OpenLake
OpenLake is a managed data lakehouse platform deployed in the customer’s cloud account.
What OpenLake is
OpenLake is a managed data lakehouse platform deployed in the customer’s cloud account. It combines components including Trino, Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, Apache Polaris, Superset, PostgreSQL, Neo4j, Elasticsearch, and Polars. Its web SQL workbench uses Trino and can draft queries from natural-language prompts grounded in catalogs a user can access. Teams can schedule and monitor ETL jobs written in Spark, Polars, Python, or Bash, including jobs on temporary Spark clusters. Analysts can launch preconfigured workstations through a browser or native client over a secure tunnel. The platform connects with Tableau, Power BI, databases, APIs, S3 feeds, and files, and includes AI-assisted cataloging and incident triage that can propose fixes. OpenLake describes controls such as SSO with enforced MFA, role-based access, managed secrets, network isolation, and audit logs. It supports offline deployment without internet egress. Pricing is determined through a custom pilot and one-week scoping assessment; no product price is listed. Its health-data FHIR-to-OMOP workflow was validated using synthetic patient data, not production PHI operations, and the product is not HIPAA-certified.
Good
- Deployed in the customer’s cloud account
- SQL, ETL scheduling, and cloud workstations
- Supports offline deployment without internet egress
- Access controls include MFA and audit logs
Watch out
- Not a HIPAA-certified product
- Health workflow validation used synthetic data
Who it suits
OpenLake is aimed at analysts, engineers, and administrators in regulated, sovereign, classified, or multi-account organizations that need data within their own boundary.
Verdict
OpenLake brings query, pipeline, catalog, and workstation tools into a customer-cloud deployment. Organizations should scope deployment and cost with the maker and account for their own compliance configuration and evidence.
Plans and prices
From OpenLake's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| OpenLake | Priced on request | Custom pilot plan; deployment scope and cost determined during a one-week assessment |
The facts
Each one read from OpenLake's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access and security
- The platform supports end-to-end SSO, MFA, role-based access, managed secrets, network isolation, and audit logging.checked 9 Oct 2026
- AI features
- OpenLake offers AI-assisted data cataloging, natural-language querying, and an incident-triage agent that can propose fixes.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Cloud workstations
- Users can launch encrypted, preconfigured analyst desktops in a browser or native client, reachable over a secure tunnel without public exposure.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- OpenLake says it is not a HIPAA-certified product and places compliance configuration and evidence within the customer's own boundary.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Core technologies
- The platform uses Trino, Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, Apache Superset, PostgreSQL, Neo4j, Elasticsearch, and Polars.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Core technology
- The platform includes Trino, Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, Apache Polaris, Apache Superset, PostgreSQL, Neo4j, Elasticsearch, and Polars.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The platform can be deployed to networks with no internet egress using offline artifacts and internal PKI.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Health data
- The health-data page describes a FHIR-to-OMOP workflow and says the path has been validated end to end using synthetic patient data.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Health data status
- The FHIR-to-OMOP flow has been validated using synthetic patient data; the maker says this is not a claim about production PHI operations.checked 9 Oct 2026
- HIPAA qualification
- The maker says OpenLake is not a HIPAA-certified product and describes compliance as depending on the customer’s boundary, configuration, and evidence.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The platform provides Apache Superset dashboards and BI connectivity for Tableau and Power BI.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Intended customers
- OpenLake positions the platform for regulated, sovereign, classified, and multi-account organizations that need data to remain within their own boundary.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The platform is aimed at analysts, engineers, and administrators, with the maker highlighting regulated, sovereign, classified, and multi-account organizations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Pipelines
- Users can schedule ETL jobs written in Spark, Polars, Python, or Bash, with cron scheduling and centralized logs.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Pricing
- The opened maker pages describe customer cloud infrastructure costs and offer a pilot plan with costs, but do not state a product price.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- OpenLake bundles open-source data lakehouse components into a managed platform deployed inside the customer's cloud account.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Querying
- Its Trino SQL workbench offers natural-language-to-SQL, schema-aware autocomplete, and query history.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security
- OpenLake describes end-to-end SSO with enforced MFA, role-based access, managed secrets, network isolation, and administrative audit logs.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support and delivery
- The maker offers a live demo, a one-week scoping assessment, and access to an embedded team for existing customers.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support and onboarding
- The maker describes an embedded engineering team, a one-week scoping assessment, and a customer support channel through the embedded team.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Air-gapped deployments
- OpenLake says it supports deployment in networks with no internet egress using offline artifacts and an internal identity model.checked 8 Oct 2026
Money
- Cost model
- OpenLake says it has no per-seat licenses or consumption credits and attributes query costs using CPU time and data scanned at customer-set rates.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Data ownership
- OpenLake says the deployment runs in the customer’s cloud account and uses open Apache Iceberg tables in customer-owned buckets.checked 8 Oct 2026
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