--- title: "Amazon Redshift Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra" description: "Is Amazon Redshift the right Data Warehouse solution for you? Explore 16 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice." source_url: "https://www.capterra.com/p/227349/Amazon-Redshift/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" publication_date: "2026-09-29" --- Amazon Redshift 4.3 (25) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/227349/Amazon-Redshift/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated September 29th, 2026 # Reviews of Amazon Redshift Ease of use 3.8 Customer Service 3.8 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 25 available reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Akash A. Tax Senior Manager Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Easy to Use, Friendly, and Effortless to Navigate" November 11, 2026 5.0 Give me a wide variety of ideas to put together Pros It is easy to use and navigate and very friendly Cons There is nothing to dislike this amazing feature Review Source AS Abhishek S. Data Engineer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Efficient Analytics at Scale with Seamless AWS Integration" November 9, 2026 4.0 From a practical standpoint, Redshift reduces the effort needed to manage large-scale analytical workloads, improves data accessibility, and supports faster reporting and operational monitoring. Overall, it lets me spend more time building reliable data pipelines, optimizing SQL transformations, and delivering meaningful insights, instead of investing excessive time in managing the underlying infrastructure. Pros What I like most about Amazon Redshift is how efficiently it handles large-scale analytical workloads while integrating smoothly with the broader AWS ecosystem. As a data engineer working with high-volume event data and ETL pipelines, I find Redshift especially valuable for processing structured datasets, running complex SQL queries, and enabling downstream reporting and analytics. Its tight integration with AWS services such as S3, Glue, and Athena makes it easier to build, operate, and maintain data pipelines without adding unnecessary complexity. I also appreciate its columnar storage, massively parallel processing (MPP), and query optimization features, which help deliver strong performance when working with large datasets. In addition, Redshift supports workload management, access control, and SQL-based transformations, which makes it simpler to manage data across multiple teams and environments. Overall, it offers a solid balance of performance, scalability, and AWS integration for enterprise-level data engineering and analytics workloads. Cons What I dislike about Amazon Redshift is that it often requires ongoing monitoring and tuning to maintain strong performance, especially when working with large volumes of data. Managing distribution styles, sort keys, query execution plans, and workload management can add noticeable operational overhead. Another challenge is cost, particularly when running clusters with fluctuating workloads. Unlike Athena, where we pay based on the data scanned, Redshift demands more deliberate capacity planning and resource management to avoid unnecessary spend. Review Source Nitish P. Product Support Analyst ### "Amazon Redshift: Powerful, Scalable, and Efficient Data Warehousingcs with Seamless AWS Integration" November 5, 2026 4.0 Amazon Redshift helps solve the problem of managing and analyzing large volumes of data stored across different sources. It provides a centralized data warehouse where information can be processed and queried efficiently. This benefits me by reducing the time required for data analysis, improving reporting accuracy, and making it easier to identify trends and generate meaningful insights for better business decisions. Pros What I like most about Amazon Redshift is its ability to handle large volumes of data quickly and efficiently. It makes data analysis easier by providing fast query performance and seamless integration with other AWS services like S3 and Glue. I also like its scalability, as resources can be adjusted based on business requirements without major infrastructure changes. Cons One thing I dislike about Amazon Redshift is that managing and optimizing costs can sometimes be challenging, especially when handling large datasets. Some complex queries may also take time to execute if the database is not properly optimized. Additionally, initial setup, configuration, and performance tuning can require technical knowledge and regular monitoring. Review Source Software Engineer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Cloud data warehouse tool" January 22, 2026 5.0 Overall amazon redshift can provide the features I want and run my data analysis as a cloud dataware house tool Pros Amazon redshift is a greate cloud data warehouse tool which is highly scalable and can query large amount of data for data analysis, it also provides great dashboard capability. Cons There are some small learning curve to onboard to amazon redshift and to integrate with your external app. Review Source Software Engineer Used the software for: Less than 1 year 4.0 November 11, 2026 AI summary based on a full review Redshift streamlines access to scattered business data, enabling quicker report preparation and clearer insights into performance. However, users may find the management experience and pricing structure somewhat complicated. Log in to unlock the full review, detailed ratings, and pros & cons Software Engineer Used the software for: 1-3 years 4.0 November 10, 2026 AI summary based on a full review Amazon Redshift simplifies data analysis by consolidating information from various sources, which aids in generating reports and identifying trends. However, users need to pay attention to cost management and cluster sizing during setup. Log in to unlock the full review, detailed ratings, and pros & cons Sales And Marketing Specialist Used the software for: 1-3 years 5.0 November 9, 2026 AI summary based on a full review Amazon Redshift offers a robust platform for data analysis, particularly with its OLAP features that enhance usability. The downside is that the excessive number of features can hinder processing performance. Log in to unlock the full review, detailed ratings, and pros & cons Data Engineer Used the software for: 3-5 years 5.0 November 8, 2026 AI summary based on a full review Amazon Redshift centralizes data from various sources, facilitating large-scale analytical processing and enabling teams to generate insights through complex SQL queries, though cost management can become difficult as workloads increase. Log in to unlock the full review, detailed ratings, and pros & cons CBM Business Analyst Used the software for: 3-5 years 4.0 November 5, 2026 AI summary based on a full review Amazon Redshift centralizes customer data management, facilitating segmentation and targeted marketing campaigns for our CRM team. Despite its advantages, the platform's complexity can hinder efficiency for those lacking technical skills. Log in to unlock the full review, detailed ratings, and pros & cons Senior Analyst Used the software for: Less than 1 year 3.5 November 4, 2026 AI summary based on a full review The software's ability to process billions of records quickly is a significant advantage for users needing efficient data handling. Nonetheless, the reliance on AWS can create challenges related to vendor lock-in. Log in to unlock the full review, detailed ratings, and pros & cons Filippo C. Senior Data Scientist Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "A must-have tool for data warehousing" October 16, 2023 5.0 Amazon Redshift helped us creating standard reports for advertising activities and proved to be a valuable data source for our visual dahsboards Pros Amazon Redshift allowed us to organize efficiently all our data, both for reporting and visualization purposes. You can use SQL syntax to query the tables and to extract all the info you need. It supports multiple datatypes with many data compression solutions to save disk space and money. The Amazon Redshift console (on the AWS dashboard) allows you to keep track of your db performances, from query execution time to disk space used, and displays also wise recommendation on how to manage properly your tables. Cons There is nothing I can complain about Amazon Redshift. Review Source Data Analytics Manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Reliable and easy to set up" April 12, 2022 4.0 Redshift has given us a viable OLAP data warehouse which speeds up all of our analytical workloads. The main benefits we got are speed, ease of use, and reliability, which in turn gave us more time to work on other projects and also much better visibility of our products and business. Pros Redshift is a reliable cloud data warehouse that's easy to set up especially if your tech infra already runs on AWS. Cons Scaling out/up/down is quite limited with Redshift. The elastic resize is supposed to help on this but it's still limited to just halving/doubling your current cluster. It's not as flexible as Snowflake or BigQuery. Also, the max concurrency of 50 is quite low compared to other cloud data warehouses. Switched from [Amazon RDS](https://www.capterra.com/p/192201/Amazon-RDS/)[MySQL](https://www.capterra.com/p/11482/MySQL/) Our datasets are getting larger and larger. We needed an OLAP database which was more appropriate for our reporting and analytics workloads. Alternatives considered [Snowflake](https://www.capterra.com/p/148267/Snowflake/) Reasons for choosing Amazon Redshift Redshift's pricing is straightforward and more predictable compared to other cloud data warehouses. Also, our existing tech infrastructure already runs on AWS so using Redshift gave us much better integration with our current tech stack. Review Source Gordon D. Head of Data Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Amazon Redshift - Average product" March 27, 2024 3.0 In my Opinion AWS redshift is an average product, the syntax and methods you have to use if you are used to using SQL server you will find to be more long winded or searching for alternatives ways. Basic items like parameters in stored procedures after a lot more complex than required. Pros It is a good tool for combining multiple data sources into one place. It is not really useful to load data in a delta approach but to fully reload the data source. Cons Its ETL process always wants you to create objects as S3 objects which most of the time is fine but you then end up storing the data twice, once in the 3s and then again in Redshift unless you code to delete the S3 files after loading. Review Source SM Sebin M. Sales Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Perfect one of you want to analyze large amounts of data quickly" November 10, 2025 4.0 Pros I liked that Redshift makes it easy to analyze large amounts of data quickly. It stores data in a way that speeds up queries, and it works well with other AWS services to help manage data and analytics. Cons I found that Redshift can be expensive when handling very large datasets and sometimes query performance can slow down if the system isn’t optimized properly. It also requires some setup and tuning to get the best results Review Source Data and Analytics Manager Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Works well, but not modern enough" May 2, 2022 3.0 I was satisfied with Amazon Redshift. It works fairly well, but ultimately competitors had a better offer, regarding features, scailing and pricing flexibility, and that is why we moved away from it. Pros Redshift was surprisingly easy to deploy as a total begginer. Once it was up, it was always very stable and we didn't have any issues. Cons Redshift is very much behind its competitors in offering better features for administrators. Its permission structure is ancient (comparing to Snowflake roles) and you're completely on your own for taking care of safety. As expected, we don't have consumer support and no account manager has ever contacted me. Alternatives considered [Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/) Reasons for choosing Amazon Redshift Our company uses AWS stack, so i didn't look too much into GCP. But colleagues have said to me it would have been a better choice. Review Source Senior Data Engineer Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Amazon Redshift - Perfect database to build enterprise data warehouses !" February 22, 2023 4.0 Overall the Redshift experience is great and it can be used build your data warehouses. Pros The Redshift provided various data connector to get data from different sources . The data distribution can be defined while creating a table , which helps the SQL query to minimize the i/o operations , which intern increases the speed of the reports . Cons The redshift data distribution in disk is difficult at times to decide when you are build large data warehouses . The rival product like snowflake make it easy for the users as all of the data distributions are being taken care internally. Review Source Craig S. Senior Platform Operations Specialist Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Solid, Reliable Option for Warehouse Storage" May 31, 2022 5.0 Redshift is the bedrock upon which our entire product lives. It stores the underlying data for our reporting, dashboards, etc. Pros Redshift is a great starting point for storing data if you're planning to build out a stack using other AWS products (EMR clusters, S3 for browsing, etc.). Redshift is reliable/dependable, we haven't faced uptime issues or anything like that. Easy to query against which is essential for us when pulling reports or performing QA. In previous work I've also been able to hook Redshift up directly to Tableau which has been huge in building ad-hoc reporting directly from our datastore. Cons Integrations aren't always as intuitive as with other tools, but this can be avoided with a solid internal knowledge base. Review Source Yanick T. CEO Manager Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Best Selection..." June 16, 2022 5.0 Pros What's special about Amazon Redshift is that it constantly offers new features to meet the demands of increasingly large data stores. It is undoubtedly the best solution for data storage and processing in the cloud. If you are not yet a user, I highly recommend it. Cons It takes time to get up to speed with all the features of Amazon Redshift. Switched from [Microsoft Azure](https://www.capterra.com/p/16365/Azure/)[Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/)[Google Cloud Storage](https://www.capterra.com/p/253631/Google-Cloud-Storage/) Review Source David W. Head of Engineering Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Possibly powerful AWS database, but not the greatest UX" April 7, 2022 4.0 Pros I like that Redshift is integrated with AWS and able to work with many AWS items, such as S3 buckets, and that it uses IAM for security. There's also a good range of AWS documentation, so in that regard, if you're an AWS environment it offers a lot of integration. Cons Redshift's UX leaves something to be desired. It has a query editor, and now a V2 query editor, but they're not awesome interfaces. Also some things you want to schedule you can only do if you create a Python-based AWS lambda rather than being able to do in Redshift itself - and even then you need to statically import a Python PostgreSQL library to connect to Redshift. It's all kind of disjointed. Review Source Senior Data Scientist Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Enter into the Dataverse" December 14, 2022 5.0 Pros The speed, reliability, and ease of use are top of mind. The setup makes it easier for developers to specify priority and rules around processes and queries, also AI-powered capabilities in the background can be an enormous aid. Cons The complexity of documentation, which is huge, and it can be challenging to find a specific answer). Review Source Data Architecht Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Buenísimo DWH" February 22, 2023 5.0 Pros El rendimiento sin ningun tipo de duda, es potentísimo. Cons que no tenga un cliente de administración a la altura Review Source IN Iulian N. PM Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Works well, scales extremely well" August 4, 2022 5.0 Pros Easy to use, fast query speed, highly scalable, robust security and easy to upload data via AWS. Pricing is fair. Cons Table configuration process can be improved to make things easier. Review Source Ryan M. Senior Research Analyst Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Redshift is great but really expensive" June 24, 2022 5.0 Mostly positive once it is set up but the set up can be extremely challenging Pros I like that it was accessible across multiple devices and I like that it was possible to integrate with RStudio. That being said, sometimes my connections would just break if I didn't have the most up to date jar file and it was sometimes hard to figure out which jar file was the right one for the new version. Cons At times, my ODBC connections would just break or give weird errors and after hours of scrolling through the documentation, I am still confused Review Source CTO Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Good DataWarehouse" November 29, 2022 4.0 Pros Redshift is a good data warehouse, if you have a good devops teams, it follows the rules of AWS so the setup good be ok. Cons Difficult to optmize, it could become quite expensive, and you need specialist if you want to use it well Review Source Engineer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "ＳＱＬサーバーに慣れている運用者であれば好ましいツール" December 29, 2022 4.0 Pros 他のＡＷＳ製品だけでなく、ニッチな製品を含む多くのツールとデータのやり取りを行うことができる。 Cons ＳＱＬ言語をベースとしたコードなので、複雑なＥＴＬが必要な場合、コードが不要に長くなってしまったり、分かりにくく書かなければならない時がある。２０２２年初めにＰＩＶＯＴ関数が導入されたりと柔軟性は高まってきているものの、ループ処理など含め、やはり他のＥＴＬツールと比べると開発しづらい面がある。 Reasons for choosing Amazon Redshift アウトプットを特定のＢＩツールと連携する必要があったため。 Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.