# Starburst Galaxy alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 198 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Starburst Galaxy 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/starburst-galaxy/alternatives

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

- Denodo: 78
- Dremio: 19
- Trino: 18
- Starburst: 7
- Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: 4
- CData Virtuality: 3

## Data virtualization

**Small business**: 48 of 84 answers did not name Starburst Galaxy (Starburst Galaxy is #1 of 14 at 25%).

- Trino: first choice in 12 of those 48
- Dremio: first choice in 8 of those 48
- Popdock: first choice in 3 of those 48
- Starburst: first choice in 2 of those 48
- AWS Glue: first choice in 1 of those 48
- Amazon Athena Federated Query: first choice in 1 of those 48
- Apache Trino: first choice in 1 of those 48
- CData Virtuality: first choice in 1 of those 48

**Mid-market**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Starburst Galaxy (Starburst Galaxy is #3 of 10 at 15%).

- Denodo: first choice in 25 of those 71
- Dremio: first choice in 9 of those 71
- Trino: first choice in 6 of those 71
- Starburst: first choice in 4 of those 71
- Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 71
- CData Virtuality: first choice in 2 of those 71
- AtScale: first choice in 1 of those 71
- CData Connect Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 71

**Enterprise**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Starburst Galaxy.

- Denodo: first choice in 53 of those 79
- Dremio: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Microsoft Fabric: first choice in 2 of those 79
- IBM Data Fabric: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Spotfire Data Virtualization: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Starburst: first choice in 1 of those 79
- TIBCO Data Virtualization: first choice in 1 of those 79

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