Comparison

Dremio vs Trino

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.

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★Dremio72
Trino51
Score
vioscaleAI score
Dremio72 / 100medium · 69%
Trino51 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
Dremio✓
Trino✓
Model
Price level
Dremiolow
Trinofree
Transparent
Dremio✗
Trino✓
Integrations
Count
Dremio9
Trino10
Security
Disclosure policy
Dremio✓
Trino–
Gdpr
Dremio✓
Trino–
Iso27001
Dremio✓
Trino–
Scorecard
Dremio–
Trino5.6
Soc2
Dremio✓
Trino–
Reliability
Sla pct
Dremio99.99
Trino–
Status page
Dremio✓
Trino–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Dremio–
Trino468
Github stars
Dremio–
Trino13,330
Activity
Commits last 30d
Dremio–
Trino100
Release
Cadence days
Dremio–
Trino45
History
Dremio–
Trino7 items
License
Spdx
Dremio–
Language
Primary
Dremio–
TrinoJava
Market
Availability
Dremio–
Content
Faq
Dremio6 items
Trino6 items

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
DremioHybrid
TrinoSelf-hosted
Architecture
Architecture
DremioSeparated storage/compute
TrinoCoupled MPP
Compute model
Dremio-
TrinoClusters
Query
SQL dialect
DremioVendor-specific
TrinoANSI SQL
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
Dremio✓
Trino✓
Interoperability
Table-format support
DremioApache Iceberg
Trino-
Scale
Concurrency scaling
Dremio-
Trino-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
Dremio✓
Trino-
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
DremioFirst-class
Trino-
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
Dremio-
Trino-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
Dremio-
Trino-
Licensing
Licence class
DremioSource-available
TrinoPermissive 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

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.

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 ↗

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
Dremio✓
Trino✓
macOS
Dremio✗
Trino✓
Linux
Dremio✗
Trino✓
CLI
Dremio✓
Trino✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Dremio✓
Trino✗
Self-hosted
Dremio✓
Trino✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • dbt
  • MySQL

Dremio

Leader
15 total - 13 not shared
  • Apache Iceberg
  • Apache Polaris
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • DynamoDB
  • Oracle
  • SQL Server
  • DB2
  • AWS EMR
  • AWS Glue
  • Apache Spark
  • Postgres
  • Kafka
Independently observed

Trino

28 total - 26 not shared
  • Grafana
  • Apache Airflow
  • Apache DolphinScheduler
  • Coginiti
  • Cube
  • DBeaver
  • DbVisualizer
  • Emacs
  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • Superset
  • R
  • Hadoop
  • S3
  • Cassandra
  • Elasticsearch
  • Fugue
  • Logi Symphony
  • Mitzu
  • DolphinScheduler
  • Cognos Analytics
  • MicroStrategy
  • JupySQL
  • SQuirrel SQL
  • +2 more
Independently observed
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