Baidu EasyDAP vs lakeFS

Baidu EasyDAP8.9Visit lakeFS8.5Visit

Higher score Baidu EasyDAP #3 in Data Lake Software 8.9/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Baidu EasyDAP

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lakeFS #6 in Data Lake Software 8.5/10 Free plan · pricing on request · 15-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit lakeFS

• Baidu EasyDAP fits best

  Multi-source governed data platforms

• lakeFS fits best

  Versioned, governed data lakes

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Side by side

Feature	Baidu EasyDAP 8.9/10 Visit ↗	lakeFS 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.5
Ranking	#3 in Data Lake Software	#6 in Data Lake Software
Best for	Multi-source governed data platforms	Versioned, governed data lakes
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	—
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	15 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Tickets, Docs, Phone	Community, Docs
Compliance	SSO/SAML	SOC 2, SSO/SAML
Integrations	20 integrations	20 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Baidu EasyDAP 4/4 · lakeFS 4/4
Metadata catalog	✓	✓
Governance controls	✓	✓
Open table formats	✓	✓
Data sharing	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Hybrid
Ingestion modes	Both	Not checked yet
Query interface	Both	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Combines batch and real-time ingestion across varied enterprise sources Provides visual pipelines, federated SQL, governance, and lineage Supports SaaS delivery and private deployment for enterprise networks	Git-like branching, merges, tags, and rollbacks for data Free-forever open-source edition with zero-copy branching Broad integrations across analytics, catalogs, ML, and storage
Cons	No permanently free plan is offered Edition fees are separate from usage-based resource charges The verified starting price is CNY 2,000	More specialized in versioning than ingestion and querying Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales Enterprise trial is separate from the permanent Community edition
Our verdict	Baidu EasyDAP is a data lake management and analytics platform for enterprises and teams building governed data environments. It combines lake storage management for BOS and HDFS with metadata management, batch and streaming ingestion,… Read the review →	lakeFS is an open-source and commercial data version-control platform for data, AI, and ML teams. It adds Git-like branching, commits, merges, rollbacks, tags, hooks, audit trails, lineage, and zero-copy data environments over object… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Baidu EasyDAP — where it wins

  • Combines batch and real-time ingestion across varied enterprise sources
  • Provides visual pipelines, federated SQL, governance, and lineage
  • Supports SaaS delivery and private deployment for enterprise networks

  Where it doesn't

  • No permanently free plan is offered
  • Edition fees are separate from usage-based resource charges
  • The verified starting price is CNY 2,000

• lakeFS — where it wins

  • Git-like branching, merges, tags, and rollbacks for data
  • Free-forever open-source edition with zero-copy branching
  • Broad integrations across analytics, catalogs, ML, and storage

  Where it doesn't

  • More specialized in versioning than ingestion and querying
  • Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
  • Enterprise trial is separate from the permanent Community edition

• Baidu EasyDAP8.9/10 · Paid

  A broad governed data platform for multi-source batch, streaming, SQL, and data services.

  Visit Baidu EasyDAPFull verdict →
• lakeFS8.5/10 · Free plan · pricing on request · 15-day trial

  A governed, Git-like control layer for versioned data lakes.

  Visit lakeFSFull verdict →