# Start Here

Apache Pinot is a real-time distributed OLAP datastore purpose-built for low-latency, high-throughput analytics. It ingests data from streaming and batch sources and makes it queryable in under a second. This guide walks you through everything you need to go from first contact to a working Pinot deployment.

## Onboarding path

Follow these pages in order for a complete introduction:

1. [What is Pinot?](https://docs.pinot.apache.org/start-here/what-is-pinot) -- Understand what Pinot does and whether it fits your use case.
2. [10-minute quickstart](https://docs.pinot.apache.org/start-here/ten-minute-quickstart) -- Launch a local cluster and run your first query in minutes.
3. [Install / deploy](https://docs.pinot.apache.org/start-here/install) -- Set up Pinot for local development, Docker, or Kubernetes.
4. [First table + schema](https://docs.pinot.apache.org/start-here/first-table-and-schema) -- Define a schema and create your first table.
5. [First batch ingest](https://docs.pinot.apache.org/start-here/first-batch-ingest) -- Load data from a file into Pinot.
6. [First stream ingest](https://docs.pinot.apache.org/start-here/first-stream-ingest) -- Connect Pinot to a streaming source for real-time data.
7. [First query](https://docs.pinot.apache.org/start-here/first-query) -- Write SQL queries against your Pinot tables.

## Choose your path

### Just exploring?

Start with the conceptual overview, then try the quickstart to see Pinot in action with zero setup:

{% content-ref url="what-is-pinot" %}
[what-is-pinot](https://docs.pinot.apache.org/start-here/what-is-pinot)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="ten-minute-quickstart" %}
[ten-minute-quickstart](https://docs.pinot.apache.org/start-here/ten-minute-quickstart)
{% endcontent-ref %}

### Ready to build?

Jump straight to installation and follow the linear onboarding path from step 3 onward:

{% content-ref url="install" %}
[install](https://docs.pinot.apache.org/start-here/install)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Next step

{% content-ref url="what-is-pinot" %}
[what-is-pinot](https://docs.pinot.apache.org/start-here/what-is-pinot)
{% endcontent-ref %}