Firebolt
NewThe open-source analytical database for engineers
Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run
- Firebolt ranks #23 of 39 in Data Warehouse with an AI visibility score of 1.4 (SlateIndex, Nov 3, 2026).
- Firebolt is most visible on Perplexity (2.2) and least on Google AI Mode (0).
- AI engines name Firebolt in 3 of the 30 Data Warehouse buyer prompts SlateIndex tracks.
- clickhouse.com is the source AI engines cite most in answers about Firebolt, with 4 citations.
About
Company details for Firebolt
Firebolt is an open-source analytical database that uses a PostgreSQL SQL dialect. It runs as a single binary on a laptop and scales to clusters of hundreds of nodes and petabytes of data in the customer's cloud. It supports real-time and batch analytics over its own storage format and over Parquet and Iceberg. It ranks #23 of 39 in Data Warehouse on SlateIndex and has a visibility score of 1.4 in the latest weekly run.
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, US, the company employs 51–200 people. It has raised about $270M. Its differentiator: an open-source engine with Postgres-compatible SQL that runs unchanged from a single laptop binary to hundreds of nodes in the customer's cloud.
- Website
- firebolt.io
- Categories
- Data Warehouse
- Company size
- 51–200 employees
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, California, US
- Founded
- 2019
- Company type
- Private, venture-backed
- Funding
- Seed · $270M raised
- Deployment
- Self-hosted as a binary, Docker image, Helm chart or Kubernetes operator; also available as a managed service or in the customer's own cloud (BYOC)
- Platforms
- AWS, GCP, Azure (Preview)
- Compliance
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27018, HIPAA (BAA available), GDPR aligned
- Support
- Ask an engineer (contact request on the website)
Read from linkedin.com, firebolt.io, g2.com, github.com, siliconangle.com, docs.firebolt.io · refreshed Nov 3, 2026.
AI visibility
Latest weekly run · Nov 3 · next run Nov 9
Visibility score trend
Weekly runs over the last 60 days, with up to 7 competitors. Click a name to hide or show its line.
Changes appear after the second weekly run in Data Warehouse. Snowflake leads the category at 68.6%.
Media
Website and product screenshots for Firebolt
AI mentions & citations
Recent answers that name Firebolt
Most affordable data warehouse that is still reliable
Customer-facing, high-concurrency analytics: Firebolt — has a free entry tier and is designed for embedded analytics, but may be excessive for ordinary internal reporting.
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Products & features
What Firebolt sells
Firebolt Core
Open-source analytical database engine that runs as a single binary on a laptop or scales across nodes in your own cloud.
Firebolt managed service
Hosted Firebolt engines with workload isolation, scale to zero and per-second billing, including bring-your-own-cloud (BYOC) deployment.
Strengths engines cite
- free entry tier
- designed for embedded analytics
Target market & buyers
Engineers and technology companies building data-intensive products
Notable customers include Similarweb, Primer, IQVIA, Sweet Security, Bigabid.
| Industry | Primary use case |
|---|---|
| Financial technology | Sub-second, SQL-only query responses in a customer-facing product |
| Life sciences | Consistent BI analytics for hundreds of users |
| Cybersecurity | Threat detection analytics over continuously updating tables |
| Advertising technology | Low-latency query performance for reporting |
| Web analytics | Sub-second analytics over more than a trillion rows |
Funding & recent developments
Funding
| Round | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Series A | 2020 | $37M |
| Series B | 2021 | $127M |
| Series C | 2022 | $100M |
| Seed | — | $5M |
| Latest known round | Total raised |
|---|---|
| Seed | $270M |
Recent developments
- Feb 2026CompanyLayoffs reported
Calcalist reports dozens of employees were laid off in Israel and abroad, leaving a small developer team in Israel and a US team. The company is said to still hold more than $100M in cash.
Competitive landscape
How Firebolt compares with its top three alternatives
Firebolt most often appears alongside BigQuery, Databricks, Amazon Redshift in AI answers.
| Brand | Visibility | Share of voice | vs last week | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firebolt | 1.4% | 0.7% | New | Pricing not available |
| BigQuery | 63.6% | 12% | New | Pricing not available |
| Databricks | 46.2% | 7.6% | New | Pricing not available |
| Amazon Redshift | 40.5% | 9.8% | New | Pricing not available |
| AWS | 35.7% | 7.5% | New | Pricing not available |
What AI answers say
Sentiment and themes from the answers that mention this brand
Positive 0% · Neutral 50% · Mixed 50% of 4 engine answers that mention Firebolt
Praised for
- free entry tier
- designed for embedded analytics
Criticised for
- may be excessive for ordinary internal reporting
Cite as: SlateIndex, “Firebolt AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/firebolt, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.