Snowflake

Hosted data warehouse with separate storage and compute. A closed product from Snowflake.

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5 alternatives to Snowflake
Tool	Fit	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
ClickHouse	Full replacement	50k	Apache-2.0	Open source	Yes	C++	v26.8.19.9-lts	2026-10-06
Apache Doris	Full replacement	16k	Apache-2.0	Open source	Yes	Java	4.1.4.1	2026-10-05
StarRocks	Full replacement	12k	Apache-2.0	Open source	Yes	Java	4.1.3	2026-10-06
Databend	Full replacement	9.5k	Other	Open core	Yes	Rust	v1.2.881	2026-10-06
DuckDB	Partial	42k	MIT	Open source	Yes	C++	v1.5.6	2026-10-06

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5 alternatives

ClickHouse Full replacement

ClickHouse® is a real-time analytics database management system

Columnar SQL analytics on your own servers or object storage.

Language: C++
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 50k
Latest: v26.8.19.9-lts
Last push: 2026-10-06

Apache Doris Full replacement

Apache Doris is a real-time analytics and hybrid search database for AI agents.

MPP analytical database with a MySQL-compatible protocol and lakehouse queries.

Language: Java
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 16k
Latest: 4.1.4.1
Last push: 2026-10-05

StarRocks Full replacement

The world's fastest open query engine for sub-second analytics both on and off the data lakehouse. With the flexibility to support nearly any scenario, StarRocks provides best-in-class performance for multi-dimensional analytics, real-time analytics, and ad-hoc queries. A Linux Foundation project.

MPP analytics on local or lake data, with a MySQL-compatible protocol.