# Apache Hudi vs Snowflake

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Snowflake

| Attribute | Apache Hudi | Snowflake |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 51.4 (59% (medium)) | 68.1 (63% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 358 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 6,318 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 5,524 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Apache Hudi is an open-source project enabling data teams to manage analytics datasets with ACID transactions, temporal data access, and change capture. It provides multi-language APIs and integrates with data processing systems like Spark, Flink, and Presto. It is indexed under Data Warehouse Software.","source":"https://hudi.apache.org","question":"What is Apache Hudi?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Apache Hudi 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://hudi.apache.org","question":"Is Apache Hudi free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Apache Hudi supports Linux. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://hudi.apache.org","question":"What platforms does Apache Hudi support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Apache Hudi can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://hudi.apache.org","question":"Can Apache Hudi be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 7 integrations for Apache Hudi, including AWS Glue, Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Trino, Presto, Apache Hive and Apicurio Registry. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://hudi.apache.org","question":"What does Apache Hudi integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Apache Hudi 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/hudi","question":"Is Apache Hudi open source?","confidence":0.67}]` | `[{"answer":"A fully managed cloud service that unifies data management and analytics across cloud providers, with native support for AI/ML workloads, zero-copy data sharing, and automatic scaling. It is indexed under Data Warehouse Software.","source":"https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing-options/","question":"What is Snowflake?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Snowflake is sold across 3 plans: Standard, Enterprise and Business Critical. We have not confirmed a published price for every tier. There is no free tier. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing-options/","question":"How much does Snowflake cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Snowflake supports the web, Windows, macOS and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing-options/","question":"What platforms does Snowflake support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Snowflake, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing-options/","question":"Can Snowflake be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 9 integrations for Snowflake, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Streamlit, Apache Iceberg, PyTorch, NVIDIA and Jira, plus 1 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing-options/","question":"What does Snowflake integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Snowflake. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Snowflake not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.snowflake.com/security","question":"What security certifications does Snowflake have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Snowflake is a fully managed cloud service that unifies data storage, analytics, machine learning and AI capabilities in a single platform. It enables organizations to process structured and unstructured data, build AI applications and share live data across organizations and cloud environments. |
| features.capabilities | `{"deployment":"self","architecture":"separated","license_class":"permissive","table_formats":"Parquet with MOR support","semi_structured":"functional","federation_query":true,"streaming_ingest":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","in_db_ml":true,"data_model":"relational","deployment":"managed","sql_support":true,"data_sharing":true,"compute_model":"virtual_warehouse","license_class":"proprietary","managed_cloud":true,"table_formats":"Apache Iceberg","semi_structured":"first_class","federation_query":true,"streaming_ingest":true,"acid_transactions":true,"horizontal_scaling":true,"concurrency_scaling":"automatic"}` |
| integrations.count | 12 | 750 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS Glue"},{"name":"Apache Spark"},{"name":"Apache Flink"},{"name":"Trino"},{"name":"Presto"},{"name":"Apache Hive"},{"name":"Apicurio Registry"},{"name":"Apache Kafka","native":true,"category":"streaming","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Apache Hive Metastore","native":true,"category":"catalog","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Google BigQuery","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Apache XTable","native":true,"category":"data_format","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Amazon Athena","native":true,"category":"query_engine"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Debezium"},{"name":"Hive Metastore"},{"name":"DuckDB"},{"name":"Iceberg"}]` | `[{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"Streamlit"},{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"PyTorch"},{"name":"NVIDIA"},{"name":"Jira","native":true,"category":"development","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true,"category":"development","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| language.primary | Java | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://hudi.apache.org","retrievedAt":"2026-10-14T22:34:11.321Z"}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard","description":"Entry-level offering providing access to core platform functionality","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","description":"For high-growth and large-scale customers with multi-cluster compute, governance and extended data retention","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Business Critical","description":"For highly regulated industries requiring advanced security and compliance capabilities","contactSales":true}],"currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing-options/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T12:39:26.501Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 63 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-1.2.1","date":"2026-09-24T10:58:28Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-0.14.2","date":"2026-06-08T10:09:51Z","type":"stable","version":"release-0.14.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-1.2.0","date":"2026-05-23T23:22:18Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-0.15.1","date":"2026-05-21T14:17:37Z","type":"stable","version":"release-0.15.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-1.1.1","date":"2025-12-18T08:07:23Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-1.1.0","date":"2025-11-17T23:41:29Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-1.0.2","date":"2025-05-02T04:04:52Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-1.0.1","date":"2025-02-19T04:57:56Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-1.0.0","date":"2024-12-11T09:35:51Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-1.0.0-beta2","date":"2024-07-16T07:41:55Z","type":"prerelease","version":"release-1.0.0-beta2"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-0.15.0","date":"2024-06-06T20:06:05Z","type":"stable","version":"release-0.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-0.14.1","date":"2024-01-04T16:45:04Z","type":"stable","version":"release-0.14.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-1.0.0-beta1","date":"2023-11-14T19:51:43Z","type":"prerelease","version":"release-1.0.0-beta1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-0.14.0","date":"2023-10-05T01:31:24Z","type":"stable","version":"release-0.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-0.13.1","date":"2023-05-31T03:23:06Z","type":"stable","version":"release-0.13.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-0.12.3","date":"2023-04-24T02:39:20Z","type":"stable","version":"release-0.12.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-0.13.0","date":"2023-02-21T22:57:21Z","type":"stable","version":"release-0.13.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-0.12.2","date":"2022-12-28T05:18:27Z","type":"stable","version":"release-0.12.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-0.12.1","date":"2022-10-19T13:57:20Z","type":"stable","version":"release-0.12.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hudi/releases/tag/release-0.12.0","date":"2022-08-17T05:50:08Z","type":"stable","version":"release-0.12.0"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.fedramp | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6.4 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.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,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Data Warehouse Software)

| Capability | Apache Hudi | Snowflake |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Managed cloud |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Architecture | Separated storage/compute | - |
| Compute model | - | Virtual warehouses |
| **Query** |  |  |
| SQL dialect | - | - |
| Federation / lakehouse query-in-place | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Interoperability** |  |  |
| Table-format support | Parquet with MOR support | Apache Iceberg |
| **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 | Proprietary |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:03:43.899Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*