Query Engine Software
Alternatives to Dremio
The tools Specifiction weighs against Dremio, from its list of query engine software, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.
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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 · API9.0 Visit Specs - 02 Apache Drill
Drill suits teams that want to query data across varied stores without first loading or transforming it.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API8.9 Visit Specs - 03 Comunica
Comunica suits researchers and developers building query execution across decentralized RDF sources.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.8 Visit Specs - 04 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-hosted8.5 Visit Specs - 05
Starburst Enterprise Context Layer The Context Layer is aimed at organizations that need governed, versioned data products for BI tools, APIs, AI agents, or apps.
From $0.50/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted8.5 Visit Specs - 06 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 · API8.4 Visit Specs - 07
IBM Db2 Db2 suits enterprise applications, AI assistants, cloud-native data-intensive applications, and CRM or ERP systems.
From $630/mo Free plan Web · Windows · Linux · API8.3 Visit Specs - 08 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-hosted8.2 Visit Specs - 09 Denodo Platform Free plan Web · Windows · Linux · API8.2 Visit Specs
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Apache Arrow DataFusion DataFusion suits developers building custom database or analytics systems who want an embeddable query engine and can work with a Rust library or CLI.
Free plan macOS · Linux · Self-hosted8.0 Visit Specs - 11 Teiid
Teiid suits Java developers who need to integrate multiple enterprise data sources, particularly those targeting OpenShift.
Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted8.0 Visit Specs - 12
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-hosted7.9 Visit Specs - 13
Amazon Athena From $0.30/mo Web · API7.8 Visit Specs - 14 Ontop Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.5 Visit Specs
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Starburst Galaxy It suits organizations that need cross-source SQL analytics but lack resources to manage complex data clusters.
Free plan Web · Linux · API7.5 Visit Specs - 16 e6 Query Engine Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted7.4 Visit Specs
- 17 Trino
Trino suits data teams querying and joining large datasets across multiple systems for analytics or data warehousing.
Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted7.4 Visit Specs - 18 Query
Query suits security teams that need cross-source answers while keeping data in existing systems.
Web · API7.1 Visit Specs - 19 Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute
It suits teams running cloud data workloads that need data lake support, streaming ingestion, machine learning, or separate storage and compute.
From $0.05/mo Web7.0 Visit Specs - 20
Cloudera Data Warehouse From $0.07/mo Web6.6 Visit Specs - 21
Azure Synapse Analytics Web6.2 Visit Specs - 22
Databricks SQL Warehouse Web6.2 Visit Specs - 23 IBM Data Virtualization Web5.8 Visit Specs
- 24 Google BigQuery Web5.5 Visit Specs
- 25 Huawei Cloud Data Lake Insight Web5.5 Visit Specs
- 26 Spotfire Data Virtualization Web · Windows · Linux5.5 Visit Specs
- 27 Tencent Cloud Data Lake Compute (DLC)
DLC suits teams seeking browser-based cloud querying with catalog, governance, and open-table-format support.
Web5.5 Visit Specs