provider charges Published support channels list documentation
Our verdict	For teams that need SQL analytics across large datasets, Amazon Redshift offers a fully managed cloud data warehouse with provisioned and serverless deployment options. AWS positions it for data teams, analysts, developers, and… Read the review →	Teradata VantageCloud combines a relational database engine, elastic compute, cloud storage, analytics, and machine learning for organizations running data warehouse, lakehouse, and AI workloads. Its Lake offering supports Apache Iceberg… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Amazon Redshift — where it wins

  • Choose provisioned clusters or serverless compute with automatic scaling.
  • Query Amazon S3 data and ingest streams from Kinesis Data Streams and Amazon MSK.
  • Use SQL for Redshift ML workflows and programmatic access through the Data API.

  Where it doesn't

  • Provisioned managed storage is billed separately for RG and RA3 nodes.
  • Serverless starts at $1.50 per hour, above the provisioned starting rate.
  • Its broad AWS service connections may be less suitable outside AWS-centered environments.

• Teradata VantageCloud — where it wins

  • Supports Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake in cloud object storage
  • Combines elastic compute with object, block, and backup storage
  • Includes in-database ML, Bring Your Own Model scoring, and ModelOps

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is contact-sales, with example pricing limited to AWS US East
  • AWS pricing examples exclude cloud-provider charges
  • Published support channels list documentation

• Amazon Redshift9.2/10 · Paid

  Redshift combines provisioned and serverless warehousing with AWS data-lake and streaming access.

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• TVTeradata VantageCloud9.0/10 · Free plan · pricing on request

  A cloud lakehouse and analytics platform built for enterprise data and ML workloads.

  Visit TeradataFull verdict →