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Starburst Galaxy offers a full-featured data lake analytics platform that allows you to discover, manage, and consume the data in and around your data lake.
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Overview
Starburst Galaxy is a fully managed data lake analytics platform designed for large and complex data sets in and around your cloud data lake. It is the easiest and fastest way for you to start running queries at interactive speeds across data sources using the business intelligence and analytics tools you already know.
Starburst Galaxy takes just minutes to set up and takes care of the heavy lifting of designing, provisioning, maintaining, and securing your Trino infrastructure. In addition, Galaxy offers proprietary features such as fully managed connectors, global search, schema discovery, monitoring and metrics, and data sharing with data products that allow your data teams to focus on generating unique insights from your data - not managing and building analytics infrastructure.
Highlights
- Simplicity - Starburst Galaxy lets you discover, govern, and prepare your data from a single, fully-managed platform. Future-proof your architecture with a single point of access and governance to all your data, including RBAC and ABAC capabilities.
- Scalability - Built on top of a query engine designed to run at internet-scale, Starburst Galaxy automatically scales your infrastructure to the needs of your workload in just a few clicks.
- Optionality - Starburst Galaxy works with any data storage and table format, so you never have to worry about locking yourself into a proprietary data ecosystem.
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Query Engine Architecture
Built on Trino query engine designed to operate at internet-scale with automatic infrastructure scaling capabilities
Data Source Connectivity
Supports multiple data storage systems and table formats without vendor lock-in constraints
Access Control and Governance
Implements Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) capabilities for data governance
Managed Infrastructure
Fully managed platform that handles design, provisioning, maintenance, and security of analytics infrastructure
Data Discovery and Management
Includes global search, schema discovery, and data product sharing features for data exploration and organization
Direct S3 Data Indexing
Indexes Amazon S3 data without transformation or schema changes, enabling immediate access to all data as-is
SQL and Search Query Support
Enables SQL queries and search workloads on indexed S3 data through open APIs compatible with analytics tools
Machine Learning Workload Capability
Supports machine learning workloads on indexed data stored in Amazon S3 with infinite scalability
Unlimited Data Retention
Provides unlimited retention of indexed data, enabling historical analysis across any time horizon without data purging or archival requirements
Fully Managed Service Architecture
Operates as a fully managed service eliminating administrative overhead including re-indexing, sharding, load balancing, and compute/storage management
Lakehouse Architecture
Built on a lakehouse foundation providing unified data storage and governance across data engineering, analytics, BI, data science, and machine learning workloads
Open Source Integration
Constructed on open source data projects and open standards to maximize flexibility and interoperability across the data ecosystem
Data Intelligence Engine
Powered by a Data Intelligence Engine that enables organizational access to data and insights across diverse user roles and technical skill levels
Unified Data Platform
Consolidates data, analytics, and AI workloads on a single common platform running on Amazon S3, eliminating traditional data silos
Collaborative Capabilities
Provides native collaboration features enabling data teams to work together across the entire data and AI workflow
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reviewer2816292
Unified data from diverse sources has created consistent client views and reshaped data strategy
Reviewed on Apr 10, 2026
Review provided by PeerSpot
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Starburst Galaxy is to use it as a data federation tool, collect data from various data sources, and have a unified view of the data.
A quick specific example of how I use Starburst Galaxy for data federation in my daily work is that I assume I need data from five different data sources, and each data source is on a different database platform, and I have information that I need for my client profile. I can pull data from all those five different data sources and have a consolidated view of the client.
Those are the main use cases for Starburst Galaxy; basically, we are trying to build data products.
What is most valuable?
Starburst Galaxy is very SQL friendly, which stands out for me because I have used SQL in other platforms such as SQL Server , Teradata , and Oracle, so it is very portable with minor changes.
Another feature I appreciate in Starburst Galaxy is that it has object storage with Iceberg storage, which helps optimize data storage and also enables columnar search, which speeds up queries.
Starburst Galaxy has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to rethink the strategy for data and architect data differently; instead of having multiple data marts and siloed data marts, we have a unified vision, and that is how it is changing.
What needs improvement?
One way Starburst Galaxy can be improved is through AI enablement. I have not seen how the user interface is going to function or how users can interact with the data products on Starburst Galaxy using AI, so I am curious to know about that.
I chose a rating of eight because it has many good features, including data federation and the ability to write queries easily. I think there are areas of improvement with respect to AI adaptability, and also in general, the amount of connectors working with other tools are areas where it can be expanded.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Starburst Galaxy for 18 months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Starburst Galaxy is stable in my experience so far.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I do not have enough visibility into the scalability of Starburst Galaxy, but I think we are adding more and more data sources into it, so I believe it is going to be scalable, though results are still pending.
How are customer service and support?
Starburst Galaxy customer support is good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Earlier, we were using traditional databases.
What was our ROI?
I am yet to see the hard numbers regarding return on investment, but I believe it will probably result in money saved and time saved.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others looking into using Starburst Galaxy would be to first understand your current data environment and make sure that you have the right connectors that Starburst Galaxy can connect to those environments. Have a dedicated team from Starburst who can help you through all the installation and onboarding, and ensure all your personnel who are going to be working on that environment receive good training with proper use cases. I would also recommend using a sandbox in your environment and putting Starburst Galaxy in it so that you can get a taste of how it works with your data. I gave this product a rating of eight.
Financial Services
Outstanding Performance and Savings with Robust Governance
Reviewed on Dec 09, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The query performance, governance features, and cost savings stand out when compared to other solutions such as AWS Athena.
What do you dislike about the product?
The user interface could use a more modern design and enhancements to make it easier to use. Additionally, the existing documentation is too basic for enterprise needs; users would benefit from more advanced, production-level examples instead of just beginner tutorials. Finally, the consumption-based pricing model makes it difficult to predict monthly expenses with accuracy.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This product offers capabilities in data analytics, cataloguing, and data governance. It provides tools that help manage and organize data efficiently, supporting both analysis and oversight. Overall, it addresses key needs in handling and governing data within an organization.
Sai S.
Outstanding Support Team Makes All the Difference
Reviewed on Dec 09, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The support team is very good. They are very helpful and informative
What do you dislike about the product?
I just feel that the documentation could be better. That's all
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Data querying, retrieval, enhancing decision making, ability to leverage AI and vector search tools.
Banking
Streamlined Data Analytics with Excellent Support
Reviewed on Dec 05, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I like how Starburst gives us more insight about the query execution plan. It's really helpful in understanding how a query is going to execute. It also has lineage and audit features. I find it user-friendly for managing data security with RBAC and based security controls, which are necessary for data governance. Starburst is especially useful for running complex queries, especially when dealing with multiple joins and data source systems. It supports multiple languages, which I find very valuable. Setting up Starburst wasn't complex, and I had good support from the solution architect, which made the process successful.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes I face challenges with the query editor. Whenever we have a big source code, it's not big enough to troubleshoot and run the query faster compared to a traditional SQL editor. I would definitely give feedback to the internal team to make it more user-friendly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Starburst solves data duplication issues, allowing access to any source without copying data for analytics. It's user-friendly for managing data security with RBAC and facilitates complex queries across multiple data sources, supporting multilingual analytics.
Banking
Fast Data Queries and Robust Access Controls
Reviewed on Dec 03, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Starburst simplifies querying data quickly, while also offering useful controls for managing access.
What do you dislike about the product?
If Starburst offered more comprehensive documentation, particularly when new releases come out, it would make it much easier to understand the new features.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Starburst makes it simple for us to give our customers convenient access to the data they require.