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| Fact | Starburst Galaxy | Stardog |
|---|---|---|
| API | The Galaxy API is a REST API over TLS/HTTPS, and its authentication tokens expire after 10 minutes. | Unified data is exposed through a REST API and a SQL-compatible BI server. |
| Connectors | Starburst says Galaxy has more than 50 data sources and names Amazon S3, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, and Azure Blob among its connectors. | Stardog connects to more than 80 enterprise sources and offers a generic REST connector for bespoke applications. |
| Founded | 2017 | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | New York, New York, United States |
It suits organizations that want to query data across sources without moving it and do not have resources to manage complex data clusters. Teams should account for usage-based billing when estimating costs.
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.