"...8-node DC1.8XL Amazon Redshift cluster for the tests."
Well, yeah. That's 28,108.80 a month if you're running queries on demand and don't want a delay/coordination in Amazon instance creation/destruction.
BQ may or may not be as fast, but it's truly a managed service; I give it our data and it just works. I don't have to worry about instances, boot up time, maintenance, hourly costs, etc. It's silly to focus just on query speed when there's a whole layer of management and cost that comes with it.
Well, yeah. That's 28,108.80 a month if you're running queries on demand and don't want a delay/coordination in Amazon instance creation/destruction.
BQ may or may not be as fast, but it's truly a managed service; I give it our data and it just works. I don't have to worry about instances, boot up time, maintenance, hourly costs, etc. It's silly to focus just on query speed when there's a whole layer of management and cost that comes with it.