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Should I use Dremio?

Open, high-performance data lakehouse platform built to accelerate AI and analytical workloads across all enterprise data. - dremio.com

Depends. Buy if you are a mid-size or large org with lake-scale data on S3 and dedicated data engineers. Skip it if you need a simple way to query a few tables — a warehouse, Trino, or a spreadsheet is the right size.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~20 public sources: G2, Reddit, InfoWorld, NVD, community forums, vendor pricing and case-study pages. Some snippets truncated.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo usable evidence
  • Security posture

Pricing

Usage-based (DCUs)

Dremio Cloud

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Dremio EnterpriseCustom / AWS Marketplace

Best for

  • Enterprises with data lakes on S3
  • SQL-first BI and analytics teams
  • Orgs building AI on lakehouse data

Not for

  • Small teams that just need a dashboard
  • Anyone without dedicated data engineers
  • Startups wanting predictable flat pricing
  • Spark/ML-heavy shops better served by Databricks

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Self-hosted OSS ships dependency CVEs; patching is on your team.

medium

Forever-free plan excludes compute — you still pay EC2 costs to run it.

medium

Cloud pricing is usage-based on Dremio Compute Units; costs scale unpredictably.

low

Storage billed around $23/TB/month on Dremio Cloud per documentation.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Rated 4.6/5 on G2 across 71 reviews
  • InfoWorld calls Dremio Cloud fast and flexible on AWS
  • Simple SQL UI for querying lake data directly
  • Forever-free plan available if you self-host
  • Mature security program: CVE Numbering Authority, certifications, build scanning

Cons

  • Setup described as too much work by Reddit users
  • Smaller community than Databricks or Snowflake
  • Auth bypass vulnerability CVE-2025-2298 in Dremio Software
  • Acquired by SAP in 2026; roadmap direction shifting
  • Free tier still requires paying for your own EC2 compute

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/20/2026 - 10 sources - One known auth-bypass CVE (2025); otherwise strong posture — CVE Numbering Authority, certifications, build scanning.

official x2review x4security x2news x2
  • CVE-2025-2298: auth bypass in Dremio Software, Improper authorization flaw in affected releases; vendor issued bulletin 2025-04-21-01.
  • Apache parquet-avro critical CVE likely affects Dremio, Community flagged CVE-2025-30065 in parquet-avro as probably affecting Dremio builds.
  • Multiple CVEs in Dremio OSS dependencies, Users reported several CVEs in open-source dependencies when building Dremio OS.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • Usage-based (DCUs)

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Free tier exists; compute costs can balloon
  • Ease of use: 3/5. Simple SQL UI, but setup reported heavy
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Lakehouse, semantic layer, AI workloads
  • Support quality. No usable evidence
  • Security posture: 3/5. 2025 auth-bypass CVE, but strong program
  • 4.6/5 G2 rating 71 reviews
  • $2B Valuation after $160M raise, Jan 2022
  • Yes Free tier forever-free; compute billed separately
  • ~$23/TB/mo Cloud storage price per Dremio docs cited by CheckThat

Pricing

Dremio Cloud

Usage-based (DCUs)

  • Free tier available
  • Storage ~$23/TB/mo
  • Pay per Dremio Compute Unit

Dremio Enterprise

Not disclosed

  • Self-managed or cloud
  • Advanced security and governance

Security

One known auth-bypass CVE (2025); otherwise strong posture — CVE Numbering Authority, certifications, build scanning.

  • CVE-2025-2298: auth bypass in Dremio SoftwareImproper authorization flaw in affected releases; vendor issued bulletin 2025-04-21-01.⁶
  • Apache parquet-avro critical CVE likely affects DremioCommunity flagged CVE-2025-30065 in parquet-avro as probably affecting Dremio builds.
  • Multiple CVEs in Dremio OSS dependenciesUsers reported several CVEs in open-source dependencies when building Dremio OS.

Companies that use it

  • Amazon
  • NetApp
  • Tanobel Foods
  • Memed
  • InCrowd Sports
Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources: G2, Reddit, InfoWorld, NVD, community forums, vendor pricing and case-study pages. Some snippets truncated.

Enterprise lakehouse for data teams; overkill without engineers and lake-scale data.

Methodology

Based on ~20 public sources: G2, Reddit, InfoWorld, NVD, community forums, vendor pricing and case-study pages. Some snippets truncated.

Sources

  1. Dremio Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features — G2g2.com
    review
  2. Can we talk about Dremio — Reddit r/dataengineeringreddit.com
    review
  3. Dremio Cloud review: A fast and flexible data lakehouse on AWS — InfoWorldinfoworld.com
    review
  4. Pricing Options — Dremiodremio.com
    official
  5. Dremio Compute Units (DCUs)dremio.com
    official
  6. CVE-2025-2298 Detail — NVDnvd.nist.gov
    security
  7. Dremio Security Bulletinsdocs.dremio.com
    security
  8. Dremio Acquired By SAP — Starburststarburst.io
    news
  9. Dremio Doubles Valuation to $2 Billion with $160M Rounddremio.com
    news
  10. Where is the catch with Dremio's forever free plan? — Redditreddit.com
    review

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