Best OLAP Software in 2026
Updated
In short: Apache Doris is ranked #1 of 25 as of 3 October 2026, ahead of Exasol and Teradata VantageCloud. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Exasol. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Amazon Redshift at $0.54/mo.
25 olap 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apache Doris | 8.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | self_hosted | View |
| 2 | Exasol | 8.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $3.30/mo | Yes | — | — | View |
| 3 |  Teradata VantageCloud | 8.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | — | View |
| 4 |  Apache Druid | 8.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | — | — | self_hosted | View |
| 5 | Apache Pinot | 8.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | — | — | self_hosted | View |
| 6 | Amazon Redshift | 8.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $0.54/mo | No | — | — | View |
| 7 | Firebolt | 8.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | — | View |
| 8 | ClickHouse Cloud | 7.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $53/mo | No | 50 /mo | — | View |
| 9 |  Timeplus | 7.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $199/mo | No | 199 /mo | hybrid | View |
| 10 | InfluxDB | 7.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 11 |  DolphinDB | 7.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | — | View |
| 12 | QuestDB | 7.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | — | View |
| 13 | TDengine | 7.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $281.25/mo | Yes | — | — | View |
| 14 |  StarRocks | 7.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | self_hosted | View |
| 15 |  Hydrolix | 7.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | hybrid | View |
| 16 |  Apache Impala | 6.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | self_hosted | View |
| 17 |  Yellowbrick Data Warehouse | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 18 |  Apache Kylin | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | self_hosted | View |
| 19 |  Oracle Essbase | 5.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 20 | DuckDB UI | 5.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | — | View |
| 21 | Amazon Athena | 5.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | cloud | View |
| 22 | IBM Db2 | 5.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $630/mo | — | — | — | View |
| 23 | Greenplum Database | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 24 | kdb+ | 4.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 25 |  icCube | 4.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | 1,950 /mo | — | View |
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Questions about this list
Which olap software is ranked first on Inferse?
Apache Doris is ranked #1 of 25 with a score of 8.9. Exasol is second and Teradata VantageCloud third.
How many of these have a free plan?
14 of the 25 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.