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Alternatives to Apache Doris
22 databases tools sit alongside Apache Doris in this directory. Below is what separates each from Apache Doris on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 17
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Apache Doris starts at
- Free
Why people look past Apache Doris
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Apache Doris entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Apache Doris publishes a single plan, Apache Doris at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Fast open-source column-oriented database for real-time analytics
Priced and rated the same as Apache Doris on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Real-time analytics database for sub-second OLAP queries
- Sold on a open-source model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
The AI Data Cloud for enterprise data warehousing
- 4 tiers to Apache Doris's 1.
The Meta-lineage distributed SQL query engine, distinct from the Trino fork
Priced and rated the same as Apache Doris on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Erlang MQTT broker for large IoT fleets, relicensed to BSL with production free use limited to one node
- Publishes an entry price of $234/month, where Apache Doris does not.
- Sold on a Per month by connection and session volume model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 4 tiers to Apache Doris's 1.
Apache 2.0 MPP analytical database built for joins on open table formats
- 2 tiers to Apache Doris's 1.
Every Apache Doris alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Doris (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | |
| ClickHouseIf you want the fastest raw scan performance and a much larger English-language community and managed cloud | Free | - | - | vs Apache Doris |
| Apache DruidIf your workload is time series and streaming ingest with high concurrency dashboards | Free | Open-source | - | vs Apache Doris |
| SnowflakeIf you would rather buy a managed warehouse than operate an MPP cluster yourself | Free | - | 4 | vs Apache Doris |
| Presto | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Apache Doris |
| EMQX | Free, then $234/month | Per month by connection and session volume | 4 | vs Apache Doris |
| StarRocks | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Apache Doris |
| Solace PubSub+ | Free | Quote | 4 | vs Apache Doris |
| Tinybird | Free, then $25/month | Per month by compute and storage | 4 | vs Apache Doris |
| Dremio | Free, then $0.2/hour | Per Dremio Compute Unit consumed | 3 | vs Apache Doris |
| VerneMQ | Free | Quote | 3 | vs Apache Doris |
| Timeplus | Free, then $199/month | Per month for cloud, quoted for self-hosted | 3 | vs Apache Doris |
| RisingWave | Free, then $0.227/hour | Per RisingWave Unit hour | 4 | vs Apache Doris |
| Apache Solr | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Apache Doris |
| NATS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Apache Doris |
| Redpanda | Free | Source-available community edition with paid enterprise and cloud tiers | 1 | vs Apache Doris |
| RabbitMQ | Free | Open source, no licence fee; managed services billed separately | 1 | vs Apache Doris |
| Canary Labs | $3000/year | Per tag band per year | 4 | vs Apache Doris |
| Instaclustr | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Apache Doris |
| Immuta | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Apache Doris |
| Privacera | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Apache Doris |
| TIBCO Enterprise Message Service | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Apache Doris |
| Apache Pulsar | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Apache Doris |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Apache Doris badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (17)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- ClickHouse , Free
- Apache Druid , Free
- Snowflake , Free
- Presto , Free
- EMQX , Free, then $234/month
- StarRocks , Free
- Solace PubSub+ , Free
- Tinybird , Free, then $25/month
What you would be giving up
Apache Doris is most often brought in for a team whose mysql read replica can no longer serve reporting queries and wants an olap engine its existing drivers already speak, a real-time dashboard backend needing sub-second aggregation over billions of rows with hundreds of concurrent users, an ad or ecommerce platform that needs updates and deletes on analytical tables, which append-only olap engines handle badly, a data team that wants one sql endpoint over both internal tables and existing hive or iceberg tables in the lake. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Apache Doris is broadly right and the question is cost, the Apache Doris pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Databases category lists everything the directory holds, and best databases tools ranks them.
Apache Doris runs on linux, docker, kubernetes. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Apache Doris alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Apache Doris?
- 22 other databases tools are listed in this directory, led by ClickHouse, Apache Druid, Snowflake, Presto. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Apache Doris?
- 17 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: ClickHouse, Apache Druid, Snowflake, Presto, EMQX.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Apache Doris?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Apache Doris?
- Apache Doris is most often brought in for a team whose mysql read replica can no longer serve reporting queries and wants an olap engine its existing drivers already speak, a real-time dashboard backend needing sub-second aggregation over billions of rows with hundreds of concurrent users, an ad or ecommerce platform that needs updates and deletes on analytical tables, which append-only olap engines handle badly, a data team that wants one sql endpoint over both internal tables and existing hive or iceberg tables in the lake. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Apache Doris?
- Apache Druid is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Apache Doris alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Databases, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Apache Doris against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Apache Doris covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every databases tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Databases category, 22 tools beside Apache Doris. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.