# Redpanda SQL

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description: Redpanda SQL is an analytical query engine built into Redpanda Cloud that enables real-time SQL analytics directly on your streaming data.
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/cloud-data-platform/sql.md -->

Redpanda SQL is an OLAP query engine in Redpanda Cloud BYOC clusters. It surfaces your Redpanda topics as SQL tables and runs analytical queries against streaming data and Iceberg history through a PostgreSQL-compatible dialect.

Common use cases:

-   Run real-time analytics on a Redpanda topic without moving data out of Redpanda.

-   Combine live streaming data with the Iceberg history of an Iceberg-enabled topic in a single query.

-   Map nested schema fields (Protobuf, Avro, JSON) to typed SQL columns for direct querying.


Get started:

-   [Redpanda SQL overview](get-started/overview/)

-   [Redpanda SQL quickstart](get-started/sql-quickstart/)

-   [Redpanda SQL reference](https://docs.redpanda.com/cloud-data-platform/reference/sql/)