Comparison

Apache Iceberg vs Trino

On the evidence we track, Apache Iceberg leads this comparison with a composite score of 62/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Apache Iceberg62
Trino52
Score
Vioscale score
Apache Iceberg62 / 100medium · 56%
Trino52 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
Apache Iceberg
Trino
Model
Apache Icebergopen_source
Price level
Apache Icebergfree
Trinofree
Transparent
Apache Iceberg
Trino
Integrations
Count
Apache Iceberg20
Trino18
Reliability
Status page
Apache Iceberg
Trino
Adoption
Dependent repos
Apache Iceberg1
Trino468
Github stars
Apache Iceberg9,176
Trino13,183
Package downloads weekly
Apache Iceberg11,384,061
Trino
Activity
Commits last 30d
Apache Iceberg100
Trino100
Release
Cadence days
Apache Iceberg50
Trino45
History
Apache Iceberg20 items
Trino7 items
License
Spdx
Apache IcebergApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Apache IcebergJava
TrinoJava
Market
Availability
Apache Iceberg

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
Apache IcebergEmbedded
TrinoSelf-hosted
Architecture
Architecture
Apache Iceberg-
TrinoCoupled MPP
Compute model
Apache Iceberg-
TrinoClusters
Query
SQL dialect
Apache Iceberg-
TrinoANSI SQL
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
Apache Iceberg
Trino
Interoperability
Table-format support
Apache IcebergIceberg (Parquet, ORC, Avro, Puffin data files)
Trino-
Scale
Concurrency scaling
Apache IcebergAutomatic
Trino-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
Apache Iceberg
Trino-
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
Apache IcebergFirst-class
Trino-
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
Apache Iceberg-
Trino-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
Apache Iceberg
Trino-
Licensing
Licence class
Apache IcebergPermissive OSS
TrinoPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

Apache Iceberg

Leader

Apache Iceberg is a table format that enables reliable, ACID-compliant SQL operations on big data. It allows multiple query engines—such as Spark, Trino, Flink, Hive, and Impala—to safely read and write the same tables concurrently, bringing traditional database semantics to analytics workloads.

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 Iceberg

Leader
Open source

Open source, no licensing cost

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
CLI
Apache Iceberg
Trino
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Apache Iceberg
Trino
Self-hosted
Apache Iceberg
Trino
On-premise
Apache Iceberg
Trino

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • S3
  • Hadoop

Apache Iceberg

Leader
20 total - 18 not shared
  • Spark
  • Trino
  • Presto
  • Flink
  • Hive
  • Impala
  • PyArrow
  • DuckDB
  • Polars
  • Pandas
  • Ray
  • Datafusion
  • BigQuery
  • SQLAlchemy
  • GCS
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Kerberos
  • Thrift
Independently observed

Trino

18 total - 16 not shared
  • Grafana
  • Apache Airflow
  • Apache DolphinScheduler
  • Coginiti
  • Cube
  • DBeaver
  • dbt
  • DbVisualizer
  • Emacs
  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • Superset
  • R
  • Cassandra
  • MySQL
  • Elasticsearch
Independently observed

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