Apache Doris vs Firebolt
Apache Doris
doris.apache.org
Firebolt
firebolt.ioSide by side
| Figure | Apache Doris | Firebolt |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Cloud Analytics Solutions | 7.7 (#14) | 8.2 (#7) |
| Spec score · OLAP Databases | 7.7 (#19) | 7.9 (#14) |
| Spec score · Analytical Data Store Software | 7.7 (#18) | 7.9 (#14) |
| Spec score · Analytics Databases | 7.7 (#20) | 8.0 (#13) |
| Spec score · Analytics Data | 7.8 (#20) | 8.0 (#15) |
| Spec score · OLAP Software | 7.7 (#22) | 7.9 (#18) |
| Spec score · Big Data Analytics Software | 7.7 (#21) | 7.8 (#19) |
| Spec score · Columnar Databases | 7.7 (#20) | 7.9 (#13) |
| Deployment | Doris supports integrated and storage-compute-decoupled deployments, with manual, Kubernetes, and cloud platform deployment options. | It runs as a single binary on a laptop or as a cluster of hundreds of nodes in your own cloud. |
| Integrations | The ecosystem page lists integrations including Superset, Tableau, Power BI, Kafka, Flink, Spark, OpenTelemetry, and dbt. | It integrates with Looker, Tableau, Power BI, Postgres-compatible tools, Go, JDBC, .NET, Node.js, Python, Rust, SQLAlchemy, and REST API clients. |
| Security | Documented security capabilities include built-in and LDAP authentication, RBAC, Apache Ranger integration, data encryption and masking, SSL transport encryption, and audit logs. | Firebolt lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27018, HIPAA support, GDPR alignment, MFA, RBAC, and encryption in transit and at rest. |
| Support | The project directs users to Slack for real-time questions and answers, GitHub for issues, and the mailing list for asynchronous discussion and decisions. | The pricing page lists audit logs, metrics, and support as managed-service capabilities. |
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In their own words
Apache Doris
Apache Doris has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Firebolt
Firebolt is an open-source analytical database for engineers, with Postgres-compatible SQL and options for self-managed or managed deployment. It can run as a single binary on a laptop or scale to a cluster of hundreds of nodes in a customer’s cloud. Firebolt is designed for sub-second query latency and high-concurrency analytics, and supports Apache Iceberg and DuckLake using open storage standards. Deployment choices include a single binary, Helm chart, Kubernetes Operator, and managed service. Firebolt Core is free forever for self-hosted use, with no usage limits; it cannot be used to build a hosted SaaS that competes with Firebolt’s managed service. Managed compute is billed per second, with scale-to-zero, automatic start and stop, and autoscaling. Object storage is pass-through at $0.0264 / GB·mo, and the managed service includes $200 free credits. AI capabilities include query and embedding functions, vector search, an MCP Server, and a preview agent. Self-managed availability includes AWS and GCP, with Azure in preview; the managed service is currently AWS-only.