Data virtualization · October 2026 Edition
Denodo vs Trino
Eight of fourteen models named Denodo first on the direct prompt; zero named Trino. Denodo was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Trino by ten and Denodo carries 66 labels and Trino 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share28%15%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate35%17%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels6618A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Denodo reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.TIBCO Data Virtualization was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Denodo vs Starburst Galaxy · Denodo vs Starburst · Denodo vs Dremio
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the data virtualization page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
DenodoFirst choices, of fourteen modelsTrino
Direct802 against Denodo
Paraphrase502 against Denodo
Comparative120
Budget-constrained088 against Denodo
Scale-constrained201 against Denodo
Negative0010 against Denodo · 3 against Trino
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Denodo and Trino were named in the same answer forty-five times, of the 204 answers naming Denodo and the 54 naming Trino. In those answers Trino took the first choice thirteen times and Denodo six.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Denodo and Trino stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | | |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Denodo Trino first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Denodo on the left and Trino on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Denodo and Trino stood in it.
Denodo first, Trino an alternative
8 of 14 modelsTrino was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Denodo alternatives: CData Virtuality, Dremio, TIBCO Data Virtualization
GPT-5.4 miniDenodo alternatives: IBM Data Virtualization, TIBCO Data Virtualization
Perplexity SonarDenodo alternatives: CData Virtuality, IBM Cloud Pak for Data, TIBCO Data Virtualization
Grok 4.1 FastDenodo alternatives: Dremio, IBM Data Virtualization, Starburst Galaxy, TIBCO Data Virtualization
DeepSeek V4 FlashDenodo alternatives: Dremio, Starburst Galaxy, TIBCO Data Virtualization
GLM 4.7 FlashXDenodo alternatives: IBM watsonx.data, Informatica Data Virtualization, TIBCO Data Virtualization
MiniMax M2.5Denodo alternatives: TIBCO Data Virtualization, Teiid, Trino
GPT-6 LunaDenodo alternatives: Dremio, Starburst
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashCData Virtuality alternatives: CData Connect Cloud, Denodo, Dremio
Muse Glimmer 30BAtScale, Dremio alternatives: Denodo, TIBCO Data Virtualization
Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Mistral SmallInformatica Data Virtualization, TIBCO Data Virtualization alternatives: CData Virtuality, IBM Data Virtualization, Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashStarburst Galaxy alternatives: Dremio
Kimi K2Starburst Galaxy alternatives: CData Connect Cloud, Dremio Cloud
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Level: the same share of first choices.
Denodo11%#4 of 12Trino11%#3 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
What the models said about Denodo
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“What to Avoid on a Tight Budget ... Denodo | ~$180,000/year | Enterprise pricing is out of reach” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Premium enterprise - avoid for limited budgets” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Highly proprietary enterprise suites like Denodo and TIBCO Data Virtualization can be strong technically, but they tend to come with premium pricing, operational complexity, and a risk of lock-in” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“the strongest default choice is usually Denodo if you need broad connectivity, governance, and a mature enterprise-grade virtualization layer” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Denodo if you need the most comprehensive, enterprise-grade data virtualization with the broadest source connectivity and governance.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Denodo is a pure-play logical data fabric, while TIBCO emphasizes a semantic layer and SQL-based cross-source joins with pushdown.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Trino
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Trino/Starburst-style solutions can work well, but they may be the wrong choice if your use case needs heavy governance, complex business semantics” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“called out as open-source platforms with no certifications, which makes them risky in regulated environments” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Be cautious if you lack the team to own connectors, upgrades, security, and query tuning.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Start with Trino if you have technical resources - it's the most widely adopted open-source option” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Trino is the best data virtualization platform for a company with a limited budget” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Trino if you have technical talent and want to avoid licensing costs entirely” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
Denodo vs Starburst GalaxyDenodo vs StarburstDenodo vs DremioDenodo vs CData VirtualityDenodo vs TIBCO Data VirtualizationTrino vs Starburst GalaxyTrino vs StarburstTrino vs DremioTrino vs CData VirtualityTrino vs TIBCO Data VirtualizationAll twenty-one head-to-head pages and the full data virtualization standing
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.