# Apache Pinot Cluster

Source: https://calc.onpremeasy.com/product/pinot-cluster/

## Indicative from-price range

Indicative from-price range for self-hosting Apache Pinot Cluster on 5 servers: about $120 to $561 per month (USD), as of 2026-10-19, for the reference workload (Dataset size (GB): 500; Peak queries per second: 1000; Ingestion rate (events/second): 100000; Number of tables: 10). From-price by provider, each the cheapest server in that provider's own shortlist: $120 on DigitalOcean (basic-2vcpu-4gb, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, fra1); $245 on Google Cloud (e2-standard-2, 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, us-central1); $317 on Amazon Web Services (c9g.large, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, us-east-1); $320 on OVHcloud (rise-1, 6 vCPU, 32 GB RAM, eu-west); $331 on Microsoft Azure (D2as_v7, 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, eastus); $331 on Hetzner (AX41, 6 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-central); $1,311 on Servers.com (dl-01, 8 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-west).

Reference workload:
- Dataset size (GB): 500
- Peak queries per second: 1000
- Ingestion rate (events/second): 100000
- Number of tables: 10

Price snapshot: 2026-10-19. Currency: USD. FX snapshot: 2026-10-19.

Configuration: Low end: 5 x basic-2vcpu-4gb (DigitalOcean, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, about $24 per server per month). High end: 5 x rise-m (OVHcloud, 12 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, about $112 per server per month).

Methodology: This range is generated automatically from public provider price lists. It has not been reviewed by a person, it is not a quote, and it may differ from the total the calculator chooses for your own workload with its AI step. Method: the calculator's offer shortlist for the reference workload (the same ranking it builds before the AI step, up to 12 offers across providers; 12 here) is priced at its monthly list price in USD. The low end is the cheapest of the per-provider from-prices below and the high end is the median server of the combined shortlist, each multiplied by 5, the smallest baseline topology (minimal-cluster). The from-price for each provider applies the same method to that provider's own shortlist (the calculator's ranking restricted to that provider), so it is the cheapest server that ranking offers there, not a recommendation. Prices are taken from the price snapshot dated 2026-10-19; prices quoted in EUR are converted with the ECB reference rate dated 2026-10-19. Servers with fewer than 2 vCPU or less than 4 GB RAM are not priced. Only server rental list prices for the product's own servers are counted: dependencies, licences, support, traffic charges, taxes and setup fees are not included.

Price sources:
- [Amazon Web Services](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEC2/current/us-east-1/index.json)
- [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets)
- [Google Cloud](https://cloudbilling.googleapis.com/v1/services/6F81-5844-456A/skus)
- [Hetzner](https://www.hetzner.com/_resources/app/data/app/live_data_en_EUR.json)
- [Microsoft Azure](https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices)
- [OVHcloud](https://eu.api.ovh.com/1.0/order/catalog/public/eco?ovhSubsidiary=FR)
- [Servers.com](https://www.servers.com/products/scalable-bare-metal)

Apache Pinot is a distributed OLAP data store built for low-latency analytical queries over both real-time streaming data and batch data, originally developed at LinkedIn to power user-facing analytics.

## Baseline topologies

- minimal-cluster: 5 nodes minimum; roles: pinot-controller, pinot-broker, pinot-server, pinot-zookeeper
- scaled-cluster: 8 nodes minimum; roles: pinot-controller, pinot-broker, pinot-server, pinot-minion, pinot-zookeeper

## What drives the cost

- Dataset size (GB): Total dataset size across all tables. Drives server storage and memory for segment loading.
- Peak queries per second: Peak query rate for user-facing analytics. Drives broker and server CPU requirements.
- Ingestion rate (events/second): Peak real-time event ingestion rate. Drives server real-time segment creation and memory.

## Frequently asked questions

### How much does it cost to self-host Apache Pinot Cluster?

Indicative from-price range for self-hosting Apache Pinot Cluster on 5 servers: about $120 to $561 per month (USD), as of 2026-10-19, for the reference workload (Dataset size (GB): 500; Peak queries per second: 1000; Ingestion rate (events/second): 100000; Number of tables: 10). From-price by provider, each the cheapest server in that provider's own shortlist: $120 on DigitalOcean (basic-2vcpu-4gb, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, fra1); $245 on Google Cloud (e2-standard-2, 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, us-central1); $317 on Amazon Web Services (c9g.large, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, us-east-1); $320 on OVHcloud (rise-1, 6 vCPU, 32 GB RAM, eu-west); $331 on Microsoft Azure (D2as_v7, 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, eastus); $331 on Hetzner (AX41, 6 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-central); $1,311 on Servers.com (dl-01, 8 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-west). This is an automatically generated indicative figure from public price lists (price snapshot 2026-10-19), not a quote.

### What drives the cost of self-hosting Apache Pinot Cluster?

The sizing inputs the calculator uses for Apache Pinot Cluster are: Dataset size (GB); Peak queries per second; Ingestion rate (events/second). Cost also depends on the number of servers and the provider chosen.

### What is the minimum number of servers for Apache Pinot Cluster?

The smallest baseline topology in the calculator's profile for Apache Pinot Cluster is minimal-cluster (5 servers). Other baseline topologies: scaled-cluster (8 servers minimum). The reference range above is computed for 5 servers.

Size Apache Pinot Cluster for your own workload: https://calc.onpremeasy.com/?product=pinot-cluster

## Sources

- https://pinot.apache.org/
- https://docs.pinot.apache.org/
- https://github.com/apache/pinot