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Starburst Galaxy

byStarburst
in Analytics Query Accelerators (Retired)
4.7

Overview

Product Information on Starburst Galaxy

Updated 29th June 2026

What is Starburst Galaxy?

Starburst Galaxy is a fully managed cloud data platform for analytics, applications, and AI. Built on open technologies including Trino and Apache Iceberg, Galaxy helps teams query, govern, and analyze distributed data across cloud data lakes, warehouses, databases, and other enterprise sources without unnecessary data movement. Galaxy enables organizations to build an open lakehouse, explore data where it lives, optimize workloads, and publish governed data products for BI, advanced analytics, and AI initiatives. By combining federated access, open lakehouse capabilities, and enterprise-grade governance in a SaaS experience, Galaxy helps reduce data duplication, accelerate time to insight, and turn fragmented data into trusted, decision-ready data.

Starburst Galaxy Pricing

Starburst Galaxy uses consumption-based pricing based on credits for compute usage and related platform services. Customers pay for actual usage rather than a fixed-capacity subscription, with pricing varying by plan, region, and usage type. Agentic AI features are available as add-ons, and automated Iceberg table maintenance may incur additional managed compute charges. Free trial credits and enterprise options are available.

Overall experience with Starburst Galaxy

Lead Cloud Infrastructure Specialist
3B - 10B USD, Banking
FAVORABLE

“Starburst Offers Robust Query Performance and Streamlined Data Source Integration Features”

4.0
Dec 3, 2025
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CRITICAL

About Company

Company Description

Updated 21st December 2023

For data-driven companies, Starburst offers a full-featured data lake analytics platform, built on open source Trino. Our platform includes the capabilities needed to discover, organize, and consume data without the need for time-consuming and costly migrations. We believe the lake should be the center of gravity, but support accessing data outside the lake when needed. With Starburst, teams can access more complete data, lower the cost of infrastructure, use the tools best suited to their specific needs, and avoid vendor lock-in. Starburst helps companies make better decisions faster on all their data.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2017
Head office location
Boston, United States
Number of employees
501 - 1000
Website
http://starburst.io

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Starburst Galaxy Reviews and Ratings

4.7

(7 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
71%
4 Star
29%
3 Star
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Why ratings and reviews count differ?
  • Lead Cloud Infrastructure Specialist
    1B-10B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Starburst Offers Robust Query Performance and Streamlined Data Source Integration Features

    4.0
    Dec 3, 2025
    Rather than just being a vendor, Starburst has acted as a true partner in our data analytics journey. They've provided valuable guidance on best practices, architecture design, and optimization strategies that go beyond basic product support.
  • Lead Cloud Infrastructure Specialist
    1B-10B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Starburst Offers Robust Query Performance and Streamlined Data Source Integration Features

    4.0
    Dec 3, 2025
    Rather than just being a vendor, Starburst has acted as a true partner in our data analytics journey. They've provided valuable guidance on best practices, architecture design, and optimization strategies that go beyond basic product support.
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Performance of Starburst Galaxy Across Market Features

Starburst Galaxy Likes & Dislikes

Like

1. The query performance has been impressive, especially with large-scale federated queries across multiple data sources. The built-in query optimization features and the ability to leverage cost-based optimization have resulted in measurably faster analytics workflows for our business users 2. The ability to connect to our diverse data landscape through a single query interface has been invaluable to our users. Adding new data sources is straightforward and works reliably. 3. The built-in monitoring dashboards provide excellent visibility into cluster health, query performance, and resource utilization. This has enabled proactive optimization and quick identification of any issues.

Like

1. The query performance has been impressive, especially with large-scale federated queries across multiple data sources. The built-in query optimization features and the ability to leverage cost-based optimization have resulted in measurably faster analytics workflows for our business users 2. The ability to connect to our diverse data landscape through a single query interface has been invaluable to our users. Adding new data sources is straightforward and works reliably. 3. The built-in monitoring dashboards provide excellent visibility into cluster health, query performance, and resource utilization. This has enabled proactive optimization and quick identification of any issues.

Like

1. The query performance has been impressive, especially with large-scale federated queries across multiple data sources. The built-in query optimization features and the ability to leverage cost-based optimization have resulted in measurably faster analytics workflows for our business users 2. The ability to connect to our diverse data landscape through a single query interface has been invaluable to our users. Adding new data sources is straightforward and works reliably. 3. The built-in monitoring dashboards provide excellent visibility into cluster health, query performance, and resource utilization. This has enabled proactive optimization and quick identification of any issues.

Reviewer Insights for: Starburst Galaxy