Starburst vs CData Virtuality
Zero of fourteen models named Starburst first on the direct prompt; two named CData Virtuality. Starburst was named by eleven of the fourteen models and CData Virtuality by seven and Starburst carries 31 labels and CData Virtuality 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
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
StarburstFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCData Virtuality
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Starburst and CData Virtuality were named in the same answer twelve times, of the 83 answers naming Starburst and the 30 naming CData Virtuality. In those answers CData Virtuality took the first choice one time and Starburst zero.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | |
Starburst CData Virtuality first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Starburst on the left and CData Virtuality on the right.The direct prompt
CData Virtuality first, Starburst not the choice
2 of 14 modelsStarburst was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Starburst4%#6 of 14CData Virtuality4%#7 of 14Starburst6%#5 of 10CData Virtuality4%#6 of 10Starburst2%#3 of 9CData Virtuality0%#– of 9What 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
What the models said about CData Virtuality
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“CData Virtuality or driver-centric products for complex governance... verify row- and column-level security, lineage, policy enforcement” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“falls short in key areas that make the difference to your business finding, accessing and utilizing the data it needs” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“For most mid-market B2B companies, I recommend starting with CData Virtuality or Starburst Galaxy” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“My default pick for a mid-market B2B company is CData Virtuality” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice
“Logical Data Virtualization Leaders: Denodo, CData Virtuality.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
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.