Amazon Redshift vs Zoho Analytics

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.

Zoho Analytics is a business intelligence platform for connecting data, creating visualizations, and sharing reports and dashboards. It can connect and blend data from more than 500 live sources and lists more than 500 out-of-the-box business integrations. Its visualization choices include over 50 chart types and 80 visualization options. Users can schedule reports and apply permissions, roles, groups, and row-level security. Ask Zia supports natural-language questions and actions, while security controls include SSO, audit logs, data masking, and compliance controls. Native mobile apps provide analytics access away from a desktop. Deployment options include cloud and on-premise use, and the offering is described as hybrid. The always-free plan allows two users, 10,000 rows, and five workspaces, with unlimited reports and dashboards. Basic starts at $24.00 per month billed annually, for two users and 0.5 million rows. A 15-day trial can be canceled anytime. Listed headquarters are in Chennai, India, with U.S. headquarters in Austin, Texas.