# Google BigQuery alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 86 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Google BigQuery 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/google-bigquery/alternatives

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

- MotherDuck: 3
- Snowflake: 3
- ClickHouse Cloud: 2
- Amazon Redshift: 1
- DuckDB: 1
- GCP BigQuery: 1

## Data warehouses

**Small business**: 19 of 84 answers did not name Google BigQuery (Google BigQuery is #1 of 10 at 69%).

- MotherDuck: first choice in 3 of those 19
- ClickHouse Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 19
- DuckDB: first choice in 1 of those 19
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 1 of those 19

**Mid-market**: 32 of 84 answers did not name Google BigQuery (Google BigQuery is #2 of 8 at 33%).

- GCP BigQuery: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Snowflake: first choice in 1 of those 32

**Enterprise**: 35 of 84 answers did not name Google BigQuery (Google BigQuery is #2 of 8 at 20%).

- Snowflake: first choice in 2 of those 35
- Amazon Redshift: first choice in 1 of those 35
- ClickHouse Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 35
- Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse: first choice in 1 of those 35

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