Hard to move
Redshift on UpCloud: what it becomes and what it costs.
On UpCloud, Redshift becomes ClickHouse on UpCloud Dedicated Servers. Different SQL dialect and storage model; migration is a data-warehouse project.
Effort grade
Hard
No equivalent: redesign it, buy a SaaS, or leave it where it is
Cost after the move, before engineer time
35% of today
ra3.xlplus is $1.086/h = $793/mo per node; ClickHouse on an AX42 dedicated server is €97 ≈ $113; two nodes for redundancy land near 35%, before the rewrite.
Engineer time
16 h a month
To run the replacement: patching, backups, on-call. Plus about 15 engineer days for the move itself.
In three modelled AWS accounts
What Redshift costs in the modelled accounts and what the estimator makes of it on UpCloud, with the default assumptions. Not customer data.
| Account | AWS /mo | UpCloud /mo | Change | Priced by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data-heavy platform$79,640/mo in total | $6,500 | $2,275 | −$4,225 | ratio |
Your own Redshift line, from your export
Drop one month of your AWS cost export and the report prices every service, Redshift included, on UpCloud list prices of 18 Oct 2026, net of the engineer time to run it. In your browser; nothing is uploaded.