Amazon Redshift alternatives

At a glance

We list 8 other data warehouses tools as alternatives to Amazon Redshift: BigQuery, ClickHouse, Firebolt, MotherDuck, Rocket Vertica, Snowflake, Teradata and Yellowbrick.
BigQuery and MotherDuck have a free plan.
ClickHouse, MotherDuck and Rocket Vertica work with Tableau, as Amazon Redshift does.

From each tool's own website and from published reviews. Each tool's page says when its facts were checked.

8 alternatives

Listed alphabetically. A tool is ranked by its reviews once it has 3.

BigQuery
BigQuery is the autonomous data to AI platform, automating the entire data life cycle.
No reviews yet
Choose it over Amazon Redshift for: integration with Apache Iceberg, Looker or dbt.
Free plan
Yes
Integrations shared with Amazon Redshift
None in common
Main features
Built-in predictive analytics, Agentic experience, Real-time streaming analytics
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ClickHouse
A real-time data warehouse and open-source database.
No reviews yet
Choose it over Amazon Redshift for: integration with Grafana, Metabase or dbt.
Paid plans from
Enterprise, $25.30 per 1TB per month for storage, plus compute per unit hour (as of November 13, 2026)
Platforms
Windows, Docker
Integrations shared with Amazon Redshift
Tableau
Main features
Real-time analytics, Managed Postgres, Data ingestion with ClickPipes
Security and compliance
HIPAA, SSO
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Firebolt
The analytical database for engineers, built for AI agents, real-time analytics, and efficient ELT.
No reviews yet
Choose it over Amazon Redshift for: integration with Tableau Cloud.
Platforms
Docker, AWS
Integrations shared with Amazon Redshift
None in common
Main features
Postgres SQL dialect, Scale out engines, Workload isolation
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA
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MotherDuck
Fast, serverless analytics powered by DuckDB with dedicated compute for every user and every agent.
No reviews yet
Choose it over Amazon Redshift for: integration with Hex, dbt or Fivetran.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Business, $250 per org per month plus usage (as of October 28, 2026)
Free trial
7 days
Integrations shared with Amazon Redshift
Tableau
Main features
Hypertenancy, Agent data pipelines, Agent-built visualizations
Security and compliance
SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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Rocket Vertica
Analyze petabytes of data in no time with an AI-driven analytics database.
No reviews yet
Choose it over Amazon Redshift for: integration with Power BI, Kafka or Informatica.
Free trial
30 days
Platforms
On-premises, AWS, Azure, GCP
Integrations shared with Amazon Redshift
Tableau
Main features
Massively parallel processing, Columnar storage, In-database AI and ML
Security and compliance
GDPR, HIPAA
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Snowflake
Snowflake powers AI, data engineering, applications and analytics on a scalable AI Data Cloud.
No reviews yet
No checked fact sets it apart from Amazon Redshift yet.
Main features
Data engineering, Analytics, AI and ML models
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Teradata
Teradata is an enterprise data, analytics, and AI company.
No reviews yet
No checked fact sets it apart from Amazon Redshift yet.
Platforms
Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud
Main features
Knowledge context, Data warehouses, Agent execution
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Yellowbrick
A secure, efficient SQL data platform for enterprise data warehousing.
No reviews yet
Choose it over Amazon Redshift for: integration with Kafka, Informatica or Protegrity.
Paid plans from
On-demand monthly, $0.28 per vCPU per hour, plus your cloud or on-prem costs (as of November 14, 2026)
Free trial
Yes
Platforms
AWS, Azure, GCP, On-premises
Integrations shared with Amazon Redshift
None in common
Main features
Private deployment, Workload management, Elasticity
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At a glance

We list 8 other data warehouses tools as alternatives to Amazon Redshift: BigQuery, ClickHouse, Firebolt, MotherDuck, Rocket Vertica, Snowflake, Teradata and Yellowbrick.

BigQuery and MotherDuck have a free plan.

ClickHouse, MotherDuck and Rocket Vertica work with Tableau, as Amazon Redshift does.

From each tool's own website and from published reviews. Each tool's page says when its facts were checked.