Comparison

StarRocks vs Trino

On the evidence we track, Trino leads this comparison with a composite score of 52/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
StarRocks39
Trino52
Score
Vioscale score
StarRocks39 / 100low · 14%
Trino52 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
StarRocks
Trino
Model
Price level
StarRocksfree
Trinofree
Transparent
StarRocks
Trino
Integrations
Count
StarRocks14
Trino18
Adoption
Dependent repos
StarRocks
Trino468
Github stars
StarRocks
Trino13,183
Activity
Commits last 30d
StarRocks
Trino100
Release
Cadence days
StarRocks
Trino45
History
StarRocks
Trino7 items
License
Spdx
StarRocks
Language
Primary
StarRocks
TrinoJava
Market
Availability
StarRocks

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
StarRocksHybrid
TrinoSelf-hosted
Architecture
Architecture
StarRocksSeparated storage/compute
TrinoCoupled MPP
Compute model
StarRocksClusters
TrinoClusters
Query
SQL dialect
StarRocksANSI SQL
TrinoANSI SQL
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
StarRocks
Trino
Interoperability
Table-format support
StarRocksApache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, Apache Hive, Delta Lake
Trino-
Scale
Concurrency scaling
StarRocksManual
Trino-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
StarRocks
Trino-
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
StarRocks-
Trino-
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
StarRocks
Trino-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
StarRocks
Trino-
Licensing
Licence class
StarRocksSource-available
TrinoPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

StarRocks

An open-source analytical database optimized for real-time analytics with sub-second latency on complex queries. It queries directly from open lakehouse formats like Iceberg and Delta Lake without data copying, and handles high-concurrency workloads for AI agents and analytics.

Independently observed

Trino

Leader

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.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

StarRocks

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Trino

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Linux
StarRocks
Trino
CLI
StarRocks
Trino
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
StarRocks
Trino
Self-hosted
StarRocks
Trino
On-premise
StarRocks
Trino
Hybrid
StarRocks
Trino

Integrations

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

StarRocks

14 total
  • Apache Iceberg
  • Apache Hudi
  • Apache Hive
  • Delta Lake
  • Apache Kafka
  • Airbyte
  • Apache Superset
  • Min.IO
  • dbt Labs
  • Alibaba Cloud EMR
  • AWS
  • ByteDance Volcano Engine
  • CelerData
  • Mirrorship
Independently observed

Trino

Leader
18 total
  • Grafana
  • Apache Airflow
  • Apache DolphinScheduler
  • Coginiti
  • Cube
  • DBeaver
  • dbt
  • DbVisualizer
  • Emacs
  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • Superset
  • R
  • Hadoop
  • S3
  • Cassandra
  • MySQL
  • Elasticsearch
Independently observed

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