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Amazon Redshift

8.7 /10

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What is Amazon Redshift?

Amazon Redshift is used to modernize data analytics workloads and deliver insights into businesses. With a fully managed, AI powered, massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture, Amazon Redshift drives business decision making quickly and cost effectively. Amazon Redshift uses SQL to analyze structured and semi-structured data across data warehouses, operational databases, and data lakes, using AWS-designed hardware and machine learning to deliver optimal performance at any scale.

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Awards & Recognition

Amazon Redshift won the following awards in the Analytical Data Store category

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2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024

8 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Product Impact

2023

Amazon Redshift Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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88 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

2
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83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Amazon Redshift?

1% Negative

3% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Reliable
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Data Security

Data Management

Workload Management and Monitoring

Distributed Processing

Platform Administration

Analytics and Data Science Tools

Analytics and Reporting

Data Integration

Metadata Management

Real Time Capabilities

Data Visualization

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Amazon Redshift Reviews

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2020

Actually very Robust

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Client Friendly Policies

Cons

Commodity Features
Less Fair

Jake E.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Education
Involvement: Vendor Selection and Purchasing

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2020

Best big data offering i've seen

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Amazon Redshift from other similar products?

Brings AWS world class leading network to the table

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

has the backing of aws we love amazon

What do you dislike most about this product?

nothing to dislike so far

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

very best #1 big data package out there

Pros

Enables Productivity
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation
Client Friendly Policies

Role: Finance
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2020

This is the only product that I will use. EVER.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy
Unique Features

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Amazon Redshift

What is Amazon Redshift?

Company Details

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2020 Emotional Footprint Champion

2020 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Amazon Redshift Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

2 Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Amazon Redshift?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Data Security Includes ability to hide sensitive data by masking with special characters or anonymous information.

Data Management Includes data sharing, data storage, records management, and data security.

Workload Management and Monitoring Includes task, performance, monitoring and time management

Distributed Processing Data storage and processing is shared among many physical or virtual independents servers or sites for high volume data with seamless access to large datasets.

Platform Administration Includes back-end interface and administrative capabilities

Analytics and Data Science Tools Includes Analytics and Data science components such as AI, statistical and machine learning libraries

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Data Integration Includes integration of data from multiple sources, merging systems, transforming data and capture data to form a unified view of a company's data assets

Metadata Management Easily manage metadata associated with customer data or audience segments.

Real Time Capabilities Ability to analytics and visualize data as soon as it becomes available in underline systems.

Data Visualization Thematic visualization with the ability to change views, including color, pattern/icon, dot-density, chart, scaled-symbol, and 3D prism themes

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Amazon Redshift Reviews

Actually very Robust

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Jake E.

Best big data offering i've seen

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

This is the only product that I will use. EVER.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Data Security

Data Management

Workload Management and Monitoring

Distributed Processing

Platform Administration

Analytics and Data Science Tools

Analytics and Reporting

Data Integration

Metadata Management

Real Time Capabilities

Data Visualization

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization