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Amazon Redshift pricing
Amazon Redshift publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Amazon Redshift pricing is free across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Usage-based
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Amazon Redshift plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trial | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| On-Demand | $0.25/hour | 3 | +$0.25/hour, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free Trial
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 750 dc2.large hours, 2 months free, full features.
On-Demand
$0.25/hourOver Free Trial, this tier adds:
- Pay per node hour
- All features
- Standard support
Where Amazon Redshift stops being free
Free Trial, Free
- 750 DC2.Large hours
- 2 months free
- Full features
On-Demand, $0.25/hour
The first thing you pay for:
- Pay per node hour
- All features
- Standard support
What the product covers
The full Amazon Redshift feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Columnar Storage
- Massively Parallel
- Machine Learning
- AQUA Acceleration
- Data Sharing
- Federated Query
- Concurrency Scaling
Integrations
- S3
- Glue
- QuickSight
- SageMaker
- Kinesis
Platform
- Web support
- Aws support
People bring Amazon Redshift in for business intelligence, data warehousing, real-time analytics, reporting, machine learning. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Amazon Redshift are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Databases
Too few databases tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Redshift (this page) | Free | usage-based | - | |
| Canary Labs | $3000/year | Per tag band per year | - | vs Amazon Redshift |
| Presto | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Amazon Redshift |
| Privacera | On request | quote | - | vs Amazon Redshift |
| Dremio | Free, then $0.2/hour | Per Dremio Compute Unit consumed | - | vs Amazon Redshift |
| Solace PubSub+ | Free | quote | - | vs Amazon Redshift |
| StarRocks | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Amazon Redshift |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Amazon Redshift badges page.
Before you pay for Amazon Redshift
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between Free and $0.25/hour, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Amazon Redshift runs on web, and is published by Amazon Web Services of Seattle, Washington. The full record is on the Amazon Redshift review, and the rest of the category is under best databases tools.
Amazon Redshift pricing questions
- How much does Amazon Redshift cost?
- Amazon Redshift publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Free Trial up to $0.25/hour for On-Demand. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Amazon Redshift have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free Trial tier costs nothing and covers 750 dc2.large hours, 2 months free, full features. Paying starts at $0.25/hour for On-Demand.
- What is the difference between Free Trial and On-Demand on Amazon Redshift?
- On-Demand costs $0.25/hour against Free, and adds pay per node hour, all features, standard support.
- Which databases tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 databases tools listed alongside Amazon Redshift have a free tier: Presto, Dremio, Solace PubSub+, StarRocks, EMQX.
- What am I actually paying for with Amazon Redshift?
- The record lists 14 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for business intelligence, data warehousing, real-time analytics.
- Does Amazon Redshift charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Amazon Redshift prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Amazon Redshift against before paying?
- The closest databases tools in this directory are Canary Labs, Presto, Privacera, Dremio. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Amazon Redshift covering price, platforms and features.