Feast
An open source platform for managing and serving feature data to machine learning and AI applications at scale
- Also known as
- feast
What is Feast?
Feast manages feature infrastructure for machine learning, providing historical feature retrieval for model training and real-time feature serving for inference. It ensures features are consistent across training and production, point-in-time correct, and abstracts underlying data storage systems.
Feast pricing
We don't have Feast'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 Feast does
The capabilities that matter for feature stores, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Point in time correctness
- ✓
- Feature registry catalog
- ✓
- Streaming features
- ✓
- On demand transforms
- ✓
- Deployment model
- Self hosted
- Drift monitoring
- ✓
- Embeddings vector support
- ✓
- Multi cloud
- ✓
- RBAC governance
- ✓
- Lineage tracking
- ✓
- Pricing model
- Open source self host
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Linux
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (35)
Independently observed- Apache Iceberg
- Databricks
- Snowflake
- AWS Glue
- AWS EMR
- Unity Catalog
- Hadoop
- DynamoDB
- Redis
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Milvus
- ClickHouse
- FAISS
- Apache Spark
- MLflow
- OpenLineage
- dbt
- Amundsen
- DataHub
- Databricks Unity Catalog•
- Apache Polaris•
- Project Nessie•
- BigQuery•
- DuckDB•
- Spark•
- Ray•
- SQLite•
- Iceberg•
- ScyllaDB•
- Aerospike•
- Dask•
- AWS•
- GCP•
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 2 (1 in the last 12 months), max severity HIGH sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Feast FAQ
Common questions about Feast, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Feast?
A framework that manages feature data pipelines and serves structured features to machine learning models during both training and real-time inference at scale. It is indexed under Feature Stores.
Source: https://feast.dev
Is Feast free to use?
Feast 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://feast.dev
What platforms does Feast support?
Feast supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://feast.dev
Can Feast be self-hosted?
Yes. Feast can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://feast.dev
What does Feast integrate with?
We have confirmed 27 integrations for Feast, including Apache Iceberg, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS Glue, AWS EMR, Unity Catalog, Hadoop and DynamoDB, plus 19 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://feast.dev
Is Feast open source?
Yes. Feast 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.
Feast alternatives
Other feature stores we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- FeatureformA high-performance, in-memory database server optimized for real-time applications with support for caching, data structures, and vector searchlow · 19%
- Amazon SageMaker Feature StoreA managed repository for storing, sharing, and reusing machine learning features across your ML lifecyclemedium · 65%
- Hopsworks Feature StoreAn integrated platform that manages the complete machine learning lifecycle with real-time feature serving capabilitieslow · 26%
- ChalkA real-time data platform providing infrastructure for AI agents and modelslow · 8%
- TectonA database that handles transactions, analytics, and artificial intelligence simultaneouslylow · 26%
- FeathrA Jekyll theme for building searchable documentation websites with extensive customizationlow · 33%
Compare Feast
Side by side against other feature stores, 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 Feast, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 58 | 0.14 | 7.8 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 96 | 0.08 | 7.7 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 86 | 0.08 | 7.0 | ✓ |
| Stars | 73 | 0.05 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Security score | 57 | 0.05 | 3.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 35 | 0.05 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 36 | 0.05 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.14 | 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 | 67 | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 66% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Multi cloud: Yes · Pricing model: open-source-self-host · Rbac governance: Yes · Deployment model: self-hosted · Drift monitoring: Yes · Lineage tracking: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 16 | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Python | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
Security
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