Comparison

Dremio vs StarRocks

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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★Dremio72
StarRocks47
Score
vioscaleAI score
Dremio72 / 100medium · 69%
StarRocks47 / 100low · 10%
Pricing
Free tier
Dremio✓
StarRocks✓
Model
Dremiofreemium
StarRocksopen_source
Price level
Dremiolow
StarRocksfree
Transparent
Dremio✗
StarRocks–
Integrations
Count
Dremio9
StarRocks9
Security
Disclosure policy
Dremio✓
StarRocks–
Gdpr
Dremio✓
StarRocks–
Iso27001
Dremio✓
StarRocks–
Soc2
Dremio✓
StarRocks–
Reliability
Sla pct
Dremio99.99
StarRocks–
Status page
Dremio✓
StarRocks–
Market
Availability
Dremio–
Content
Faq
Dremio6 items
StarRocks5 items

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
DremioHybrid
StarRocksHybrid
Architecture
Architecture
DremioSeparated storage/compute
StarRocksSeparated storage/compute
Compute model
Dremio-
StarRocksClusters
Query
SQL dialect
DremioVendor-specific
StarRocksANSI SQL
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
Dremio✓
StarRocks✓
Interoperability
Table-format support
DremioApache Iceberg
StarRocksApache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, Apache Hive, Delta Lake
Scale
Concurrency scaling
Dremio-
StarRocksManual
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
Dremio✓
StarRocks✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
DremioFirst-class
StarRocks-
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
Dremio-
StarRocks✗
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
Dremio-
StarRocks✗
Licensing
Licence class
DremioSource-available
StarRocksSource-available

What each one is

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

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

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.

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 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
Web
Dremio✓
StarRocks✗
Linux
Dremio✗
StarRocks✓
CLI
Dremio✓
StarRocks✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Dremio✓
StarRocks✓
Self-hosted
Dremio✓
StarRocks✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Apache Iceberg
  • dbt

Dremio

Leader
15 total - 13 not shared
  • Apache Polaris
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • DynamoDB
  • Oracle
  • SQL Server
  • DB2
  • AWS EMR
  • AWS Glue
  • Apache Spark
  • Postgres
  • Kafka
Independently observed

StarRocks

18 total - 16 not shared
  • Apache Hudi
  • Apache Hive
  • Delta Lake
  • Apache Kafka
  • Airbyte
  • Apache Superset
  • Min.IO
  • dbt Labs
  • Alibaba Cloud EMR
  • AWS
  • ByteDance Volcano Engine
  • CelerData
  • Mirrorship
  • Apache Flink
  • Grafana
  • Apache Paimon
Independently observed
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Dremio or StarRocks: which one depends on you

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