# 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.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/brand/firebolt · data of 2026-11-03

## Facts

- Founded: 2019
- Headquarters: Palo Alto, California, US
- Employees: 51–200
- Company type: Private, venture-backed
- Latest funding: Seed
- 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)
- Best for: Engineering teams building sub-second customer-facing analytics, AI data products and efficient ELT workloads
- Compliance: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27018, HIPAA (BAA available), GDPR aligned

## Products

- 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.

## Rankings

| Category | Rank | Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Warehouse | 23 of 39 | 1.4 | 4 |

## By engine

| Engine | Visibility | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt | 1.9 | 7.4% |
| google_ai_mode | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| perplexity | 2.2 | 7.4% |

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Firebolt AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/firebolt, data of 2026-11-03. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).