Comparison

Apache Druid vs Trino

No clear leader: Trino (52.1) and Apache Druid (48.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Apache Druid48
Trino52
Score
Vioscale score
Apache Druid48 / 100medium · 54%
Trino52 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
Apache Druid
Trino
Model
Apache Druidopen_source
Price level
Apache Druidfree
Trinofree
Transparent
Apache Druid
Trino
Integrations
Count
Apache Druid2
Trino18
Adoption
Dependent repos
Apache Druid264
Trino468
Github stars
Apache Druid14,045
Trino13,183
Activity
Commits last 30d
Apache Druid100
Trino100
Release
Cadence days
Apache Druid61
Trino45
History
Apache Druid20 items
Trino7 items
License
Spdx
Apache DruidApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Apache DruidJava
TrinoJava
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for data warehouse software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Deployment
Apache DruidSelf-hosted
TrinoSelf-hosted
Architecture
Architecture
Apache Druid-
TrinoCoupled MPP
Compute model
Apache DruidClusters
TrinoClusters
Query
SQL dialect
Apache DruidVendor-specific
TrinoANSI SQL
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
Apache Druid-
Trino
Interoperability
Table-format support
Apache Druid-
Trino-
Scale
Concurrency scaling
Apache Druid-
Trino-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
Apache Druid
Trino-
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
Apache Druid-
Trino-
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
Apache Druid-
Trino-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
Apache Druid-
Trino-
Licensing
Licence class
Apache DruidPermissive OSS
TrinoPermissive OSS

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Apache Druid

Apache Druid is an open source analytics database designed for fast queries and real-time data ingestion. It excels at powering UIs, running operational queries, and handling high concurrency.

Independently observed

Trino

An open-source SQL query engine built for fast, distributed analytics over large-scale datasets stored in multiple systems. It enables users to query data in place without copying, supporting interactive analytics workloads from single queries to high-volume applications.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Apache Druid

Open sourceFree tier

Open source, free to use and deploy

as of verify ↗

Trino

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Apache Druid
Trino
CLI
Apache Druid
Trino
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Apache Druid
Trino
Self-hosted
Apache Druid
Trino
On-premise
Apache Druid
Trino

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Apache Druid

2 total
  • Apache Kafka
  • Amazon Kinesis
Independently observed

Trino

18 total
  • Grafana
  • Apache Airflow
  • Apache DolphinScheduler
  • Coginiti
  • Cube
  • DBeaver
  • dbt
  • DbVisualizer
  • Emacs
  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • Superset
  • R
  • Hadoop
  • S3
  • Cassandra
  • MySQL
  • Elasticsearch
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.