DB-EnginesExtremeDB: the mission critical dbmsEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > ClickHouse vs. ScyllaDB vs. Trino

System Properties Comparison ClickHouse vs. ScyllaDB vs. Trino

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameClickHouse  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrino  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionColumn-oriented Relational DBMS powering YandexCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeFast distributed SQL query engine for big data analytics. Forked from Presto and originally named PrestoSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score14.97
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score6.51
Rank#67  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score6.43
Rank#69  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Websiteclickhouse.techwww.scylladb.comtrino.io
Technical documentationclickhouse.tech/­docsdocs.scylladb.comtrino.io/­broadcast
trino.io/­docs/­current
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterGitHubYouTube
DeveloperClickhouse Inc.ScyllaDBTrino Software Foundation
Initial release201620152012 info2020 rebranded from PrestoSQL
Current releasev23.4.1.1943-stable, April 2023ScyllaDB Open Source 5.0, July 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Scylla Cloud: Create real-time applications that run at global scale with Scylla Cloud, the industry’s most powerful NoSQL DBaaSStarburst Galaxy offers a feature-rich user interface to connect all your data sources, manage your Trino clusters, and query your data.
Implementation languageC++C++Java
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
LinuxLinux
macOS infofor devlopment
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonono
Secondary indexesyes, when using the MergeTree engineyes infocluster global secondary indicesdepending on connected data-source
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to ANSI SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Trino CLI
Supported programming languagesC# info3rd party library
C++
Elixir info3rd party library
Go info3rd party library
Java info3rd party library
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party library
Kotlin info3rd party library
Nim info3rd party library
Perl info3rd party library
PHP info3rd party library
Python info3rd party library
R info3rd party library
Ruby info3rd party library
Scala info3rd party library
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, Luayes, depending on connected data-source
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on connected data-source
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibledepending on connected data-source
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
depending on connected data-source
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsdepending on connected data-source
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesdepending on connected data-source
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users can be defined per objectSQL standard access control
More information provided by the system vendor
ClickHouseScyllaDBTrino
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is the database for data-intensive apps that require high performance and...
» more
Trino is the fastest open source, massively parallel processing SQL query engine...
» more
Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
» more
High performance analtyics and data processing of very large data sets Powerful ANSI...
» more
Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
» more
Performant analytics query engine for data warehouses, data lakes, and data lakehouses...
» more
Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
» more
Trino is widely adopted across the globe as freely-available open source software....
» more
Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
» more
28250+ commits in GitHub 5750+ stargazers in GitHub 6950+ pull requests merged in...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
» more
Trino is an open source project and usage is therefore free. Commercial offerings...
» more
News

Trino Fest nears with an all-star lineup
1 June 2023

Trino at Open Source Summit North America 2023
15 May 2023

47: Meet the new Trino maintainers
5 May 2023

Refreshing at the lakehouse summer camp
3 May 2023

Just the right time date predicates with Iceberg
11 April 2023

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
ClickHouseScyllaDBTrino
Conferences and events

How Optimizely (Safely) Maximizes Database Concurrency
Webinar, 10am PT, 13 April 2023 (finished)

ScyllaDB Virtual Workshop
Webinar, 10AM PT, 27 April 2023 (finished)

Overcoming Media Streaming Challenges with NoSQL
Webinar, 10am PT, 4 May 2023 (finished)

Recent citations in the news

ClickHouse launches ClickHouse Cloud, extends its Series B
6 December 2022, TechCrunch

Aiven launches managed ClickHouse database as a service
13 December 2022, TechTarget

When you try to hire a freelancer to write SQL and all you get is incorrect AI garbage
9 May 2023, The Register

ClickHouse, Inc. and Alibaba Cloud Announce a New Partnership
24 March 2023, Yahoo Finance

Why Clickhouse is so fast? The Secret to Its Blazing Fast Performance
14 April 2023, Startup.info

provided by Google News

Konica Minolta Partners with Scylla AI to Offer Visible Weapon ...
1 June 2023, GlobeNewswire

Konica Minolta - Scylla AI intergration to leverage AI for protection ...
2 June 2023, SourceSecurity.com

ScyllaDB Continues Record Growth in Response to Rising Cloud Cost Pressures
28 February 2023, Yahoo Finance

ScyllaDB Adds Jon Bakke of MariaDB to its Leadership Team, Supporting Rapid DBaaS Growth
18 April 2023, Yahoo Finance

How Discord Migrated Trillions of Messages to ScyllaDB
21 February 2023, The New Stack

provided by Google News

Starburst accelerates Trino to 'Warp Speed' to accelerate data ...
8 February 2023, VentureBeat

Starburst adds a data catalog, high-speed indexing and Python ...
8 February 2023, SiliconANGLE News

Starburst's CEO Decries Big Data Lies; Touts Data Truths
13 February 2023, The New Stack

Trino and dbt open source data tools snuggle closer with integrated SaaS
28 April 2023, The Register

How data engineering is powering Pinterest's global platform
1 June 2023, Technology Magazine

provided by Google News

Job opportunities

PYTHON DEVELOPER
Transition Technologies PSC Sp. z o. o., Remote

Senior Staff Software Engineer/Lead, Database Service Team
Tesla, Fremont, CA

Software Engineer
ActiveViam, New York, NY

Backend Engineer
Sematext Group, Brooklyn, NY

C++ Senior Software Engineer
Celonis SE, New York, NY

Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Hive, San Francisco, CA

Systems Engineer / DevOps
Hive, San Francisco, CA

Systems Engineer / DevOps
Hive, Seattle, WA

Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Hive, Seattle, WA

Senior DevOps Engineer
Verinovum, Inc, Remote

Systems Design Engineer
Viasat, Inc., Remote

Senior Director, Developer Relations
Starburst, United States

Senior Security Engineer
Starburst, United States

Product Manager, Galaxy
Starburst, United States

Onboarding Engineer
Starburst, Boston, MA

jobs by Indeed



Share this page

Featured Products

Cassandra Forward online event

Want to level up your Cassandra game?
If you missed the event or would like to re-watch a session, replays are available now. Watch now!

Redis logo

The world’s most loved real‑time data platform.
Try free

MariaDB logo

SkySQL, the ultimate
MariaDB cloud, is here.

Get started with SkySQL today!

Vertica logo

Vertica Accelerator. The fastest analytics and machine learning, delivered as SaaS, with automated setup, administration, and management. Free trial.

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Present your product here