Apache Arrow Alternatives (January 2026)

Apache Arrow

Apache Arrow | Apache Arrow

https://arrow.apach.org/

A cross-language development platform for in-memory analytics

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Apache Kudu - Fast Analytics on Fast Data
https://kudu.apach
.org/

A new open source Apache Hadoop ecosystem project, Apache Kudu completes Hadoop's storage layer to enable fast analytics on fast data

2.
Apache Apex
https://apex.apach
.org/

Apex is an enterprise grade native YARN big data-in-motion platform that unifies stream processing as well as batch processing.

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Apache Eagle - Analyze Big Data Platforms For Security and Performance
https://eagle.apach
.org/

Apache Eagle - Analyze Big Data Platforms For Security and Performance

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Apache OODT - Distributed Data Management
https://oodt.apach
.org/

Apache Object Oriented Data Technology (OODT) is the smart way to integrate and archive your processes, your data, and its metadata. It facilitates the generation, processing, management, distribution, analysis of data management, data archiving, and data analytics systems allowing for the integration of data, computation, visualization and other components.

5.
Apache Airflow
https://airflow.apach
.org/

Platform created by the community to programmatically author, schedule and monitor workflows.

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Apache Pinot™
https://pinot.apach
.org/

Realtime distributed OLAP datastore

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Apache Kafka
https://kafka.apach
.org/

Apache Kafka: A Distributed Streaming Platform.

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Apache Mesos
https://mesos.apach
.org/

Apache Mesos abstracts resources away from machines, enabling fault-tolerant and elastic distributed systems to easily be built and run effectively.

9.
Data Lakehouse Platform Powered by Apache Iceberg | Dremio
https://www.dremi
.com/

The Unified Data Lakehouse Platform for Self-Service Analytics and AI. Dremio provides the fastest SQL engine with the best price-performance for Apache Iceberg