Presto

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First Added:June 12, 2026 Updated: July 2, 2026

Presto. (PrestoDB) is a distributed SQL query engine for federated analytics across data lakes and warehouses.

Summary

What it is: Coordinator/worker cluster executing ANSI SQL over connectors (Hive, Iceberg, RDBMS, etc.).

When to use: Maintaining existing PrestoDB clusters and connectors tied to that lineage.

When to skip: Greenfield federated SQL. Start with Trino or warehouse-native engines (BigQuery, Snowflake).

Key features: Connector plugin model, interactive queries, integration with Apache Superset and Metabase.

Details

TopicNotes
HistoryTrino forked from PrestoDB; names and vendors diverged
BIApache Superset lists Presto/Trino as first-class datasources

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