How Kyvos Performs Better Than Starburst

Where Starburst Struggles, Kyvos Excels

This document explains the advantages of Kyvos over Starburst to help choose the right option for enterprise BI and AI initiatives.

Starburst is a data lakehouse analytics platform built on top of Trino, previously known as Presto SQL. It’s a compute-intensive, in-memory solution that incurs significantly higher costs to deliver interactive analysis. Starburst has severely limited semantic layer functionalities and also suffers from performance degradation when dealing with large, complex datasets or thousands of concurrent users.

Kyvos simplifies analytics, improves query performance and establishes data trust for leading global enterprises. The platform’s AI-powered smart aggregation leverages machine learning and advanced algorithms to create massively scalable data models without any speed constraints.

Why Kyvos Outperforms Starburst

Cost-Efficient Analytics

Reduce compute expenses with Kyvos’ smart aggregation, native visualization, efficient scaling and no query push-downs—at a fraction of Starburst’s cost.

Unmatched Speed at Scale

Get sub-second query responses on billions of rows of complex data, even with thousands of concurrent users. No performance degradation, no in-memory constraints.

Centralized & Trusted Metrics

Unify all your BI tools and users with Kyvos’ centralized semantic layer. No more scattered SQL views—just governed, reusable metrics across billions of rows.

Rich Data Models

Design complex business-rich models with ease. Kyvos supports unbalanced, ragged, parent-child hierarchies, custom rollups and advanced DAX/MDX functions.

A Quick Comparison

Features	Starburst	Kyvos
Named Connectors for BI Tools (Certified and Listed by Vendor)
Tableau	No*	Yes
MicroStrategy	No*	Yes
Power BI	No	Yes
* Requires extra steps to install and set up the connector.
Other BI Tools/AI Connectivity
Excel	No	Yes

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Kyvos vs Starburst: In-Depth Comparison