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Comparison

Apache Hudi 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 Hudi51
★Delta Lake61
Score
vioscaleAI score
Apache Hudi51 / 100medium · 59%
Delta Lake61 / 100medium · 58%
Pricing
Free tier
Apache Hudi✓
Delta Lake✓
Model
Apache Hudiopen_source
Delta Lakeopen_source
Price level
Apache Hudifree
Delta Lakefree
Integrations
Count
Apache Hudi12
Delta Lake15
Security
Scorecard
Apache Hudi6.4
Delta Lake6.2
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
Apache Hudi358
Delta Lake152
Github stars
Apache Hudi6,318
Delta Lake9,042
Package downloads weekly
Apache Hudi5,524
Delta Lake6,751,062
Activity
Commits last 30d
Apache Hudi100
Delta Lake100
Release
Cadence days
Apache Hudi63
Delta Lake50
History
Apache Hudi20 items
Delta Lake20 items
License
Spdx
Apache HudiApache-2.0
Delta LakeApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Apache HudiJava
Delta LakeScala
Market
Availability
Apache Hudi–
Delta LakeAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Apache Hudi6 items
Delta Lake5 items

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
Apache HudiSelf-hosted
Delta LakeSelf-hosted
Architecture
Architecture
Apache HudiSeparated storage/compute
Delta LakeSeparated storage/compute
Compute model
Apache Hudi-
Delta Lake-
Query
SQL dialect
Apache Hudi-
Delta Lake-
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
Apache Hudi✓
Delta Lake✓
Interoperability
Table-format support
Apache HudiParquet with MOR support
Delta LakeDelta, Iceberg, Hudi
Scale
Concurrency scaling
Apache Hudi-
Delta Lake-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
Apache Hudi✓
Delta Lake✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
Apache HudiFunctional
Delta LakeFirst-class
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
Apache Hudi-
Delta Lake-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
Apache Hudi-
Delta Lake✓
Licensing
Licence class
Apache HudiPermissive OSS
Delta LakePermissive 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

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 Hudi

Open sourceFree tier
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
CLI
Apache Hudi✓
Delta Lake–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Apache Hudi✓
Delta Lake✗
Self-hosted
Apache Hudi✓
Delta Lake✓

Integrations

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

In common (9)
  • AWS Glue
  • Apache Spark
  • Apache Flink
  • Trino
  • Apache Hive
  • Apache Kafka
  • Google BigQuery
  • Amazon Athena
  • Kafka

Apache Hudi

17 total - 8 not shared
  • Presto
  • Apicurio Registry
  • Apache Hive Metastore
  • Apache XTable
  • Debezium
  • Hive Metastore
  • DuckDB
  • Iceberg
Independently observed

Delta Lake

Leader
35 total - 26 not shared
  • Apache Pulsar
  • Apache Druid
  • ClickHouse
  • PrestoDB
  • StarRocks
  • RisingWave
  • Dagster
  • Hopsworks
  • MLflow
  • AWS Athena
  • AWS EMR
  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Snowflake
  • Databricks
  • AWS Redshift
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Power BI
  • Starburst
  • Oracle
  • Excel
  • FINOS Legend
  • Kotosiro
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Azure Fabric
  • +2 more
Independently observed
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Apache Hudi or Delta Lake: which one depends on you

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