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Comparison

Apache Doris vs Delta Lake

On the evidence we track, Delta Lake leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Apache Doris50
★Delta Lake61
Score
vioscaleAI score
Apache Doris50 / 100low · 45%
Delta Lake61 / 100medium · 58%
Pricing
Free tier
Apache Doris✓
Delta Lake✓
Model
Apache Dorisopen_source
Delta Lakeopen_source
Price level
Apache Dorisfree
Delta Lakefree
Integrations
Count
Apache Doris15
Delta Lake15
Security
Disclosure policy
Apache Doris✓
Delta Lake–
Scorecard
Apache Doris–
Delta Lake6.2
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
Apache Doris1
Delta Lake152
Github stars
Apache Doris16,078
Delta Lake9,042
Package downloads weekly
Apache Doris–
Delta Lake6,751,062
Activity
Commits last 30d
Apache Doris100
Delta Lake100
Release
Cadence days
Apache Doris20
Delta Lake50
History
Apache Doris20 items
Delta Lake20 items
License
Spdx
Apache DorisApache-2.0
Delta LakeApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Apache DorisJava
Delta LakeScala
Market
Availability
Apache Doris–
Delta LakeAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Apache Doris4 items
Delta Lake5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for data warehouse software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Deployment
Apache DorisHybrid
Delta LakeSelf-hosted
Architecture
Architecture
Apache DorisCoupled MPP
Delta LakeSeparated storage/compute
Compute model
Apache DorisClusters
Delta Lake-
Query
SQL dialect
Apache Doris-
Delta Lake-
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
Apache Doris✓
Delta Lake✓
Interoperability
Table-format support
Apache DorisIceberg, Delta Lake, Hudi
Delta LakeDelta, Iceberg, Hudi
Scale
Concurrency scaling
Apache Doris-
Delta Lake-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
Apache Doris✓
Delta Lake✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
Apache DorisFirst-class
Delta LakeFirst-class
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
Apache Doris-
Delta Lake-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
Apache Doris-
Delta Lake✓
Licensing
Licence class
Apache DorisPermissive OSS
Delta LakePermissive OSS

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Apache Doris

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.

Independently observed

Delta Lake

Leader

A storage framework enabling lakehouse architectures—unified platforms combining data warehouse and data lake capabilities—that works with multiple query engines and can be deployed on any cloud, on-premises, or locally.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Apache Doris

Open sourceFree tier

Open source, free

as of verify ↗

Delta Lake

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
macOS
Apache Doris✓
Delta Lake–
Windows
Apache Doris✓
Delta Lake–
Linux
Apache Doris✓
Delta Lake–
CLI
Apache Doris✓
Delta Lake–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Apache Doris✓
Delta Lake✗
Self-hosted
Apache Doris✓
Delta Lake✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)
  • Kafka
  • Microsoft Fabric

Apache Doris

15 total - 13 not shared
  • Iceberg
  • Delta Lake
  • Hudi
  • Hive
  • Flink
  • Spark
  • PostgreSQL
  • MaxCompute
  • AWS S3
  • Tencent Cloud COS
  • MySQL
  • Parquet
  • ORC
Independently observed

Delta Lake

Leader
35 total - 33 not shared
  • Apache Spark
  • Apache Flink
  • Apache Hive
  • Apache Pulsar
  • Apache Druid
  • ClickHouse
  • Trino
  • PrestoDB
  • StarRocks
  • RisingWave
  • Dagster
  • Hopsworks
  • MLflow
  • AWS Athena
  • AWS EMR
  • AWS Glue
  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Google BigQuery
  • Snowflake
  • Databricks
  • AWS Redshift
  • Power BI
  • Starburst
  • Oracle
  • +9 more
Independently observed
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