Softwr

Business Intelligence · head to head

Jedox vs StarRocks

Jedox logo

Jedox

Business Intelligence

Excel-native planning and OLAP modelling for finance teams that refuse to leave spreadsheets

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
StarRocks logo

StarRocks

Databases

Apache 2.0 MPP analytical database built for joins on open table formats

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only StarRocks has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Jedox cube modelling is a specialist skill closer to IBM TM1 than to a modern SaaS planning tool, so most customers depend on a partner or a single internal expert whose departure leaves the model unmaintainable.; StarRocks self-hosting is a genuine operations job: frontend and backend node roles, tablet distribution, compaction and materialised view refresh all need an owner, and there is no small-team-friendly single-binary mode.
  • They diverge on capability: Jedox covers In-memory OLAP cube, StarRocks covers Cost-based optimiser.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Jedox and StarRocks actually diverge.

Attributes where Jedox and StarRocks differ
AttributeJedoxStarRocks
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelquoteOpen source, no licence fee
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, Windows, Linux, CloudLinux, Docker, Kubernetes
CategoryBusiness IntelligenceDatabases

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Jedox

  • In-memory OLAP cube
  • Excel add-in
  • Web spreadsheet
  • Integrator ETL
  • Workflow and approvals
  • AIssisted planning
  • Financial consolidation
  • Report designer

Only in StarRocks

  • Cost-based optimiser
  • Lakehouse query engine
  • Primary key tables
  • Materialised views
  • Shared-data mode
  • MySQL wire protocol

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Jedox

  • A manufacturer whose budget process is hundreds of Excel files emailed between plants and needs one governed cube without retraining plant controllersnot StarRocks
  • A mid-market group doing statutory consolidation and management reporting on the same data instead of in two systemsnot StarRocks
  • A finance team that priced IBM Planning Analytics, found it unaffordable, and still wants cube-based modellingnot StarRocks
  • A retailer running driver-based sales and workforce plans that must reconcile to the financial budgetnot StarRocks

StarRocks

  • Customer-facing analytics where queries join a fact table to several dimensions and must return in well under a secondnot Jedox
  • Querying an Iceberg lakehouse directly without copying data into a proprietary warehouse formatnot Jedox
  • Replacing a ClickHouse deployment that has become unmanageable because every new question needs another denormalised tablenot Jedox
  • Real-time analytics fed by change data capture where rows must be updated in place rather than appendednot Jedox

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Jedox

  • Cube modelling is a specialist skill closer to IBM TM1 than to a modern SaaS planning tool, so most customers depend on a partner or a single internal expert whose departure leaves the model unmaintainable.
  • Almost every deployment carries a partner implementation fee that frequently matches or exceeds the first year of licence, and that cost never appears in the vendor comparison you are shown.
  • The Excel add-in is the strongest client, which means Mac-based and browser-only users get a materially thinner experience than the Windows majority.
  • Dashboards and visual analytics are weaker than dedicated BI tools, so organisations typically keep Power BI or Tableau alongside Jedox and pay for both.
  • Insight Partners took a majority stake in 2021, and the pressure toward a cloud subscription base has meant self-managed customers see new capability later than cloud ones.

StarRocks

  • Self-hosting is a genuine operations job: frontend and backend node roles, tablet distribution, compaction and materialised view refresh all need an owner, and there is no small-team-friendly single-binary mode.
  • CelerData is by far the dominant contributor despite Linux Foundation stewardship, so the practical roadmap risk is the same as any single-vendor open source project.
  • It inherits a MySQL-flavoured SQL dialect from its Doris ancestry, so queries written for PostgreSQL, Snowflake or Trino need rewriting rather than porting.
  • Ecosystem support is thinner than ClickHouse or Trino: fewer client libraries, fewer managed hosting options and a much smaller pool of engineers who have run it in production.
  • Memory pressure under concurrent large joins is a common production failure, and the tuning knobs for query memory limits are unforgiving compared with a cloud warehouse that just scales.

Pricing, plan by plan

Jedox

On request
  • Jedox$undefined/year
    • Named user subscription, tiered by user count
    • Cloud or self-managed deployment
    • Modules priced separately for consolidation and add-ons

StarRocks

Free
  • StarRocksFree
    • Apache 2.0 licence
    • Linux Foundation governance
    • No usage or node limits
  • CelerData Cloud$undefined/year
    • Managed StarRocks from the primary contributor
    • BYOC and serverless deployment options
    • Enterprise support and SLAs

Which should you pick?

Choose Jedox if

  • You need in-memory olap cube.
  • You work on Web, Windows, Linux, Cloud.
  • You also want excel add-in.
Jedox review

Choose StarRocks if

  • You need cost-based optimiser.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes.
  • You also want lakehouse query engine.
StarRocks review

Questions people ask

Is Jedox or StarRocks better?
Neither clearly leads. Jedox starts at On request and StarRocks at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Jedox or StarRocks?
StarRocks has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Jedox and Free for StarRocks.
Does Jedox or StarRocks run on more platforms?
Jedox runs on Web, Windows, Linux, Cloud. StarRocks runs on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes.
Can I use StarRocks for free?
Yes. StarRocks has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Jedox starts at On request.
What is Jedox best used for?
Jedox is most often used for a manufacturer whose budget process is hundreds of excel files emailed between plants and needs one governed cube without retraining plant controllers, a mid-market group doing statutory consolidation and management reporting on the same data instead of in two systems, a finance team that priced ibm planning analytics, found it unaffordable, and still wants cube-based modelling, a retailer running driver-based sales and workforce plans that must reconcile to the financial budget. Of those, a manufacturer whose budget process is hundreds of excel files emailed between plants and needs one governed cube without retraining plant controllers and a mid-market group doing statutory consolidation and management reporting on the same data instead of in two systems are not what StarRocks is typically brought in for.
What can Jedox do that StarRocks cannot?
Jedox covers In-memory OLAP cube, Excel add-in, Web spreadsheet, Integrator ETL. StarRocks covers Cost-based optimiser, Lakehouse query engine, Primary key tables, Materialised views.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Jedox: Does Jedox publish pricing?

No. It is quoted per named user with tiering by volume, and modules such as consolidation are priced separately.

StarRocks: Is StarRocks open source?

Yes, Apache 2.0, governed under the Linux Foundation since 2023.

Jedox: Is Jedox a BI tool or a planning tool?

A planning tool with reporting attached. Organisations almost always keep a separate BI tool for visual analysis.

StarRocks: How does it differ from ClickHouse?

StarRocks is built for joins across a star schema with a cost-based optimiser; ClickHouse is fastest on denormalised single tables.

Jedox: Can it run on premises?

Yes, on Windows or Linux, though the vendor pushes cloud and self-managed customers receive features later.

StarRocks: Who maintains it?

CelerData, formerly StarRocks Inc, is the dominant contributor and sells the managed service.

Jedox: How does it compare to IBM Planning Analytics?

Similar cube architecture at a lower price point, with a friendlier web layer and a smaller partner ecosystem.

StarRocks: Can it query Iceberg tables directly?

Yes, along with Hudi, Delta Lake, Hive and Paimon, with a local cache for repeat queries.

Share

Related pages

More on Jedox

More on StarRocks

Keep looking

Other head to heads