Apache Kylin vs StarRocks
| Apache Kylin | StarRocks | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | Free |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Web | Linux, self-hosted |
| Deployment | self_hosted | self_hosted |
| Query language | sql | sql |
| Real-time ingestion | Yes | Yes |
| Row-level security | Yes | Yes |
| Data source coverage | Hive, Kafka | object storage, local filesystems, HDFS, Kafka, Flink, Spark, Hive, Iceberg, Hudi, Delta Lake, Elasticsearch, Paimon, JDBC databases |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best OLAP Software, Best OLAP Databases. On The Geeks Club, StarRocks scores higher on our published basis.