Comparison

Presto vs Trino

No clear leader: Presto (52.9) and Trino (50.7) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Presto53
Trino51
Score
vioscaleAI score
Presto53 / 100low · 40%
Trino51 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
Presto✓
Trino✓
Model
Price level
Prestofree
Trinofree
Transparent
Presto–
Trino✓
Integrations
Count
Presto–
Trino10
Adoption
Dependent repos
Presto441
Trino468
Github stars
Presto16,760
Trino13,330
Activity
Commits last 30d
Presto97
Trino100
Release
Cadence days
Presto47
Trino45
History
Presto18 items
Trino7 items
License
Spdx
Language
Primary
PrestoJava
TrinoJava
Market
Availability
Presto–
Content
Faq
Presto4 items
Trino6 items

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
PrestoSelf-hosted
TrinoSelf-hosted
Architecture
Architecture
PrestoSeparated storage/compute
TrinoCoupled MPP
Compute model
Presto-
TrinoClusters
Query
SQL dialect
PrestoANSI SQL
TrinoANSI SQL
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
Presto✓
Trino✓
Interoperability
Table-format support
Presto-
Trino-
Scale
Concurrency scaling
Presto-
Trino-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
Presto-
Trino-
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
PrestoFunctional
Trino-
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
Presto-
Trino-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
Presto-
Trino-
Licensing
Licence class
PrestoPermissive OSS
TrinoPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

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

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.

Presto

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

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
Presto–
Trino✓
macOS
Presto–
Trino✓
Linux
Presto–
Trino✓
CLI
Presto–
Trino✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
Presto✓
Trino✓

Integrations

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

Presto

Not documented yet.

Trino

28 total
  • Grafana
  • Apache Airflow
  • Apache DolphinScheduler
  • Coginiti
  • Cube
  • DBeaver
  • dbt
  • DbVisualizer
  • Emacs
  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • Superset
  • R
  • Hadoop
  • S3
  • Cassandra
  • MySQL
  • Elasticsearch
  • Fugue
  • Logi Symphony
  • Mitzu
  • DolphinScheduler
  • Cognos Analytics
  • MicroStrategy
  • +4 more
Independently observed
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Presto or Trino: which one depends on you

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