G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon EMR vs. Starburst

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAmazon EMR

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Starburst

by Starburst

Overall rating4.24.3
Review count70127
Ease of use8.58.9
Ease of setup8.88.6
Quality of support8.59.0
Meets requirements8.99.0
NPS40.32258151.587302
Small Business21.4%38.6%
Mid-Market20.0%23.6%
Enterprise58.6%37.8%
Total page views162853
Total LLM citations1824,628

Amazon EMR

Amazon EMR is a web-based service that simplifies big data processing, providing a managed Hadoop framework that makes it easy, fast, and cost-effective to distribute and process vast amounts of data across dynamically scalable Amazon EC2 instances.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Large Datasets
  • Data Integration

Starburst

Starburst is the data platform for analytics, applications, and AI, unifying data across clouds and on-premises to accelerate AI innovation. Organizations—from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises in 60+ countries—rely on Starburst for fast data access, seamless collaboration, and enterprise-grade governance on an open hybrid data lakehouse. Wherever data lives, Starburst unlocks its full potential, powering data and AI from development to deployment. By future-proofing data architecture, Starburst helps businesses fuel innovation with AI. Learn more at starburst.ai

Pros

  • Fast Querying
  • Query Efficiency
  • Integrations
  • Ease of Use
  • Large Datasets
  • Performance