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Amazon Redshift vs OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 19, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.2
Amazon Redshift offers mixed returns; beneficial for high data volumes, but concerns arise over rising costs and limited data effectiveness.
Sentiment score
6.9
Users report significant ROI from OpenText Analytics Database due to enhanced analytics, performance, and data accessibility, despite its cost.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
Amazon Redshift's support is responsive but costly, with quick responses for routine issues, though advanced support can be inconsistent.
Sentiment score
7.0
OpenText Analytics Database customer service is praised for knowledgeable support, though some users report slow response and escalation needs.
Whenever we need support, if there is an issue accessing stored data due to regional data center problems, the Amazon team is very helpful and provides optimal solutions quickly.
It's costly when you enable support.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Amazon Redshift is generally praised for scalability, though experience varies with larger clusters and specific configurations.
Sentiment score
7.1
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) excels at scaling large data volumes but faces challenges with schema modifications and node additions.
The scalability part needs improvement as the sizing requires trial and error.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Amazon Redshift is praised for stability, high availability, and performance, despite occasional challenges with complex queries and environment changes.
Sentiment score
7.1
OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is stable and robust, with minor query and network issues noted by users.
Amazon Redshift is a stable product, and I would rate it nine or ten out of ten for stability.
 

Room For Improvement

Amazon Redshift faces challenges in performance, integration, cost, and compatibility, needing improvements in speed, security, and serverless options.
OpenText Analytics Database needs better workload management, documentation, SQL optimization, cloud support, machine learning, and cost efficiency.
They should bring the entire ETL data management process into Amazon Redshift.
Integration with AI could be a good improvement.
 

Setup Cost

Amazon Redshift offers competitive pricing for large enterprises, but smaller organizations might find it more costly than alternatives.
OpenText Analytics Database offers flexible pricing based on storage, with competitive costs, community edition, and negotiable licensing options.
The cost of technical support is high.
It's a pretty good price and reasonable for the product quality.
The pricing of Amazon Redshift is expensive.
 

Valuable Features

Amazon Redshift provides scalable, efficient data processing with AWS integration, offering robust analytics, security, and user-friendly features.
OpenText Analytics Database offers rapid data processing, scalability, ease of use, and cost efficiency with advanced analytics capabilities.
Amazon Redshift's performance optimization and scalability are quite helpful, providing functionalities such as scaling up and down.
Scalability is the best feature of Amazon Redshift. Amazon Redshift handles scalability automatically, so we do not need to scale up or down; it is all managed by Redshift.
Scalability is also a strong point; I can scale it however I want without any limitations.
 

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
OpenText Analytics Database...
Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse
11th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
86
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Cloud Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Amazon Redshift is 7.4%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is 5.7%, up from 5.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

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The ability to create a lot of views or materialized views is beneficial
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T Venkatesh - PeerSpot reviewer
Processes query faster through multiple systems simultaneously, but it could support different data types
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Answers from the Community

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 16, 2019
Jul 16, 2019
I am assuming you are asking me a question. I have similar points like the one you sent in the link. However, I will narrow it down further with highlighted ones that matter. Redshift is cloud-native so not a good idea if you also need a data center. It does not support document store, so that's another limitation. Vertica works for the hybrid environment and also supports more APIs and suppor...
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KF
Jul 15, 2019
* Flexibility of deployment: Amazon Redshift can only be deployed on the AWS. Redshift lacks support for the hybrid cloud-and-on premises data warehousing combinations. Vertica’s industry-leading deployment options allow customers to run Vertica on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, on-premise, and on Hadoop. * Speed: The query execution performance of Vertica and Redshift and some of the differentiators in the two products with Vertica query response times on the 5 TB dataset, 20 concurrent user test, for example, were 3.4 times faster. Also, when over 100 users are simultaneously running queries on the same data, Amazon Redshift’s performance degrades considerably, leading to hours or even days of query response times. Which of these two solutions would you recommend to a colleague evaluating cloud data warehouses and why? Vertica. As Vertica has flexibility as your data warehouse evolves long term with best in class speed.
RV
Jul 16, 2019
I am assuming you are asking me a question. I have similar points like the one you sent in the link. However, I will narrow it down further with highlighted ones that matter. Redshift is cloud-native so not a good idea if you also need a data center. It does not support document store, so that's another limitation. Vertica works for the hybrid environment and also supports more APIs and supports all familiar languages. Look at more features as given in the below table and decide. I would go with Vertica if there is a hybrid cloud, needs document store, secondary indexes are a critical need and need support for more APIs (as given in the table). For AWS native environment, go with RedShift. Amazon Redshift X: Description: Large scale data warehouse service for use with business intelligence tools. Primary database model: Relational DBMS Secondary database models: Key-value store Website: aws.amazon.com/­redshift Technical documentation: docs.aws.amazon.com/­redshift Developer: Amazon (based on PostgreSQL) License: commercial Cloud-based only: Yes XML Support: No Secondary indexes: Restricted SQL: Yes APIs and other access methods: JDBC, ODBC Supported programming languages: All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC Server-side scripts: User-defined functions Triggers: No Vertica X: Description: Columnar relational DBMS designed to handle modern analytic workloads, enabling fast query performance. Primary database model: Relational DBMS Secondary database models: Key-value store, Document store Website: www.vertica.com Technical documentation: www.vertica.com/­documentation/­vertica Developer: Vertica / Micro Focus License: Commercial Cloud-based only: No XML Support: Yes Secondary indexes: No SQL: Yes APIs and other access methods: Kafka, Proprietary protocol, RESTful HTTP API, ADO.NET, JDBC, ODBC Supported programming languages: C++, Java, Perl, Python, R Server-side scripts: Yes Triggers: No
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
45%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
7%
University
4%
 

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 Vertica?
Vertica is easy to use and provides really high performance, stability, and scalability.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vertica?
The solution is relatively cost-effective. Pricing and licensing are reasonable compared to other solutions.
What needs improvement with Vertica?
The product could improve by adding support for a wider variety of data types and enhancing features to better compete with other databases.
 

Also Known As

No data available
Micro Focus Vertica, HPE Vertica, HPE Vertica on Demand
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Liberty Mutual Insurance, 4Cite Marketing, BrandVerity, DNA Plc, Sirocco Systems, Gainsight, Blue 449
Cerner, Game Show Network Game, Guess by Marciano, Supercell, Etsy, Nascar, Empirix, adMarketplace, and Cardlytics.
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