# Apache Druid vs Apache Iceberg

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Apache Iceberg

| Attribute | Apache Druid | Apache Iceberg |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 49.1 (54% (medium)) | 59.5 (56% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 264 | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | 14,064 | 9,326 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 6,665,583 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Apache Druid is an open source analytics database designed for fast queries and real-time data ingestion. It excels at powering UIs, running operational queries, and handling high concurrency. It is indexed under Data Warehouse Software.","source":"https://druid.apache.org","question":"What is Apache Druid?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Apache Druid 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://druid.apache.org","question":"Is Apache Druid free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Apache Druid. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://druid.apache.org","question":"What platforms does Apache Druid support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Apache Druid can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://druid.apache.org","question":"Can Apache Druid be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Apache Druid 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/druid","question":"Is Apache Druid 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 | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Optimized for real-time analytics with rapid query execution on streaming and batch data. Provides native integration with Apache Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, and RabbitMQ for low-latency ingestion at scale. | 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":"self","sql_dialect":"vendor","architecture":"separated","compute_model":"clusters","license_class":"permissive","semi_structured":"functional","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 | 3 | 20 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Apache Kafka"},{"name":"Amazon Kinesis"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Kinesis"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"}]` | `[{"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 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://druid.apache.org","retrievedAt":"2026-09-10T21:09:04.526Z"}` | `{"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 |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 61 | 50 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 7.5 | 7.9 |
| security.trust_center | https://druid.apache.org/docs/latest/multi-stage-query/security | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.apache.druid%3Adruid-processing&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 Druid | Apache Iceberg |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Embedded |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Architecture | Separated storage/compute | - |
| Compute model | Clusters | - |
| **Query** |  |  |
| SQL dialect | Vendor-specific | - |
| Federation / lakehouse query-in-place | - | ✓ |
| **Interoperability** |  |  |
| Table-format support | - | Iceberg (Parquet, ORC, Avro, Puffin data files) |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Concurrency scaling | - | Automatic |
| **Ingestion** |  |  |
| Streaming ingest | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Data model** |  |  |
| Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT) | Functional | First-class |
| **Analytics** |  |  |
| ML / in-DB functions | - | - |
| **Sharing** |  |  |
| Data sharing / marketplace | - | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Permissive OSS | Permissive OSS |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:08:15.691Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*