StarTree provides a managed alternative to Apache Pinot on AWS, offering benefits for real-time analytics use cases.StarTree, founded by Kishore Gopalakrishna, handles over 1 billion queries per week and over 1 million events per second.Compared to open-source Pinot, StarTree streamlines infrastructure management for real-time analytics, allowing organizations to focus on insights.StarTree offers enterprise-grade security with RBAC, SOC 2 compliance, encryption, and SSO capabilities.StarTree automates data ingestion at scale, supporting various connectors to seamlessly ingest and model data for optimized query performance.StarTree's tiered storage system transitions data efficiently between hot and cold storage, optimizing both performance and cost.StarTree enhances scalability with off-heap upserts, supporting companies like Amberdata in handling high event workloads.StarTree customer success stories include Sovrn, Amberdata, and Nubank, showcasing improved query performance, reduced SLA times, and cost savings.StarTree offers flexible deployment options, including hosted SaaS for operational ease or customer hosted SaaS for more control.Organizations can choose between self-managed Pinot or StarTree based on their preferences for infrastructure management and operational ease.