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Apache Pinot

Ch 506.8of 74 Database Software
  1. 1Runs onAPI, self-hosted, Web
  2. 2CostsFree plan
  3. 3Real-time ingestionYes
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Overview

Apache Pinot is ranked #50 of 74 in database software on Specifiction, made by Apache Pinot (Wilmington, Delaware, United States). It runs on API, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.

Apache Pinot plans and pricing

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Apache Pinot Free Open-source distributed OLAP datastore · self-hosted deployment pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026

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Facts

Purpose
Apache Pinot is a real-time distributed OLAP datastore for low-latency, high-throughput analytics and user-facing workloads.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
Open source
Apache Pinot is an open-source distributed OLAP database.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
Query latency
Pinot advertises P90 query latencies in the tens of milliseconds on petabyte-scale data.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
Concurrency
Pinot can serve hundreds of thousands of concurrent queries per second.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
Streaming ingestion
Pinot ingests real-time data from Apache Kafka, Apache Pulsar, and AWS Kinesis.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
Batch ingestion
Pinot supports batch ingestion from Hadoop, Spark, AWS S3, Azure ADLS, and Google Cloud Storage.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
Unified tables
Pinot can combine batch and streaming sources into a single queryable table.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
Query interface
Pinot provides a SQL query editor and a REST API.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
Multitenancy
Pinot provides isolated logical namespaces for cloud-friendly resource management and data security.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
BI integrations
The documentation lists Superset, Tableau, and Power BI as BI tools that can connect to Pinot.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
Client libraries
Pinot provides JDBC, Java, Python, and Golang clients for external applications.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
Authentication and authorization
Pinot supports HTTP Basic Authentication and ACLs for controller and broker access.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
Transport security
Pinot supports TLS and mutual TLS for encrypted and authenticated connections.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
Row-level security
Pinot 1.4.0 and later supports row-level security filters for per-user row visibility.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
Deployment
The official quick install supports Docker and Kubernetes with Helm.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
Support
The project provides Slack, mailing lists, GitHub Issues, and community meetups for questions and discussion.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026

Company

Founded
2013pinot.apache.org · 28 Sept 2026

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