Comparison

DuckDB vs StarRocks

On the evidence we track, DuckDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 59/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

DuckDB full profile →StarRocks full profile →

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★DuckDB59

StarRocks47

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DuckDBLeader	StarRocks
vioscaleAI score	59 / 100medium · 51%	47 / 100low · 10%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	27	9
Security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=python-duckdb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	42,154	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	15,285,415	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	33	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	C++	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ NL	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	5 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

DuckDB59 / 100medium · 51%

StarRocks47 / 100low · 10%

Pricing

Free tier

DuckDB✓

StarRocks✓

Model

DuckDBopen_source

StarRocksopen_source

Price level

DuckDBfree

StarRocksfree

Transparent

DuckDB✓

StarRocks–

Integrations

Count

DuckDB27

StarRocks9

Security

Vulnerabilities

DuckDBCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=python-duckdb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

StarRocks–

Reliability

Status page

DuckDB✓

StarRocks–

Adoption

Dependent repos

DuckDB1

StarRocks–

Github stars

DuckDB42,154

StarRocks–

Package downloads weekly

DuckDB15,285,415

StarRocks–

Activity

Commits last 30d

DuckDB100

StarRocks–

Release

Cadence days

DuckDB33

StarRocks–

History

DuckDB20 items

StarRocks–

License

Spdx

DuckDBMIT

StarRocks–

Language

Primary

DuckDBC++

StarRocks–

Market

Availability

DuckDBAvailable worldwide · HQ NL

StarRocksAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

DuckDB7 items

StarRocks5 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	DuckDB	StarRocks
Deployment
Deployment	Embedded	Hybrid
Architecture
Architecture	-	Separated storage/compute
Compute model	-	Clusters
Query
SQL dialect	Vendor-specific	ANSI SQL
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place	✓	✓
Interoperability
Table-format support	Parquet, CSV, JSON, Iceberg, Delta Lake, Vortex, DuckLake, Lance, Arrow, Avro, E	Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, Apache Hive, Delta Lake
Scale
Concurrency scaling	-	Manual
Ingestion
Streaming ingest	-	✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)	Functional	-
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions	✓	✗
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace	-	✗
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	Source-available

Deployment

DuckDBEmbedded

StarRocksHybrid

Architecture

DuckDB-

StarRocksSeparated storage/compute

Compute model

DuckDB-

StarRocksClusters

Query

SQL dialect

DuckDBVendor-specific

StarRocksANSI SQL

Federation / lakehouse query-in-place

DuckDB✓

StarRocks✓

Interoperability

Table-format support

DuckDBParquet, CSV, JSON, Iceberg, Delta Lake, Vortex, DuckLake, Lance, Arrow, Avro, E

StarRocksApache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, Apache Hive, Delta Lake

Scale

Concurrency scaling

DuckDB-

StarRocksManual

Ingestion

Streaming ingest

DuckDB-

StarRocks✓

Data model

Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)

DuckDBFunctional

StarRocks-

Analytics

ML / in-DB functions

DuckDB✓

StarRocks✗

Sharing

Data sharing / marketplace

DuckDB-

StarRocks✗

Licensing

Licence class

DuckDBPermissive OSS

StarRocksSource-available

What each one is

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

DuckDB

Leader

A portable analytical database that runs locally or embedded in applications, with PostgreSQL-like SQL and APIs for major programming languages, supporting popular data formats including CSV, JSON, Parquet, and Apache Iceberg.

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.

DuckDB

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

Free, open source under MIT license

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

StarRocks

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of 2026-08-16verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	DuckDB	StarRocks
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

macOS

DuckDB✓

StarRocks✗

Windows

DuckDB✓

StarRocks✗

Linux

DuckDB✓

StarRocks✓

CLI

DuckDB✓

StarRocks✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

DuckDB✗

StarRocks✓

Self-hosted

DuckDB✓

StarRocks✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)

AWS
Delta Lake
Apache Iceberg

DuckDB

Leader

30 total - 27 not shared

Postgres
S3
Azure
Google Cloud
Hugging Face
SQLite
MySQL
Iceberg
Parquet
JSON
Arrow
Avro
Pandas
dplyr
Jupyter
Marimo
Claude
Cloudflare
ODBC
HTTP
Excel
Vortex
DuckLake
Lance
+3 more

Independently observed

StarRocks

18 total - 15 not shared

Apache Hudi
Apache Hive
Apache Kafka
Airbyte
Apache Superset
Min.IO
dbt Labs
Alibaba Cloud EMR
ByteDance Volcano Engine
CelerData
Mirrorship
Apache Flink
Grafana
Apache Paimon
dbt

Independently observed

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DuckDB or StarRocks: which one depends on you

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