The Iceberg Data Lakehouse Stack: Choosing the Right Building Blocks

Build smarter. Scale open. Master the Iceberg stack.

Not all lakehouses are created equal.

If you’re building on Apace Iceberg, the right architecture makes all the difference — cost, complexity, performance, and future-proofing depend upon the stack you choose.

This whitepaper breaks down the six essential components you must get right to win in the open lakehouse game.

What’s inside?

The 6 Must-Have Components of Every Iceberg Lakehouse:

Data Sources
Ingestion Tools
Transformation & ETL
Iceberg Tables / Lakehouse Management
Data Catalogs
Analytics & Query Engines

Your lakehouse, your rules —but smarter.

What you’ll learn:

Why Apache Iceberg is the format of choice for scalable, open data architectures
Common traps of overengineering — and how to avoid them
Real talk on DIY vs. managed solutions (and where the real cost lies)
How to balance interoperability with simplicity
Key tradeoffs and decision points across every layer of the stack
Why Qlik Open Lakehouse nails ingestion, optimization, and interoperability in one clean move

Download the whitepaper now and start building your Iceberg-based lakehouse — faster, cleaner, and with fewer regrets.

Download the White Paper

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