# DuckDB vs Presto

**Leader by Vioscale score:** DuckDB

| Attribute | DuckDB | Presto |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 62.4 (56% (medium)) | 54.6 (33% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1 | 441 |
| adoption.github_stars | 40,661 | 16,724 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 17,889,302 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"in_db_ml":true,"deployment":"embedded","sql_dialect":"vendor","license_class":"permissive","table_formats":"Parquet, CSV, JSON, Iceberg, Delta Lake, Vortex, DuckLake, Lance, Arrow, Avro, E","semi_structured":"functional","federation_query":true}` | `{"deployment":"self","sql_dialect":"ansi","architecture":"separated","license_class":"permissive","semi_structured":"functional","federation_query":true}` |
| integrations.count | 27 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Postgres"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"S3"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Google Cloud"},{"name":"Hugging Face"},{"name":"SQLite"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"Iceberg"},{"name":"Delta Lake"},{"name":"Parquet"},{"name":"JSON"},{"name":"Arrow"},{"name":"Avro"},{"name":"Pandas"},{"name":"dplyr"},{"name":"Jupyter"},{"name":"Marimo"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"Cloudflare"},{"name":"ODBC"},{"name":"HTTP"},{"name":"Excel"},{"name":"Vortex"},{"name":"DuckLake"},{"name":"Lance"},{"name":"Geospatial formats"}]` | - |
| language.primary | C++ | Java |
| license.spdx | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"NL","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free, open source under MIT license","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://duckdb.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:30:03.636Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://prestodb.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T12:41:36.983Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 28 | 47 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.5.5","date":"2026-07-22T10:51:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.5.4","date":"2026-06-17T10:45:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.4.5","date":"2026-06-17T10:42:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.5.3","date":"2026-05-20T11:50:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.5.2","date":"2026-04-13T10:46:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.5.1","date":"2026-03-23T12:10:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.5.0","date":"2026-03-09T12:40:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.4.4","date":"2026-01-26T12:08:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.4.3","date":"2025-12-09T10:20:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.4.2","date":"2025-11-12T13:04:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.4.1","date":"2025-10-07T10:29:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.4.0","date":"2025-09-16T10:17:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.3.2","date":"2025-07-08T10:39:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.3.1","date":"2025-06-16T13:54:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.3.0","date":"2025-05-21T16:04:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.2.2","date":"2025-04-08T08:44:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.2.1","date":"2025-03-05T18:03:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.2.0","date":"2025-02-05T13:57:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.1.3","date":"2024-11-04T13:59:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.1.2","date":"2024-10-14T11:41:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.2"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.298.1","date":"2026-06-17T16:41:32Z","type":"stable","version":"0.298.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.298","date":"2026-06-12T18:46:43Z","type":"stable","version":"0.298"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.297","date":"2026-04-14T01:39:14Z","type":"stable","version":"0.297"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.296","date":"2025-12-08T18:33:56Z","type":"stable","version":"0.296"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.295","date":"2025-10-15T07:54:22Z","type":"stable","version":"0.295"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.294","date":"2025-08-27T18:59:30Z","type":"stable","version":"0.294"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.293","date":"2025-08-28T21:44:31Z","type":"stable","version":"0.293"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.292","date":"2025-08-28T21:44:27Z","type":"stable","version":"0.292"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.291","date":"2025-08-28T21:44:22Z","type":"stable","version":"0.291"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.290","date":"2025-08-28T21:44:18Z","type":"stable","version":"0.290"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.289","date":"2025-08-28T21:44:13Z","type":"stable","version":"0.289"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.288","date":"2025-08-28T21:44:08Z","type":"stable","version":"0.288"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.287","date":"2025-08-28T21:44:04Z","type":"stable","version":"0.287"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.286","date":"2025-08-28T21:43:58Z","type":"stable","version":"0.286"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.285","date":"2025-08-28T21:43:54Z","type":"stable","version":"0.285"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.284","date":"2025-08-28T21:43:50Z","type":"stable","version":"0.284"},{"url":"https://github.com/prestodb/presto/releases/tag/0.283","date":"2025-08-28T21:43:46Z","type":"stable","version":"0.283"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 5 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=python-duckdb&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"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"}` |

## Capabilities (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 |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:00:07.354Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*