StarRocks

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Runs on Linux, self-hosted.

StarRocks is ranked #43 of 74 in database software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

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StarRocks Community Edition Free starrocks.io · 30 Sept 2026

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Product: StarRocks is a massively parallel processing analytical database designed for real-time analytics and sub-second queries at scale.
Query engine: Its fully vectorized execution engine processes data in columnar form and uses SIMD instructions.
Query optimizer: The cost-based optimizer includes common table expression reuse, subquery rewriting, join reordering, and distributed join strategy selection.
Materialized views: StarRocks can automatically update materialized views when base data changes and automatically rewrite queries to use suitable views.
Data lake analytics: It can query data in Apache Hive, Iceberg, Hudi, and Delta Lake through external catalogs without data migration.
Integrations: The integrations documentation lists Kafka, Flink, Tableau, Power BI, Datadog, JDBC, Airflow, dbt, and Superset among its integrations and tools.
Deployment: StarRocks can be deployed on public or private clouds and on-premises, with manual and Kubernetes deployment options.
Storage options: Shared-data deployments can use object storage including AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, HDFS, and MinIO.
Security: StarRocks supports SSL-encrypted connections and external authentication integrations for LDAP, JWT, and OAuth 2.0.
Access control: Its authorization options include native role-based and identity-based access control, with Apache Ranger integration.
License: StarRocks is licensed under Apache License 2.0.
Support: The project directs users to GitHub issues and a Slack community for questions and feedback.
Deployment prerequisite: The official binary packages support x86 deployments; ARM deployment files are prepared using the StarRocks Docker image.
Intended workloads: Documented use cases include multidimensional OLAP, real-time and high-concurrency analytics, ad hoc queries, and unified analytics.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Database Software in 2026#43 of 74
Best OLAP Software in 2026#15 of 31
Best OLAP Databases in 2026#15 of 28
Best Columnar Databases in 2026#13 of 25

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docs.starrocks.io/docs/introduction/what_is_starrocks/· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.starrocks.io/docs/introduction/Features/· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.starrocks.io/docs/integrations/· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.starrocks.io/docs/deployment/· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.starrocks.io/docs/administration/user_privs/authenti· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.starrocks.io/docs/best_practices/authentication_auth· checked 30 Sept 2026
starrocks.io· checked 30 Sept 2026
starrocks.io/download/community/index.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.starrocks.io/docs/deployment/preparation/prepare_dep· checked 30 Sept 2026