# Microsoft Fabric alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 226 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Microsoft Fabric 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/microsoft-fabric/alternatives

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

- Denodo: 72
- Starburst Galaxy: 27
- Dremio: 24
- Trino: 23
- CData Connect Cloud: 7
- CData Virtuality: 5

## Data virtualization

**Small business**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Fabric.

- Starburst Galaxy: first choice in 20 of those 79
- Trino: first choice in 16 of those 79
- Dremio: first choice in 14 of those 79
- CData Connect Cloud: first choice in 7 of those 79
- Popdock: first choice in 4 of those 79
- CData Virtuality: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Dremio Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Dremio Community Edition: first choice in 2 of those 79

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Fabric (Microsoft Fabric is #7 of 10 at 2%).

- Denodo: first choice in 23 of those 75
- Dremio: first choice in 8 of those 75
- Trino: first choice in 7 of those 75
- Starburst Galaxy: first choice in 6 of those 75
- Starburst: first choice in 4 of those 75
- CData Virtuality: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 75
- AtScale: first choice in 1 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Fabric (Microsoft Fabric is #2 of 9 at 4%).

- Denodo: first choice in 49 of those 72
- Dremio: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Spotfire Data Virtualization: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Starburst Galaxy: first choice in 1 of those 72
- TIBCO Data Virtualization: first choice in 1 of those 72

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