Best OLAP Databases in 2026
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In short: Exasol is ranked #1 of 28 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of Apache Druid and CrateDB. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Apache Druid. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Alibaba Cloud Hologres at $0.04/mo.
If you’re comparing OLAP databases for analytical queries, weigh the listed capabilities against the data and workload you need to handle. Data lake querying, real-time ingestion, query concurrency, and materialized views show different aspects of querying and analysis; deployment model and separate compute and storage offer architectural points to compare. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing can help you assess cost. The ranking starts with Exasol, Apache Druid, and CrateDB, followed by Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse and Teradata VantageCloud. Compare the entries by the features and deployment choices that matter for your environment.
28 OLAP databases ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
Recognised 40% · Phone app 26% · Documented 20% · Free plan 14% of the score
- 1 Exasol No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.4$3.30/mo
- 2 Apache Druid No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3Free
- 3 CrateDB No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3Free
- 4 Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3Free
- 5 Teradata VantageCloud No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3Free Deployment model: cloud
- 6 Apache Impala No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.2Free
- 7 Apache Pinot No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.2Free
- 8 Databricks Notebooks No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.2Free Deployment model: cloud
- 9 QuestDB No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.2Free
- 10 StarRocks No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.2Free
- 11 DuckDB UI No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free
- 12 Firebolt No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free
- 13 MonetDB No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free
- 14 PrestoDB No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free
- 15 Trino No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.1Free
- 16 Apache Doris No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.7
- 17 BigQuery Data Clean Rooms No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.7 Deployment model: cloud
- 18 Amazon Redshift No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4$0.54/mo Deployment model: cloud
- 19 ClickHouse Cloud No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4$53/mo
- 20 Snowflake Horizon Catalog No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4
- 21 Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3$119/mo Deployment model: cloud
- 22 MariaDB Enterprise Analytics No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.2
- 23 Alibaba Cloud Hologres No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.1$0.04/mo Deployment model: cloud
- 24 Apache Kylin No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.0
- 25 Huawei CloudTable ClickHouse No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.9 Deployment model: cloud
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Questions about this list
Which OLAP database is ranked first on Samsung Mobile US Press?
Exasol is ranked #1 of 28 with a score of 6.4. Apache Druid is second and CrateDB third.
How many of these have a free plan?
15 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Alibaba Cloud Hologres has the lowest first paid tier we found: $0.04/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation. Paid placements never change a rank.