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Comparison

Apache Iceberg vs SingleStore

On the evidence we track, SingleStore leads this comparison with a composite score of 79/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Apache Iceberg full profile →SingleStore full profile →
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Apache Iceberg60
★SingleStore79
Score
vioscaleAI score
Apache Iceberg60 / 100medium · 56%
SingleStore79 / 100medium · 68%
Pricing
Free tier
Apache Iceberg–
SingleStore✓
Model
Apache Icebergopen_source
SingleStorefreemium
Price level
Apache Icebergfree
SingleStorelow
Transparent
Apache Iceberg–
SingleStore✗
Integrations
Count
Apache Iceberg20
SingleStore8
Security
Certifications
Apache Iceberg–
SingleStorePCI DSS v4.0.1
Disclosure policy
Apache Iceberg✓
SingleStore✓
Gdpr
Apache Iceberg–
SingleStore✓
Hipaa
Apache Iceberg–
SingleStore✓
Iso27001
Apache Iceberg–
SingleStore✓
Pci
Apache Iceberg–
SingleStore✓
Scorecard
Apache Iceberg7.9
SingleStore–
Soc2
Apache Iceberg–
SingleStore✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Apache Iceberg–
SingleStore99.99
Status page
Apache Iceberg✓
SingleStore✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Apache Iceberg1
SingleStore–
Github stars
Apache Iceberg9,326
SingleStore–
Package downloads weekly
Apache Iceberg6,665,583
SingleStore–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Apache Iceberg100
SingleStore–
Release
Cadence days
Apache Iceberg50
SingleStore–
History
Apache Iceberg20 items
SingleStore–
License
Spdx
Apache IcebergApache-2.0
SingleStore–
Language
Primary
Apache IcebergJava
SingleStore–
Market
Availability
Apache Iceberg–
SingleStoreAvailable worldwide · HQ US
Content
Faq
Apache Iceberg5 items
SingleStore7 items

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
Apache IcebergEmbedded
SingleStoreHybrid
Architecture
Architecture
Apache Iceberg-
SingleStoreCoupled MPP
Compute model
Apache Iceberg-
SingleStore-
Query
SQL dialect
Apache Iceberg-
SingleStoreVendor-specific
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
Apache Iceberg✓
SingleStore✓
Interoperability
Table-format support
Apache IcebergIceberg (Parquet, ORC, Avro, Puffin data files)
SingleStore-
Scale
Concurrency scaling
Apache IcebergAutomatic
SingleStore-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
Apache Iceberg✓
SingleStore✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
Apache IcebergFirst-class
SingleStoreFirst-class
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
Apache Iceberg-
SingleStore-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
Apache Iceberg✓
SingleStore✓
Licensing
Licence class
Apache IcebergPermissive OSS
SingleStoreProprietary

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

SingleStore

Leader

SingleStore is a unified database platform that processes both transactions and analytics with low-latency query performance and high-volume data ingestion capabilities, including native Apache Iceberg integration for lakehouse connectivity.

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 verify ↗

SingleStore

Leader
from $0.02/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Usage-based with commitment options. Compute from $0.99/hr (Standard) or $1.49/hr (Enterprise); storage $0.023/GB. Includes $600 free credits for Standard.

  • Free WorkspaceFree
    • Shared Workspace
    • All SQL and Programmability features
    • Monitoring
    • Self-support
  • StandardStarts at $0.99/hr + $0.023/GB storage
    • Read-replicas
    • All SQL and Programmability features
    • Database Branching
    • Monitoring (30-day)
    • 99.9% SLA (1 AZ) or 99.99% SLA (2 AZ)
    • +1 more
  • Standard BYOCContact sales
    • Fully managed within customer VPC
    • Read-replicas
    • All SQL and Programmability features
    • Monitoring (30-day)
    • Standard Support
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Online PITR
    • Smart DR
    • Audit Logging
    • CMEK
    • 99.9% SLA (1 AZ) or 99.99% SLA (2 AZ)
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
macOS
Apache Iceberg✓
SingleStore✗
Windows
Apache Iceberg✓
SingleStore✗
Linux
Apache Iceberg✓
SingleStore✗
CLI
Apache Iceberg✓
SingleStore✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Apache Iceberg✗
SingleStore✓
Self-hosted
Apache Iceberg✓
SingleStore✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • S3

Apache Iceberg

23 total - 22 not shared
  • Spark
  • Trino
  • Presto
  • Flink
  • Hive
  • Impala
  • PyArrow
  • DuckDB
  • Polars
  • Pandas
  • Ray
  • Datafusion
  • BigQuery
  • SQLAlchemy
  • GCS
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Hadoop
  • Kerberos
  • Thrift
  • Avro
  • Parquet
  • ORC
Independently observed

SingleStore

Leader
20 total - 19 not shared
  • Kafka
  • Amazon S3
  • HDFS
  • MongoDB
  • Okta
  • Azure AD
  • Ping
  • Apache Iceberg
  • AWS Glue
  • AWS S3
  • MySQL
  • Langchain
  • VS Code
  • Metabase
  • Snowflake
  • Cloudera
  • node-mysql2
  • go-sql-driver/mysql
  • Power BI
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Apache Iceberg or SingleStore: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.