Database & Data Management · head to head
Amazon Redshift vs Lattice

Amazon Redshift
Database & Data Management
Fast, scalable cloud data warehouse from AWS
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -

Lattice
HR & Recruiting
People management platform for growing companies
- From
- $11/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Amazon Redshift has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Amazon Redshift on-demand pricing runs up to 75% higher than competitors like Snowflake and BigQuery; Lattice a $4,000 minimum annual agreement applies, so the per seat prices only describe the cost above that floor
- They diverge on capability: Amazon Redshift covers Columnar Storage, Lattice covers Performance reviews.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Amazon Redshift and Lattice actually diverge.
| Attribute | Amazon Redshift | Lattice |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | $11/month |
| Pricing model | usage-based | subscription |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Platforms | Web | Web, Ios, Android, Api |
| Category | Database & Data Management | HR & Recruiting |
| Founded | 2012 | 2015 |
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Amazon Redshift
- Columnar Storage
- Massively Parallel
- Machine Learning
- AQUA Acceleration
- Data Sharing
- Federated Query
- Concurrency Scaling
- S3
Only in Lattice
- Performance reviews
- OKRs & goal tracking
- Employee engagement surveys
- 1-on-1 meetings
- Continuous feedback
- Compensation management
- Career development
- People analytics
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Amazon Redshift
- Business intelligencenot Lattice
- Data warehousingnot Lattice
- Real-time analyticsnot Lattice
- Reportingnot Lattice
- Machine learningnot Lattice
Lattice
- Running performance reviews, goals and engagement surveysnot Amazon Redshift
- Managing compensation cycles and career development frameworksnot Amazon Redshift
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Amazon Redshift
- On-demand pricing runs up to 75% higher than competitors like Snowflake and BigQuery
- Requires significant manual tuning including managing concurrency scaling costs and configuring Workload Management queues
- Performance degrades without proper design of distribution keys and sort keys
- Limited elastic resize options - can only halve or double current cluster size
- AWS lock-in makes it unsuitable for multi-cloud architectures
Lattice
- A $4,000 minimum annual agreement applies, so the per seat prices only describe the cost above that floor
- Billing is annual only
- The platform is sold as three separate base products at $10, $8 and $4 per seat per month, so a full deployment stacks rather than being one price
- Compensation and Grow are further add ons at $6 and $4 per seat per month on top
Pricing, plan by plan
Amazon Redshift
Free- Free TrialFree
- 750 DC2.Large hours
- 2 months free
- Full features
- On-Demand$0.25/hour
- Pay per node hour
- All features
- Standard support
Lattice
$11/month- Performance Management$11/month
- Performance reviews
- Goals & OKRs
- 1-on-1s
- Performance + Engagement$15/month
- Everything in Performance
- Engagement surveys
- Pulse surveys
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- All features
- Advanced analytics
- Custom integrations
Which should you pick?
Choose Amazon Redshift if
- You need columnar storage.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want massively parallel.
Choose Lattice if
- You need performance reviews.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- You also want okrs & goal tracking.
Questions people ask
- Is Amazon Redshift or Lattice better?
- Neither clearly leads. Amazon Redshift starts at Free and Lattice at $11/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Amazon Redshift or Lattice?
- Amazon Redshift has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Amazon Redshift and $11/month for Lattice.
- Does Amazon Redshift or Lattice run on more platforms?
- Amazon Redshift runs on Web. Lattice runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- Can I use Amazon Redshift for free?
- Yes. Amazon Redshift has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Lattice starts at $11/month.
- What is Amazon Redshift best used for?
- Amazon Redshift is most often used for business intelligence, data warehousing, real-time analytics, reporting. Of those, business intelligence and data warehousing are not what Lattice is typically brought in for.
- What can Amazon Redshift do that Lattice cannot?
- Amazon Redshift covers Columnar Storage, Massively Parallel, Machine Learning, AQUA Acceleration. Lattice covers Performance reviews, OKRs & goal tracking, Employee engagement surveys, 1-on-1 meetings.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Amazon Redshift: What deployment options does Amazon Redshift offer?
Redshift offers Provisioned Cluster (with RA3 or DC2 nodes) and Serverless options to match varying workloads. The new Redshift RG instance family, powered by Graviton, delivers 2.4x faster performance than RA3 at 30% lower cost per vCPU.
SourceAmazon Redshift: What does Amazon Redshift cost?
Provisioned cluster pricing: RA3 on-demand starts at $1.086/hour for ra3.xlplus. Serverless costs approximately $0.375 per RPU-hour with 4-RPU minimum (roughly $1.50/hour active workload). Managed storage costs $0.024/GB-month.
SourceAmazon Redshift: Does Redshift work with data lakes?
Yes, Redshift's integrated data lake query engine processes workloads on Apache Iceberg tables and other supported formats in Amazon S3, allowing you to run SQL analytics across your data warehouse and data lake from the same engine.
SourceAmazon Redshift: Is there a free tier for Amazon Redshift?
AWS offers a free trial with $300 USD in Serverless credits valid for 90 days, but Redshift is not part of the permanent AWS Free Tier.
SourceRelated pages
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