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Amazon Redshift vs YugabyteDB Aeon comparison

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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 Database Management Systems (DBMS)
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (7th), Cloud Data Warehouse (8th)
YugabyteDB Aeon
Ranking in Database Management Systems (DBMS)
15th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Database Management Systems (DBMS) category, the mindshare of Amazon Redshift is 4.0%, down from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of YugabyteDB Aeon is 0.2%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Management Systems (DBMS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon Redshift4.0%
YugabyteDB Aeon0.2%
Other95.8%
Database Management Systems (DBMS)
 

Featured Reviews

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.
HA
Software Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Building RAG workflows with simple cluster setup has improved my data exploration
The documentation for YugabyteDB Aeon needs to be improved. It does not come across as beginner-friendly documentation. If someone from a different field were to use YugabyteDB Aeon, they would find it difficult to get started. Other than that, it is really good; the system is good, and the architecture and features are really good. I do not know how large the YugabyteDB Aeon community is because I have not heard of it or come across any community posts. I do not think any other features need to be improved. An important issue I faced while using YugabyteDB Aeon was that it needs to follow a sequence like one, two, three, four, and so on, but YugabyteDB Aeon does not follow this pattern in a certain aspect.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is very easy to dump data into the tool."
"The most valuable features of Amazon Redshift are that its fast and efficient, as we have lots of TBs of data and it's very fast."
"We use it to build a data warehouse and a centralized location for all of our data sources, allowing for in-depth analysis by using SQL queries."
"It allows you write complex queries and perform row by row processes."
"I like the cost-benefit ratio, meaning that it is as easy to use as it is powerful and well-performing."
"I like it because the usage is very similar to Microsoft SQL server. The structure of the query and the temporary tables are very similar."
"Based on quality of the product and its price, it is the one of the best options available in the market now."
"I would rate Amazon Redshift a ten on a scale of one to ten."
"YugabyteDB Aeon has mainly improved our ability to test applications under realistic distributed database conditions."
"The best features YugabyteDB Aeon offers are that it is a fully managed YugabyteDB service that allows running a YugabyteDB cluster in a multi-cloud environment."
"YugabyteDB Aeon has positively impacted my organization by reducing our downtime and effort when the server goes down since we only need to restart it and ensure all utilities are up, and with YugabyteDB Aeon, we do not need to go through that restarting process; we just need to route the traffic to different nodes and distributed clusters in our cloud-native environment."
"Other than that, it is really good; the system is good, and the architecture and features are really good."
 

Cons

"There might be some limitations from a business intelligence perspective, but nothing we can't find a workaround for."
"Redshift's GUI could be more user-friendly. It's easier to perform queries and all that stuff in Azure Synapse Analytics."
"The customer support could be more responsive."
"The high price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Amazon Redshift is a stable solution. However, there are many times the environment configuration changes very quickly without any intimidation and it creates a lot of problems for running our codes."
"We would really like to see a few more connectors included that would enable connecting with other databases and services."
"Should be made available across zones, like other Multi-AZ solutions."
"Compatibility with other products, for example, Microsoft and Google, is a bit difficult because each one of them wants to be isolated with their solutions."
"One area where YugabyteDB Aeon can be improved is the overall observability experience."
"The documentation for YugabyteDB Aeon needs to be improved. It does not come across as beginner-friendly documentation."
"Regarding needed improvements, I think the UI part could be more user interactive."
"In my experience, YugabyteDB Aeon is not as stable as the customer requires."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Redshift is very cost effective for a cloud based solution if you need to scale it a lot. For smaller data sizes, I would think about using other products."
"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 part that I like best is that you only pay for what you are using."
"It is an expensive product."
"It's not very pricey compared to other tools. I would rate the price as 5 out of 10."
"It's around $200 US dollars. There are some data transfer costs but it's minimal, around $20."
"Per hour pricing is helpful to keep the costs of a pilot down, but long-term retention is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
33%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Transportation Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise30
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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 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, ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for YugabyteDB Aeon?
I do not know about the experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for YugabyteDB Aeon because it will be managed by the account department.
What needs improvement with YugabyteDB Aeon?
I cannot tell you how YugabyteDB Aeon can be improved because I do not have extensive expertise or experience with it, but it is definitely a great tool to explore and enhance. Regarding needed imp...
What is your primary use case for YugabyteDB Aeon?
My main use case for YugabyteDB Aeon revolves around problems we face with traditional databases like MSSQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL because YugabyteDB Aeon gives us the flexibility when we need mult...
 

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Sample Customers

Liberty Mutual Insurance, 4Cite Marketing, BrandVerity, DNA Plc, Sirocco Systems, Gainsight, Blue 449
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