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Delta Lake vs Dolt

Delta Lake

delta.io

Dolt

dolthub.com

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FigureDelta LakeDolt
Price fromFree$5/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
Web—Yes
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
LinuxYesYes
APIYesYes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published13
Spec score · Data Version Control Tools8.5 (#9)8.4 (#11)
What it doesDelta Lake is an open-source storage framework for building format-agnostic lakehouse architectures on data lakes.Dolt is a SQL database that supports fork, clone, branch, merge, push and pull like a Git repository.

Plans

Delta Lake

  • Delta LakeFree

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Dolt

  • DoltFree
  • DoltHub Pro$5 a month
  • Hosted Dolt trial instance$50 a month

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In their own words

Delta Lake

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Dolt

Dolt is a SQL database for managing data with version-control operations. Users can fork, clone, branch, merge, push and pull databases, then inspect commits, compare diffs, resolve SQL conflicts and revert commits. It can be connected to like a MySQL database or deployed as a versioned MySQL replica. DoltHub hosts public data and provides a web interface for editing and pull-request review; databases are public by default, with private databases available to Pro users or organizations. DoltLab is a self-hosted option for running DoltHub on a private network or development machine. Connector libraries include JDBC, Perl DBI, MySQL Connector/Python and Go sqlx/database/sql; listed framework integrations include Django, SQLAlchemy, Prisma, Laravel, Hibernate, GORM, Rails and FastAPI. Hosted Dolt includes a web SQL workbench, nightly full backups retained for 14 days, and AWS and GCP private networking. Dolt is free and open source. DoltHub Pro is $5 a month; a Hosted Dolt trial instance is $50 a month.

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