Comparison

DuckDB vs Presto

On the evidence we track, DuckDB 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.

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★DuckDB62

Presto55

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DuckDBLeader	Presto
Vioscale score	62 / 100medium · 56%	55 / 100low · 33%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	27	-
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	5
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=python-duckdb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.facebook.presto%3Apresto-jdbc&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1	441
Github starsadoption.github_stars	40,661	16,724
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	17,889,302	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	28	47
Historyrelease.history	20 items	17 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	C++	Java
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ NL	-

Score

Vioscale score

DuckDB62 / 100medium · 56%

Presto55 / 100low · 33%

Pricing

Free tier

DuckDB✓

Presto✓

Model

DuckDBopen_source

Prestocommercial

Price level

DuckDBfree

Prestofree

Transparent

DuckDB✓

Presto–

Integrations

Count

DuckDB27

Presto–

Security

Scorecard

DuckDB–

Presto5

Vulnerabilities

DuckDBCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=python-duckdb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

PrestoCount: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.facebook.presto%3Apresto-jdbc&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

DuckDB✓

Presto–

Adoption

Dependent repos

DuckDB1

Presto441

Github stars

DuckDB40,661

Presto16,724

Package downloads weekly

DuckDB17,889,302

Presto–

Activity

Commits last 30d

DuckDB100

Presto100

Release

Cadence days

DuckDB28

Presto47

History

DuckDB20 items

Presto17 items

License

Spdx

DuckDBMIT

PrestoApache-2.0

Language

Primary

DuckDBC++

PrestoJava

Market

Availability

DuckDBAvailable worldwide · HQ NL

Presto–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Data Warehouse Software
Capability	DuckDB	Presto
Deployment
Deployment	Embedded	Self-hosted
Architecture
Architecture	-	Separated storage/compute
Compute model	-	-
Query
SQL dialect	Vendor-specific	ANSI SQL
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place	✓	✓
Interoperability
Table-format support	Parquet, CSV, JSON, Iceberg, Delta Lake, Vortex, DuckLake, Lance, Arrow, Avro, E	-
Scale
Concurrency scaling	-	-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest	-	-
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)	Functional	Functional
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions	✓	-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace	-	-
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	Permissive OSS

Deployment

DuckDBEmbedded

PrestoSelf-hosted

Architecture

DuckDB-

PrestoSeparated storage/compute

Compute model

DuckDB-

Presto-

Query

SQL dialect

DuckDBVendor-specific

PrestoANSI SQL

Federation / lakehouse query-in-place

DuckDB✓

Presto✓

Interoperability

Table-format support

DuckDBParquet, CSV, JSON, Iceberg, Delta Lake, Vortex, DuckLake, Lance, Arrow, Avro, E

Presto-

Scale

Concurrency scaling

DuckDB-

Presto-

Ingestion

Streaming ingest

DuckDB-

Presto-

Data model

Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)

DuckDBFunctional

PrestoFunctional

Analytics

ML / in-DB functions

DuckDB✓

Presto-

Sharing

Data sharing / marketplace

DuckDB-

Presto-

Licensing

Licence class

DuckDBPermissive OSS

PrestoPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

DuckDB

Leader

An in-process SQL analytical database that runs natively in applications across operating systems and environments. Supports querying files and cloud data directly with a SQL dialect and includes vector search capabilities.

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.

DuckDB

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

Free, open source under MIT license

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Presto

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	DuckDB	Presto
WebPlatforms	✓	-
macOSPlatforms	✓	-
WindowsPlatforms	✓	-
LinuxPlatforms	✓	-
CLIPlatforms	✓	-
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

DuckDB✓

Presto–

macOS

DuckDB✓

Presto–

Windows

DuckDB✓

Presto–

Linux

DuckDB✓

Presto–

CLI

DuckDB✓

Presto–

Deployment

Self-hosted

DuckDB✓

Presto✓

Integrations

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

DuckDB

Leader

27 total

Postgres
AWS
S3
Azure
Google Cloud
Hugging Face
SQLite
MySQL
Iceberg
Delta Lake
Parquet
JSON
Arrow
Avro
Pandas
dplyr
Jupyter
Marimo
Claude
Cloudflare
ODBC
HTTP
Excel
Vortex
+3 more

Independently observed

Presto

Not documented yet.

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