G2

paresh j.

Software Programmer

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/20/2026

"Starburst Galaxy: Reliable, Scalable SQL Queries Across Data Silos"

4/5

What do you like best about Starburst?

What I like most is being able to query disparate data silos with standard SQL without having to move the data. This has significantly reduced data duplication and improved time-to-insight for our analytics team. The managed setup in Starburst Galaxy has been reliable for us, is straightforward to monitor, and scales smoothly with our query workloads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Starburst?

Cost tracking and resource consumption can ramp up quickly if cluster sizing and auto-suspension policies aren’t carefully managed, especially during peak query periods. Dynamic scaling is definitely convenient, but I’d like to see more granular, out-of-the-box cost-allocation and budgeting dashboards at the workspace level to make administrative oversight simpler. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Starburst solving and how is that benefiting you?

It addresses the challenge of managing fragmented data architecture and the significant maintenance overhead that often comes with traditional data warehouse migrations.

How it benefits us: By querying data where it resides, we save valuable engineering time, strengthen data governance through unified access controls, and give our team immediate access to live data across all our storage systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.