# Trino vs Vertica

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Trino

| Attribute | Trino | Vertica |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 52.1 (54% (medium)) | 24.5 (14% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 468 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 13,183 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A high-performance analytics platform built on columnar architecture and massively parallel processing that delivers real-time insights, machine learning, and fraud detection across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid deployments. Designed for enterprises to analyze massive volumes of data while maintaining flexibility in infrastructure choices. |
| features.capabilities | `{"deployment":"self","sql_dialect":"ansi","architecture":"coupled_mpp","compute_model":"clusters","license_class":"permissive","federation_query":true}` | `{"in_db_ml":true,"deployment":"hybrid","sql_dialect":"vendor","architecture":"coupled_mpp","compute_model":"clusters","license_class":"proprietary","semi_structured":"first_class","streaming_ingest":true}` |
| integrations.count | 18 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"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"}]` | - |
| language.primary | Java | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://trino.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:22:01.158Z"}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | - |
| pricing.transparent | 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"}]` | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | 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 | Trino | Vertica |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Hybrid |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Architecture | Coupled MPP | Coupled MPP |
| Compute model | Clusters | Clusters |
| **Query** |  |  |
| SQL dialect | ANSI SQL | Vendor-specific |
| 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 | Permissive OSS | Proprietary |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:07:33.049Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*