
Starburst Galaxy
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| Fact | Starburst Galaxy | Trino |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Trino supports TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3, password-file, LDAP, Salesforce, OAuth 2.0, certificate, JWT, and Kerberos authentication, plus file-based, Open Policy Agent, and Ranger access control. |
| Support | Galaxy users can contact Starburst support professionals from within the product UI. | The project directs users to Slack for help and GitHub issues for bug reports. |
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.
Trino suits data teams querying and combining data across systems for warehousing and analytics. It is not intended for general-purpose relational database or OLTP workloads.