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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 191 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Starburst 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/alternatives

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

- Denodo: 55
- Starburst Galaxy: 28
- Dremio: 19
- Trino: 15
- CData Connect Cloud: 8
- CData Virtuality: 4

## Data virtualization

**Small business**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Starburst (Starburst is #6 of 14 at 4%).

- Starburst Galaxy: first choice in 20 of those 71
- Dremio: first choice in 13 of those 71
- Trino: first choice in 10 of those 71
- CData Connect Cloud: first choice in 8 of those 71
- Popdock: first choice in 4 of those 71
- CData Virtuality: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Dremio Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Dremio Community Edition: first choice in 2 of those 71

**Mid-market**: 58 of 84 answers did not name Starburst (Starburst is #5 of 10 at 6%).

- Denodo: first choice in 15 of those 58
- Starburst Galaxy: first choice in 7 of those 58
- Trino: first choice in 5 of those 58
- Dremio: first choice in 4 of those 58
- Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 58
- CData Virtuality: first choice in 2 of those 58
- AtScale: first choice in 1 of those 58
- Databricks Lakehouse Federation: first choice in 1 of those 58

**Enterprise**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Starburst (Starburst is #3 of 9 at 2%).

- Denodo: first choice in 40 of those 62
- Dremio: first choice in 2 of those 62
- IBM Data Fabric: first choice in 1 of those 62
- Microsoft Fabric: first choice in 1 of those 62
- Starburst Galaxy: first choice in 1 of those 62
- TIBCO Data Virtualization: first choice in 1 of those 62

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