# Dremio alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 176 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Dremio 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/dremio/alternatives/

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

- Denodo: 57
- Trino: 9
- Starburst Galaxy: 8
- CData Connect Cloud: 7
- CData Virtuality: 7
- Starburst: 5

## Data virtualization

**Small business**: 56 of 84 answers did not name Dremio (Dremio is #7 of 12 at 4%).

- CData Connect Cloud: first choice in 7 of those 56
- Denodo: first choice in 6 of those 56
- CData Virtuality: first choice in 5 of those 56
- Starburst Galaxy: first choice in 4 of those 56
- Trino: first choice in 4 of those 56
- AWS Glue: first choice in 2 of those 56
- Dremio Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 56
- Microsoft Fabric: first choice in 2 of those 56

**Mid-market**: 56 of 84 answers did not name Dremio (Dremio is #5 of 10 at 9%).

- Denodo: first choice in 14 of those 56
- Trino: first choice in 5 of those 56
- Starburst: first choice in 4 of those 56
- Starburst Galaxy: first choice in 4 of those 56
- Dremio Community Edition: first choice in 3 of those 56
- Apache Teiid: first choice in 1 of those 56
- CData Virtuality: first choice in 1 of those 56
- Dremio Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 56

**Enterprise**: 64 of 84 answers did not name Dremio (Dremio is #3 of 8 at 2%).

- Denodo: first choice in 37 of those 64
- IBM Data Virtualization: first choice in 2 of those 64
- TIBCO Data Virtualization: first choice in 2 of those 64
- CData Virtuality: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Starburst: first choice in 1 of those 64

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