Trino

6.9easy start · #13 of 28
in OLAP Databases

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you worknot on record

Runs on api, Linux, self-hosted, Web.

Trino is ranked #13 of 28 in OLAP databases on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.

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Trino open source Free Apache License 2.0 · self-managed deployment trino.io · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on OLAP databases

Free plan: Yes
Cloud hosted: Yes
Self-hosted: Yes
SQL querying: Yes
Query result cache: Yes
Row-level security: Yes
API access: Yes

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The record

What it does: Trino is a distributed SQL query engine for querying large datasets across heterogeneous data sources.
SQL support: Trino is an ANSI SQL compliant query engine.
Performance: Trino is highly parallel and distributed and is built for efficient, low-latency analytics.
Query federation: Trino can query multiple systems within a single query, such as joining S3 object storage data with MySQL data.
Deployment: Trino can run on Kubernetes, in Docker containers, or through a manually deployed server tarball.
Cloud and on-premises: Trino is optimized for on-premises and cloud environments including Amazon, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Integrations: Trino provides connectors for data sources including BigQuery, Cassandra, ClickHouse, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redis, Snowflake, and SQL Server.
Client interfaces: The Trino project maintains JDBC, Go, JavaScript, Python, and C# client drivers, plus a command-line interface and Grafana data-source plugin.
AI functions: Trino provides AI functions supporting OpenAI and Anthropic directly and other models through Ollama, with the language model supplied as an external service.
Security: Trino supports TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3, password-file, LDAP, Salesforce, OAuth 2.0, certificate, JWT, and Kerberos authentication, plus file-based, Open Policy Agent, and Ranger access control.
Security default: A default Trino installation has no security features enabled.
Support: The project directs users to Slack for help and GitHub issues for bug reports.
License and governance: The Trino Software Foundation is an independent nonprofit that governs the project, whose projects use the Apache License 2.0.
Workload scope: Trino is designed for data warehousing and analytics and is not a general-purpose relational database or an OLTP replacement.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best OLAP Databases in 2026#13 of 28
Best Query Engine Software in 2026#10 of 25
Best Data Virtualization Software in 2026#11 of 23
Best Data Federation Software in 2026#7 of 23

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trino.io/docs/current/overview.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
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trino.io/download· checked 30 Sept 2026
trino.io/docs/current/installation/plugins.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
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trino.io/docs/current/functions/ai.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
trino.io/docs/current/security/overview.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
trino.io/foundation.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
trino.io/docs/current/overview/use-cases.html· checked 30 Sept 2026