Best Data Warehouse Software in 2026
Updated
In short: Exasol is ranked #1 of 14 as of 2 October 2026, ahead of Teradata VantageCloud and Amazon Redshift. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Teradata VantageCloud. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Amazon Redshift at $0.54/mo.
14 data warehouse software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
| # | Platform | Score | Why | From | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment model | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exasol | 8.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $3.30/mo | Yes | — | hybrid | View |
| 2 |  Teradata VantageCloud | 8.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | cloud | View |
| 3 | Amazon Redshift | 8.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $0.54/mo | No | — | cloud | View |
| 4 | Firebolt | 8.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | hybrid | View |
| 5 | Databend | 7.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | hybrid | View |
| 6 |  Teradata Database | 6.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | hybrid | View |
| 7 |  Yellowbrick Data Warehouse | 5.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | hybrid | View |
| 8 |  Tencent Cloud TCHouse-D | 5.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | cloud | View |
| 9 |  Databricks Notebooks | 5.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | No | — | cloud | View |
| 10 | IBM Db2 | 5.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $630/mo | — | — | — | View |
| 11 | Greenplum Database | 5.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | on-prem | View |
| 12 | Apache Hive | 5.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | hybrid | View |
| 13 |  Panoply | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | cloud | View |
| 14 |  SAP Extended Enterprise Content Management by OpenText | 4.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
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Questions about this list
Which data warehouse software is ranked first on Inferse?
Exasol is ranked #1 of 14 with a score of 8.8. Teradata VantageCloud is second and Amazon Redshift third.
How many of these have a free plan?
6 of the 14 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Amazon Redshift has the lowest first paid tier we found: $0.54/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it. Paid placements never change a rank.