Apache Iceberg is one of the emerging Open Table Formats in addition to Delta Lake and Apache Hudi [1].
[1] Open Table Formats:
[1] Open Table Formats:
Building lakehouse products on any table format but iceberg starting now seems to me like it must be a mistake.
I’d also love to see a good comparison between “regular” Iceberg and AWS’s new S3 Tables.
When AWS launched S3 Tables last month I wrote a blog post with my first impressions: https://meltware.com/2024/12/04/s3-tables
There may be more in depth comparisons available by now but it’s at least a good starting point for understanding how S3 Tables integrates with Iceberg.