# Firebolt: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 7 judge labels across 1 category by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/firebolt

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data warehouses](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/data-warehouses/index.md) | 0% | 10 | 14% | 7 |

## What the models said for it

- "Firebolt – low-latency on compressed columnar data, cost-effective for high-concurrency workloads" (MiniMax M2.5, Data warehouses)
- "startups and mid-sized companies can leverage Firebolt, Panoply, or ClicData" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Data warehouses)
- "Firebolt is the next budget-friendly cloud data warehouse solution" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Data warehouses)

## And against it

- "exist but are less dominant in broad enterprise adoption" (Grok 4.20, Data warehouses)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Firebolt, from 17 of the 20 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- tinybird.co: 8
- clickhouse.com: 7
- double.cloud: 7
- atlan.com: 5
- motherduck.com: 5
- valiotti.com: 5
- infoworld.com: 4
- recordlydata.com: 4
- fivetran.com: 3
- modern-datatools.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://tinybird.co/blog/best-cloud-data-warehouse: 8
- https://clickhouse.com/blog/cloud-data-warehouses-cost-performance-comparison: 6
- https://atlan.com/best-cloud-data-warehouses: 5
- https://double.cloud/blog/posts/2024/09/cloud-data-warehouse-solutions: 5
- https://infoworld.com/article/4137452/buyers-guide-comparing-the-leading-cloud-data-platforms.html: 4
- https://recordlydata.com/blog/the-state-of-cloud-data-warehouses-2024-edition: 4
- https://valiotti.com/data-warehouse-for-startups-bigquery-vs-snowflake-vs-redshift-in-2026: 4
- https://clickhouse.com/resources/engineering/top-5-cloud-data-warehouses: 3

## In its own words

What Firebolt's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The open-source analytical database for engineers — built for AI agents, real-time analytics, and efficient ELT, with the best price-performance in the market. (https://firebolt.io/)
- For: engineers (https://firebolt.io/)
- Price stated: $0.0264 / gb · month on object storage (pass-through at cost) (https://firebolt.io/)
- Starting price: $1.84 (https://firebolt.io/)
- Free plan or trial: $200 free credits (https://firebolt.io/)
- Certifications: ISO 27018, ISO 27001, HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting: US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Ireland), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
- Customers named: Similarweb, Primer, IQVIA, Sweet Security, Bigabid

## What it publishes

Every page firebolt.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 850 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 78 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-12-01
- case study: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 79 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-01-01
- comparison: 30 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-02
- glossary or explainer: 31 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-08-04
- Recent: 2026-09-02 comparison: Clickhouse alternatives https://www.firebolt.io/blog/clickhouse-alternatives
- Recent: 2025-12-01 blog: 60 billion predictions daily inside credit karmas agentic data layer https://www.firebolt.io/blog/60-billion-predictions-daily-inside-credit-karmas-agentic-data-layer
- Recent: 2025-10-20 blog: Block bad data before the write with nikes ashok singamaneni https://www.firebolt.io/blog/block-bad-data-before-the-write-with-nikes-ashok-singamaneni
- Recent: 2025-09-25 comparison: Postgres vs elasticsearch the unexpected winner in high stakes search for instacart https://www.firebolt.io/blog/postgres-vs-elasticsearch-the-unexpected-winner-in-high-stakes-search-for-instacart
- Recent: 2025-09-19 blog: Firebolt arm rollout https://www.firebolt.io/blog/firebolt-arm-rollout
- Recent: 2025-08-14 blog: Automatic cache warmup https://www.firebolt.io/blog/automatic-cache-warmup

## 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.