Best Amazon Athena Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from OLAP software ranked against Amazon Athena on the same published basis.
- 1Amazon Athena vs Exasol
- 2Amazon Athena vs InfluxDB
- 3Amazon Athena vs TDengine
- 4Amazon Athena vs Apache Druid
- 5Amazon Athena vs QuestDB
- 6Amazon Athena vs Timeplus
- 7Amazon Athena vs DuckDB UI
- 8Amazon Athena vs Teradata VantageCloud
- 9Amazon Athena vs DolphinDB
- 10Amazon Athena vs Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse
- 11Amazon Athena vs Apache Impala
- 12Amazon Athena vs Databricks Notebooks
- 13Amazon Athena vs Apache Pinot
- 14Amazon Athena vs Firebolt
- 15Amazon Athena vs StarRocks
- 16Amazon Athena vs icCube
- 17Amazon Athena vs Snowflake CoCo
- 18Amazon Athena vs Yellowbrick Data Warehouse
- 19Amazon Athena vs Apache Doris
- 20Amazon Athena vs BigQuery Data Clean Rooms
Amazon Athena alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exasol | 7.3 | Free plan | $3.30/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web |
| 2 | InfluxDB | 7.3 | Free plan | — | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 3 | TDengine | 7.2 | Free plan | $281.25/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 4 | Apache Druid | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web |
| 5 | QuestDB | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 6 | Timeplus | 7.1 | Free plan | $199/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 7 | DuckDB UI | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | Browser, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 8 | Teradata VantageCloud | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 9 | DolphinDB | 6.9 | Free plan | Free | API, Browser, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 10 | Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse | 6.9 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 11 | Apache Impala | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted |
| 12 | Databricks Notebooks | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | Web |
| 13 | Apache Pinot | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 14 | Firebolt | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 15 | StarRocks | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | Linux, self-hosted |
| 16 | icCube | 6.4 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 17 | Snowflake CoCo | 6.4 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 18 | Yellowbrick Data Warehouse | 6.3 | No | $0.28/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 19 | Apache Doris | 6.2 | No | — | API, Linux, self-hosted |
| 20 | BigQuery Data Clean Rooms | 6.2 | No | — | API, Web |
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Questions about Amazon Athena alternatives
What is the best alternative to Amazon Athena?
Exasol, number 1 in OLAP software with a score of 7.3 out of 10. The others here: InfluxDB, TDengine, Apache Druid and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Amazon Athena?
Exasol is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 15 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on.