# Dremio Community Edition: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/dremio-community-edition

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data virtualization](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/data-virtualization/index.md) | 2% | 9 | 0% | 4 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best budget-conscious starting point: Dremio Community—if your team can host and maintain it. It's free" (GPT-6 Luna, Data virtualization)
- "If you want a lakehouse-style engine with a managed UI for free: Dremio Community Edition is the easiest self-hosted install." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Data virtualization)
- "Consider this if the company is building an Apache Iceberg-based lakehouse and also wants query acceleration." (Perplexity Sonar, Data virtualization)
- "Dremio Community Edition is an excellent free alternative that's easier for non-specialists to adopt" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Data virtualization)

## By model

| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Dremio Community Edition, from 8 of the 8 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- docs.dremio.com: 6 (its own site)
- airbyte.com: 5
- dremio.com: 5 (its own site)
- trino.io: 5
- github.com: 4
- scmgalaxy.com: 4
- g2.com: 3
- sourceforge.net: 3
- starburst.io: 3
- thectoclub.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://docs.dremio.com/editions: 6
- https://airbyte.com/top-etl-tools-for-sources/data-virtualization-tools: 5
- https://dremio.com/community-edition: 4
- https://dremio.com/platform: 4
- https://scmgalaxy.com/tutorials/top-10-data-virtualization-platforms-features-pros-cons-comparison: 4
- https://trino.io/: 4
- https://sourceforge.net/software/data-virtualization/free-version: 3
- https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-data-virtualization-software: 3

## In its own words

What Dremio Community Edition's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Free query engine for local machines or servers (https://dremio.com/)
- Price stated: Free (https://dremio.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Free query engine for local machines or servers (https://dremio.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA
- Hosting: United States, EMEA

## What it publishes

Every page dremio.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 10282 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 804 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 47 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 283 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-01-06
- conference or event: 482 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 71 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-04-29
- comparison: 60 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2017-09-08
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 70 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-05
- podcast or video: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-05-07
- news or press: 767 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-04
- Recent: 2026-05-05 glossary or explainer: What is dremio https://www.dremio.com/blog/what-is-dremio
- Recent: 2026-05-04 news or press: Sap to acquire dremio to unify sap and non sap data to power agentic ai https://www.dremio.com/newsroom/sap-to-acquire-dremio-to-unify-sap-and-non-sap-data-to-power-agentic-ai
- Recent: 2026-01-06 webinar or virtual event: Combining innovation and sovereignty the data transformation of urssaf caisse nationale https://www.dremio.com/subsurface/on-demand/combining-innovation-and-sovereignty-the-data-transformation-of-urssaf-caisse-nationale
- Recent: 2026-01-06 webinar or virtual event: How genomics england are using dremio to support the national genomics library ngrl https://www.dremio.com/subsurface/on-demand/how-genomics-england-are-using-dremio-to-support-the-national-genomics-library-ngrl
- Recent: 2026-01-06 webinar or virtual event: Dremio schaeffler data for everyone not just it https://www.dremio.com/subsurface/on-demand/dremio-schaeffler-data-for-everyone-not-just-it
- Recent: 2026-01-06 webinar or virtual event: Odbc takes an arrow to the knee adbc https://www.dremio.com/subsurface/on-demand/odbc-takes-an-arrow-to-the-knee-adbc

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.