Comparison

Apache Hudi vs StarRocks

No clear leader: Apache Hudi (51.4) and StarRocks (46.6) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Apache Hudi51
StarRocks47
Score
vioscaleAI score
Apache Hudi51 / 100medium · 59%
StarRocks47 / 100low · 10%
Pricing
Free tier
Apache Hudi✓
StarRocks✓
Model
Apache Hudiopen_source
StarRocksopen_source
Price level
Apache Hudifree
StarRocksfree
Integrations
Count
Apache Hudi12
StarRocks9
Adoption
Dependent repos
Apache Hudi358
StarRocks–
Github stars
Apache Hudi6,318
StarRocks–
Package downloads weekly
Apache Hudi5,524
StarRocks–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Apache Hudi100
StarRocks–
Release
Cadence days
Apache Hudi63
StarRocks–
History
Apache Hudi20 items
StarRocks–
License
Spdx
Apache HudiApache-2.0
StarRocks–
Language
Primary
Apache HudiJava
StarRocks–
Market
Availability
Apache Hudi–
Content
Faq
Apache Hudi6 items
StarRocks5 items

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
Apache HudiSelf-hosted
StarRocksHybrid
Architecture
Architecture
Apache HudiSeparated storage/compute
StarRocksSeparated storage/compute
Compute model
Apache Hudi-
StarRocksClusters
Query
SQL dialect
Apache Hudi-
StarRocksANSI SQL
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
Apache Hudi✓
StarRocks✓
Interoperability
Table-format support
Apache HudiParquet with MOR support
StarRocksApache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, Apache Hive, Delta Lake
Scale
Concurrency scaling
Apache Hudi-
StarRocksManual
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
Apache Hudi✓
StarRocks✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
Apache HudiFunctional
StarRocks-
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
Apache Hudi-
StarRocks✗
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
Apache Hudi-
StarRocks✗
Licensing
Licence class
Apache HudiPermissive OSS
StarRocksSource-available

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

StarRocks

An open-source analytical database that delivers sub-second query performance on both structured data and data lakes, serving real-time analytics and AI agents at scale.

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 ↗

StarRocks

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Linux
Apache Hudi✗
StarRocks✓
CLI
Apache Hudi✓
StarRocks✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Apache Hudi✓
StarRocks✓
Self-hosted
Apache Hudi✓
StarRocks✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • Apache Flink
  • Apache Hive
  • Apache Kafka

Apache Hudi

17 total - 14 not shared
  • AWS Glue
  • Apache Spark
  • Trino
  • Presto
  • Apicurio Registry
  • Apache Hive Metastore
  • Google BigQuery
  • Apache XTable
  • Amazon Athena
  • Kafka
  • Debezium
  • Hive Metastore
  • DuckDB
  • Iceberg
Independently observed

StarRocks

18 total - 15 not shared
  • Apache Iceberg
  • Apache Hudi
  • Delta Lake
  • Airbyte
  • Apache Superset
  • Min.IO
  • dbt Labs
  • Alibaba Cloud EMR
  • AWS
  • ByteDance Volcano Engine
  • CelerData
  • Mirrorship
  • Grafana
  • Apache Paimon
  • dbt
Independently observed
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Apache Hudi or StarRocks: which one depends on you

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