StarRocks
A fast, open-source analytical database engine delivering sub-second query performance at scale
- Also known as
- starrocks
What is StarRocks?
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.
StarRocks pricing
We don't have StarRocks's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Free and open source
What StarRocks 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
- Hybrid
- Architecture
- Separated storage/compute
- Compute model
- Clusters
- SQL dialect
- ANSI SQL
- Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
- ✓
- Table-format support
- Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, Apache Hive, Delta Lake
- Concurrency scaling
- Manual
- Streaming ingest
- ✓
- Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
- -
- ML / in-DB functions
- ✗
- Data sharing / marketplace
- ✗
- Licence class
- Source-available
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Linux
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- Self-hosted
Integrations (14)
Independently observed- Apache Iceberg
- Apache Hudi
- Apache Hive
- Delta Lake
- Apache Kafka
- Airbyte
- Apache Superset
- Min.IO
- dbt Labs
- Alibaba Cloud EMR
- AWS
- ByteDance Volcano Engine
- CelerData
- Mirrorship
StarRocks alternatives
Other data warehouse software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale 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 StarRocks, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 46 | 0.06 | 2.9 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 34 | 0.07 | 2.5 | ✓ |
| Stars | 0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Development activity | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.04 | 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.