# MotherDuck: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/motherduck

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data warehouse and reverse ETL for marketing](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/data-warehouse-reverse-etl/index.md) | 0% | 21 | 0% | 4 |

## What the models said for it

- "MotherDuck/Firebolt (free tier for small volumes)" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Warehouse & ETL)
- "MotherDuck (cloud DuckDB with free tier)" (Kimi K2, Warehouse & ETL)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named MotherDuck, from 14 of the 14 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- aboutmartech.com: 8
- skyvia.com: 7
- datachannel.co: 6
- gane.ai/index: 6
- hevodata.com: 6
- improvado.io: 6
- g2.com: 5
- getfairview.com: 5
- sourceforge.net: 5
- guideflow.com: 4

### Pages cited

- https://skyvia.com/blog/best-reverse-etl-tools: 7
- https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/data-warehouse-reverse-etl/smb: 6
- https://getfairview.com/blog/choose-data-warehouse-small-business: 5
- https://improvado.io/blog/best-reverse-etl-tools: 5
- https://aboutmartech.com/blog/reverse-etl-tools: 4
- https://guideflow.com/blog/reverse-etl-tools: 4
- https://aboutmartech.com/blog/reverse-etl-pricing: 3
- https://darwinapps.com/blog/9-best-reverse-etl-tools-for-crm-and-ad-platform-sync-in-2026: 3

## In its own words

What MotherDuck's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The Cloud Data Warehouse Built on DuckDB (https://motherduck.com/)
- For: teams, applications, and AI agents (https://motherduck.com/)
- Price stated: Lite plan (https://motherduck.com/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://motherduck.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Start free; Try 7 Days Free; 10 GB free storage and 10 hours of free compute per month. No credit card required. (https://motherduck.com/)
- Certifications: GDPR, SOC 2
- Hosting: US-East-1, EU region support
- Customers named: Ahead Computing, DO Something, Goodship, Together AI, FinQore, AheadComputing, Zero Health, Reflex

## What it publishes

Every page motherduck.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 2253 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 275 pages, 14 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-22
- case study: 22 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 18 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 244 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 34 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 29 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-02
- glossary or explainer: 400 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 142 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: Querying the entire internet 100 billion rows with motherduck https://motherduck.com/blog/querying-the-entire-internet-100-billion-rows-with-motherduck
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: Dbt Charts on MotherDuck Declarative Dashboards https://motherduck.com/blog/dbt-Charts-on-MotherDuck-Declarative-Dashboards
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: prompt_jev(): Text Classification in SQL, 50x Faster at 1% the Cost | MotherDuck https://motherduck.com/blog/motherduck-supports-jev
- Recent: 2026-09-16 blog: DuckDB Ecosystem Newsletter : September 2026 | MotherDuck https://motherduck.com/blog/duckdb-ecosystem-newsletter-september-2026
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: How to pick the right database https://motherduck.com/blog/how-to-pick-the-right-database
- Recent: 2026-09-14 blog: Your DuckDB Flock Deserves A Mother | MotherDuck https://motherduck.com/blog/duckdb-support

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.