Enterprise Features
This page provides an updated list of available enterprise features. To access these features, you will need an enterprise or trial license. For more details, see Licensing Databend.
Enterprise Feature List
| Feature | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Audit Trail | Security & Compliance | Monitor database activities with comprehensive audit logs for compliance and security. |
| Data Lineage | Data Governance | Trace upstream and downstream dependencies between tables, views, stages, and columns. |
| Masking Policy | Security & Compliance | Protect sensitive data with role-based masking policies. |
| Storage Encryption | Security & Compliance | Encrypt data at rest with service-managed, KMS, or customer-managed keys. |
| BendSave | Disaster Recovery | Backup and restore entire Databend cluster data for disaster recovery. |
| Fail-Safe | Disaster Recovery | Recover lost or accidentally deleted data from S3-compatible object storage. |
| Virtual Column | Query Performance | Automatically accelerate JSON queries with zero-configuration performance optimization for VARIANT data. |
| Dynamic Column | Query Performance | Generate columns automatically from scalar expressions with stored or virtual calculation modes. |
| Python UDF | Advanced Analytics | Execute Python code within SQL queries using built-in handler. |
| ATTACH TABLE | Data Sharing | Create read-only links to existing table data with zero-copy access across environments. |
| Stream | Change Data Capture | Track and capture table changes for incremental data processing. |
| Vacuum Temp Files | Storage Management | Clean up temporary files (join, aggregate, sort spills) to free storage space. |
| VACUUM DROPPED OBJECTS | Storage Management | Permanently clean up eligible dropped objects and their storage and metadata. Cleaned objects cannot be recovered. |
| Vacuum Historical Data | Storage Management | Remove orphan segment and block files to deep clean storage space. |
Databend Community vs. Enterprise
This section compares Databend Community with Databend Enterprise across key capabilities:
Core Database Engine
| Functionality | Databend Community | Databend Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Distributed Metadata Management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distributed SQL Engine | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distributed Storage Engine | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distributed Scheduling Engine | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vectorized Engine | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distributed Transaction | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-version Data | ✓ | ✓ |
| Time Travel | ✓ | ✓ |
| Performance Optimizer | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-tenancy and Permission Management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Standard Data Types | ✓ | ✓ |
| Semi-structured Data Type (JSON) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unstructured Data Types | Parquet/CSV/TSV/JSON/ORC/AVRO | Parquet/CSV/TSV/JSON/ORC/AVRO |
| Advanced Compression | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vector Storage | ✓ | ✓ |
| Apache Hive Query | ✓ | ✓ |
| Apache Iceberg Query | ✓ | ✓ |
| Semi-structured Data Query | ✓ | ✓ |
| External User-defined Functions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Large Query Resource Isolation Protection (Spill) | ✓ | ✓ |
Enterprise Security & Compliance
| Functionality | Databend Community | Databend Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Audit Functionality | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comprehensive Audit Trail (System History Tables) | ✕ | ✓ |
| Access Control RBAC | ✓ | ✓ |
| Password Strength and Expiry Policy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Whitelist Management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Storage Encryption | ✕ | ✓ |
| Data Dynamic Masking Policy | ✕ | ✓ |
High-Performance Query Optimization
| Functionality | Databend Community | Databend Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual Column (JSON Query Acceleration) | ✕ | ✓ |
| Dynamic Column (Computed Columns) | ✕ | ✓ |
Advanced Analytics & AI
| Functionality | Databend Community | Databend Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Materialized Views | ✕ | ✓ |
| AI Functions (Sentiment Analysis, Data Annotation, etc.) | ✕ | ✓ (HuggingFace Open Source Models) |
| Python UDF (Advanced Analytics) | ✕ | ✓ |
Real-time Data Integration
| Functionality | Databend Community | Databend Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Data Processing during Import | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stream (Change Data Capture) | ✕ | ✓ |
| CDC Real-time Data Import | ✕ | ✓ |
| ATTACH TABLE (Zero-copy Data Sharing) | ✕ | ✓ |
| Data Export Formats | Parquet/ORC/CSV/NDJSON | Parquet/ORC/CSV/NDJSON |
Enterprise Storage & Backup
| Functionality | Databend Community | Databend Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Cold/Hot Data Separation | ✕ | ✓ |
| Automatic Expiry Data Cleaning | ✕ | ✓ |
| Automatic Garbage Data Cleaning | ✕ | ✓ |
| BendSave (Cluster Backup & Restore) | ✕ | ✓ |
| Fail-Safe (Data Recovery from Object Storage) | ✕ | ✓ |
Production Deployment
| Functionality | Databend Community | Databend Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment Support: K8s, Baremetal, Installer | ✓ | ✓ |
| Backend Storage Support: S3, Azblob, GCS, OSS, COS | ✓ | ✓ |
| x86_64 & ARM64 Architecture | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compatible with LoongArch, openEuler, etc. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Monitoring and Alerting APIs | ✓ | ✓ |
Developer Tools & APIs
| Functionality | Databend Community | Databend Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Driver Support: Go, Java, Rust, JS, Python | ✓ | ✓ |
| Native REST APIs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Native Client BendSQL | ✓ | ✓ |
Enterprise Support
| Functionality | Databend Community | Databend Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| 24/7 Support & Emergency Response | ✕ | ✓ |
| Deployment and Upgrade | ✕ | ✓ |
| Operational Support | ✕ | ✓ |