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Best Starburst Galaxy Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from query engine software ranked against Starburst Galaxy on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Comunica Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.7
    Starburst Galaxy vs Comunica
  2. 2
    Apache Drill Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Starburst Galaxy vs Apache Drill
  3. 3
    Apache Hive Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Starburst Galaxy vs Apache Hive
  4. 4
    Apache Kylin Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.5
    Starburst Galaxy vs Apache Kylin
  5. 5
    Denodo Platform Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin Free6.5
    Starburst Galaxy vs Denodo Platform
  6. 6
    PrestoDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.5
    Starburst Galaxy vs PrestoDB
  7. 8
    Apache Arrow DataFusion Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.4
    Starburst Galaxy vs Apache Arrow DataFusion
  8. 9
    Apache Impala Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hosted Free6.4
    Starburst Galaxy vs Apache Impala
  9. 10
    Databricks Notebooks Free plan Web Free6.4
    Starburst Galaxy vs Databricks Notebooks
  10. 11
    Firebolt Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Starburst Galaxy vs Firebolt
  11. 12
    Starburst Enterprise Context Layer Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Starburst Galaxy vs Starburst Enterprise Context Layer
  12. 13
    Teiid Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.4
    Starburst Galaxy vs Teiid
  13. 14
    Trino Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Starburst Galaxy vs Trino
  14. 15
    Ontop apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 5.6
    Starburst Galaxy vs Ontop
  15. 16
    BigQuery Data Clean Rooms apiWeb 5.5
    Starburst Galaxy vs BigQuery Data Clean Rooms
  16. 17
    Cloudera Data Lake Service apiWeb 5.4
    Starburst Galaxy vs Cloudera Data Lake Service
  17. 18
    Query apiWeb 5.4
    Starburst Galaxy vs Query
  18. 19
    Spotfire Data Virtualization LinuxWebWin 5.4
    Starburst Galaxy vs Spotfire Data Virtualization
  19. 20
    Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute Web $0.05/mo5.3
    Starburst Galaxy vs Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute
  20. 21
    Dremio Web 5.3
    Starburst Galaxy vs Dremio

Starburst Galaxy alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Comunica6.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Apache Drill6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
3Apache Hive6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
4Apache Kylin6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
5Denodo Platform6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6PrestoDB6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
8Apache Arrow DataFusion6.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
9Apache Impala6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted
10Databricks Notebooks6.4Free planFreeWeb
11Firebolt6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
12Starburst Enterprise Context Layer6.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
13Teiid6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
14Trino6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
15Ontop5.6API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
16BigQuery Data Clean Rooms5.5API, Web
17Cloudera Data Lake Service5.4API, Web
18Query5.4API, Web
19Spotfire Data Virtualization5.4Linux, Web, Windows
20Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute5.3$0.05/moWeb
21Dremio5.3Web
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Questions about Starburst Galaxy alternatives

What is the best alternative to Starburst Galaxy?

Comunica, number 1 in query engine software with a score of 6.7 out of 10. The others here: Apache Drill, Apache Hive, Apache Kylin and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Starburst Galaxy?

Comunica is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 13 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.