Starburst Galaxy
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| Fact | Starburst Galaxy | Teiid |
|---|---|---|
| Connectors | Starburst says Galaxy has more than 50 data sources and names Amazon S3, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, and Azure Blob among its connectors. | Built-in translators are listed for Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and files, and custom translators can be created. |
| Federated queries | Galaxy can federate queries across data lakes and data warehouses in a single SQL query without copying data. | Teiid can join and union data across dissimilar sources so they appear as one source to an application. |
| Security | Galaxy supports fine-grained RBAC and ABAC, end-to-end encryption, AI-powered data classification, and private connectivity; Starburst describes it as SOC 2 Type II certified and HIPAA-ready. | The site describes Teiid as providing secure data access and says Spring Boot projects can select security integration among their dependencies. |
| Support | Galaxy users can contact Starburst support professionals from within the product UI. | The site directs users to community channels including Stack Overflow, a legacy forum, GitHub, and project issue trackers. |
Starburst Galaxy plans
- FreeFree
- ProPriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
- Mission-CriticalPriced on request
Teiid plans
- TeiidFree
Pick Starburst Galaxy if…
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.
Pick Teiid if…
Teiid suits Java developers integrating multiple enterprise data sources, particularly those targeting OpenShift. It may be a poor fit for big-data, LDAP-style virtualization, or primarily streaming workloads.