Columnar Databases
Alternatives to Apache Kudu
The tools Specifiction weighs against Apache Kudu, from its list of columnar databases, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.
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Amazon Timestream It suits teams needing managed time-series storage, retention policies, scaling and AWS-connected ingestion.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.5 Visit Specs - 02 CrateDB Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.2 Visit Specs
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Databend From $23/mo Free plan Open source Web · macOS · Linux · API9.2 Visit Specs - 04
ClickHouse Cloud From $25.30/mo Free trial Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.1 Visit Specs - 05
Exasol Exasol SaaS is described for organizations needing multi-departmental analytics, in-database machine learning or AI, and complex data integration or virtualization.
From $3.30/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.1 Visit Specs - 06 Apache Druid
Druid suits teams building user-facing analytics or working with streaming data, low-latency queries and ad hoc exploration.
Free plan Web · macOS · Linux · API9.0 Visit Specs - 07
Amazon Redshift It suits teams running SQL analytics, dashboards, application workloads, data sharing, or ETL in the cloud.
From $0.54/mo Free trial Web · API8.3 Visit Specs - 08
IBM Db2 Db2 suits enterprise applications, AI assistants, cloud-native data-intensive applications, and CRM or ERP systems.
From $630/mo Free plan Web · Windows · Linux · API8.3 Visit Specs - 09
InfluxDB InfluxDB suits teams working with timestamped data for industrial operations, observability or AI applications.
From $0.01/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.3 Visit Specs - 10
Apache Pinot Apache Pinot suits teams building real-time analytics or user-facing applications with streaming and batch data.
Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted8.2 Visit Specs - 11
DuckDB UI DuckDB UI suits DuckDB users who want to explore local data through a browser-based SQL notebook and table tools.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.0 Visit Specs - 12
Firebolt Firebolt suits engineers building analytical workloads who want Postgres-compatible SQL and a choice of self-managed or managed deployment.
Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted7.9 Visit Specs - 13
QuestDB QuestDB suits teams building time-series workloads that need SQL querying and low-latency ingestion.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.9 Visit Specs - 14 SAP Customer Data Platform
It suits organizations that need to unify customer profiles across B2B or B2C use cases and coordinate permitted data with engagement systems.
From $1.15/mo Web · API7.9 Visit Specs - 15 GreptimeDB
GreptimeDB suits teams handling time-indexed observability or IoT data that want SQL and PromQL querying.
From $290/mo Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.8 Visit Specs - 16
MonetDB MonetDB suits teams doing data warehousing, bulk processing, business intelligence, or scientific analysis who can self-host a database.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API7.8 Visit Specs - 17 MotherDuck
It suits data teams, app developers, and AI agents that need cloud data warehousing, sharing, pipelines, or visualizations.
From $250/mo Free plan Web · API7.8 Visit Specs - 18 Yellowbrick Data Warehouse
Yellowbrick is aimed at enterprises with demanding analytics workloads or data residency and security requirements.
From $0.28/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.8 Visit Specs - 19
Apache Doris Linux · API · Self-hosted7.7 Visit Specs - 20 StarRocks Free plan Linux · Self-hosted7.3 Visit Specs
- 21 Couchbase Capella From $0.15/mo Free plan Web7.2 Visit Specs
- 22 MariaDB Enterprise Analytics Linux · Self-hosted6.8 Visit Specs
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Azure Synapse Analytics Web6.2 Visit Specs - 24 SAP Master Data Governance Web5.8 Visit Specs
- 25 Google BigQuery Web5.5 Visit Specs
- 26 Snowflake Notebooks Web5.2 Visit Specs
Apache Kudu, head to head
- Apache Kudu vs Amazon Timestream
- Apache Kudu vs CrateDB
- Apache Kudu vs Databend
- Apache Kudu vs ClickHouse Cloud
- Apache Kudu vs Exasol
- Apache Kudu vs Apache Druid
- Apache Kudu vs Amazon Redshift
- Apache Kudu vs IBM Db2
- Apache Kudu vs InfluxDB
- Apache Kudu vs Apache Pinot
- Apache Kudu vs DuckDB UI
- Apache Kudu vs Firebolt