Starburst Galaxy vs Onehouse Cloud

Starburst Galaxy8.8Visit Onehouse Cloud8.3Visit

Higher score Starburst Galaxy #4 in Data Lakehouse Platforms 8.8/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 4 features Try Starburst Galaxy

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Onehouse Cloud #8 in Data Lakehouse Platforms 8.3/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Onehouse Cloud

• Starburst Galaxy fits best

  Managed federated SQL with enterprise identity controls

• Onehouse Cloud fits best

  Open-format lakehouse optimization and CDC

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Side by side

Feature	Starburst Galaxy 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Onehouse Cloud 8.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.3
Ranking	#4 in Data Lakehouse Platforms	#8 in Data Lakehouse Platforms
Best for	Managed federated SQL with enterprise identity controls	Open-format lakehouse optimization and CDC
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$0.50/unit usage-based	Not checked yet
Free plan	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Live chat, Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7	Email, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO/SAML	SOC 2, PCI DSS
Integrations	50+ integrations	12 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Starburst Galaxy 4/4 · Onehouse Cloud 4/4
SQL analytics	✓	✓
ACID transactions	✓	✓
Streaming ingestion	✓	✓
Governance catalog	✓	✓
Specs
Storage model	Both	Both
Table format support	Open	Both
Our review
Pros	Federated SQL across lakes, warehouses, databases, and streaming systems Iceberg tables with snapshots, time travel, and Kafka streaming ingestion SAML SSO, SCIM, row filters, column masking, and REST automation	Supports Apache Hudi, Apache Iceberg, and Delta Lake Combines SQL, Spark, streaming, and database CDC pipelines Synchronizes external catalogs and access controls
Cons	Usage-based pricing is charged per compute credit Cloud-only coverage may not fit self-hosted deployment requirements Advanced capabilities are reserved for higher paid tiers	Customers pay their own cloud infrastructure costs Requires a customer virtual private cloud deployment Founded in 2021, with a shorter operating history
Our verdict	Starburst Galaxy is a fully managed cloud data lake analytics platform built on Trino. It is designed for data teams and enterprises that need interactive, batch, federated, and lakehouse analytics without copying data between systems.… Read the review →	Onehouse Cloud is a managed data lakehouse platform for data engineering, analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine-learning workloads. It runs in the customer's virtual private cloud and supports ingestion from streaming, database,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Starburst Galaxy — where it wins

  • Federated SQL across lakes, warehouses, databases, and streaming systems
  • Iceberg tables with snapshots, time travel, and Kafka streaming ingestion
  • SAML SSO, SCIM, row filters, column masking, and REST automation

  Where it doesn't

  • Usage-based pricing is charged per compute credit
  • Cloud-only coverage may not fit self-hosted deployment requirements
  • Advanced capabilities are reserved for higher paid tiers

• Onehouse Cloud — where it wins

  • Supports Apache Hudi, Apache Iceberg, and Delta Lake
  • Combines SQL, Spark, streaming, and database CDC pipelines
  • Synchronizes external catalogs and access controls

  Where it doesn't

  • Customers pay their own cloud infrastructure costs
  • Requires a customer virtual private cloud deployment
  • Founded in 2021, with a shorter operating history

• Starburst Galaxy8.8/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A managed Trino-based lakehouse platform for federated SQL and governed analytics.

  Try Starburst GalaxyFull verdict →
• Onehouse Cloud8.3/10 · Paid

  A flexible open-format lakehouse for teams combining Spark, SQL, streaming, and CDC.

  Visit Onehouse CloudFull verdict →