MotherDuck
MotherDuck is a cloud data warehouse built on DuckDB, designed to make big data feel small.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Ducking Simple Data Warehouse based on DuckDB for fast, scalable analytics.
Who should look elsewhere
Relatively new service
Pros
- +Cloud-based DuckDB analytics
- +Serverless data warehouse
- +SQL analytics at scale
- +Cost-effective data processing
- +DuckDB ecosystem compatibility
Cons
- −Relatively new service
- −Feature set still evolving
- −Ecosystem growing but smaller
- −May not suit all use cases
- −Cloud dependency
Key features
- ✓Serverless DuckDB
- ✓Cloud analytics
- ✓Local-cloud hybrid
- ✓Collaborative queries
- ✓Data sharing
- ✓S3 integration
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lite | $25 | month | Platform access; Serverless compute; $0.08/GB storage |
| Business | $100 | month | All Lite features; Advanced compute options; Annual discounts available |
Integrations
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