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Amazon Redshift vs YugabyteDB Aeon comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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 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
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Database Management Systems (DBMS) category, the mindshare of Amazon Redshift is 4.1%, up from 4.1% 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 Redshift4.1%
YugabyteDB Aeon0.2%
Other95.7%
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.
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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

"Redshift allows you to transform different data formats and consolidate them into one Redshift cluster. This means you can transform various siloed data sources like Excel files and CSV files into Redshift."
"Since we have lots of data sources and high volumes, we needed a unified and organized DB that can handle these amounts and will be our single source of truth for the organization."
"The solution is easy to set up and use."
"The processing of data is very fast."
"I have primarily used the Redshift Spectrum feature and found it most valuable."
"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."
"This service can merge and integrate well with all databases."
"The stability of Amazon Redshift is good."
"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

"The initial deployment was complex."
"I’d like to see these RedShift features arrive in other languages, such as SQL's ColumnStore index."
"I rate their support seven out of ten. It's costly when you enable support. The price is high for technical support."
"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."
"It would be nice if it was a bit cheaper to retain data long-term."
"The refreshment rate of data reaching Redshift from other sources should be faster."
"Query compilation time needs a lot of improvement for cases where you are generating queries dynamically."
"Amazon should bring more SQL functions that are required in data warehouse implementations."
"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

"This solution implements the pay-as-you-use model, so no license. Pricing could be cheaper."
"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."
"The best part about this solution is the cost."
"One of my customers went with Google Big Query over Redshift because it was significantly cheaper for their project."
"For Amazon Redshift, we pay around INR 60,000 annually. The cost factor also depends on the number of existing customers."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing a seven."
"BI is sold to our customer base as a part of the initial sales bundle. A customer may elect to opt for a white labeled site for an up-charge."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Construction Company
36%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Transportation Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise29
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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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