Qubole

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What Qubole is

Qubole is a cloud data lake platform for data engineering, data management, streaming analysis, machine learning, data exploration, and ad-hoc analytics. It supports AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, with frameworks including Apache Spark, Presto, Hive/Hadoop, TensorFlow, and Airflow. Workbench lets users author, save, template, and share reports and queries. It includes optimized Presto SQL, Tableau and Looker integrations, and Git integration. The Assisted Pipeline Builder combines batch or streaming sources into streaming pipelines using fault-tolerant infrastructure.

Qubole says it automatically provisions, manages, and optimizes cloud resources, including workload-aware autoscaling and real-time spot buying. Its security controls include encryption, role-based access, and integration with cloud IAM, Active Directory, and LDAP. The platform states a 99.9% availability commitment, excluding scheduled and communicated maintenance. The full-featured trial lasts 30 days and can connect to a user’s data and chosen cloud. There is no free plan. Enterprise Edition costs $0.17 per QCU per hr under an annual contract, while On-Demand costs $0.24 per QCU per hr; both exclude user fees. The On-Demand plan lists those fees as $108/user per month, while the Enterprise Edition page does not state their amount.

Who it suits

Qubole suits organizations running data engineering, streaming, machine learning, or analytics workloads across cloud providers. It may also fit teams that need shared query and report workflows, pipeline building, and data access governance.

What it does well

Supports AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Supports Spark, Presto, Hive/Hadoop, TensorFlow, and Airflow.
Workbench supports sharing reports and queries.
Combines batch or streaming sources into streaming pipelines.
Includes encryption, role-based access, and directory integrations.
Includes support with Enterprise Edition and On-Demand plans.

What to know first

There is no free plan; the trial lasts 30 days.
Both paid plans exclude user fees.
Enterprise Edition requires an annual contract.
Open table formats are not supported.

Limits

The trial lasts 30 days, and there is no free plan. The cheapest listed paid plan, Enterprise Edition, costs $0.17 per QCU per hr, requires an annual contract, and excludes user fees.

Plans

Plan	Billed and limits	Price
Free Trial	Full-featured trial for 30 days · Connect to your own data · Connect to the cloud of your choice	Free
Enterprise Edition	per QCU per hr; requires annual contract; excludes user fees · Workload aware autoscaling and spot management · Qubole Cost Explorer · Adaptive Serverless Architecture · Support included	$0.17
On-Demand	per QCU per hr; excludes user fees of $108/user per month · Workload aware autoscaling and spot management · Qubole Cost Explorer · Adaptive Serverless Architecture · Support included	$0.24

As qubole.com lists them, read 2 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Getting started

Visit the Qubole platform website.
Start the full-featured 30-day trial.
Connect your own data and choose a cloud provider.
Select Enterprise Edition or On-Demand for paid use.
Review the user fees and, for Enterprise Edition, the annual contract requirement.

Verdict

Choose Qubole if you need a cloud data lake platform for multiple data workloads and cloud providers, with pipeline building and query tools. Look elsewhere if you need a free plan, support for open table formats, or pricing without additional user fees.

Questions

Does Qubole have a free plan?

No. It offers a full-featured 30-day trial.

How much do Qubole's paid plans cost?

Enterprise Edition is $0.17 per QCU per hr and requires an annual contract. On-Demand is $0.24 per QCU per hr. Both exclude user fees.

What user fees apply to On-Demand?

On-Demand excludes user fees of $108/user per month. The Enterprise Edition pricing page excludes user fees but does not state their amount.

Which cloud providers does Qubole support?

Qubole lists AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Which frameworks does Qubole support?

Listed frameworks include Apache Spark, Presto, Hive/Hadoop, TensorFlow, and Airflow.

Who makes Qubole?

Qubole is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States.

Facts from Qubole's own pages

Analytics: Its Workbench supports authoring, saving, templating, and sharing reports and queries, with optimized Presto SQL, Tableau and Looker integrations, and Git integration. · qubole.com, 2 Oct 2026
Availability: Qubole states a 99.9% availability commitment, excluding scheduled and communicated maintenance windows. · qubole.com, 2 Oct 2026
Clouds: Qubole Data Service documentation lists AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as supported cloud providers. · docs.qubole.com, 2 Oct 2026
Compliance: Qubole's trust page identifies a SOC 2 Type II report and describes third-party validation for SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI in its shared responsibility model. · qubole.com, 2 Oct 2026
Data workloads: Qubole supports data engineering, data management, streaming analysis, machine learning, and ad-hoc analytics workloads. · qubole.com, 2 Oct 2026
Engines: Qubole lists Apache Spark, Presto, Hive/Hadoop, TensorFlow, and Airflow among the open-source frameworks it supports. · qubole.com, 2 Oct 2026
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, United States · qubole.com, 28 Sept 2026
Integrations: Qubole's Spark page lists authenticated ODBC/JDBC connections for Tableau and Looker, REST API integrations including Airflow and Oozie, and data connectors including Snowflake, Redshift, Kafka, and Kinesis. · qubole.com, 2 Oct 2026
Pipeline building: The Assisted Pipeline Builder combines streaming or batch data sources into streaming pipelines, using fault-tolerant infrastructure. · qubole.com, 2 Oct 2026
Purpose: Qubole describes its platform as an open, secure, multi-cloud data lake platform for machine learning, streaming analytics, data exploration, and ad-hoc analytics. · qubole.com, 2 Oct 2026
Scaling and cost: Qubole says it automatically provisions, manages, and optimizes cloud resources, and highlights workload-aware autoscaling and real-time spot buying. · qubole.com, 2 Oct 2026
Security controls: Qubole describes encryption, role-based access controls, and integration with cloud IAM, Active Directory, and LDAP for data access governance. · qubole.com, 2 Oct 2026
Support: The pricing page says support is included with both Enterprise Edition and On-Demand plans. · qubole.com, 2 Oct 2026
Usage fees: The On-Demand price excludes user fees of $108 per user per month, while Enterprise Edition excludes user fees without stating their amount on the pricing page. · qubole.com, 2 Oct 2026

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