Apache Iceberg vs Graviti

Apache Iceberg is a free, open-source table format for analytic datasets, including very large analytic tables. It is self-hosted and works through APIs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, using storage you provide. Engines such as Spark, Trino, Flink, Presto, Hive, and Impala can use the same tables. SQL commands support merging new data, updating rows, and targeted deletes. Columns can be added, renamed, or reordered without rewriting a table. Hidden partitioning creates partition values and skips unnecessary partitions and files. Table snapshots can be queried by version or timestamp, and tables can be rolled back. Atomic updates, serializable isolation, consistent snapshot reads, and optimistic concurrency support multiple writers. Integrations include Kafka Connect and catalogs such as AWS Glue, JDBC, and Nessie. Encryption supports AWS, Azure, or GCP KMS clients, including custom clients. Version 1.12.0 removes Spark 3.4 and Flink 2.0 support. The Apache License 2.0 applies.

Graviti is a data platform for organizing unstructured data used in analytics and AI. It brings raw files, metadata, and semantic data into one place, with customizable filters for querying the latter two. Datasets can be managed through commits and branches, using incremental versioning that avoids duplicating data. Supported material includes images, video, lidar formats such as .pnts, .pcd, .bin, .las, and .ply, as well as time-series and fusion datasets. Annotation options include Classification, Box, Polygon, Polyline, and Cuboid. Users can inspect data and annotation distributions online through lists, histograms, and pie charts without downloading datasets or writing code. Developers can work through a Python SDK, OpenAPI, or command-line interface. Processing workflows can run on commits or manually, and their jobs can use any programming language with Graviti APIs. The platform also offers role-based dataset access, GroundTruth Tools, and marketplace integrations. It is available through web and API. The Starter plan is free; paid plans start at $200/mo, and a 14-day trial is available.