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Delta Lake vs Greenplum Database

Delta Lake

delta.io

Greenplum Database

greenplum.org

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FigureDelta LakeGreenplum Database
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
LinuxYesYes
APIYesYes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published12
Spec score · Analytics Data8.5 (#6)8.2 (#11)
IntegrationsListed integrations include Apache Spark, Flink, Hive, Trino, Athena, BigQuery, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and Snowflake (Beta).The maker describes streaming ingestion with Tanzu Greenplum Streaming Server on Kubernetes and a certified standalone Apache NiFi connector for Greenplum 7.

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Delta Lake

  • Delta LakeFree

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Greenplum Database

  • Greenplum Database (open source)Free
  • VMware Tanzu GreenplumPriced on request

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Delta Lake

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Greenplum Database

Greenplum Database is a PostgreSQL-based, open-source data warehouse for analytics, machine learning, and AI. Its architecture spreads data and query work across a cluster: a coordinator divides queries among segment servers. The project describes it for large analytical warehouses and business intelligence, including petabyte-scale data. Query planning can use GPORCA alongside the PostgreSQL-based planner. Storage options include append-optimized row and column formats, with compression for column storage. PXF connectors connect to Hadoop, object stores including Azure, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO, and S3, and SQL databases through JDBC. External tables can be queried or used to load outside data; PXF also supports querying Apache Iceberg foreign tables. Clients can connect through psql, ODBC, or JDBC. Greenplum is available as a free open-source project under Apache 2, while the commercial VMware Tanzu Greenplum offering is priced on request. It supports on-premises deployment and data lakes. Documented access control covers object privileges; row-level and column-level access controls are not supported.

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