End-to-End Low Latency
Customer-facing apps need both fresh data and fast responses. New events must become queryable within seconds, and analytical queries must return in sub-second time for dashboards, embedded analytics, and in-product workflows.
High Concurrency
Thousands of users may query data at the same time. The analytics engine must maintain low latency under heavy concurrent load, not just perform well in isolated benchmarks.
Multi-Tenancy & Resource Isolation
Customer-facing analytics often serves many tenants, users, or embedded applications from the same platform. The engine must isolate data, workloads, and resources so one tenant’s activity does not affect another tenant’s performance, security, or experience.
Lakehouse & Open Data Access
Data already lives in open lakehouse formats, object storage, and existing data lake architectures. The analytics engine must query it in place, combine it with real-time serving data, and deliver fresh insights without creating another data copy.