Firebolt
An open-source distributed query engine for real-time and batch analytics, deployable from a laptop to enterprise clusters with per-second billing.
- Also known as
- firebolt
Available worldwide · Popular in: US, EU, GB
What is Firebolt?
An open-source analytical database designed for real-time and batch analytics that can run from a single laptop to distributed clusters across multiple cloud providers. It supports industry-standard formats like Iceberg, uses a Postgres-compatible SQL dialect, and offers per-second billing with no fixed costs.
Firebolt pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free open-source self-hosted option, or managed service from $0.92/hr per node + $0.0264/GB·mo. Includes $200 free credits.
Open Source
FreeSelf-hosted, fully open source, no limits
- self-hosted
- no limits
Managed Service
Cloud-managed analytical database with per-second billing
- free_credits
- $200
- per-second billing
- auto-scaling
- auto start/resume
- scale to zero
- workload isolation
- online version upgrades
Bring Your Own Cloud
Contact salesManaged service on your cloud infrastructure
What Firebolt does
The capabilities that matter for data warehouse software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment
- Hybrid
- Architecture
- Separated storage/compute
- Compute model
- Clusters
- SQL dialect
- Vendor-specific
- Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
- -
- Table-format support
- Iceberg, DuckLake
- Concurrency scaling
- Manual
- Streaming ingest
- ✓
- Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
- First-class
- ML / in-DB functions
- ✓
- Data sharing / marketplace
- -
- Licence class
- Permissive OSS
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (14)
Independently observed- Tableau Cloud⇄•
- Iceberg←•
- Claude
- Copilot
- Cursor
- Salesforce
- RudderStack
- Onfire
- Calendly
- Cal.com
- Smartlead
- Zapier
- S3→
- Kafka→
Security & compliance
Independently observed- SOC 2 Type IIactive
- ISO 27001active
- ISO 27018active
- HIPAA Business Associateactive
Firebolt FAQ
Common questions about Firebolt, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Firebolt?
An open-source analytical database designed for real-time and batch analytics that can run from a single laptop to distributed clusters across multiple cloud providers. It supports industry-standard formats like Iceberg, uses a Postgres-compatible SQL dialect, and offers per-second billing with no fixed costs. It is indexed under Data Warehouse Software.
Source: https://www.firebolt.io/pricing
Is Firebolt free?
Firebolt offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.03 per gb per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.firebolt.io
What platforms does Firebolt support?
Firebolt supports the web, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.firebolt.io/pricing
Can Firebolt be self-hosted?
Yes. Firebolt can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.firebolt.io/pricing
What does Firebolt integrate with?
We have confirmed 12 integrations for Firebolt, including Claude, Copilot, Cursor, Salesforce, RudderStack, Onfire, Calendly and Cal.com, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.firebolt.io/pricing
What security certifications does Firebolt have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Firebolt. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Firebolt not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://www.firebolt.io/security
Where is Firebolt available?
Firebolt is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States, the EU and the United Kingdom.
Source: https://www.firebolt.io/pricing
Firebolt alternatives
Other data warehouse software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- SingleStoreA real-time database platform for seamless integration with data lakes and lakehousesmedium · 72%
- Dremiomedium · 69%
- SnowflakeA fully managed cloud platform for data, analytics, and AI workloadsmedium · 65%
- Google BigQueryConvert a traditional data warehouse into an intelligent, AI-powered analytics platformmedium · 50%
- Delta LakeAn open-source storage format that unifies data warehousing, analytics, and machine learning across query engines and infrastructure typesmedium · 60%
- Apache IcebergAn open table format designed for storing and managing large-scale analytical datasetsmedium · 57%
Compare Firebolt
Side by side against other data warehouse software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Firebolt, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 80 | 0.12 | 9.2 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.16 | 7.9 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.06 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 0.05 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 20 | 0.05 | 1.0 | ✓ |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | In db ml: Yes · Deployment: hybrid · Sql dialect: vendor · Architecture: separated · Compute model: clusters · License class: permissive | mediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 4 | mediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-18 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hipaa | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-18 · 75% |
| Iso27001 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-18 · 75% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-18 · 75% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-18 · 75% |
| Certifications | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27018, HIPAA Business Associate | mediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60% |
| Trust center | https://www.firebolt.io/security | mediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60% |
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