Apache Drill

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Schema-Free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop and NoSQL

What is Apache Drill?

Apache Drill is a distributed MPP query layer that supports SQL and alternative query languages against NoSQL and Hadoop data storage systems. It was inspired in part by Google's Dremel.
Apache Drill is a tool in the Database Tools category of a tech stack.

Who is using it?

3 companies use Apache Drill in their tech stacks, including Ford Otosan, Clarisights, and Alpha Vertex.

Ford Otosan

Clarisights

Alpha Vertex

Why developers like Apache Drill

NoSQL and Hadoop
Free
Lightning speed and simplicity in face of data jungle
Well documented for fast install
SQL interface to multiple datasources
Nested Data support
Read Structured and unstructured data
V1.10 released - https://drill.apache.org/