# Databricks SQL Warehouse alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 221 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Databricks SQL Warehouse holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/vendors/databricks-sql-warehouse/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Hightouch: 136
- BigQuery: 86
- Snowflake: 58
- Census: 33
- RudderStack Reverse ETL: 6
- Polytomic: 4

## Data warehouse and reverse ETL for marketing

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Databricks SQL Warehouse (Databricks SQL Warehouse is #17 of 17 at 0%).

- Hightouch: first choice in 53 of those 83
- BigQuery: first choice in 51 of those 83
- Snowflake: first choice in 10 of those 83
- Census: first choice in 9 of those 83
- RudderStack Reverse ETL: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Polytomic: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Skyvia: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Airbyte: first choice in 1 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Databricks SQL Warehouse (Databricks SQL Warehouse is #11 of 13 at 0%).

- Hightouch: first choice in 50 of those 77
- BigQuery: first choice in 26 of those 77
- Snowflake: first choice in 25 of those 77
- Census: first choice in 14 of those 77
- RudderStack Reverse ETL: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Airbyte: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Grouparoo: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Hevo: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 61 of 84 answers did not name Databricks SQL Warehouse (Databricks SQL Warehouse is #6 of 13 at 1%).

- Hightouch: first choice in 33 of those 61
- Snowflake: first choice in 23 of those 61
- Census: first choice in 10 of those 61
- BigQuery: first choice in 9 of those 61
- Amazon Redshift: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Polytomic: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Cylance/Census: first choice in 1 of those 61
- Funnel: first choice in 1 of those 61

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