[jl6]

The table on that page makes it look like all three of these are very similar, with schema evolution and partition evolution being the key differences. Is that really it?

I’d also love to see a good comparison between “regular” Iceberg and AWS’s new S3 Tables.

[benesch]

Yes, the three major open table formats are all quite similar.

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.

[jl6]

Cool, thank you. It feels like Athena + S3 Tables has the potential to be a very attractive serverless data lakehouse combo.