Amazon Redshift vs SingleStore Helios
Amazon Redshift
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| Figure | Amazon Redshift | SingleStore Helios |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.54/mo | $0.99/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 6 |
| Spec score · Cloud Analytics Solutions | 8.3 (#6) | 8.8 (#3) |
| Spec score · Analytical Data Store Software | 8.2 (#8) | 8.7 (#5) |
| Spec score · Analytics Databases | 8.3 (#9) | 8.8 (#5) |
| Spec score · Analytics Data | 8.3 (#9) | 8.8 (#4) |
| Spec score · Database Software | 8.1 (#43) | 9.3 (#3) |
| Availability | AWS states that a Multi-AZ Redshift data warehouse offers a 99.99% SLA. | SingleStore advertises up to a 99.99% uptime SLA for production Helios deployments. |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Security | Redshift supports encryption in transit and at rest, row- and column-level access controls, and dynamic data masking. | SingleStore describes security across application security, cloud security, corporate IT security, and governance, risk, and compliance. |
| What it does | Amazon Redshift is a cloud data warehouse for SQL analytics across data warehouses and data lakes. | SingleStore Helios is a managed distributed SQL database combining transactional, analytical, JSON, full-text, vector, time-series and geospatial workloads. |
Plans
Amazon Redshift
- Provisioned$0.54 a month
- Serverless$1.50 a month
- Provisioned on-demand$0.54 a month
- Redshift Serverless on-demand$1.50 a month
SingleStore Helios
- SharedFree
- Standard$0.99 a month
- Enterprise$1.49 a month
- StandardPriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
- BYOC StandardPriced on request
In their own words
Amazon Redshift
Amazon Redshift is a cloud data warehouse for SQL analytics across data warehouses and data lakes. It offers provisioned and serverless deployments, with options AWS says can scale to petabytes and support thousands of concurrent users. Redshift runs read-only SQL queries on Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, and Delta Lake tables, plus open file formats in Amazon S3. Zero-ETL integrations connect with Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Amazon DynamoDB, and enterprise applications. Streaming ingestion connects with Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka. Listed integrations include QuickSight, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Alteryx, Jupyter Notebook, Informatica, dbt, MicroStrategy, and Looker. The Data API supports AWS SDK languages including Python, Go, Java, Node.js, PHP, Ruby, and C++. Security includes encryption, row- and column-level controls, and dynamic masking. It is paid, has no free plan, offers a free trial, and starts at $0.54 per month for Provisioned or $1.50 per month for Serverless.
SingleStore Helios
SingleStore Helios is a cloud database service available on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. It handles transactional and analytical workloads in one database, with storage and compute scaled independently. Its data capabilities include relational records, JSON/BSON documents, vector and full-text search, time-series, geospatial, and key-value data. SingleStore Pipelines can ingest from sources such as Kafka, Amazon S3, and HDFS. For AI workloads, the service includes Jupyter notebooks, data integration services, and a compute service. Listed integrations include Datadog, Terraform, Apache Spark, AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, dbt, and Fivetran. Helios is available through web and API platforms. The free Shared plan provides one workspace for evaluation, development, and non-production testing, with self-support. Standard is $0.99 a month for managed production workloads, with read replicas, database branching, 30-day monitoring, and support. Enterprise is $1.49 a month and adds online point-in-time recovery, Smart Disaster Recovery, audit logging, and customer-managed encryption keys. The listed availability commitments vary by configuration, reaching 99.99% across two availability zones on paid plans.