# Dremio: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 44 judge labels across 1 category by 13 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/dremio

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data virtualization](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/data-virtualization/index.md) | 15% | 2 | 11% | 44 |

## What the models said for it

- "Highly recommended for its ability to accelerate analytics on any data source and reduce warehouse bills, making it a strong choice for cost efficiency." (Mistral Small, Data virtualization)
- "Dremio is likely your best choice due to its transparent, consumption-based pricing model and modern architecture" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Data virtualization)
- "If you want a free, full-featured platform with a great user interface, start with Dremio Community Edition." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Data virtualization)
- "Denodo, Dremio, Starburst Galaxy, and AtScale tend to rank higher for speed, pushdown optimization" (Grok 4.20, Data virtualization)

## And against it

- "Weaker for pure federation (fewer connectors, ~28), struggles with high concurrency; cloud roadmap has been uncertain" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Data virtualization)
- "criticized for relying heavily on per-user or pay-as-you-go compute credits, which can be costly" (Llama 4 Maverick, Data virtualization)
- "Recently acquired by SAP; future roadmap uncertain; more lakehouse-focused than pure federation" (Kimi K2, Data virtualization)
- "Dremio may also be problematic if its pricing model does not align with your usage patterns." (Mistral Small, Data virtualization)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Dremio, from 107 of the 121 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 64
- scmgalaxy.com: 46
- thectoclub.com: 41
- sourceforge.net: 37
- gane.ai/index: 31
- airbyte.com: 29
- verifiedmarketresearch.com: 28
- denodo.com: 27
- etlclub.net: 27
- starburst.io: 27

### Pages cited

- https://scmgalaxy.com/tutorials/top-10-data-virtualization-platforms-features-pros-cons-comparison: 46
- https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-data-virtualization-software: 40
- https://airbyte.com/top-etl-tools-for-sources/data-virtualization-tools: 28
- https://verifiedmarketresearch.com/blog/best-data-virtualization-software: 28
- https://etlclub.net/best-data-virtualization-platforms: 27
- https://g2.com/categories/data-virtualization/small-business: 24
- https://sourceforge.net/software/data-virtualization: 24
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/data-virtualization/smb: 17

## In its own words

What Dremio's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The Agentic Lakehouse (https://dremio.com/)
- For: Teams wanting a zero-maintenance, cloud-native experience and fast time to value. Organizations needing full control, on-prem requirements, or strict compliance constraints. (https://www.dremio.com/pricing)
- Price stated: $400 in credits, no credit card required (https://dremio.com/)
- Starting price: 0.20 (https://www.dremio.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Try Dremio Cloud for Free (https://dremio.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA
- Hosting: North America, Europe, AWS, Azure, GCP, United States, EMEA
- Customers named: Amazon, Shell, Maersk, E.ON, RWE, Vanguard, NetApp, World Bank Group

## 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.