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Amazon Redshift vs Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Amazon Redshift
Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse
6th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
71
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Autonomous Data Ware...
Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse
10th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Cloud Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Amazon Redshift is 7.5%, down from 8.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is 5.0%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Sriram-Natesan - PeerSpot reviewer
The ability to create a lot of views or materialized views is beneficial
Improvement in the immediate response and the process of getting into a call could be helpful. We have had to wait for at least twenty-four hours to get a call and then wait for a couple more hours for a solution. Improved connectivity to different BI tools and already published connectors for major tools in AWS could enhance the service.
Kwajah Mohiuddin - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides self-repair features, but the setup is complex
We use the product for online applications. We use it in the financial industry The product has self-repair features. The tool tunes itself. It separates compute from storage. We can scale storage and compute separately. The setup is complex. Oracle is a complex tool. I have been using Oracle…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Changing from local servers to the cloud is very easy. It's so nice not to have to worry about physical servers."
"The most valuable feature is that the solution is fully embedded in the AWS stack."
"It allows for the storage of huge amounts of data."
"It is quite simple to use and there are no issues with creating the tables."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon Redshift is its ability to handle really large sets of data."
"Redshift COPY command, because much of my work involved helping customers migrate large amounts of data into Redshift."
"It's very easy to migrate from other databases to Redshift. There are migration tools dedicated for this purpose, enabling migration from other databases like MS SQL directly to Redshift. The majority of the scripts will be automatically transposed."
"For the on-premises version of Amazon Redshift, we need to start from scratch. However, with the cloud version whenever you want to deploy, you can scale up, and down, and it has a data warehousing capability. Redshift has many features."
"A very good integration feature that restricts access to unauthorized people."
"I really like the auto-tuning, auto-scaling, and the automatic load balancing and query tuning in the system."
"It is an extremely scalable solution since you can dynamically change the resources as some other cloud solutions."
"The solution has a self-backup, so you don't need a DBA (database administrator) to do a backup."
"The product has self-repair features."
"The solution is self-securing. All data is encrypted and security updates and patches are applied automatically both periodically and off-cycle."
"Self-patching and runs machine-learning across its logs all the time"
"The solution is used for analytics and it works for our data security needs."
 

Cons

"In the next release, a pivot function would be a big help. It could save a lot of time creating a query or process to handle operations."
"The high price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"I would like to improve the pricing and the simplicity of using this solution."
"In our experiments, the handling of unstructured data was not very smooth."
"For people who struggle with IAM or role-based management, the setup isn't easy."
"The refreshment rate of data reaching Redshift from other sources should be faster."
"Should be made available across zones, like other Multi-AZ solutions."
"Improvement in the immediate response and the process of getting into a call could be helpful."
"The installation process is complex. Oracle can make the installation process better."
"One of the major problem is creating custom tablespace. The ADB serverless option doesn't support custom tablespace creation, which could cause issues during on-premise database migration that requires specifically named tablespace. There should be an option to create customized tablespace."
"It doesn't work well when you have unstructured data or you need online analytics. It is not as nice as Hadoop in these aspects."
"It is very important the integration with other platforms be made to be as easy as it is with an on-premises deployment."
"The solution lacks visibility options."
"They should make the solution more user-friendly."
"The solution could be improved by allowing for migration tools from other cloud services, including migration from Amazon Redshift, RDS, and Aurora."
"An improvement for us would be the inclusion of support for an internal IP, so we could use it directly with the VCN in Oracle Cloud."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Amazon Redshift is an expensive solution. Larger organizations can afford this solution, but smaller businesses would struggle to afford it."
"The best part about this solution is the cost."
"This solution implements the pay-as-you-use model, so no license. Pricing could be cheaper."
"For Amazon Redshift, we pay around INR 60,000 annually. The cost factor also depends on the number of existing customers."
"My customers have implementations that cost about $500 a month for a very small one. I also have a customer with a monthly invoice of about $25,000 USD."
"It's not very pricey compared to other tools. I would rate the price as 5 out of 10."
"The part that I like best is that you only pay for what you are using."
"It's around $200 US dollars. There are some data transfer costs but it's minimal, around $20."
"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse's pricing is fair and reasonable compared to the other cloud vendors."
"The price depends on the configuration we choose."
"In terms of architecture and pricing structure, I feel it is a little bit costly compared to Azure. It's fine compared to RedShift, but compared to Azure, it's a bit pricey when you calculate for one TB storage plus around five hours of reporting with the frequency of 1TB data. The cost adds up, making Oracle a bit expensive."
"ROI is high."
"The solution's cost is reasonable."
"Cloud solutions are cheaper, but in the long run, they may not be much cheaper. They certainly have a lower initial cost. The licensing is yearly, and it is based on the size of the hardware and the number of users."
"The cost is perfect with Oracle Universal credit."
"We pay approximately $70,000 per month. The cost includes maintenance and support."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
35%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Educational Organization
23%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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 do you like most about Amazon Redshift?
The tool's most valuable feature is its parallel processing capability. It can handle massive amounts of data, even when pushing hundreds of terabytes, and its scaling capabilities are good.
What do you like most about Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?
With Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, things are much simpler. Creating a structure, initializing the servers, extending the servers, those are all things that are very, very easy. That's the main...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?
We pay approximately $70,000 per month. The cost includes maintenance and support.
What needs improvement with Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?
Optimization should be better. The SQLs are sometimes very slow. I also noticed that Java is not supported, which is not ideal.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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