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Actian Ingres vs Amazon Redshift comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Actian Ingres
Ranking in Data Warehouse
17th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (29th)
Amazon Redshift
Ranking in Data Warehouse
6th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (7th), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Actian Ingres is 2.2%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Amazon Redshift is 4.2%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon Redshift4.2%
Actian Ingres2.2%
Other93.6%
Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

GH
Sr Sales Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Reliable performance enhances operations with good technical support
We run the entire IRS system, the income system, and the tax system. We also manage the entire Absa banking system in Africa. There's a lot of database applications, similar to those used in banks and the IRS The most valuable features for us are reliability and performance. Our system is used…
Hemanthreddy Vakiti - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Optimized restaurant analytics has driven faster insights and streamlined daily reporting
Amazon Redshift offers massive parallel processing capability, allowing it to handle millions of records, along with integration with other AWS features such as S3 and QuickSight. The column-level storage supports high performance and easy data retrieval compared to other tools. The integration with S3 has helped my team immensely since S3 is our starting source, and the direct integration with Amazon Redshift simplifies the transformation and loading process. Columnar storage has benefited our performance significantly, allowing us to extract specific rows from tables with years of data much faster than other tools with row-level storage. Amazon Redshift has positively impacted our organization by significantly improving query performance and speed. Features such as easy integration with S3 allow us to process millions of records efficiently, ultimately saving us nearly one hour per day for our project.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable features for us are reliability and performance."
"The deployment of our solution across a number of servers using Ingres .NET has meant that we can protect the database server behind a highly secure firewall and deploy the front end solutions on a normal web server."
"Ingres is the only database solution that has maintained a level of consistency and integrity about the way users interact with it."
"The best part about this solution is the cost."
"The most valuable feature is that the solution is fully embedded in the AWS stack."
"The feature that we find most useful is the ability to do analytics on the fly."
"I work in the real estate industry, and the best features I appreciate about Amazon Redshift include its efficiency in managing large datasets."
"Based on quality of the product and its price, it is the one of the best options available in the market now."
"Amazon Redshift is very fast. It has really good response times. It's very user-friendly."
"It is based on PostgreSQL, it’s managed so AWS takes care of handling infrastructure, deployments, encryption, and uptime for you, it’s cheap when you consider the price per terrabyte per year, and it’s integrated into the AWS stack."
"The solution's speed, stability, and user concurrency have been very good."
 

Cons

"The ability to reset the log file without stopping the DBMS would be helpful for us."
"The seamless integration is a bit of an issue."
"There is some missing functionality and sometimes it's so difficult to work in. We need to convert these functionalities using VACUUM inside Amazon Redshift and then it causes some complexity."
"It would be nice if it was a bit cheaper to retain data long-term."
"The solution could improve in handling more data formats and more native support for RDF."
"The initial setup for Amazon Redshift is often complex. Sometimes they have difficulty understanding what issues we are experiencing."
"Although the product is simple to use there can be problems. If you declare some unique key in a column and then store it, the database is going to believe this is what you have and results will be distorted."
"Currently, Amazon does not provide real-time or near real-time integration with other products like RDS or DynamoDB out-of-the-box."
"It lacks a few features which can be very useful, such as stored procedures, Also, one needs to perform Vacuum in order to manage this DB."
"I’d like to see these RedShift features arrive in other languages, such as SQL's ColumnStore index."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"In comparison to the price of similar solutions, Redshift's cost is the lowest."
"The price of Amazon Redshift is reasonable because it depends on the usage that you use and for DWH for the long term."
"The cost must be improved."
"At the moment, pricing is a little bit on the higher side, although it depends on the size of the company."
"Per hour pricing is helpful to keep the costs of a pilot down, but long-term retention is expensive."
"It's not very pricey compared to other tools. I would rate the price as 5 out of 10."
"One of my customers went with Google Big Query over Redshift because it was significantly cheaper for their project."
"It's pay per use. You can have multiple models."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
16%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise30
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Actian Ingres?
The seamless integration is a bit of an issue. I would like to see more direct connectors and stuff like SQLAlchemy. It's there but isn't available as a standard, so it involves going to GitHub to ...
What is your primary use case for Actian Ingres?
We run the entire IRS system, the income system, and the tax system. We also manage the entire Absa banking system in Africa. There's a lot of database applications, similar to those used in banks ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Actian Ingres?
Initially, it's a lot less expensive than competitors. Price performance has always been a priority, ensuring we remain competitive in the market.
How does Amazon Redshift compare with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics?
Amazon Redshift is very fast, has a very good response time, and is very user-friendly. The initial setup is very straightforward. This solution can merge and integrate well with many different dat...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Redshift?
My experience with pricing and setup cost is satisfactory, as we have been loyal clients of Amazon since the beginning of our organization. However, I am not aware of the exact costs associated wit...
What needs improvement with Amazon Redshift?
Amazon Redshift could improve by enhancing its UI to be more user-friendly for non-technical users and by offering better cost management, as similar tools tend to be less expensive. Additionally, ...
 

Also Known As

Ingres, Ingres 2006
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Sample Customers

Groupe Adeo, IsCool Entertainment
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Find out what your peers are saying about Actian Ingres vs. Amazon Redshift and other solutions. Updated: October 2026.
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