# Azure Synapse Analytics alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 219 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Azure Synapse Analytics holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/azure-synapse-analytics/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Google BigQuery: 75
- Snowflake: 63
- Amazon Redshift: 10
- MotherDuck: 9
- Databricks SQL: 1
- DuckDB: 1

## Data warehouses

**Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure Synapse Analytics is #6 of 8 at 0%).

- Google BigQuery: first choice in 44 of those 77
- Snowflake: first choice in 15 of those 77
- MotherDuck: first choice in 8 of those 77
- Amazon Redshift: first choice in 3 of those 77
- DuckDB: first choice in 1 of those 77
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Snowflake's Standard edition: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Mid-market**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure Synapse Analytics is #8 of 8 at 0%).

- Google BigQuery: first choice in 22 of those 73
- Snowflake: first choice in 22 of those 73
- Amazon Redshift: first choice in 1 of those 73
- Databricks SQL: first choice in 1 of those 73

**Enterprise**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure Synapse Analytics is #6 of 7 at 0%).

- Snowflake: first choice in 26 of those 69
- Google BigQuery: first choice in 9 of those 69
- Amazon Redshift: first choice in 6 of those 69
- Microsoft Fabric / Azure Synapse: first choice in 1 of those 69
- MotherDuck: first choice in 1 of those 69

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.