# Databricks SQL alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 175 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Databricks SQL 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/databricks-sql/alternatives

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

- Google BigQuery: 68
- Snowflake: 35
- MotherDuck: 6
- Amazon Redshift: 4
- ClickHouse Cloud: 4
- Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse: 2

## Data warehouses

**Small business**: 68 of 84 answers did not name Databricks SQL (Databricks SQL is #9 of 10 at 0%).

- Google BigQuery: first choice in 43 of those 68
- Snowflake: first choice in 10 of those 68
- MotherDuck: first choice in 6 of those 68
- Amazon Redshift: first choice in 2 of those 68
- ClickHouse Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 68
- DuckDB: first choice in 1 of those 68
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 1 of those 68

**Mid-market**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Databricks SQL (Databricks SQL is #5 of 8 at 0%).

- Google BigQuery: first choice in 15 of those 57
- Snowflake: first choice in 15 of those 57
- ClickHouse Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 57

**Enterprise**: 50 of 84 answers did not name Databricks SQL (Databricks SQL is #5 of 8 at 0%).

- Google BigQuery: first choice in 10 of those 50
- Snowflake: first choice in 10 of those 50
- Amazon Redshift: first choice in 2 of those 50
- Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse: first choice in 2 of those 50
- ClickHouse Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 50

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