Developers ask AI: What should I use for my data pipeline?
Representative prompt — one of many ways developers ask this questiondbt Labs maintains its top spot from last month, but there's movement below. Fivetran (up 2 from #4) replaces Coalesce. Dataform rounds out the top three.
The biggest mover is Datafold, jumping 6 spots from #20 to #14. Prophecy had the steepest drop, falling 5 positions from #8 to #13.
| Rank Ordered by prominence across all models, compared to September 2026. | Product Company or product name that appeared in model responses for this category. | Prominence Prominence (1–100) weights how often a product is ranked ahead of others. Hover a score for average position and visibility. | Models Per-model prominence. Ring fill shows each model's prominence score. Hover a dot for prominence, average position, and visibility. |
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| 1 — | 100 |
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| 2 ▲2 | 90 |
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| 3 — |
Google
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84 |
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| 4 ▼2 | 81 |
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| 5 ▲2 | 72 |
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| 6 ▼1 | 67 |
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| 7 ▼1 | 66 |
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| 8 ▲4 | 49 |
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| 9 — |
dbt Labs
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48 |
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| 10 — | 44 |
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ALSO RANKED
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| 11 — |
Dagster Labs
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34 |
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| 12 ▲5 | 24 |
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| 13 ▼5 | 21 |
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| 14 ▲6 | 14 |
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Also tracked
Google Cloud, DataForge, Dataiku, Keboola
These products appeared in at least one model response but did not meet the threshold to rank. This is not a comprehensive list. Many factors influence whether a product appears in AI-generated results. Rankings reflect AI model behavior at time of testing. Appearance or absence does not constitute an endorsement or evaluation by LLM Rank.
Top 10 over time
October 2026How standings changed across April 2026 → May 2026 → June 2026 → July 2026 → August 2026 → September 2026 → October 2026. Hover a point or product name for details.
Dashed lines = months outside the top 10.
The top Data Pipeline tools, according to…
October 2026 · top 5 per modelData Pipeline developers also ask about…
What are the best open-source data pipeline tools? Representative prompt — one of several specialized views within Data Pipeline
Rankings for a specialized prompt within Data Pipeline.
| Rank Ordered by prominence across all models. | Product Company or product name that appeared in model responses for this category. | Prominence Prominence (1–100) weights how often a product is ranked ahead of others. Hover a score for average position and visibility. | Models Per-model prominence. Ring fill shows each model's prominence score. Hover a dot for prominence, average position, and visibility. |
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| 1 |
Airbyte
NR
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87 |
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| 2 |
Dagster
11
Dagster Labs
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82 |
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| 3 |
dbt Labs
1
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80 |
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| 4 |
Apache Software Foundation
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79 |
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| 5 |
Prefect
NR
Prefect Technologies
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79 |
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| 6 |
Astronomer
NR
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79 |
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| 7 |
Meltano
NR
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72 |
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| 8 |
Kestra
NR
Kestra Technologies
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69 |
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| 9 |
dlt
NR
dltHub
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61 |
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| 10 |
Apache Kafka
NR
Apache Software Foundation
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60 |
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What are the best data ingestion and ELT tools? Representative prompt — one of several specialized views within Data Pipeline
Rankings for a specialized prompt within Data Pipeline.
| Rank Ordered by prominence across all models. | Product Company or product name that appeared in model responses for this category. | Prominence Prominence (1–100) weights how often a product is ranked ahead of others. Hover a score for average position and visibility. | Models Per-model prominence. Ring fill shows each model's prominence score. Hover a dot for prominence, average position, and visibility. |
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| 1 |
Fivetran
2
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100 |
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| 2 |
Airbyte
NR
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90 |
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| 3 | 83 |
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| 4 |
Hevo Data
NR
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76 |
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| 5 |
Informatica
NR
Salesforce
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75 |
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| 6 |
dbt Labs
1
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75 |
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| 7 |
Qlik
NR
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65 |
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| 8 |
Estuary
NR
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65 |
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| 9 |
Rivery
NR
Boomi
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65 |
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| 10 |
Meltano
NR
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62 |
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What are the best streaming data platforms? Representative prompt — one of several specialized views within Data Pipeline
Rankings for a specialized prompt within Data Pipeline.
| Rank Ordered by prominence across all models. | Product Company or product name that appeared in model responses for this category. | Prominence Prominence (1–100) weights how often a product is ranked ahead of others. Hover a score for average position and visibility. | Models Per-model prominence. Ring fill shows each model's prominence score. Hover a dot for prominence, average position, and visibility. |
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| 1 |
Confluent
NR
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100 |
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| 2 | 82 |
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Microsoft
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81 |
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Redpanda
NR
Redpanda Data
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76 |
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| 5 |
Databricks
10
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76 |
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| 6 |
Aiven
NR
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73 |
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| 7 |
Google Cloud
NR
Google
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71 |
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| 8 |
Cloudera
NR
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64 |
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| 9 |
StreamNative
NR
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62 |
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| 10 |
Decodable
NR
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54 |
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Data Pipeline · October 2026
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