delta
The premium Open Source alternative to Snowflake
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What is delta?
A storage layer that brings ACID transactions and scalable metadata handling to Apache Spark and big data workloads. It enables the Lakehouse architecture by providing time travel and schema enforcement on top of object storage.
Tech Stack
ScalaDatabase & Storage
Why delta?
- • ACID transactions on object stores
- • Unified batch and streaming
- • Efficient metadata handling
Limitations
- • Requires Spark or compatible engine
- • Complex partition management
- • High operational overhead for small teams
3/6/2026
Last Update
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Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Snowflake)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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