# Databricks vs StarRocks

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Databricks

| Attribute | Databricks | StarRocks |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 59.8 (48% (low)) | 39.4 (14% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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). | An open-source analytical database optimized for real-time analytics with sub-second latency on complex queries. It queries directly from open lakehouse formats like Iceberg and Delta Lake without data copying, and handles high-concurrency workloads for AI agents and analytics. |
| features.capabilities | `{"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"}` | `{"in_db_ml":false,"deployment":"hybrid","sql_dialect":"ansi","architecture":"separated","data_sharing":false,"compute_model":"clusters","license_class":"source_available","table_formats":"Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, Apache Hive, Delta Lake","federation_query":true,"streaming_ingest":true,"concurrency_scaling":"manual"}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | 14 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Teams"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Confluence"},{"name":"Power Platform"},{"name":"Copilot Studio"},{"name":"Zerobus"}]` | `[{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"Apache Hudi"},{"name":"Apache Hive"},{"name":"Delta Lake"},{"name":"Apache Kafka"},{"name":"Airbyte"},{"name":"Apache Superset"},{"name":"Min.IO"},{"name":"dbt Labs"},{"name":"Alibaba Cloud EMR"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"ByteDance Volcano Engine"},{"name":"CelerData"},{"name":"Mirrorship"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"}}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.starrocks.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-16T21:36:41.823Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Data Warehouse Software)

| Capability | Databricks | StarRocks |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Managed cloud | Hybrid |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Architecture | Separated storage/compute | Separated storage/compute |
| Compute model | Serverless | Clusters |
| **Query** |  |  |
| SQL dialect | Vendor-specific | ANSI SQL |
| Federation / lakehouse query-in-place | - | ✓ |
| **Interoperability** |  |  |
| Table-format support | Delta, Iceberg | Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, Apache Hive, Delta Lake |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Concurrency scaling | Automatic | Manual |
| **Ingestion** |  |  |
| Streaming ingest | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Data model** |  |  |
| Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT) | First-class | - |
| **Analytics** |  |  |
| ML / in-DB functions | ✓ | ✗ |
| **Sharing** |  |  |
| Data sharing / marketplace | ✓ | ✗ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Proprietary | Source-available |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:47:31.820Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*