# Apache Doris vs Databricks

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Databricks

| Attribute | Apache Doris | Databricks |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 51.1 (31% (low)) | 59.8 (48% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 15,817 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Apache Doris is an open-source, real-time database for modern analytics and AI. Run it shared-nothing on bare metal, or disaggregated on cloud object storage. | Databricks is a unified data, analytics, and AI platform for enterprises that combines data warehousing, machine learning, and AI agent capabilities through its lakehouse architecture and serverless Postgres offering (Lakebase). |
| features.capabilities | `{"deployment":"hybrid","architecture":"coupled_mpp","compute_model":"clusters","semi_structured":"first_class","streaming_ingest":true}` | `{"in_db_ml":true,"deployment":"managed","sql_dialect":"vendor","architecture":"separated","data_sharing":true,"compute_model":"serverless","license_class":"proprietary","table_formats":"Delta, Iceberg","semi_structured":"first_class","streaming_ingest":true,"concurrency_scaling":"automatic"}` |
| integrations.count | - | 6 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Teams"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Confluence"},{"name":"Power Platform"},{"name":"Copilot Studio"},{"name":"Zerobus"}]` |
| language.primary | C++ | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | - | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Open source, free","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://doris.apache.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T12:40:49.748Z"}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Data Engineering","summary":"From $0.15 / DBU per second","features":["Orchestrate data processing","Build streaming and batch pipelines","Ingest data from multiple sources"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"DBU"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.15,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Orchestrate data processing, machine learning and analytics pipelines","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Data Warehousing","summary":"From $0.22 / DBU per second","features":["SQL analytics","BI reporting","Available in Classic and Serverless compute"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"DBU"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.22,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Run SQL queries for BI reporting, analytics and visualization","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Interactive Workloads","summary":"From $0.40 / DBU per second","features":["Data science workloads","Build custom applications","Security and governance"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"DBU"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.4,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Run interactive data science and machine learning workloads","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Operational Database","summary":"From $0.069 / CU per second","features":["Postgres database","Data and feature serving"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"CU"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.069,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Fully-managed Postgres transactional database for data and feature serving","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Artificial Intelligence","summary":"From $0.07 / DBU per second","features":["GenAI applications","Model Serving","AI Functions","Model Training"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"DBU"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.07,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Build production-quality GenAI or ML applications","contactSales":false},{"free":true,"name":"Genie","summary":"From $0.07 / DBU beyond free usage","features":["Natural language Q&A","AI Coding Assistant","Enterprise Knowledge access"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"DBU"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.07,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"AI assistance for every team with natural language query access","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Pay-as-you-go usage-based pricing from $0.069 / DBU or CU per second. Committed Use Contracts available for volume discounts. Free tier available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://databricks.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T12:39:38.438Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.069,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 18 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/4.0.8","date":"2026-08-14T07:11:13Z","type":"stable","version":"4.0.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/4.1.3","date":"2026-07-13T02:08:40Z","type":"stable","version":"4.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/4.0.7","date":"2026-07-12T04:24:42Z","type":"stable","version":"4.0.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/4.1.2","date":"2026-06-17T10:53:46Z","type":"stable","version":"4.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/4.0.6","date":"2026-06-08T07:17:48Z","type":"stable","version":"4.0.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/4.1.1","date":"2026-05-25T01:56:19Z","type":"stable","version":"4.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/4.1.0","date":"2026-04-16T06:26:34Z","type":"stable","version":"4.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/4.0.5","date":"2026-03-31T02:50:34Z","type":"stable","version":"4.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/4.0.4-release","date":"2026-03-11T02:30:26Z","type":"stable","version":"4.0.4-release"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/4.0.3-rc03","date":"2026-01-30T07:11:12Z","type":"stable","version":"4.0.3-rc03"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/3.1.4-rc02","date":"2025-12-31T03:58:09Z","type":"stable","version":"3.1.4-rc02"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/4.0.2-rc02","date":"2025-12-15T01:57:00Z","type":"stable","version":"4.0.2-rc02"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/3.1.3-rc02","date":"2025-11-24T09:22:31Z","type":"stable","version":"3.1.3-rc02"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/4.0.1-rc02","date":"2025-11-05T15:11:05Z","type":"stable","version":"4.0.1-rc02"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/3.1.2-rc01","date":"2025-10-27T09:11:05Z","type":"stable","version":"3.1.2-rc01"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/4.0.0-rc02","date":"2025-10-14T03:12:45Z","type":"stable","version":"4.0.0-rc02"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/3.1.1-rc01","date":"2025-09-25T08:03:20Z","type":"stable","version":"3.1.1-rc01"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/3.1.0-rc01","date":"2025-09-03T08:43:32Z","type":"stable","version":"3.1.0-rc01"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/3.0.8-rc01","date":"2025-09-08T15:38:48Z","type":"stable","version":"3.0.8-rc01"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/doris/releases/tag/2.1.11-rc01","date":"2025-08-15T06:45:39Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.11-rc01"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fapache%2Fdoris&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Data Warehouse Software)

| Capability | Apache Doris | Databricks |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Hybrid | Managed cloud |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Architecture | Coupled MPP | Separated storage/compute |
| Compute model | Clusters | Serverless |
| **Query** |  |  |
| SQL dialect | - | Vendor-specific |
| Federation / lakehouse query-in-place | - | - |
| **Interoperability** |  |  |
| Table-format support | - | Delta, 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 | - | Proprietary |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:49:34.133Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*