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Attribute Apache Iceberg Apache Parquet
Name Apache Iceberg Apache Parquet
Description Iceberg is a high-performance format for huge analytic tables. Utilises data stored in either parquet, avro, or orc. Apache Parquet is an open source, column-oriented data file format designed for efficient data storage and retrieval.
License Apache license 2.0 Apache license 2.0
Source code https://github.com/apache/iceberg https://github.com/apache/parquet-format
Website https://iceberg.apache.org/ https://parquet.apache.org/
Year created 2017 2013
Company Netflix Twitter, Cloudera
Language support java, scala, c++, python, r, php
Use cases Write once read many, Analytics, Efficient storage, ACID transactions Write once read many, Analytics, Efficient storage, Column based queries
Is human readable
no
no
Orientation column or row column
Has type system
yes
yes
Has nested structure support
yes
yes
Has native compression
yes
yes
Has encoding support
yes
yes
Has constraint support
no
no
Has acid support
yes
no
Has metadata
yes
yes
Has encryption support
maybe
yes
Data processing framework support Apache Drill, Apache Flink, Apache Gobblin, Apache Pig, Apache Spark, Apache Beam, Apache Drill, Apache Flink, Apache Spark,
Analytics query support Apache Impala, Apache Druid, Apache Hive, AWS Athena, BigQuery, Clickhouse, Dremio, DuckDB, Presto, Trino, Apache Hive, Apache Impala, Apache Druid, Apache Pinot, AWS Athena, Azure Synapse, BigQuery, Clickhouse, Dremio, DuckDB, Firebolt,