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Pentaho Data Integration vs Apache Spark: catalog facts
Pentaho Data Integration	Apache Spark
Freemium The community edition is free; a paid Enterprise Edition is available with a free trial.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Graphical pipeline designer with no coding required Connectors for cloud, big data, streaming and CRM sources	Same code runs on a laptop or a large cluster Batch and streaming processing in one engine
Aimed at business data work, with a learning curve for casual users Some features are reserved for the paid Enterprise Edition	Heavy for small datasets that fit in memory Running and tuning clusters takes significant expertise
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0, LGPL-2.0, MPL-1.1	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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