Comparison

Delta Lake vs Trino

On the evidence we track, Delta Lake leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Delta Lake61

Trino51

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Delta LakeLeader	Trino
vioscaleAI score	61 / 100medium · 58%	51 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	15	10
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.2	5.6
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=io.delta%3Adelta-standalone_2.12&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=io.trino%3Atrino-jdbc&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	152	468
Github starsadoption.github_stars	9,042	13,330
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	6,751,062	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	50	45
Historyrelease.history	20 items	7 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Scala	Java
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Delta Lake61 / 100medium · 58%

Trino51 / 100medium · 54%

Pricing

Free tier

Delta Lake✓

Trino✓

Model

Delta Lakeopen_source

Trinoopen_source

Price level

Delta Lakefree

Trinofree

Transparent

Delta Lake–

Trino✓

Integrations

Count

Delta Lake15

Trino10

Security

Scorecard

Delta Lake6.2

Trino5.6

Vulnerabilities

Delta LakeCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=io.delta%3Adelta-standalone_2.12&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

TrinoCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=io.trino%3Atrino-jdbc&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

Delta Lake152

Trino468

Github stars

Delta Lake9,042

Trino13,330

Package downloads weekly

Delta Lake6,751,062

Trino–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Delta Lake100

Trino100

Release

Cadence days

Delta Lake50

Trino45

History

Delta Lake20 items

Trino7 items

License

Spdx

Delta LakeApache-2.0

TrinoApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Delta LakeScala

TrinoJava

Market

Availability

Delta LakeAvailable worldwide

TrinoAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Delta Lake5 items

Trino6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Data Warehouse Software
Capability	Delta Lake	Trino
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Architecture
Architecture	Separated storage/compute	Coupled MPP
Compute model	-	Clusters
Query
SQL dialect	-	ANSI SQL
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place	✓	✓
Interoperability
Table-format support	Delta, Iceberg, Hudi	-
Scale
Concurrency scaling	-	-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest	✓	-
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)	First-class	-
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions	-	-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace	✓	-
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	Permissive OSS

Deployment

Delta LakeSelf-hosted

TrinoSelf-hosted

Architecture

Delta LakeSeparated storage/compute

TrinoCoupled MPP

Compute model

Delta Lake-

TrinoClusters

Query

SQL dialect

Delta Lake-

TrinoANSI SQL

Federation / lakehouse query-in-place

Delta Lake✓

Trino✓

Interoperability

Table-format support

Delta LakeDelta, Iceberg, Hudi

Trino-

Scale

Concurrency scaling

Delta Lake-

Trino-

Ingestion

Streaming ingest

Delta Lake✓

Trino-

Data model

Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)

Delta LakeFirst-class

Trino-

Analytics

ML / in-DB functions

Delta Lake-

Trino-

Sharing

Data sharing / marketplace

Delta Lake✓

Trino-

Licensing

Licence class

Delta LakePermissive OSS

TrinoPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

Delta Lake

Leader

A storage framework enabling lakehouse architectures—unified platforms combining data warehouse and data lake capabilities—that works with multiple query engines and can be deployed on any cloud, on-premises, or locally.

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.

Delta Lake

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-09-10verify ↗

Trino

Open source

as of 2026-10-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Delta Lake	Trino
WebPlatforms	-	✓
macOSPlatforms	-	✓
LinuxPlatforms	-	✓
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Delta Lake–

Trino✓

macOS

Delta Lake–

Trino✓

Linux

Delta Lake–

Trino✓

CLI

Delta Lake–

Trino✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

Delta Lake✓

Trino✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Power BI

Delta Lake

Leader

35 total - 34 not shared

Apache Spark
Apache Flink
Apache Hive
Apache Pulsar
Apache Druid
ClickHouse
Trino
PrestoDB
StarRocks
RisingWave
Dagster
Hopsworks
MLflow
Kafka
AWS Athena
AWS EMR
AWS Glue
Azure Stream Analytics
Google BigQuery
Snowflake
Databricks
AWS Redshift
Microsoft Fabric
Starburst
+10 more

Independently observed

Trino

28 total - 27 not shared

Grafana
Apache Airflow
Apache DolphinScheduler
Coginiti
Cube
DBeaver
dbt
DbVisualizer
Emacs
Tableau
Superset
R
Hadoop
S3
Cassandra
MySQL
Elasticsearch
Fugue
Logi Symphony
Mitzu
DolphinScheduler
Cognos Analytics
MicroStrategy
JupySQL
+3 more

Independently observed

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