# Dremio: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 35 judge labels across 1 categories by 12 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/dremio/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data virtualization | 9% | 5 | 3% | 35 |

## What the models said for it

- "Start with Starburst Enterprise or Dremio Cloud. Both give federated SQL with push-down execution, consumption-based pricing" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Data virtualization)
- "Choose Dremio (Community or Cloud). It gives you the best balance of "free" and "enterprise-grade" features." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Data virtualization)
- "should look at AtScale or Dremio" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Data virtualization)
- "typically Denodo, Starburst, and Dremio" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Data virtualization)

## And against it

- "Choose Dremio if you're building a modern lakehouse with self-service analytics (with caution given recent SAP acquisition)" (Kimi K2, Data virtualization)

## In its own words

What Dremio's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The Agentic Lakehouse (https://dremio.com/)
- For: Teams wanting a zero-maintenance, cloud-native experience and fast time to value. Organizations needing full control, on-prem requirements, or strict compliance constraints. (https://www.dremio.com/pricing)
- Price stated: $400 in credits, no credit card required (https://dremio.com/)
- Starting price: 0.20 (https://www.dremio.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Try Dremio Cloud for Free (https://dremio.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA
- Hosting: North America, Europe, AWS, Azure, GCP, United States, EMEA
- Customers named: Amazon, Shell, Maersk, E.ON, RWE, Vanguard, NetApp, World Bank Group

## What it publishes

Every page dremio.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 10282 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 804 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 47 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 283 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-01-06
- conference or event: 482 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 71 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-04-29
- comparison: 60 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2017-09-08
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 70 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-05
- podcast or video: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-05-07
- news or press: 767 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-04
- Recent: 2026-05-05 glossary or explainer: What is dremio https://www.dremio.com/blog/what-is-dremio
- Recent: 2026-05-04 news or press: Sap to acquire dremio to unify sap and non sap data to power agentic ai https://www.dremio.com/newsroom/sap-to-acquire-dremio-to-unify-sap-and-non-sap-data-to-power-agentic-ai
- Recent: 2026-01-06 webinar or virtual event: Combining innovation and sovereignty the data transformation of urssaf caisse nationale https://www.dremio.com/subsurface/on-demand/combining-innovation-and-sovereignty-the-data-transformation-of-urssaf-caisse-nationale
- Recent: 2026-01-06 webinar or virtual event: How genomics england are using dremio to support the national genomics library ngrl https://www.dremio.com/subsurface/on-demand/how-genomics-england-are-using-dremio-to-support-the-national-genomics-library-ngrl
- Recent: 2026-01-06 webinar or virtual event: Dremio schaeffler data for everyone not just it https://www.dremio.com/subsurface/on-demand/dremio-schaeffler-data-for-everyone-not-just-it
- Recent: 2026-01-06 webinar or virtual event: Odbc takes an arrow to the knee adbc https://www.dremio.com/subsurface/on-demand/odbc-takes-an-arrow-to-the-knee-adbc

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.