Apache Drill
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What both publish
| Fact | Apache Drill | Stardog |
|---|---|---|
| BI integrations | The site names Tableau, Qlik, MicroStrategy, Spotfire, SAS, and Excel as tools that can connect using Drill's JDBC and ODBC drivers. | The BI/SQL server is documented for Tableau, Power BI, cumul.io, Apache Superset, Siren, IBM Cognos, Metabase and RapidMiner. |
| Deployment | Drill can run embedded on a laptop or in distributed mode on a cluster of servers. | Stardog can run as a managed AWS cloud service, in customer cloud environments, or on premises through Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Marketplace, and Azure Marketplace. |
| License | The Apache Drill site identifies the project as licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. | Stardog Free is proprietary, licensed software and the pricing FAQ explicitly says it is not open source. |
| Purpose | Apache Drill is a schema-free SQL query engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and cloud storage. | Stardog connects enterprise data into a semantic layer for AI, analytics, search, and applications. |
Apache Drill plans
- Apache DrillFree
Stardog plans
- Stardog Cloud FreeFree
- Stardog FreeFree
- Stardog Cloud EnterprisePriced on request
- Stardog EnterprisePriced on request
Pick Apache Drill if…
It suits users who want to query raw data across Hadoop, NoSQL, cloud, or local sources, and developers building applications with its REST API. BI users can connect through the listed JDBC and ODBC drivers.
Pick Stardog if…
Stardog suits organizations that need to unify data across cloud and on-premises sources for analytics, AI, search, or applications. It is also relevant to teams that need graph-based data modeling, standards-based querying, and deployment options spanning managed cloud and self-hosting.