Tech riderRev. 30 Sept 2026
HPCC Systems
- 1Runs onAPI, Browser, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
- 2CostsFree plan
- 3Deployment modelhybrid
- 4Ingestion modesboth
- 5Metadata catalogYes
- 6Governance controlsYes
- 7Query interfaceboth
- 8Data sharingYes
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Overview
HPCC Systems is ranked #1 of 17 in data lake software on Specifiction. It runs on API, Browser extension, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.
HPCC Systems plans and pricing
All plansCompared on data lake software
- Free plan
- Yeshpccsystems.com
- Deployment model
- hybridhpccsystems.com
- Ingestion modes
- bothhpccsystems.com
- Metadata catalog
- Yeshpccsystems.com
- Governance controls
- Yeshpccsystems.com
- Query interface
- bothhpccsystems.com
- Data sharing
- Yeshpccsystems.com
Facts
- Purpose
- HPCC Systems is an open-source, data-intensive supercomputing platform for enterprise big-data problems.hpccsystems.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Architecture
- The platform includes the ECL programming language, Thor data-refinery engine, and Roxie data-delivery engine.hpccsystems.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Data lake
- HPCC Systems is a dedicated end-to-end data-lake management platform for combining mixed-schema data.cdn.hpccsystems.com · 30 Sept 2026
- ECL
- ECL is a declarative, modular language whose compiler optimizes code for parallel processing and compiles it into C++.hpccsystems.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Processing
- Thor performs ingestion, transformation, linking and indexing, while Roxie serves high-performance concurrent queries.hpccsystems.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Scale
- Clusters can scale from two computers to more than a thousand commodity-hardware nodes.hpccsystems.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Cloud deployment
- The cloud-native platform runs on Kubernetes and supports Azure Kubernetes Service and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service.hpccsystems.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Storage
- The cloud-native storage plane supports AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, AWS Elastic Block Store, Azure Files and Azure Disks.hpccsystems.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Security
- Cloud-native security features include end-to-end encryption, Linkerd or Istio service meshes, OAuth 2.0 with Azure AD support, and JWT.hpccsystems.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Security controls
- Configurable security managers can protect landing zones, file scopes, recordset data, workunit execution and ESP services.hpccsystems.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Machine learning
- The Machine Learning Library provides ECL-accessible algorithms for building and testing qualitative or quantitative prediction models.hpccsystems.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- Official integrations include Spark, Kafka, Couchbase, Redis, Memcached, Pentaho, R, JDBC, Java APIs and Tableau data connectors.hpccsystems.com · 30 Sept 2026
- APIs
- ESP exposes ECL queries through XML, HTTP, SOAP and REST interfaces, and deployed queries can be called with REST/JSON.hpccsystems.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Operating systems
- A current supported Linux system is required for a single-node cluster; ECL IDE is available for Windows and only client tools are supported on Apple OSX.hpccsystems.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Support and training
- HPCC Systems provides public Stack Overflow community support, free online tutorials and free online training.hpccsystems.com · 30 Sept 2026
Company
- Founded
- 2000hpccsystems.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Atlanta metropolitan area, Georgia, United Stateshpccsystems.com · 28 Sept 2026
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Where it ranks on Specifiction
- Best Data Lake Software in 2026#1 of 17
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Sources
- hpccsystems.com/training/faqs/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- cdn.hpccsystems.com/pdf/HPCC-Systems-Brochure.pdf· checked 30 Sept 2026
- hpccsystems.com/platform/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- hpccsystems.com/about/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- hpccsystems.com/resources/securing-your-hpcc-systems-en· checked 30 Sept 2026
- hpccsystems.com/resources/using-your-favorite-language-· checked 30 Sept 2026
- hpccsystems.com/contact-us/· checked 30 Sept 2026




