What Presto Query FB does
Presto is an open-source SQL query engine for analytics, described on its site as a Linux Foundation project. It runs one SQL query across data lakes, lakehouses, and NoSQL stores, so data can be accessed where it sits. The page describes it as an in-memory engine for interactive and batch workloads at sizes up to petabytes, and says it outperforms other compute engines in its stack. The site targets developers and lists enterprise-grade governance as a feature. Usage figures on the page include 30K queries per day on 300PB of data at Meta and 1.5M+ queries per month on 10TB of data. The page does not state pricing.
How Presto Query FB compares with its closest alternatives
4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Presto Query FB does. Only CockroachDB Serverless lists a starting price, $203 a month. All 5 offer an API, as Presto Query FB does. Presto Query FB offers a command-line tool. Of the alternatives, 3 offer a command-line tool. Presto Query FB was founded in 2012; the alternatives were founded between 2012 and 2021. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in the Netherlands and the United States.