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Data virtualization · November 2026 Edition

Dremio vs Starburst

One of fourteen models named Dremio first on the direct prompt; zero named Starburst. Dremio was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Starburst by eleven and Dremio carries 44 labels and Starburst 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Dremio

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Starburst

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share15%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate11%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels4431A 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 thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Denodo vs Dremio · Denodo vs Starburst · Dremio vs Starburst Galaxy

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 modelsStarburst
Direct10
Paraphrase133 against Dremio
Comparative00
Budget-constrained501 against Starburst
Scale-constrained00
Negative212 against Dremio · 1 against Starburst
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 November 2026 Edition, Dremio and Starburst were named in the same answer sixty-two times, of the 121 answers naming Dremio and the 83 naming Starburst. In those answers Starburst took the first choice four times and Dremio nine.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Dremio and Starburst stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
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 Starburst first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Dremio on the left and Starburst on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Dremio first, Starburst not the choice

1 of 14 modelsStarburst was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Dremio alternatives: Denodo, TIBCO Data Virtualization

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.
GPT-5.4 miniDenodo alternatives: Dremio, Starburst
Perplexity SonarDenodo alternatives: CData Virtuality, Dremio, Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud, Microsoft Fabric, SAP HANA, Starburst
Grok 4.20Denodo alternatives: CData Virtuality, Data Virtuality, Dremio, TIBCO Data Virtualization
DeepSeek V4 FlashDenodo alternatives: Dremio, Starburst
Kimi K2CData Virtuality, Starburst Galaxy alternatives: Dremio
GPT-6 LunaCData Virtuality alternatives: Denodo, Dremio
Muse Glimmer 30BDenodo alternatives: Dremio, Starburst Galaxy, TIBCO Data Virtualization

Neither was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 Flashno first choice alternatives: CData Connect Cloud, Cube, Denodo, Starburst Galaxy
Mistral SmallDenodo alternatives: Starburst Galaxy, TIBCO Data Virtualization, Trino
Llama 4 MaverickDenodo
Qwen 3.7 FlashDenodo alternatives: Data Virtuality, Starburst Galaxy
GLM 4.7 FlashXDenodo alternatives: Data Virtuality, TIBCO Data Virtualization
MiniMax M2.5Denodo, Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud alternatives: Data Virtuality, TIBCO Software

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
Dremio leads by thirteen points.
Dremio16%#3 of 14
Starburst4%#6 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Dremio leads by eight points.
Dremio15%#2 of 10
Starburst6%#5 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Dremio2%#4 of 9
Starburst2%#3 of 9
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. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Weaker for pure federation (fewer connectors, ~28), struggles with high concurrency; cloud roadmap has been uncertain” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“criticized for relying heavily on per-user or pay-as-you-go compute credits, which can be costly” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“Recently acquired by SAP; future roadmap uncertain; more lakehouse-focused than pure federation” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Highly recommended for its ability to accelerate analytics on any data source and reduce warehouse bills, making it a strong choice for cost efficiency.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“Dremio is likely your best choice due to its transparent, consumption-based pricing model and modern architecture” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“If you want a free, full-featured platform with a great user interface, start with Dremio Community Edition.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Starburst

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

“Starburst Galaxy at 2% first-choice share with 36% negative rate, 11 labels, “criticized challenger”” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“can be cost-prohibitive” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“I recommend Starburst (built on Trino) as the top choice for a data fabric focused on federated queries.” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Denodo, Dremio, Starburst Galaxy, and AtScale tend to rank higher” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · first choice
“start with Starburst Galaxy for managed federation” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared
Denodo vs DremioDenodo vs StarburstDremio vs Starburst GalaxyDremio vs TrinoDremio vs CData VirtualityDremio vs Microsoft FabricDremio vs Informatica Intelligent Data Management CloudStarburst Galaxy vs StarburstTrino vs StarburstStarburst vs CData VirtualityStarburst vs Microsoft FabricStarburst vs Informatica Intelligent Data Management CloudAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full data virtualization standing

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.