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Comparison

DuckDB vs Trino

On the evidence we track, DuckDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 59/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★DuckDB59
Trino51
Score
vioscaleAI score
DuckDB59 / 100medium · 51%
Trino51 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
DuckDB✓
Trino✓
Model
Price level
DuckDBfree
Trinofree
Transparent
DuckDB✓
Trino✓
Integrations
Count
DuckDB27
Trino10
Security
Scorecard
DuckDB–
Trino5.6
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
DuckDB✓
Trino–
Adoption
Dependent repos
DuckDB1
Trino468
Github stars
DuckDB42,154
Trino13,330
Package downloads weekly
DuckDB15,285,415
Trino–
Activity
Commits last 30d
DuckDB100
Trino100
Release
Cadence days
DuckDB33
Trino45
History
DuckDB20 items
Trino7 items
License
Spdx
DuckDBMIT
TrinoApache-2.0
Language
Primary
DuckDBC++
TrinoJava
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
DuckDB7 items
Trino6 items

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
DuckDBEmbedded
TrinoSelf-hosted
Architecture
Architecture
DuckDB-
TrinoCoupled MPP
Compute model
DuckDB-
TrinoClusters
Query
SQL dialect
DuckDBVendor-specific
TrinoANSI SQL
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
DuckDB✓
Trino✓
Interoperability
Table-format support
DuckDBParquet, CSV, JSON, Iceberg, Delta Lake, Vortex, DuckLake, Lance, Arrow, Avro, E
Trino-
Scale
Concurrency scaling
DuckDB-
Trino-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
DuckDB-
Trino-
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
DuckDBFunctional
Trino-
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
DuckDB✓
Trino-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
DuckDB-
Trino-
Licensing
Licence class
DuckDBPermissive OSS
TrinoPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

DuckDB

Leader

A portable analytical database that runs locally or embedded in applications, with PostgreSQL-like SQL and APIs for major programming languages, supporting popular data formats including CSV, JSON, Parquet, and Apache Iceberg.

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.

DuckDB

Leader
Open sourceFree tier

Free, open source under MIT license

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
DuckDB✗
Trino✓
macOS
DuckDB✓
Trino✓
Windows
DuckDB✓
Trino✗
Linux
DuckDB✓
Trino✓
CLI
DuckDB✓
Trino✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
DuckDB✓
Trino✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • S3
  • MySQL

DuckDB

Leader
30 total - 28 not shared
  • Postgres
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Hugging Face
  • SQLite
  • Iceberg
  • Delta Lake
  • Parquet
  • JSON
  • Arrow
  • Avro
  • Pandas
  • dplyr
  • Jupyter
  • Marimo
  • Claude
  • Cloudflare
  • ODBC
  • HTTP
  • Excel
  • Vortex
  • DuckLake
  • Lance
  • +4 more
Independently observed

Trino

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