# Azure Synapse Analytics alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 220 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Azure Synapse Analytics holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-synapse-analytics/alternatives

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

- Google BigQuery: 74
- Snowflake: 69
- MotherDuck: 6
- Amazon Redshift: 4
- ClickHouse Cloud: 4
- Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse: 2

## Data warehouses

**Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure Synapse Analytics is #10 of 10 at 0%).

- Google BigQuery: first choice in 51 of those 80
- Snowflake: first choice in 16 of those 80
- MotherDuck: first choice in 6 of those 80
- Amazon Redshift: first choice in 2 of those 80
- ClickHouse Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 80
- DuckDB: first choice in 1 of those 80
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 1 of those 80

**Mid-market**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure Synapse Analytics is #7 of 8 at 0%).

- Snowflake: first choice in 27 of those 72
- Google BigQuery: first choice in 17 of those 72
- ClickHouse Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 72
- GCP BigQuery: first choice in 1 of those 72

**Enterprise**: 68 of 84 answers did not name Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure Synapse Analytics is #6 of 8 at 0%).

- Snowflake: first choice in 26 of those 68
- Google BigQuery: first choice in 6 of those 68
- Amazon Redshift: first choice in 2 of those 68
- Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse: first choice in 2 of those 68
- ClickHouse Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 68

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