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Starburst Galaxy

Fully managed Trino analytics platform

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★4.3ratingPricing · FreemiumRising
The FalcoScan Intel PanelStarburst Galaxy · Data
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend
Rating
4.3
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Starburst Galaxy does

Starburst Galaxy lets data teams query any data source — S3, Snowflake, Redshift — from one engine.

How Starburst Galaxy compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Starburst Galaxy does. All 5 offer an API, as Starburst Galaxy does. Starburst Galaxy offers a web app. Of the 4 alternatives with platforms on record, 3 offer a web app. Starburst Galaxy was founded in 2017; the alternatives were founded between 2011 and 2019, 1 of them earlier. Starburst Galaxy is based in Boston, United States; 4 of its 5 alternatives are in the United States too, and the others in the Netherlands.

Market position · Data

How Starburst Galaxy compares in Data

Starburst Galaxy has moderate opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 405 live Data tools on FalcoScan. Across Data, the average opportunity score is 69.2 and the average saturation score 33.3. FalcoScan rates Starburst Galaxy's own market position as open. 128 of the 405 operating Data tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 8 shutdowns in the category.

Starburst Galaxy compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Starburst GalaxyFounded 2017 · Boston, United StatesModerateOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIRising
Airbyte Cloud SyncFounded 2018 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIDeclining
Apache Kafka CloudFounded 2011 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIStable
Preset CloudFounded 2017 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWebStable
Convex Reactive DBFounded 2019 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateOpenFreemium—YesYesAPIRising
DuckDBFounded 2018 · Amsterdam, NetherlandsHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, Desktop, CLIHot

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Starburst Galaxy exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Data Extraction
Industry Verticals
SoftwareFinance
Tagged

Starburst Galaxy shows up when builders search for these

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Questions

Starburst Galaxy: common questions

Is Starburst Galaxy free?

Starburst Galaxy has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Starburst Galaxy?

The closest alternatives to Starburst Galaxy that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Airbyte Cloud Sync, Apache Kafka Cloud, Preset Cloud, Convex Reactive DB, and DuckDB.

Is Starburst Galaxy still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Starburst Galaxy as operating at starburst.io.

Where is Starburst Galaxy based?

Starburst Galaxy is headquartered in Boston, United States.

Does Starburst Galaxy have an API?

Yes. Starburst Galaxy offers an API.

Who is Starburst Galaxy for?

Starburst Galaxy is built for data teams.

How do I sign in to Starburst Galaxy?

Sign in on Starburst Galaxy's own website, starburst.io. FalcoScan reviews Starburst Galaxy but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Starburst Galaxy directly.

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