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Amazon QuickSight vs Amazon Redshift

Amazon QuickSight
37 Ratings
Amazon Redshift
178 Ratings

Amazon QuickSight

37 Ratings
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Score 7.8 out of 100

Based on 37 reviews and ratings

Amazon Redshift

178 Ratings
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Score 8.7 out of 100

Based on 178 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

    BI Standard Reporting

    7.9

    Amazon QuickSight

    79%

    Amazon Redshift

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 3/3 features
    Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 3/3 features

    Pixel Perfect reports

    8.0
    80%
    4 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Customizable dashboards

    7.9
    79%
    5 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Report Formatting Templates

    7.9
    79%
    5 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Ad-hoc Reporting

    7.2

    Amazon QuickSight

    72%

    Amazon Redshift

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 4/4 features
    Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 4/4 features

    Drill-down analysis

    8.0
    80%
    5 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Formatting capabilities

    7.9
    79%
    5 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Integration with R or other statistical packages

    6.0
    60%
    3 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Report sharing and collaboration

    7.0
    70%
    5 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Report Output and Scheduling

    6.8

    Amazon QuickSight

    68%

    Amazon Redshift

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 5/5 features
    Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 5/5 features

    Publish to Web

    8.0
    80%
    3 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Publish to PDF

    6.3
    63%
    2 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Report Versioning

    6.0
    60%
    4 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Report Delivery Scheduling

    7.0
    70%
    4 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Delivery to Remote Servers

    7.0
    70%
    3 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Data Discovery and Visualization

    5.8

    Amazon QuickSight

    58%

    Amazon Redshift

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 3/3 features
    Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 3/3 features

    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

    6.0
    60%
    5 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

    8.0
    80%
    4 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Predictive Analytics

    3.5
    35%
    2 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Access Control and Security

    8.0

    Amazon QuickSight

    80%

    Amazon Redshift

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 4/4 features
    Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 4/4 features

    Multi-User Support (named login)

    8.0
    80%
    5 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Role-Based Security Model

    8.0
    80%
    5 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

    8.0
    80%
    5 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Single Sign-On (SSO)

    8.0
    80%
    4 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Mobile Capabilities

    3.9

    Amazon QuickSight

    39%

    Amazon Redshift

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 3/3 features
    Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 3/3 features

    Responsive Design for Web Access

    4.0
    40%
    3 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Mobile Application

    3.7
    37%
    3 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

    3.8
    38%
    4 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

    5.9

    Amazon QuickSight

    59%

    Amazon Redshift

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 6/6 features
    Amazon QuickSight ranks higher in 6/6 features

    REST API

    6.1
    61%
    2 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Javascript API

    6.6
    66%
    2 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    iFrames

    7.0
    70%
    3 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Java API

    6.1
    61%
    2 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Themeable User Interface (UI)

    6.9
    69%
    3 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Customizable Platform (Open Source)

    3.0
    30%
    3 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Attribute Ratings

    • Amazon Redshift is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability, Support Rating

    Likelihood to Recommend

    9.0

    Amazon QuickSight

    90%
    5 Ratings
    9.2

    Amazon Redshift

    92%
    34 Ratings

    Usability

    7.0

    Amazon QuickSight

    70%
    1 Rating
    10.0

    Amazon Redshift

    100%
    9 Ratings

    Support Rating

    9.0

    Amazon QuickSight

    90%
    1 Rating
    9.2

    Amazon Redshift

    92%
    12 Ratings

    Contract Terms and Pricing Model

    Amazon QuickSight

    N/A
    0 Ratings
    10.0

    Amazon Redshift

    100%
    1 Rating

    Likelihood to Recommend

    Amazon QuickSight

    Amazon Quicksight is a truly cloud-based solution so it works perfectly fine and saves a lot of expense in terms of hardware and maintenance. We can maintain it by ourselves by giving commands on UI. If you have connectivity issues then it can cause headaches because it's a cloud platform and it's a bit costly as compared to other services

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    Lakhan Suri | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Amazon Redshift

    If the number of connections is expected to be low, but the amounts of data are large or projected to grow it is a good solutions especially if there is previous exposure to PostgreSQL. Speaking of Postgres, Redshift is based on several versions old releases of PostgreSQL so the developers would not be able to take advantage of some of the newer SQL language features. The queries need some fine-tuning still, indexing is not provided, but playing with sorting keys becomes necessary. Lastly, there is no notion of the Primary Key in Redshift so the business must be prepared to explain why duplication occurred (must be vigilant for)

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    Arthur Zubarev | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Pros

    Amazon QuickSight

    • Easily to set up for data sources, already supports quite a few of AWS and non-AWS data sources
    • Cost friendly since users are charged only for basis of usage

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    Amazon Redshift

    • [Amazon] Redshift has Distribution Keys. If you correctly define them on your tables, it improves Query performance. For instance, we can define Mapping/Meta-data tables with Distribution-All Key, so that it gets replicated across all the nodes, for fast joins and fast query results.
    • [Amazon] Redshift has Sort Keys. If you correctly define them on your tables along with above Distribution Keys, it further improves your Query performance. It also has Composite Sort Keys and Interleaved Sort Keys, to support various use cases
    • [Amazon] Redshift is forked out of PostgreSQL DB, and then AWS added "MPP" (Massively Parallel Processing) and "Column Oriented" concepts to it, to make it a powerful data store.
    • [Amazon] Redshift has "Analyze" operation that could be performed on tables, which will update the stats of the table in leader node. This is sort of a ledger about which data is stored in which node and which partition with in a node. Up to date stats improves Query performance.

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    Narayan Motamarri | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Cons

    Amazon QuickSight

    • It is still immature as a cloud-based BI tool.
    • Its functionality is about 40-50% of its competitor's products.
    • Application is still a little buggy and non-intuitive at times.

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    Amazon Redshift

    • We've experienced some problems with hanging queries on Redshift Spectrum/external tables. We've had to roll back to and old version of Redshift while we wait for AWS to provide a patch.
    • Redshift's dialect is most similar to that of PostgreSQL 8. It lacks many modern features and data types.
    • Constraints are not enforced. We must rely on other means to verify the integrity of transformed tables.

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    Gavin Hackeling | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Pricing Details

    Amazon QuickSight

    General

    Free Trial
    —
    Free/Freemium Version
    —
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    —
    Entry-level set up fee?
    No

    Starting Price

    $5 per month

    Amazon QuickSight Editions & Modules

    Edition
    Authors$24.001
    Readers$5.001
    1. per month
    Additional Pricing Details
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    Amazon Redshift

    General

    Free Trial
    —
    Free/Freemium Version
    —
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    —
    Entry-level set up fee?
    No

    Starting Price

    $0 per hour

    Amazon Redshift Editions & Modules

    Edition
    Current Generation$0.25 - $13.041
    Previous Generation$0.25 - $4.081
    Redshift Spectrum$5.002
    Redshift Managed Storage$0.243
    1. per hour
    2. per terabyte of data scanned
    3. per GB per month
    Additional Pricing Details
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    Usability

    Amazon QuickSight

    Amazon QuickSight 7.0
    Based on 1 answer
    It is easy to use and set up no need to put in so much effort. Once build, the dashboard can be used with multiple clients with the same domain. It provides multiple connectivity options which makes it a versatile option for reporting.

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    Lakhan Suri | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Amazon Redshift

    Amazon Redshift 10.0
    Based on 9 answers
    Just very happy with the product, it fits our needs perfectly. Amazon pioneered the cloud and we have had a positive experience using RedShift. Really cool to be able to see your data housed and to be able to query and perform administrative tasks with ease.

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    Brendan McKenna | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Support Rating

    Amazon QuickSight

    Amazon QuickSight 9.0
    Based on 1 answer
    They provide proper support when needed. They are always ready to provide the box solution and make things easier for users.

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    Lakhan Suri | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Lakhan Suri
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    Amazon Redshift

    Amazon Redshift 9.2
    Based on 12 answers
    The support was great and helped us in a timely fashion. We did use a lot of online forums as well, but the official documentation was an ongoing one, and it did take more time for us to look through it. We would have probably chosen a competitor product had it not been for the great support

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    Alternatives Considered

    Amazon QuickSight

    All of the other reporting platforms my organization has used previously were within our CRM and not a standalone program. In that we were very limited in being able to slice and dice the data the way that we wanted to

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    Megan Sullivan | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Amazon Redshift

    Than Vertica: Redshift is cheaper and AWS integrated (which was a plus because the whole company was on AWS).
    Than BigQuery: Redshift has a standard SQL interface, though recently I heard good things about BigQuery and would try it out again.
    Than Hive: Hive is great if you are in the PB+ range, but latencies tend to be much slower than Redshift and it is not suited for ad-hoc applications.

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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model

    Amazon QuickSight

    No score
    No answers yet
    No answers on this topic

    Amazon Redshift

    Amazon Redshift 10.0
    Based on 1 answer
    Redshift is relatively cheaper tool but since the pricing is dynamic, there is always a risk of exceeding the cost. Since most of our team is using it as self serve and there is no continuous tracking by a dedicated team, it really needs time & effort on analyst's side to know how much it is going to cost.

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    Sameera Srivastava | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Return on Investment

    Amazon QuickSight

    • Reduce lots of setup and maintenance cost.
    • Latest technology in market.
    • Full eco system provided under on roof.
    • Cost effective.

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    Lakhan Suri | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Amazon Redshift

    • Our company is moving to the AWS infrastructure, and in this context moving the warehouse environments to Redshift sounds logical regardless of the cost.
    • Development organizations have to operate in the Dev/Ops mode where they build and support their apps at the same time.
    • Hard to estimate the overall ROI of moving to Redshift from my position. However, running Redshift seems to be inexpensive compared to all the licensing and hardware costs we had on our RDBMS platform before Redshift.

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    Michael Romm | TrustRadius Reviewer
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