Dremio
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you are a mid-size or large org with lake-scale data on S3 and dedicated data engineers.
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Dremio vs Starburst
Dremio and Starburst both land on Depends.
Starburst
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you are a large organization with many data sources and engineers to run federation.
| Compare | Dremio | Starburst |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Enterprises with data lakes on S3 | Enterprises querying many data sources |
| Who it's not for | Small teams that just need a dashboard | Small teams doing simple analytics |
| Privacy | One known auth-bypass CVE (2025); otherwise strong posture . CVE Numbering Authority, certifications, build scanning.⁶ | Enterprise security and governance features marketed; 2021 Log4Shell advisory and 2024 Dell-appliance CVE patched; no breaches found in sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | No usable evidence | No usable evidence in sources reviewed |
| Public sentiment | Users praise the SQL simplicity and lakehouse speed but report heavy setup and a smaller community than Databricks or Snowflake.¹ | Users praise Starburst Galaxy's federated-query capabilities but frequently flag usage-based pricing as steep for smaller teams.12 |
| Biggest gotcha | Self-hosted OSS ships dependency CVEs; patching is on your team. | Galaxy is usage-based; smaller teams report costs feel steep13 |
Pick Dremio when
- Enterprises with data lakes on S3
- SQL-first BI and analytics teams
- Orgs building AI on lakehouse data
When Dremio is not a fit
- Small teams that just need a dashboard
- Anyone without dedicated data engineers
- Startups wanting predictable flat pricing
- Spark/ML-heavy shops better served by Databricks
Pick Starburst when
- Enterprises querying many data sources
- Teams avoiding data copies
- Apache Iceberg lakehouse adopters
- Orgs with dedicated data engineers
When Starburst is not a fit
- Small teams doing simple analytics
- Anyone wanting published, predictable pricing
- Startups without data engineering staff
- BI-dashboards-only needs
Sources
review
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- Pricing Options . Dremiodremio.comofficial
- Dremio Compute Units (DCUs)dremio.comofficial
- CVE-2025-2298 Detail . NVDnvd.nist.govsecurity
- Dremio Security Bulletinsdocs.dremio.comsecurity
- Dremio Acquired By SAP . Starburststarburst.ionews
news
review
- AWS Marketplace . Starburst Galaxy reviewsaws.amazon.comreview
- Starburst pricing detailsstarburst.ioofficial
- Starburst customers pagestarburst.ioofficial
- Series C press release ($100M, a16z)starburst.ionews
