Apache Parquet

Columnar storage format for Hadoop ecosystem

About Apache Parquet

An open source column-oriented data file format designed for efficient data storage and retrieval, widely used in data lakes and analytics engines for large datasets. Because the code is openly available, it can be audited, extended and run on private infrastructure, which makes it attractive to teams with privacy or compliance needs. It is commonly adopted through containers or packages, evaluated against commercial alternatives and kept because it solves a focused problem reliably at scale.

Apache Parquet key facts

Category: Data & Analytics
Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas: columnar, file format, storage, analytics
Official site: parquet.apache.org

About the Data & Analytics category

Analytics and BI platforms that turn raw data into clear insights. The Data & Analytics category on Tools Hub currently lists 712 tools. Alongside Apache Parquet, it includes Polars, Vaex, Modin, Dask.

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