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Trino Query Engine

Fast distributed SQL query engine

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★4.4ratingPricing · FreeRising
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend
Rating
4.4
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Trino Query Engine does

Trino queries multiple data sources, including S3, Hive, MySQL, and Kafka, from a single SQL interface. Analysts and data engineers use it to join data across systems without first moving it into one warehouse. The listing presents it as a federated query engine. The project is available at trino.io.

How Trino Query Engine compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Trino Query Engine does. Among the 2 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Coalesce at $150 a month and the median is $164.50. 4 of the 5 offer an API, as Trino Query Engine does. Trino Query Engine offers a command-line tool. Of the alternatives, 2 offer a command-line tool. Trino Query Engine was founded in 2012; the alternatives were founded between 2018 and 2023. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in the Netherlands and the United States.

Market position · Data

How Trino Query Engine compares in Data

Trino Query Engine has moderate opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 405 live Data tools on FalcoScan. Across Data, the average opportunity score is 69.2 and the average saturation score 33.3. FalcoScan rates Trino Query Engine's own market position as open. 128 of the 405 operating Data tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 8 shutdowns in the category.

Trino Query Engine compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Trino Query EngineFounded 2012ModerateOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIRising
DuckDBFounded 2018 · Amsterdam, NetherlandsHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, Desktop, CLIHot
Wren AI AnalyticsFounded 2023HighOpenFreemium$179/moYesYesWeb, APIHot
QuadraticFounded 2022 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesNoWebHot
SteampipeFounded 2021 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIStable
CoalesceFounded 2021 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium$150/moYesYesWebHot

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Trino Query Engine exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Data Extraction
Industry Verticals
Software
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Questions

Trino Query Engine: common questions

Is Trino Query Engine free?

Yes. FalcoScan lists Trino Query Engine as free to use.

What are the best alternatives to Trino Query Engine?

The closest alternatives to Trino Query Engine that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are DuckDB, Wren AI Analytics, Quadratic, Steampipe, and Coalesce.

Is Trino Query Engine still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Trino Query Engine as operating at trino.io.

Does Trino Query Engine have an API?

Yes. Trino Query Engine offers an API.

Who is Trino Query Engine for?

Trino Query Engine is built for data teams.

How do I sign in to Trino Query Engine?

Sign in on Trino Query Engine's own website, trino.io. FalcoScan reviews Trino Query Engine but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Trino Query Engine directly.

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