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Comparison

Dremio vs Presto

On the evidence we track, Dremio leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Dremio full profile →Presto full profile →
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★Dremio72
Presto53
Score
vioscaleAI score
Dremio72 / 100medium · 69%
Presto53 / 100low · 40%
Pricing
Free tier
Dremio✓
Presto✓
Model
Dremiofreemium
Prestocommercial
Price level
Dremiolow
Prestofree
Transparent
Dremio✗
Presto–
Integrations
Count
Dremio9
Presto–
Security
Disclosure policy
Dremio✓
Presto–
Gdpr
Dremio✓
Presto–
Iso27001
Dremio✓
Presto–
Scorecard
Dremio–
Presto5.1
Soc2
Dremio✓
Presto–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Dremio99.99
Presto–
Status page
Dremio✓
Presto–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Dremio–
Presto441
Github stars
Dremio–
Presto16,760
Activity
Commits last 30d
Dremio–
Presto97
Release
Cadence days
Dremio–
Presto47
History
Dremio–
Presto18 items
License
Spdx
Dremio–
PrestoApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Dremio–
PrestoJava
Content
Faq
Dremio6 items
Presto4 items

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
DremioHybrid
PrestoSelf-hosted
Architecture
Architecture
DremioSeparated storage/compute
PrestoSeparated storage/compute
Compute model
Dremio-
Presto-
Query
SQL dialect
DremioVendor-specific
PrestoANSI SQL
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
Dremio✓
Presto✓
Interoperability
Table-format support
DremioApache Iceberg
Presto-
Scale
Concurrency scaling
Dremio-
Presto-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
Dremio✓
Presto-
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
DremioFirst-class
PrestoFunctional
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
Dremio-
Presto-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
Dremio-
Presto-
Licensing
Licence class
DremioSource-available
PrestoPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

Dremio

Leader

An open-source lakehouse platform built on Apache Iceberg that enables data analytics and AI workloads with support for CDC, multi-source ingestion, and SQL-based querying.

Independently observed

Presto

The fastest open-source SQL query engine for modern data analytics at scale. Enables querying massive datasets across multiple data sources with sub-second performance.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Dremio

Leader
from $0.20/moconsumptionFree tier30-day trial

From $0.20 per DCU. Free Community Edition. 30-day free trial.

  • Dremio Cloud$0.20 per DCU. $400 credit free trial for 30 days.
    • Fully managed infrastructure (AWS, Azure coming soon)
    • Automatic scaling and optimization
    • Automatic feature releases
    • Zero infrastructure management
    • AI Agent
    • +4 more
  • Dremio EnterpriseContact sales
    • Self-managed on Kubernetes, on-premises, or cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
    • Full control over infrastructure, security, compliance
    • Flexible deployment options
    • AI Agent
    • AI Semantic Layer
    • +4 more
  • Dremio Community EditionFree
    • Query engine
as of verify ↗

Presto

Open sourceFree tier

Free and 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
Dremio✓
Presto–
CLI
Dremio✓
Presto–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Dremio✓
Presto✗
Self-hosted
Dremio✓
Presto✓

Integrations

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

Dremio

Leader
15 total
  • Apache Iceberg
  • Apache Polaris
  • dbt
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • DynamoDB
  • Oracle
  • SQL Server
  • DB2
  • AWS EMR
  • AWS Glue
  • Apache Spark
  • Postgres
  • Kafka
Independently observed

Presto

Not documented yet.

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Dremio or Presto: which one depends on you

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