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Best Columnar Databases 2026
Columnar databases organize data for workloads where storage, ingestion, and deployment choices matter. Compared on deployment model and managed-service availability, the entries also show object storage support, streaming ingestion, supported data formats, and included storage. Free-plan details and paid-from pricing offer additional cost context. Exasol, GreptimeDB, and StarRocks are among the database options to consider, with Firebolt and Databend also represented. Use the listed capabilities to compare how each product aligns with the formats you handle, your ingestion approach, and whether you prefer a managed service or another deployment model.
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CrateDB
CrateDB may suit teams analyzing live operational data across varied data types, including time-series, JSON, and geospatial data.
WebWindowsMac+3 Record6.0 Visit
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Exasol
Exasol suits organizations needing multi-departmental analytics, in-database machine learning or AI, or complex data integration and virtualization.
WebWindowsMac+3 Record6.0 Visit
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InfluxDB
InfluxDB 3 may suit teams handling timestamped data for industrial operations, observability, or AI applications.
WebWindowsMac+3 Record6.0 Visit
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IBM Db2
WebWindowsLinux+2 Record5.8 Visit
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GreptimeDB
AndroidWebWindows+4 $290 a month Record5.4 Visit GreptimeDB is suited to teams handling time-indexed observability or IoT data who want SQL and PromQL querying.
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QuestDB
WebWindowsMac+3 Free plan Record5.3 Visit QuestDB may suit teams handling time-series data in low-latency settings, including capital-markets firms, digital-asset businesses, energy operators, aerospace…
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Yellowbrick Data Warehouse
WebWindowsMac+3 — Record5.2 Visit It suits enterprises with demanding analytics workloads and data residency or security requirements.
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Apache Druid
WebMacLinux+2 Free plan Record4.9 Visit Druid may suit teams building low-latency analytics for streaming or batch data, especially workloads involving high query concurrency or immediate visibility into…
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MonetDB
WindowsMacLinux+2 Free plan Record4.9 Visit MonetDB suits organizations and researchers needing a self-hosted SQL database for analytics or bulk processing.
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MotherDuck
WebAPI $250 a month Record4.9 Visit MotherDuck suits data teams, app developers, and AI agents needing a cloud data warehouse built on DuckDB.
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Amazon Redshift
WebAPI $0.54 a month Record4.8 Visit Redshift suits teams running SQL analytics, dashboards, data sharing, application development, or ETL jobs.
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Amazon Timestream
WebWindowsMac+2 — Record4.7 Visit Timestream suits teams building time-series workloads such as IoT telemetry, real-time monitoring, analytics, or predictive maintenance.
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Firebolt
WebLinuxAPI+1 Free plan Record4.7 Visit Firebolt suits engineers choosing between self-managed analytical database deployments and a managed service, including teams working with open storage standards.
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Apache Kudu
MacLinuxAPI+1 Free plan Record4.5 Visit Kudu suits teams building self-hosted analytical systems for data that changes frequently.
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Apache Pinot
WebAPISelf-hosted Free plan Record4.5 Visit Pinot suits teams building real-time analytics or user-facing workloads that combine batch and streaming data.
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StarRocks
LinuxSelf-hosted Free plan Record4.5 Visit It suits teams building self-hosted analytical systems for real-time, high-concurrency, or ad hoc SQL workloads.
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SAP Customer Data Platform
WebAPI $1.15 a month Record4.2 Visit It suits organizations that need to unify customer profiles and activate permissioned data across engagement systems.
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