Comparison

Apache Iceberg vs Dremio

On the evidence we track, Dremio leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Apache Iceberg60

★Dremio72

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Apache Iceberg	DremioLeader
vioscaleAI score	60 / 100medium · 56%	72 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	20	9
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.9	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=apache-iceberg&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.99
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	9,326	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	6,665,583	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	50	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Apache Iceberg60 / 100medium · 56%

Dremio72 / 100medium · 69%

Pricing

Free tier

Apache Iceberg–

Dremio✓

Model

Apache Icebergopen_source

Dremiofreemium

Price level

Apache Icebergfree

Dremiolow

Transparent

Apache Iceberg–

Dremio✗

Integrations

Count

Apache Iceberg20

Dremio9

Security

Disclosure policy

Apache Iceberg✓

Dremio✓

Gdpr

Apache Iceberg–

Dremio✓

Iso27001

Apache Iceberg–

Dremio✓

Scorecard

Apache Iceberg7.9

Dremio–

Soc2

Apache Iceberg–

Dremio✓

Vulnerabilities

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

Dremio–

Reliability

Sla pct

Apache Iceberg–

Dremio99.99

Status page

Apache Iceberg✓

Dremio✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Apache Iceberg1

Dremio–

Github stars

Apache Iceberg9,326

Dremio–

Package downloads weekly

Apache Iceberg6,665,583

Dremio–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Apache Iceberg100

Dremio–

Release

Cadence days

Apache Iceberg50

Dremio–

History

Apache Iceberg20 items

Dremio–

License

Spdx

Apache IcebergApache-2.0

Dremio–

Language

Primary

Apache IcebergJava

Dremio–

Content

Faq

Apache Iceberg5 items

Dremio6 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 Iceberg	Dremio
Deployment
Deployment	Embedded	Hybrid
Architecture
Architecture	-	Separated storage/compute
Compute model	-	-
Query
SQL dialect	-	Vendor-specific
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place	✓	✓
Interoperability
Table-format support	Iceberg (Parquet, ORC, Avro, Puffin data files)	Apache Iceberg
Scale
Concurrency scaling	Automatic	-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest	✓	✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)	First-class	First-class
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions	-	-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace	✓	-
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	Source-available

Deployment

Apache IcebergEmbedded

DremioHybrid

Architecture

Apache Iceberg-

DremioSeparated storage/compute

Compute model

Apache Iceberg-

Dremio-

Query

SQL dialect

Apache Iceberg-

DremioVendor-specific

Federation / lakehouse query-in-place

Apache Iceberg✓

Dremio✓

Interoperability

Table-format support

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

DremioApache Iceberg

Scale

Concurrency scaling

Apache IcebergAutomatic

Dremio-

Ingestion

Streaming ingest

Apache Iceberg✓

Dremio✓

Data model

Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)

Apache IcebergFirst-class

DremioFirst-class

Analytics

ML / in-DB functions

Apache Iceberg-

Dremio-

Sharing

Data sharing / marketplace

Apache Iceberg✓

Dremio-

Licensing

Licence class

Apache IcebergPermissive OSS

DremioSource-available

What each one is

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

Apache Iceberg

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

Dremio

Leader

An open-source lakehouse platform built on Apache Iceberg that enables data analytics and AI workloads with support for CDC, multi-source ingestion, and SQL-based querying.

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 Iceberg

Open source

Open source, no licensing cost

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Dremio

Leader

from $0.20/moconsumptionFree tier30-day trial

From $0.20 per DCU. Free Community Edition. 30-day free trial.

Dremio Cloud$0.20 per DCU. $400 credit free trial for 30 days.
- Fully managed infrastructure (AWS, Azure coming soon)
- Automatic scaling and optimization
- Automatic feature releases
- Zero infrastructure management
- AI Agent
- +4 more
Dremio EnterpriseContact sales
- Self-managed on Kubernetes, on-premises, or cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Full control over infrastructure, security, compliance
- Flexible deployment options
- AI Agent
- AI Semantic Layer
- +4 more
Dremio Community EditionFree
- Query engine

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

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 Iceberg	Dremio
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Apache Iceberg✗

Dremio✓

macOS

Apache Iceberg✓

Dremio✗

Windows

Apache Iceberg✓

Dremio✗

Linux

Apache Iceberg✓

Dremio✗

CLI

Apache Iceberg✓

Dremio✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Apache Iceberg✗

Dremio✓

Self-hosted

Apache Iceberg✓

Dremio✓

Integrations

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

Apache Iceberg

23 total

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

Independently observed

Dremio

Leader

15 total

Apache Iceberg
Apache Polaris
dbt
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
DynamoDB
Oracle
SQL Server
DB2
AWS EMR
AWS Glue
Apache Spark
Postgres
Kafka

Independently observed

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Apache Iceberg or Dremio: which one depends on you

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