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Best OLAP Databases in 2026

OLAP databases are built for analytical querying, and the listed comparison points span both query capabilities and infrastructure choices. Compare data lake querying, materialized views, query concurrency, and real-time ingestion to see which characteristics are specified for each option.

  1. 01 CrateDB
    Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.2 Visit Specs
  2. 02 Exasol

    Exasol SaaS is described for organizations needing multi-departmental analytics, in-database machine learning or AI, and complex data integration or virtualization.

    From $3.30/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.1 Visit Specs
  3. 03 Apache Druid

    Druid suits teams building user-facing analytics or working with streaming data, low-latency queries and ad hoc exploration.

    Free plan Web · macOS · Linux · API
    9.0 Visit Specs
  4. 04 ClickHouse Cloud
    From $25.30/mo Free trial Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.0 Visit Specs
  5. 05 Apache Hive

    Hive suits teams managing large datasets with SQL across cloud storage, or connecting metadata and query clients such as Spark and Impala.

    Free plan Open source Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    8.9 Visit Specs
  6. 06 Apache Kylin

    Kylin suits teams running SQL analytics on Linux that need high concurrency, streaming and batch analysis, or BI tool connections.

    Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.5 Visit Specs
  7. 07 PrestoDB

    PrestoDB suits users who need to query data across heterogeneous sources and can deploy and manage a self-hosted engine.

    Free plan Open source Web · macOS · Linux · API
    8.4 Visit Specs
  8. 08 Amazon Redshift

    It suits teams running SQL analytics, dashboards, application workloads, data sharing, or ETL in the cloud.

    From $0.54/mo Free trial Web · API
    8.2 Visit Specs
  9. 09 Apache Impala

    It suits teams running SQL analytics and business intelligence on Hadoop-compatible storage and open table formats.

    Free plan macOS · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.2 Visit Specs
  10. 10 Apache Pinot

    Apache Pinot suits teams building real-time analytics or user-facing applications with streaming and batch data.

    Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    8.1 Visit Specs
  11. 11 Greenplum Database

    Greenplum suits teams building large analytical warehouses or business intelligence systems, including analytics, machine learning, and AI workloads.

    Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.1 Visit Specs
  12. 12 DuckDB UI

    DuckDB UI suits DuckDB users who want to explore local data through a browser-based SQL notebook and table tools.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.0 Visit Specs
  13. 13 Teradata VantageCloud

    Teradata Cloud is aimed at large enterprises, including organizations in financial services, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, telecommunications, and transportation.

    Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.0 Visit Specs
  14. 14 Firebolt

    Firebolt suits engineers building analytical workloads who want Postgres-compatible SQL and a choice of self-managed or managed deployment.

    Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    7.9 Visit Specs
  15. 15 QuestDB

    QuestDB suits teams building time-series workloads that need SQL querying and low-latency ingestion.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.9 Visit Specs
  16. 16 Snowflake Horizon Catalog
    Free trial Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.9 Visit Specs
  17. 17 MonetDB

    MonetDB suits teams doing data warehousing, bulk processing, business intelligence, or scientific analysis who can self-host a database.

    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    7.8 Visit Specs
  18. 18 Yellowbrick Data Warehouse

    Yellowbrick is aimed at enterprises with demanding analytics workloads or data residency and security requirements.

    From $0.28/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.8 Visit Specs
  19. 19 Apache Doris
    Linux · API · Self-hosted
    7.7 Visit Specs
  20. 20 Trino

    Trino suits data teams querying and joining large datasets across multiple systems for analytics or data warehousing.

    Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    7.4 Visit Specs
  21. 21 StarRocks
    Free plan Linux · Self-hosted
    7.3 Visit Specs
  22. 22 Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB
    From $119/mo Web
    6.8 Visit Specs
  23. 23 Alibaba Cloud Hologres
    From $0.04/mo Web
    6.8 Visit Specs
  24. 24 Databricks SQL Warehouse
    Web
    6.2 Visit Specs
  25. 25 IBM Netezza Performance Server
    From $3.73/mo Web
    6.2 Visit Specs
How this list is ordered. Specifiction scores each tool on how fully its maker documents it, whether its prices are published, where the research puts it, the platforms it runs on and whether it can be tried for free (how we rank). Makers can also buy a numbered place (how Specifiction is paid for).

Deployment model and whether compute and storage are separate help frame architectural differences; free-plan availability and paid-from pricing add cost context. Exasol, Teradata VantageCloud, and MonetDB are among the products to consider. Relate the listed capabilities to your data sources, query patterns, and deployment requirements as you assess the options.

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