Apache Pinot
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Apache Pinot is ranked #29 of 74 in database software on Inferse, made by Apache Pinot (Wilmington, Delaware, United States). It runs on API, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.
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- Real-time ingestion
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Facts
- Purpose
- Apache Pinot is a real-time distributed OLAP datastore for low-latency, high-throughput analytics and user-facing workloads.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Apache Pinot is an open-source distributed OLAP database.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Query latency
- Pinot advertises P90 query latencies in the tens of milliseconds on petabyte-scale data.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Concurrency
- Pinot can serve hundreds of thousands of concurrent queries per second.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Streaming ingestion
- Pinot ingests real-time data from Apache Kafka, Apache Pulsar, and AWS Kinesis.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Batch ingestion
- Pinot supports batch ingestion from Hadoop, Spark, AWS S3, Azure ADLS, and Google Cloud Storage.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Unified tables
- Pinot can combine batch and streaming sources into a single queryable table.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Query interface
- Pinot provides a SQL query editor and a REST API.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Multitenancy
- Pinot provides isolated logical namespaces for cloud-friendly resource management and data security.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
- BI integrations
- The documentation lists Superset, Tableau, and Power BI as BI tools that can connect to Pinot.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Client libraries
- Pinot provides JDBC, Java, Python, and Golang clients for external applications.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Authentication and authorization
- Pinot supports HTTP Basic Authentication and ACLs for controller and broker access.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Transport security
- Pinot supports TLS and mutual TLS for encrypted and authenticated connections.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Row-level security
- Pinot 1.4.0 and later supports row-level security filters for per-user row visibility.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The official quick install supports Docker and Kubernetes with Helm.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project provides Slack, mailing lists, GitHub Issues, and community meetups for questions and discussion.docs.pinot.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026
Company
- Founded
- 2013pinot.apache.org · 28 Sept 2026
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- Best Database Software in 2026#29 of 74
- Best OLAP Software in 2026#9 of 31
- Best OLAP Databases in 2026#8 of 28
- Best Columnar Databases in 2026#6 of 24
- Best Streaming Analytics Software in 2026#4 of 24
Sources
- docs.pinot.apache.org· checked 1 Oct 2026
- pinot.apache.org· checked 1 Oct 2026
- docs.pinot.apache.org/users/clients· checked 1 Oct 2026
- docs.pinot.apache.org/operate-pinot/security/authentication· checked 1 Oct 2026
- docs.pinot.apache.org/release-1.0.0/for-operators/tutorials/c· checked 1 Oct 2026
- docs.pinot.apache.org/operate-pinot/security/security-hardeni· checked 1 Oct 2026
- pinot.apache.org/download· checked 1 Oct 2026
- docs.pinot.apache.org/community-1/community· checked 1 Oct 2026





