# Google BigQuery vs Trino

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Google BigQuery

| Attribute | Google BigQuery | Trino |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 61.1 (40% (low)) | 50.7 (54% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 468 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 13,330 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A fully managed, serverless cloud analytics engine that combines data storage, real-time processing, and integrated machine learning capabilities in a unified platform. It is indexed under Data Warehouse Software.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/bigquery","question":"What is Google BigQuery?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Google BigQuery offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Channel.V1/1.7.0/Google.Cloud.Channel.V1.ListChannelPartnerRepricingConfigsResponse","question":"Is Google BigQuery free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Google BigQuery. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Channel.V1/1.7.0/Google.Cloud.Channel.V1.ListChannelPartnerRepricingConfigsResponse","question":"What platforms does Google BigQuery support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Google BigQuery, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/bigquery","question":"Can Google BigQuery be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 5 integrations for Google BigQuery, including Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Data Engineering Agent, Data Science Agent, Conversational Analytics Agent and Dataflow. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://cloud.google.com/bigquery","question":"What does Google BigQuery integrate with?","confidence":0.6}]` | `[{"answer":"An open-source SQL query engine built for fast, distributed analytics over large-scale datasets stored in multiple systems. It enables users to query data in place without copying, supporting interactive analytics workloads from single queries to high-volume applications. It is indexed under Data Warehouse Software.","source":"https://trino.io","question":"What is Trino?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Trino is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://trino.io","question":"Is Trino free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Trino supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://trino.io","question":"What platforms does Trino support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Trino can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://trino.io","question":"Can Trino be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 17 integrations for Trino, including Grafana, Apache Airflow, Apache DolphinScheduler, Coginiti, Cube, DBeaver, dbt and DbVisualizer, plus 9 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://trino.io","question":"What does Trino integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Trino is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/trinodb/trino","question":"Is Trino open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based data platform that automates the complete data lifecycle from ingestion through AI analysis, enabling organizations to analyze data and derive AI-driven insights at scale. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"in_db_ml":true,"deployment":"managed","sql_dialect":"vendor","architecture":"serverless","data_sharing":true,"compute_model":"serverless","license_class":"proprietary","semi_structured":"first_class","federation_query":true,"streaming_ingest":true}` | `{"deployment":"self","sql_dialect":"ansi","architecture":"coupled_mpp","compute_model":"clusters","license_class":"permissive","federation_query":true}` |
| integrations.count | 2 | 10 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform"},{"name":"Data Engineering Agent"},{"name":"Data Science Agent"},{"name":"Conversational Analytics Agent"},{"name":"Gemini","native":true},{"name":"Dataflow","native":true}]` | `[{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Apache Airflow"},{"name":"Apache DolphinScheduler"},{"name":"Coginiti"},{"name":"Cube"},{"name":"DBeaver"},{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"DbVisualizer"},{"name":"Emacs"},{"name":"Tableau"},{"name":"Power BI"},{"name":"Superset"},{"name":"R"},{"name":"Hadoop"},{"name":"S3"},{"name":"Cassandra"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Fugue","category":"data_processing"},{"name":"Logi Symphony","category":"analytics"},{"name":"Mitzu","category":"product_analytics"},{"name":"DolphinScheduler","category":"workflow_scheduling"},{"name":"Cognos Analytics","category":"business_intelligence"},{"name":"MicroStrategy","category":"business_intelligence"},{"name":"JupySQL","category":"notebooks"},{"name":"SQuirrel SQL","category":"database_client"},{"name":"Zing Data","category":"analytics"},{"name":"Trino CLI","native":true,"category":"client"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Java |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free tier","summary":"10 GiB storage + 1 TiB queries/month","description":"Monthly free allocation","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"queries":"1 TiB/month","storage":"10 GiB"}}],"summary":"Free tier with 10 GiB storage and 1 TiB monthly queries. New customers receive $300 in free credits.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Channel.V1/1.7.0/Google.Cloud.Channel.V1.ListChannelPartnerRepricingConfigsResponse","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:28:19.613Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://trino.io","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T15:15:20.514Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 45 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/trinodb/trino/releases/tag/483","date":"2026-07-18T01:28:57Z","type":"stable","version":"483"},{"url":"https://github.com/trinodb/trino/releases/tag/482","date":"2026-06-25T19:22:28Z","type":"stable","version":"482"},{"url":"https://github.com/trinodb/trino/releases/tag/481","date":"2026-05-12T01:03:57Z","type":"stable","version":"481"},{"url":"https://github.com/trinodb/trino/releases/tag/480","date":"2026-03-24T23:06:31Z","type":"stable","version":"480"},{"url":"https://github.com/trinodb/trino/releases/tag/479","date":"2025-12-15T03:19:30Z","type":"stable","version":"479"},{"url":"https://github.com/trinodb/trino/releases/tag/478","date":"2025-10-29T18:42:57Z","type":"stable","version":"478"},{"url":"https://github.com/trinodb/trino/releases/tag/477","date":"2025-09-25T00:32:51Z","type":"stable","version":"477"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 5.6 |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=io.trino%3Atrino-jdbc&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Data Warehouse Software)

| Capability | Google BigQuery | Trino |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Managed cloud | Self-hosted |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Architecture | Serverless | Coupled MPP |
| Compute model | Serverless | Clusters |
| **Query** |  |  |
| SQL dialect | Vendor-specific | ANSI SQL |
| Federation / lakehouse query-in-place | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Interoperability** |  |  |
| Table-format support | - | - |
| **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 | Proprietary | Permissive OSS |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T17:57:19.752Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*