# Google BigQuery alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 96 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Google BigQuery 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/google-bigquery/alternatives/

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

- Snowflake: 5
- MotherDuck: 2
- Amazon Redshift: 1
- Azure Synapse Analytics: 1
- Databricks SQL: 1
- Microsoft Fabric / Azure Synapse: 1

## Data warehouses

**Small business**: 23 of 84 answers did not name Google BigQuery (Google BigQuery is #1 of 8 at 63%).

- MotherDuck: first choice in 2 of those 23
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 1 of those 23
- Snowflake: first choice in 1 of those 23

**Mid-market**: 35 of 84 answers did not name Google BigQuery (Google BigQuery is #2 of 8 at 47%).

- Databricks SQL: first choice in 1 of those 35
- Snowflake: first choice in 1 of those 35

**Enterprise**: 38 of 84 answers did not name Google BigQuery (Google BigQuery is #2 of 7 at 19%).

- Snowflake: first choice in 3 of those 38
- Amazon Redshift: first choice in 1 of those 38
- Azure Synapse Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 38
- Microsoft Fabric / Azure Synapse: first choice in 1 of those 38
- Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse: first choice in 1 of those 38

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