# Apache Druid vs Snowflake

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Snowflake

| Attribute | Apache Druid | Snowflake |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 48.2 (54% (medium)) | 65.9 (63% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 264 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 14,045 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Apache Druid is an open source analytics database designed for fast queries and real-time data ingestion. It excels at powering UIs, running operational queries, and handling high concurrency. | Snowflake is a fully managed cloud data warehouse that handles data ingestion, processing, analytics, and AI model deployment. It enables zero-copy data sharing across teams, clouds, and external organizations while maintaining built-in governance and security. |
| features.capabilities | `{"deployment":"self","sql_dialect":"vendor","compute_model":"clusters","license_class":"permissive","streaming_ingest":true}` | `{"in_db_ml":true,"deployment":"managed","data_sharing":true,"compute_model":"virtual_warehouse","license_class":"proprietary","table_formats":"Apache Iceberg","semi_structured":"first_class","streaming_ingest":true,"concurrency_scaling":"automatic"}` |
| integrations.count | 2 | 750 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Apache Kafka"},{"name":"Amazon Kinesis"}]` | `[{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"Streamlit"},{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"PyTorch"},{"name":"NVIDIA"}]` |
| language.primary | Java | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Open source, free to use and deploy","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://druid.apache.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T16:48:48.287Z"}` | `{"type":"consumption","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard","description":"Entry-level offering with core platform functionality","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","description":"Most popular; addresses high-growth and large-scale customers with multi-cluster compute and extended governance","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Business Critical","description":"For highly regulated industries with Tri-Secret Secure, private connectivity, and disaster recovery","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Virtual Private Snowflake","description":"Dedicated isolated environment with all Business Critical features","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Consumption-based pricing by compute and storage usage; specific rates referenced in Snowflake Service Consumption Table","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing-options/?utm_content=body-text&mkt_tok=3p.ds&gclid=324","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:29:09.877Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 61 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-37.0.0","date":"2026-05-08T22:00:21Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-37.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-36.0.0","date":"2026-02-09T14:50:03Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-36.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-35.0.1","date":"2025-12-15T20:23:38Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-35.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-35.0.0","date":"2025-11-18T04:34:00Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-35.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-34.0.0","date":"2025-08-11T15:12:41Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-34.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-33.0.0","date":"2025-04-29T13:10:12Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-33.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-32.0.1","date":"2025-03-19T16:07:37Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-32.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-31.0.2","date":"2025-03-19T16:07:28Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-31.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-32.0.0","date":"2025-02-13T08:00:18Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-32.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-31.0.1","date":"2024-12-25T05:42:25Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-31.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-31.0.0","date":"2024-10-22T18:15:53Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-31.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-30.0.1","date":"2024-09-17T17:10:51Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-30.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-30.0.0","date":"2024-06-17T03:03:30Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-30.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-29.0.1","date":"2024-04-03T05:02:18Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-29.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-29.0.0","date":"2024-02-21T05:51:52Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-29.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-28.0.1","date":"2023-12-21T11:24:37Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-28.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-28.0.0","date":"2023-11-15T10:19:54Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-28.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-27.0.0","date":"2023-08-11T09:28:58Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-27.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-26.0.0","date":"2023-05-24T00:40:26Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-26.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/druid/releases/tag/druid-25.0.0","date":"2023-01-04T07:43:44Z","type":"stable","version":"druid-25.0.0"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.fedramp | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 7.4 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.apache.druid%3Adruid-processing&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Data Warehouse Software)

| Capability | Apache Druid | Snowflake |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Managed cloud |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Architecture | - | - |
| Compute model | Clusters | Virtual warehouses |
| **Query** |  |  |
| SQL dialect | Vendor-specific | - |
| Federation / lakehouse query-in-place | - | - |
| **Interoperability** |  |  |
| Table-format support | - | Apache Iceberg |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Concurrency scaling | - | Automatic |
| **Ingestion** |  |  |
| Streaming ingest | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Data model** |  |  |
| Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT) | - | First-class |
| **Analytics** |  |  |
| ML / in-DB functions | - | ✓ |
| **Sharing** |  |  |
| Data sharing / marketplace | - | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Permissive OSS | Proprietary |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:33:46.065Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*