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Dremio vs Trino

Dremio and Trino both land on Depends.

Dremio versus Trino
CompareDremioTrino
VerdictDependsDepends
Best forEnterprises with data lakes on S3Data teams federating queries across many sources
Who it's not forSmall teams that just need a dashboardSmall teams . just query your database directly
PrivacyOne known auth-bypass CVE (2025); otherwise strong posture . CVE Numbering Authority, certifications, build scanning.⁶One recent CVE, CVE-2026-34214 (information disclosure), patched in v480; no known exploits.13
Support qualityNo usable evidenceCommunity-maintained; paid SLA via Starburst
Public sentimentUsers praise the SQL simplicity and lakehouse speed but report heavy setup and a smaller community than Databricks or Snowflake.¹No verbatim user reviews surfaced; adoption trackers and stack surveys show Trino is a mainstream part of modern data platforms.15
Biggest gotchaSelf-hosted OSS ships dependency CVEs; patching is on your team.Patch fast: CVE-2026-34214 affected versions 439 through 47913

Pick Dremio when

  • Enterprises with data lakes on S3
  • SQL-first BI and analytics teams
  • Orgs building AI on lakehouse data

When Dremio is not a fit

  • Small teams that just need a dashboard
  • Anyone without dedicated data engineers
  • Startups wanting predictable flat pricing
  • Spark/ML-heavy shops better served by Databricks

Pick Trino when

  • Data teams federating queries across many sources
  • Petabyte-scale interactive analytics
  • Orgs with platform engineers to run clusters
  • Hive/legacy warehouse replacement

When Trino is not a fit

  • Small teams . just query your database directly
  • Anyone wanting zero-ops managed warehousing
  • Companies with no infra staff to run clusters
  • Single-database reporting needs

Sources

  1. Dremio Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features . G2g2.com
    review
  2. Can we talk about Dremio . Reddit r/dataengineeringreddit.com
    review
  3. Dremio Cloud review: A fast and flexible data lakehouse on AWS . InfoWorldinfoworld.com
    review
  4. Pricing Options . Dremiodremio.com
    official
  5. Dremio Compute Units (DCUs)dremio.com
    official
  6. CVE-2025-2298 Detail . NVDnvd.nist.gov
    security
  7. Dremio Security Bulletinsdocs.dremio.com
    security
  8. Dremio Acquired By SAP . Starburststarburst.io
    news
  9. Dremio Doubles Valuation to $2 Billion with $160M Rounddremio.com
    news
  10. Where is the catch with Dremio's forever free plan? . Redditreddit.com
    review
  11. Trino official sitetrino.io
    official
  12. trinodb/trino GitHub repositorygithub.com
    official
  13. CVE-2026-34214 recordcve.org
    security
  14. Facebook open-sources Presto (2013)visualstudiomagazine.com
    news
  15. Pragmatic Engineer 2025 stack surveynewsletter.pragmaticengineer.com
    review
  16. Companies that use Trino (3,697)theirstack.com
    review