is an open table format for very large analytic data sets. Iceberg supports modern analytical data operations such as record-level insert, update, delete, , ACID transactions, and . It supports multiple underlying file storage formats such as , and . Many data-processing engines support Apache Iceberg, including SQL engines such as and as well as (structured) streaming engines such as and .
Apache Iceberg falls in the same category as and . They all more or less support similar features, but each differs in the underlying implementations and detailed feature lists. Iceberg is an independent format and is not native to any specific processing engine, hence it's supported by an increasing number of platforms, including and . For the same reason, Apache Iceberg, unlike native formats such as Delta Lake, may not benefit from optimizations when used with Spark.
