# Trino: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 19 judge labels across 2 categories by 10 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/trino/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data virtualization | 15% | 2 | 17% | 18 |
| Data warehouses | 0% | 16 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Start with Trino if you have technical resources - it's the most widely adopted open-source option" (Kimi K2, Data virtualization)
- "Trino is the best data virtualization platform for a company with a limited budget" (MiniMax M2.5, Data virtualization)
- "Trino if you have technical talent and want to avoid licensing costs entirely" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Data virtualization)
- "best value choice is usually an open-source federation engine like Trino" (GPT-5.4 mini, Data virtualization)

## And against it

- "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, Data virtualization)
- "called out as open-source platforms with no certifications, which makes them risky in regulated environments" (Perplexity Sonar, Data virtualization)
- "Be cautious if you lack the team to own connectors, upgrades, security, and query tuning." (GPT-6 Luna, Data virtualization)

## In its own words

What Trino's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Trino is a high performance, distributed SQL query engine for big data. (https://trino.io/)
- For: data analysts and data scientists (https://trino.io/)
- Customers named: AWS, DiDi, Electronic Arts, Gett, Goldman Sachs, Grab, JioSaavn, Instacart

## What it publishes

Every page trino.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1031 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 192 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-18
- conference or event: 80 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-12-18
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-08-02
- glossary or explainer: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 85 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-01-16
- Recent: 2026-07-18 blog: A pivotal summer https://trino.io/blog/2026/07/18/a-pivotal-summer.html
- Recent: 2026-07-01 blog: A pivotal summer https://trino.io/blog/2026/07/18/a-pivotal-summer
- Recent: 2026-06-26 blog: Summer of grammar https://trino.io/blog/2026/06/26/summer-of-grammar.html
- Recent: 2026-06-01 blog: Summer of grammar https://trino.io/blog/2026/06/26/summer-of-grammar
- Recent: 2026-03-25 blog: Number data type https://trino.io/blog/2026/03/25/number-data-type.html
- Recent: 2026-03-01 blog: Number data type https://trino.io/blog/2026/03/25/number-data-type

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.