Which is cheaper, Amazon Redshift or Azure Synapse Analytics?

Azure is cheaper in 2 of 4 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 48.7%.

How do Amazon Redshift and Azure Synapse Analytics compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Aug 15, 2026AWSAzure

Overall Winner

Azure

AWS Wins

Azure Wins

Ties

Azure wins 2 of 4 price comparisons, averaging 48.7% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.000100/hr to $9.47/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Redshift Concurrency Scaling workloads

Choose AWS

Best for Serverless workloads

Choose Azure

Best for Redshift Data Scan workloads

Choose AWS

Best for Redshift Managed Storage workloads

Comparing Amazon Redshift and Azure Synapse Analytics across 4 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS Amazon Redshift	Azure Azure Synapse Analytics	Diff	Cheapest
Redshift Concurrency Scaling - ds2.8xlarge	$0.0019/hr ds2.8xlarge ($1.38/mo)	$0.0001/hr Self Hosted IR - Self Hosted IR External Pipeline Activity ($0.07/mo)	+94.7%	Azure
Serverless - Serverless	$0.3750/hr USE1-Redshift:ServerlessUsage ($273.75/mo)	$0.5790/hr D4 v3 - D4 v3 AHB ($422.67/mo)	+35.2%	AWS
Redshift Data Scan - Redshift Data Scan	$5.0000/hr USE1-DataScanned ($3,650.00/mo)	$1.9380/hr D8 v3 - D8 v3 License Included ($1,414.74/mo)	+61.2%	Azure
Redshift Managed Storage - rg.12xlarge	$9.1280/hr rg.12xlarge ($6,663.44/mo)	$9.4710/hr E32 v3 - E32 v3 License Included ($6,913.83/mo)	+3.6%	AWS

✓Redshift Concurrency Scaling - ds2.8xlarge - saves $1.31/mo (94.7% cheaper)
✓Redshift Data Scan - Redshift Data Scan - saves $2,235.26/mo (61.2% cheaper)