Overview
Dremio is a lakehouse platform that provides a fast SQL query engine directly on your data lake. Built on Apache Arrow, it offers excellent performance without requiring data movement. Strong focus on Apache Iceberg and open formats.
Key Features
- ✓ Arrow-based Engine: Fast columnar execution
- ✓ Data Reflections: Automatic query acceleration
- ✓ Iceberg Native: First-class Iceberg support
- ✓ Semantic Layer: Curated datasets and views
- ✓ Federation: Query across sources
- ✓ Nessie Integration: Git-like data versioning
Pros
- 👍 Query data lake directly (no ETL)
- 👍 Excellent Arrow Flight performance
- 👍 Strong open-source commitment
- 👍 Good Iceberg integration
- 👍 Self-service data access
Cons
- 👎 Less mature than Databricks/Snowflake
- 👎 Cloud offering still growing
- 👎 Can be complex to tune
- 👎 Smaller ecosystem
Best For
Organizations wanting to query data lakes directly without moving data to a warehouse. Ideal for Iceberg-centric architectures.
Founded: 2015 HQ: Santa Clara, CA