Comparison

Apache Hudi vs Apache Iceberg

On the evidence we track, Apache Iceberg leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Apache Hudi51

★Apache Iceberg60

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Apache Hudi	Apache IcebergLeader
vioscaleAI score	51 / 100medium · 59%	60 / 100medium · 56%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	12	20
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.4	7.9
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.apache.hudi%3Ahudi-hadoop-mr&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=apache-iceberg&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	358	1
Github starsadoption.github_stars	6,318	9,326
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	5,524	6,665,583
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	63	50
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	Java
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	5 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Apache Hudi51 / 100medium · 59%

Apache Iceberg60 / 100medium · 56%

Pricing

Free tier

Apache Hudi✓

Apache Iceberg–

Model

Apache Hudiopen_source

Apache Icebergopen_source

Price level

Apache Hudifree

Apache Icebergfree

Integrations

Count

Apache Hudi12

Apache Iceberg20

Security

Disclosure policy

Apache Hudi–

Apache Iceberg✓

Scorecard

Apache Hudi6.4

Apache Iceberg7.9

Vulnerabilities

Apache HudiCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.apache.hudi%3Ahudi-hadoop-mr&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Apache IcebergCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=apache-iceberg&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Apache Hudi–

Apache Iceberg✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Apache Hudi358

Apache Iceberg1

Github stars

Apache Hudi6,318

Apache Iceberg9,326

Package downloads weekly

Apache Hudi5,524

Apache Iceberg6,665,583

Activity

Commits last 30d

Apache Hudi100

Apache Iceberg100

Release

Cadence days

Apache Hudi63

Apache Iceberg50

History

Apache Hudi20 items

Apache Iceberg20 items

License

Spdx

Apache HudiApache-2.0

Apache IcebergApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Apache HudiJava

Apache IcebergJava

Content

Faq

Apache Hudi6 items

Apache Iceberg5 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Data Warehouse Software
Capability	Apache Hudi	Apache Iceberg
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Embedded
Architecture
Architecture	Separated storage/compute	-
Compute model	-	-
Query
SQL dialect	-	-
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place	✓	✓
Interoperability
Table-format support	Parquet with MOR 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

Deployment

Apache HudiSelf-hosted

Apache IcebergEmbedded

Architecture

Apache HudiSeparated storage/compute

Apache Iceberg-

Compute model

Apache Hudi-

Apache Iceberg-

Query

SQL dialect

Apache Hudi-

Apache Iceberg-

Federation / lakehouse query-in-place

Apache Hudi✓

Apache Iceberg✓

Interoperability

Table-format support

Apache HudiParquet with MOR support

Apache IcebergIceberg (Parquet, ORC, Avro, Puffin data files)

Scale

Concurrency scaling

Apache Hudi-

Apache IcebergAutomatic

Ingestion

Streaming ingest

Apache Hudi✓

Apache Iceberg✓

Data model

Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)

Apache HudiFunctional

Apache IcebergFirst-class

Analytics

ML / in-DB functions

Apache Hudi-

Apache Iceberg-

Sharing

Data sharing / marketplace

Apache Hudi-

Apache Iceberg✓

Licensing

Licence class

Apache HudiPermissive OSS

Apache IcebergPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

Apache Hudi

An open data lakehouse platform that enables ACID transactions and incremental processing on data lakes across cloud environments, providing tools for data ingestion, management, and query.

Independently observed

Apache Iceberg

Leader

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.

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 Hudi

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-10-14verify ↗

Apache Iceberg

Leader

Open source

Open source, no licensing cost

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Apache Hudi	Apache Iceberg
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

macOS

Apache Hudi✗

Apache Iceberg✓

Windows

Apache Hudi✗

Apache Iceberg✓

Linux

Apache Hudi✗

Apache Iceberg✓

CLI

Apache Hudi✓

Apache Iceberg✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Apache Hudi✓

Apache Iceberg✗

Self-hosted

Apache Hudi✓

Apache Iceberg✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)

Trino
Presto
DuckDB

Apache Hudi

17 total - 14 not shared

AWS Glue
Apache Spark
Apache Flink
Apache Hive
Apicurio Registry
Apache Kafka
Apache Hive Metastore
Google BigQuery
Apache XTable
Amazon Athena
Kafka
Debezium
Hive Metastore
Iceberg

Independently observed

Apache Iceberg

Leader

23 total - 20 not shared

Spark
Flink
Hive
Impala
PyArrow
Polars
Pandas
Ray
Datafusion
BigQuery
SQLAlchemy
S3
GCS
Azure Data Lake Storage
Hadoop
Kerberos
Thrift
Avro
Parquet
ORC

Independently observed

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