Apache Druid
A real-time analytics database optimized for fast queries and high-concurrency workloads
- Also known as
- apache-druid
Available worldwide
What is Apache Druid?
A real-time analytics database designed for rapid data ingestion and querying, commonly used to power interactive dashboards and operational analytics applications.
Apache Druid pricing
We don't have Apache Druid's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Apache Druid does
The capabilities that matter for data warehouse software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Architecture
- -
- Compute model
- Clusters
- SQL dialect
- Vendor-specific
- Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
- -
- Table-format support
- -
- Concurrency scaling
- -
- Streaming ingest
- ✓
- Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
- -
- ML / in-DB functions
- -
- Data sharing / marketplace
- -
- Licence class
- Permissive OSS
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Self-hosted
Integrations (5)
Independently observed- Apache Kafka
- Amazon Kinesis
- Kafka
- Kinesis
- RabbitMQ
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Apache Druid FAQ
Common questions about Apache Druid, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Apache Druid?
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. It is indexed under Data Warehouse Software.
Source: https://druid.apache.org
Is Apache Druid free to use?
Apache Druid is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://druid.apache.org
What platforms does Apache Druid support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Apache Druid. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://druid.apache.org
Can Apache Druid be self-hosted?
Yes. Apache Druid can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://druid.apache.org
Is Apache Druid open source?
Yes. Apache Druid is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Source: https://github.com/apache/druid
Apache Druid alternatives
Other data warehouse software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- SingleStoreA real-time database platform for seamless integration with data lakes and lakehousesmedium · 72%
- Dremiomedium · 69%
- SnowflakeA fully managed cloud platform for data, analytics, and AI workloadsmedium · 65%
- Google BigQueryConvert a traditional data warehouse into an intelligent, AI-powered analytics platformmedium · 50%
- FireboltAn open-source distributed query engine for real-time and batch analytics, deployable from a laptop to enterprise clusters with per-second billing.medium · 74%
- Delta LakeAn open-source storage format that unifies data warehousing, analytics, and machine learning across query engines and infrastructure typesmedium · 60%
Compare Apache Druid
Side by side against other data warehouse software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Apache Druid, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 63 | 0.09 | 5.9 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 66 | 0.05 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Security score | 75 | 0.04 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 40 | 0.06 | 2.5 | ✓ |
| Stars | 78 | 0.03 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 0.06 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.07 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 67% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Deployment: self · Sql dialect: vendor · Compute model: clusters · License class: permissive · Streaming ingest: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Java | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-13 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Security
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