What do you like best about the product?

Starburst has the speed of serving complex queries. I’ve found that it optimizes query execution whether the data is in multiple systems. And it helped reduce the hassle of asking people for data and querying it manually, which had skewed to a massive part of our time. Having the ability to take complex join queries, without worrying about movement of data has really elevated our workflow to be able to see more analysis instead of thinking about logistics.

What do you dislike about the product?

To be fair, Starburst is a very full featured product and pretty intuitive but some things are not so intuitive as I’d like them to be so troubleshooting can be more difficult. Moreover, when it comes to distributed query engines, those teams that are new to them will need some time to really get a whole picture of all the choices here offered. Occasionally, on a problem, I get so lost in the docs and have to dig it that we can’t work. This could certainly be made clearer and more accessible.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

By using Starburst we have removed the problems or fragmented data across many platforms as we can query everything through a single interface. By cutting down on the manual release of data from separate systems, we’ve saved ourselves a lot of time, and workflow has been streamlined with the data made easier to access. It’s also allowed us to work better with data, through more efficient use of data to work faster on the whole company and faster to make decisions on data.