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Data virtualization · October 2026 Edition

Dremio vs CData Virtuality

One of fourteen models named Dremio first on the direct prompt; one named CData Virtuality. Dremio was named by twelve of the fourteen models and CData Virtuality by eight and Dremio carries 35 labels and CData Virtuality 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Dremio

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

CData Virtuality

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share9%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels3510A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Dremio reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Denodo was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Denodo vs Dremio · Denodo vs CData Virtuality · Trino vs Dremio

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the data virtualization page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
DremioFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCData Virtuality
Direct11
Paraphrase20
Comparative001 against Dremio
Budget-constrained11
Scale-constrained10
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Dremio and CData Virtuality were named in the same answer fifteen times, of the 94 answers naming Dremio and the 30 naming CData Virtuality. In those answers CData Virtuality took the first choice seven times and Dremio one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Dremio and CData Virtuality stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Dremio CData Virtuality first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Dremio on the left and CData Virtuality on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Dremio and CData Virtuality stood in it.

Dremio first, CData Virtuality not the choice

1 of 14 modelsCData Virtuality was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Muse Glimmer 30BAtScale, Dremio alternatives: Denodo, TIBCO Data Virtualization

CData Virtuality first, Dremio an alternative

1 of 14 modelsDremio was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashCData Virtuality alternatives: CData Connect Cloud, Denodo, Dremio

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Denodo alternatives: CData Virtuality, Dremio, TIBCO Data Virtualization
Perplexity SonarDenodo alternatives: CData Virtuality, IBM Cloud Pak for Data, TIBCO Data Virtualization
Grok 4.1 FastDenodo alternatives: Dremio, IBM Data Virtualization, Starburst Galaxy, TIBCO Data Virtualization
Mistral SmallInformatica Data Virtualization, TIBCO Data Virtualization alternatives: CData Virtuality, IBM Data Virtualization, Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization
DeepSeek V4 FlashDenodo alternatives: Dremio, Starburst Galaxy, TIBCO Data Virtualization
Qwen 3.7 FlashStarburst Galaxy alternatives: Dremio
GPT-6 LunaDenodo alternatives: Dremio, Starburst

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniDenodo alternatives: IBM Data Virtualization, TIBCO Data Virtualization
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Kimi K2Starburst Galaxy alternatives: CData Connect Cloud, Dremio Cloud
GLM 4.7 FlashXDenodo alternatives: IBM watsonx.data, Informatica Data Virtualization, TIBCO Data Virtualization
MiniMax M2.5Denodo alternatives: TIBCO Data Virtualization, Teiid, Trino

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
CData Virtuality leads by four points.
CData Virtuality8%#5 of 12
Dremio4%#7 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Dremio leads at mid-market.
Dremio9%#5 of 10
CData Virtuality4%#6 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Dremio2%#3 of 8
CData Virtuality2%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Dremio

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“Choose Dremio if you're building a modern lakehouse with self-service analytics (with caution given recent SAP acquisition)” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Start with Starburst Enterprise or Dremio Cloud. Both give federated SQL with push-down execution, consumption-based pricing” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose Dremio (Community or Cloud). It gives you the best balance of "free" and "enterprise-grade" features.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“should look at AtScale or Dremio” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about CData Virtuality

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“CData Virtuality if you prefer vendor support and want enterprise features at a moderate price point” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“The Overall Winner: CData Virtuality (formerly Data Virtuality)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“CData Virtuality is a plausible alternative because it is explicitly listed as mid-market and hybrid” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.