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Comparison

Apache Iceberg vs Trino

On the evidence we track, Apache Iceberg leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Apache Iceberg60
Trino51
Score
vioscaleAI score
Apache Iceberg60 / 100medium · 56%
Trino51 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
Apache Iceberg–
Trino✓
Model
Apache Icebergopen_source
Trinoopen_source
Price level
Apache Icebergfree
Trinofree
Transparent
Apache Iceberg–
Trino✓
Integrations
Count
Apache Iceberg20
Trino10
Security
Disclosure policy
Apache Iceberg✓
Trino–
Scorecard
Apache Iceberg7.9
Trino5.6
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Apache Iceberg✓
Trino–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Apache Iceberg1
Trino468
Github stars
Apache Iceberg9,326
Trino13,330
Package downloads weekly
Apache Iceberg6,665,583
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
TrinoApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Apache IcebergJava
TrinoJava
Market
Availability
Apache Iceberg–
TrinoAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Apache Iceberg5 items
Trino6 items

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

A table format that brings SQL capabilities to large-scale analytical datasets and enables multiple computing engines to safely and concurrently query and modify the same tables.

Independently observed

Trino

Trino is an open-source SQL query engine designed for fast analytics on big data. It enables distributed querying across multiple data sources and integrates with numerous data processing, visualization, and analytics tools.

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 source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Apache Iceberg✗
Trino✓
macOS
Apache Iceberg✓
Trino✓
Windows
Apache Iceberg✓
Trino✗
Linux
Apache Iceberg✓
Trino✓
CLI
Apache Iceberg✓
Trino✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
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
23 total - 21 not shared
  • Spark
  • Trino
  • Presto
  • Flink
  • Hive
  • Impala
  • PyArrow
  • DuckDB
  • Polars
  • Pandas
  • Ray
  • Datafusion
  • BigQuery
  • SQLAlchemy
  • GCS
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Kerberos
  • Thrift
  • Avro
  • Parquet
  • ORC
Independently observed

Trino

28 total - 26 not shared
  • Grafana
  • Apache Airflow
  • Apache DolphinScheduler
  • Coginiti
  • Cube
  • DBeaver
  • dbt
  • DbVisualizer
  • Emacs
  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • Superset
  • R
  • Cassandra
  • MySQL
  • Elasticsearch
  • Fugue
  • Logi Symphony
  • Mitzu
  • DolphinScheduler
  • Cognos Analytics
  • MicroStrategy
  • JupySQL
  • SQuirrel SQL
  • +2 more
Independently observed
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