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MotherDuck

Serverless data warehouse built on DuckDB

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MotherDuck is a serverless data warehouse built on DuckDB, giving each user or agent an isolated DuckDB instance that starts quickly and shuts down when idle. It queries data in S3, GCS or Azure and Iceberg or Delta tables in place. Business plan billing is per second of compute and per compressed GB of storage.

  • SQL querying
  • Separate storage and compute
  • Pay-per-use pricing
  • Semi-structured data support (not listed)
  • Secure data sharing (not listed)
  • Fine-grained access control (not listed)

Also includes

  • BI tool connectors
  • Python and notebook support
  • Open table formats
  • Free tier or trial credits

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