# Apache Doris vs Apache Iceberg

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Apache Iceberg

| Attribute | Apache Doris | Apache Iceberg |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 49.6 (45% (low)) | 59.5 (56% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1 | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | 16,078 | 9,326 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 6,665,583 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Apache Doris is an open-source, real-time database for modern analytics and AI. Run it shared-nothing on bare metal, or disaggregated on cloud object storage. It is indexed under Data Warehouse Software.","source":"https://doris.apache.org","question":"What is Apache Doris?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Apache Doris is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://doris.apache.org","question":"Is Apache Doris free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Apache Doris can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://doris.apache.org","question":"Can Apache Doris be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Apache Doris is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/apache/doris","question":"Is Apache Doris open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"Apache Iceberg is a table format that enables reliable, ACID-compliant SQL operations on big data. It allows multiple query engines—such as Spark, Trino, Flink, Hive, and Impala—to safely read and write the same tables concurrently, bringing traditional database semantics to analytics workloads. It is indexed under Data Warehouse Software.","source":"https://iceberg.apache.org","question":"What is Apache Iceberg?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Apache Iceberg is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://iceberg.apache.org","question":"Is Apache Iceberg free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Apache Iceberg can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://iceberg.apache.org","question":"Can Apache Iceberg be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 20 integrations for Apache Iceberg, including Spark, Trino, Presto, Flink, Hive, Impala, PyArrow and DuckDB, plus 12 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://iceberg.apache.org","question":"What does Apache Iceberg integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Apache Iceberg is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/apache/iceberg","question":"Is Apache Iceberg open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A distributed analytics database optimized for low-latency queries on petabyte-scale data. Supports querying data lakes in open formats like Iceberg and Delta Lake, as well as streaming data ingestion and semi-structured data processing. | A table format that brings SQL capabilities to large-scale analytical datasets and enables multiple computing engines to safely and concurrently query and modify the same tables. |
| features.capabilities | `{"deployment":"hybrid","architecture":"coupled_mpp","compute_model":"clusters","license_class":"permissive","table_formats":"Iceberg, Delta Lake, Hudi","semi_structured":"first_class","federation_query":true,"streaming_ingest":true}` | `{"deployment":"embedded","data_sharing":true,"license_class":"permissive","table_formats":"Iceberg (Parquet, ORC, Avro, Puffin data files)","semi_structured":"first_class","federation_query":true,"streaming_ingest":true,"concurrency_scaling":"automatic"}` |
| integrations.count | 15 | 20 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Iceberg","native":true,"category":"data_format","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Delta Lake","native":true,"category":"data_format","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Hudi","native":true,"category":"data_format","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Hive","native":true,"category":"data_source","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Kafka","native":true,"category":"streaming","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Flink","native":true,"category":"data_processing","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Spark","native":true,"category":"data_processing","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"PostgreSQL","native":false,"category":"data_source","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Microsoft Fabric","native":false,"category":"cloud_platform","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"MaxCompute","native":false,"category":"data_source","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"AWS S3","native":false,"category":"object_storage"},{"name":"Tencent Cloud COS","native":false,"category":"object_storage"},{"name":"MySQL","native":false,"category":"database"},{"name":"Parquet","native":true,"category":"data_format","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ORC","native":true,"category":"data_format","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Spark"},{"name":"Trino"},{"name":"Presto"},{"name":"Flink"},{"name":"Hive"},{"name":"Impala"},{"name":"PyArrow"},{"name":"DuckDB"},{"name":"Polars"},{"name":"Pandas"},{"name":"Ray"},{"name":"Datafusion"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"SQLAlchemy"},{"name":"S3"},{"name":"GCS"},{"name":"Azure Data Lake Storage"},{"name":"Hadoop"},{"name":"Kerberos"},{"name":"Thrift"},{"name":"Avro"},{"name":"Parquet"},{"name":"ORC"}]` |
| language.primary | Java | Java |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Open source, free","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://doris.apache.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T12:40:49.748Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Open source, no licensing cost","sourceUrl":"https://iceberg.apache.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:32:59.428Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| release.cadence_days | 20 | 50 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 7.9 |
| security.trust_center | https://doris.apache.org/community/security/ | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=dbt-doris&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=apache-iceberg&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Data Warehouse Software)

| Capability | Apache Doris | Apache Iceberg |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Hybrid | Embedded |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Architecture | Coupled MPP | - |
| Compute model | Clusters | - |
| **Query** |  |  |
| SQL dialect | - | - |
| Federation / lakehouse query-in-place | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Interoperability** |  |  |
| Table-format support | Iceberg, Delta Lake, Hudi | Iceberg (Parquet, ORC, Avro, Puffin data files) |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Concurrency scaling | - | Automatic |
| **Ingestion** |  |  |
| Streaming ingest | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Data model** |  |  |
| Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT) | First-class | First-class |
| **Analytics** |  |  |
| ML / in-DB functions | - | - |
| **Sharing** |  |  |
| Data sharing / marketplace | - | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Permissive OSS | Permissive OSS |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T13:11:42.024Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*