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Data platform

Where data is stored, moved and modelled: databases, warehouses, streaming, pipelines, orchestration, vector search and machine learning. 9 of 11 categories scored, 2 planned.

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Standing in data platform

First-choice share across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, all twelve models, for the nine data platform categories scored in the September 2026 Edition.
Data platform
NoSQL databases
One leader in all three segments
MongoDBClear leader
SMB
77%
Mid-market
59%
Enterprise
53%
Data platform
Data warehouses
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
Google BigQueryClear leader
SMB
80%
SnowflakeClear leader
Mid-market
47%
Enterprise
72%
Data platform
LLM gateways and observability
One leader in all three segments
LiteLLMClear leader
SMB
46%
Mid-market
38%
Enterprise
29%
Data platform
Vector databases
A different leader in every segment
pgvectorClear leader
SMB
46%
QdrantContested
Mid-market
37%
PineconeClear leader
Enterprise
53%
Data platform
Managed relational databases
One leader in all three segments
Amazon RDS tiedContested
SMB
24%
Mid-market
32%
Enterprise
30%
Data platform
Streaming platforms
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
RedpandaContested
SMB
30%
Confluent CloudClear leader
Mid-market
32%
Enterprise
60%
Data platform
ETL and ELT
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Airbyte tiedContested
SMB
36%
Mid-market
32%
FivetranClear leader
Enterprise
49%
Data platform
Workflow orchestration
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
PrefectContested
SMB
23%
Mid-market
24%
Apache AirflowContested
Enterprise
29%
Data platform
ML platforms
A different leader in every segment
Google Vertex AIContested
SMB
17%
Azure Machine LearningContested
Mid-market
17%
DatabricksContested
Enterprise
26%

Next in data platform

Planned categories are in the build queue and are scored exactly like every other.
Data catalogs plannedData quality planned
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