The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Starburst Galaxy is first at 25%.
Denodo is first at 31%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Denodo is first at 84%.
“evaluate CData Connect Cloud or Data Virtuality”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“Mid-sized companies wanting a lighter, more affordable alternative | Simpler but with a smaller ecosystem”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Data Virtuality is frequently cited as the primary alternative to Denodo.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Direct question · alternative
“Lightweight solution, good for simpler use cases, competitive pricing”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Direct question · alternative
“Be cautious with Data Virtuality ... it's risky for production-scale, complex, or high-performance environments.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“this is the most commonly cited "avoid/deprecate" platform in recent community discussions”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Data Virtuality — Avoid or Extreme Caution”Kimi K2 · Negative question · warning
“reported to have significant slowdowns in data pipelines, bugs, and lack of pushdown support”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
The products named in the same answers as Data Virtuality, over the 17 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 7 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 2 | View → | |
| 7 | 2 | View → | |
| 6 | 1 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 3 | 2 | View → | |
| 3 | 2 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Data Virtuality →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 16 of the 17 answers that named Data Virtuality and are not a share of its labels.
No domain is on file for Data Virtuality, so its own site is not marked. Five were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |