Baidu EasyDAP vs Qubole

Baidu EasyDAP8.9Visit Qubole8.3Visit

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

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Qubole #7 in Data Lake Software 8.3/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Qubole

• Baidu EasyDAP fits best

  Multi-source governed data platforms

• Qubole fits best

  Managed analytics-heavy data lakes

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Side by side

Feature	Baidu EasyDAP 8.9/10 Visit ↗	Qubole 8.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.3
Ranking	#3 in Data Lake Software	#7 in Data Lake Software
Best for	Multi-source governed data platforms	Managed analytics-heavy data lakes
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	—
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Tickets, Docs, Phone	Email, Docs
Compliance	SSO/SAML	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA
Integrations	20 integrations	14 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Baidu EasyDAP 4/4 · Qubole 3/4
Metadata catalog	✓	✓
Governance controls	✓	✓
Open table formats	✓ (best)	—
Data sharing	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Cloud
Ingestion modes	Both	Both
Query interface	Both	Both
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	Managed Spark, Presto, Hive, and Airflow engines Batch and streaming pipelines with Kafka and Kinesis ingestion Governance, metadata discovery, autoscaling, and BI connectivity
Cons	No permanently free plan is offered Edition fees are separate from usage-based resource charges The verified starting price is CNY 2,000	No free plan beyond the 30-day trial Modern open table formats are not supported The product is focused on cloud deployment rather than local use
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 →	Qubole is a cloud-native, multi-cloud data lake platform for data engineers, analysts, data scientists, and administrators. It combines managed Apache Spark, Presto, Hive, and Airflow with batch and streaming pipelines, SQL analytics,… 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

• Qubole — where it wins

  • Managed Spark, Presto, Hive, and Airflow engines
  • Batch and streaming pipelines with Kafka and Kinesis ingestion
  • Governance, metadata discovery, autoscaling, and BI connectivity

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan beyond the 30-day trial
  • Modern open table formats are not supported
  • The product is focused on cloud deployment rather than local use

• Baidu EasyDAP8.9/10 · Paid

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

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• Qubole8.3/10 · 30-day trial

  A managed, analytics-focused data lake with broad engine, pipeline, and BI support.

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