Apache Kylin
Extreme OLAP Engine for Big Data.
Overview
Apache Kylin is an open-source, distributed Analytical Data Warehouse that provides a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) on Hadoop and other data sources, supporting extremely large datasets.
✨ Key Features
- Distributed OLAP engine
- Pre-calculation of OLAP cubes
- Sub-second query latency
- SQL interface
- Integration with BI tools
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Pre-calculation of OLAP cubes for extreme performance
- Seamless integration with the Hadoop ecosystem
- Support for standard BI tools
Unique Value: Enables interactive analytics on petabyte-scale data with sub-second latency by leveraging pre-aggregation.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Providing sub-second query response times for BI on petabyte-scale datasets.
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Use cases that require real-time data ingestion and querying without pre-calculation.
🏆 Alternatives
Offers significantly better performance for queries on pre-aggregated data compared to engines that query raw data.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
💰 Pricing
Free tier: Open source and free to use.
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