# Chalk vs Hopsworks Feature Store

| Attribute | Chalk | Hopsworks Feature Store |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 8.7 (3% (low)) | 43 (26% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Chalk is an infrastructure platform that provides feature engineering, real-time serving, and model management capabilities for machine learning applications. It enables teams to build production ML systems with sub-millisecond latency and works within your own cloud environment. | Provides centralized management of ML features, model artifacts, and deployment. Supports batch and real-time inference pipelines with flexible deployment options including cloud SaaS, on-premises, and air-gapped Kubernetes clusters. |
| integrations.count | 1 | 13 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Databricks"}]` | `[{"name":"Amazon AWS (EKS)"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform (GKE, Marketplace)"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure (AKS)"},{"name":"OVHCloud"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"Delta Lake"},{"name":"Apache Hudi"},{"name":"Great Expectations"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Ray"},{"name":"KServe"},{"name":"vLLM"}]` |
| market.availability | - | `{"hqCountry":"SE","primaryMarkets":["EU","US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free with 1 project, no credit card required","features":["1 project","Feature Store","Model Registry","Community support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"projects":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"SaaS","summary":"Usage-based pricing","features":["Unlimited projects","Model Serving","Platform SLA"],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"projects":"unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["All SaaS features","On-premise & air-gapped deployment","Dedicated support","Custom integrations","SLA guaranteed"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier (1 project). SaaS usage-based pricing. Custom Enterprise plans.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.hopsworks.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T09:09:19.359Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | - | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | no |

## Capabilities (Feature Stores)

| Capability | Chalk | Hopsworks Feature Store |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Point in time correctness | - | - |
| Feature registry catalog | - | - |
| Streaming features | - | - |
| On demand transforms | - | - |
| Deployment model | - | - |
| Drift monitoring | - | - |
| Embeddings vector support | - | - |
| Multi cloud | - | - |
| RBAC governance | - | - |
| Lineage tracking | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:28:17.645Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*