Apache Presto

Presto (PrestoDB) is a distributed SQL query engine designed for fast interactive analytic queries against various data sources, including Hadoop, S3, relational databases, and more. Developed and open-sourced by Facebook, it enables users to query petabytes of data using standard ANSI SQL…

Key facts

First appeared: 2013
Category: technology
Problem solved: Presto was created to address the significant challenge of running fast, interactive analytic queries over massive datasets stored in diverse systems, particularly Hadoop. Traditional MapReduce-based engines like Apache Hive were too slow for ad-hoc, exploratory analytics, while specialized data warehouses required costly and complex data movement.
Platforms: JVM (Java Virtual Machine), Linux, Docker, Kubernetes

Related technologies

Kubernetes
Looker
Tableau
Apache Hive
Docker
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Apache Kafka
Apache Cassandra
Apache Hadoop (HDFS)
Amazon S3
Superset

Notable users

Uber
Netflix
Airbnb
LinkedIn
Meta (Facebook)
ByteDance
Tencent
Amazon (AWS Athena uses a Presto derivative)