| 1 |
Snowflake |
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10/10 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#1) Strong separation of storage and compute, broad multi-cloud support, and mature data sharing.
- GPT-6 Luna (#1) Excellent usability, broad ecosystem, and strong performance for scalable analytical workloads.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#1) Unmatched ease of use, instant scaling, and seamless cross-cloud data sharing capabilities.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#1) Best overall: separation of storage/compute, massive ecosystem, minimal tuning.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#1) True separation of compute and storage, zero management, best multi-cloud flexibility.
- GLM-5.3 (#1) Best balance of performance, governance, and ease; pricing flexibility via credits.
- Kimi K3 (#1) Best-in-class elasticity, ease of use, and cross-cloud sharing justify premium.
- MiniMax M3 (#1) Best balance of performance, separation of storage/compute, and ecosystem.
- Mistral Large 4 (#1) Best-in-class separation of compute and storage with near-zero tuning.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#1) Best multi-cloud elasticity and zero-copy cloning
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| 2 |
BigQuery |
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10/10 |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#2) Serverless, scales effortlessly, and offers excellent value for analytical workloads.
- GPT-6 Luna (#2) Serverless simplicity and competitive analytics make it especially valuable for Google Cloud teams.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#2) True serverless architecture with zero infrastructure management and unbeatable ad-hoc query speed.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#2) Serverless scale with zero admin; unbeatable if you're already on GCP.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#2) Serverless, per-query pricing, blazing fast on petabyte scans, excellent ML integration.
- GLM-5.3 (#2) Serverless simplicity, strong pricing, seamless with GCP analytics stack.
- Kimi K3 (#2) Serverless simplicity and petabyte-scale performance outweigh slot complexity.
- Mistral Large 4 (#2) Serverless, blazing fast, and unbeatable pricing for analytics at scale.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#2) Serverless scaling with best ML integration
- MiniMax M3 (#3) Serverless simplicity, generous pricing, tight Google Cloud integration.
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| 3 |
Databricks |
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10/10 |
3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
- MiniMax M3 (#2) Excellent for lakehouse workloads with strong performance and Photon engine.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#3) Lakehouse architecture handles analytics and machine learning well on one platform.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#3) Best-in-class lakehouse performance that unifies warehousing with heavy data science workloads.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#3) Unifies lakehouse and warehouse; best for teams mixing BI and ML workloads.
- Kimi K3 (#3) Unified lakehouse eliminates separate warehouse costs for mixed workloads.
- Mistral Large 4 (#3) Unmatched for lakehouse workloads blending SQL, ML, and streaming.
- GPT-6 Luna (#4) Lakehouse architecture unifies SQL analytics, data engineering, and machine learning effectively.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#4) Lakehouse approach unifies warehouse and lake, great for data engineering + ML teams.
- GLM-5.3 (#4) Unified lakehouse; excellent performance and open formats appeal.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#4) Unified lakehouse with Photon engine speed
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| 4 |
Amazon Redshift |
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10/10 |
4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
- GPT-6 Luna (#3) Mature AWS integration and flexible deployment suit organizations already invested in AWS.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#3) Mature, deeply integrated with AWS ecosystem, RA3 instances finally decouple storage.
- GLM-5.3 (#3) Mature, cheap, well-integrated with AWS; ML and Serverless options help.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#3) Deep AWS ecosystem integration and RA3 nodes
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#4) Deep AWS integration and solid performance for teams already invested in AWS.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#4) Deep AWS ecosystem integration and predictable pricing for massive, steady-state enterprise workloads.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#4) Deep AWS integration and RA3 pricing make it the default for AWS shops.
- Kimi K3 (#4) Deep AWS integration and RA3 nodes offer strong value at scale.
- MiniMax M3 (#4) Mature, cost-effective for AWS-heavy shops with good concurrency scaling.
- Mistral Large 4 (#4) Deep AWS integration and solid price-performance for steady workloads.
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| 5 |
ClickHouse |
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10/10 |
8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
- GLM-5.3 (#5) Blazing OLAP performance; great value for real-time workloads.
- GPT-6 Luna (#6) Outstanding speed and cost efficiency for high-volume, real-time analytical queries.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#6) Blistering performance for real-time analytics and high-concurrency user-facing applications at lower cost.
- Kimi K3 (#6) Real-time analytics performance at lower cost than traditional warehouses.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#6) Fastest OLAP for real-time dashboards
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#7) Extreme query speed for observability/analytics; cheap relative to performance.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#7) Columnar powerhouse, absurdly fast on real-time analytics, generous free tier.
- Mistral Large 4 (#7) Exceptional real-time analytical speed, especially via ClickHouse Cloud.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#8) Exceptionally fast for real-time analytics and high-volume event data at lower cost.
- MiniMax M3 (#9) Blazing analytics performance, great for real-time OLAP workloads.
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| 6 |
Microsoft Fabric |
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8/10 |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#5) Unifies warehousing, data engineering, and BI, especially valuable for Microsoft shops.
- GPT-6 Luna (#5) Integrated analytics experience is compelling for Microsoft-centric organizations and Power BI users.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#5) Compelling all-in-one analytics suite for organizations already heavily invested in Power BI.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#5) OneLake + Power BI integration is a genuinely great deal for Microsoft estates.
- Kimi K3 (#5) Tight Power BI integration and capacity pricing suit Microsoft-centric shops.
- Mistral Large 4 (#5) Seamless Microsoft 365 and Power BI integration, strong OneLake vision.
- GLM-5.3 (#9) Broad unified analytics platform at attractive capacity pricing.
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| 7 |
Azure Synapse Analytics |
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8/10 |
7 | | | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#5) Tight Power BI and Azure integration, strong for enterprises already in Microsoft stack.
- MiniMax M3 (#5) Solid choice if you're already invested in the Microsoft data stack.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#5) Best for Microsoft shops with T-SQL skills
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#6) Solid Azure-native option with serverless SQL pools at low entry cost.
- Mistral Large 4 (#6) Tight Azure ecosystem ties, though increasingly overshadowed by Fabric.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#7) Capable enterprise option, though Microsoft is steering new buyers toward Fabric.
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| 8 |
Firebolt |
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6/10 |
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- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#6) Blazing query speed on semi-structured data, efficient index-based engine for analytics.
- MiniMax M3 (#6) Fast sub-second queries on semi-structured data at competitive pricing.
- GLM-5.3 (#7) Strong sub-second BI performance; underrated for dashboards at scale.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#7) Sub-second analytics on massive sparse data
- Gemini 4 Argon (#8) Extreme sub-second query speed engineered specifically for data-intensive customer-facing apps.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#10) Purpose-built for fast product analytics and low-latency user-facing queries.
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| 9 |
Teradata Vantage |
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7/10 |
6 | 7 | 9 | | 10 | 8 | 7 | | | 9 |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#6) Proven enterprise-grade engine for complex, large-scale analytics with strong workload management.
- GPT-6 Luna (#7) Proven enterprise-grade performance and governance for demanding, complex data workloads.
- Kimi K3 (#7) Superior optimizer handles complex mixed workloads better than rivals.
- GLM-5.3 (#8) Enterprise-grade but pricey; worth it only for legacy-heavy shops.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#9) Proven at massive scale for complex workloads
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| 10 |
Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse |
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6/10 |
9 | 8 | | | 8 | | 8 | 10 | | 10 |
- GPT-6 Luna (#8) Automation and Oracle ecosystem integration deliver strong value for Oracle-heavy enterprises.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#8) Self-tuning, strong security, compelling for existing Oracle shops migrating to cloud.
- Kimi K3 (#8) Self-tuning automation reduces DBA overhead for Oracle estates.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#9) Automated tuning and management suit Oracle-heavy enterprises needing reliability.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#10) Self-driving ops for Oracle-centric shops
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| 11 |
MotherDuck |
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4/10 |
| | 7 | | | | 10 | | 9 | 8 |
- Gemini 4 Argon (#7) Brilliant serverless DuckDB execution that makes small-to-medium analytics fast, local-friendly, and cheap.
- Mistral Large 4 (#9) DuckDB in the cloud with collaboration; niche but genuinely useful.
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| 12 |
IBM Db2 Warehouse |
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3/10 |
| 9 | | | 9 | | | 8 | | |
- MiniMax M3 (#8) Niche but reliable for enterprises with existing IBM commitments.
- GPT-6 Luna (#9) Reliable enterprise warehouse with useful hybrid-cloud capabilities and mature governance.
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| 13 |
Vertica |
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2/10 |
10 | | | 8 | | | | | | |
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#8) Strong compression and columnar performance for on-prem/regulated workloads.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#10) High-performance columnar engine that handles very large analytical datasets well.
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| 14 |
DuckDB |
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1/10 |
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- Mistral Large 4 (#8) Free and incredibly fast for local and embedded analytical workloads.
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| 15 |
PostgreSQL |
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1/10 |
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