# DuckDB: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/duckdb

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data warehouses](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/data-warehouses/index.md) | 0% | 12 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Ultra-Cheap for Small Teams ... MotherDuck offers a managed cloud version with a generous free tier" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Data warehouses)
- "MotherDuck / DuckDB (Simple, cheap, fast)." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Data warehouses)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 DuckDB, from 12 of the 18 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- clickhouse.com: 8
- g2.com: 7
- fivetran.com: 6
- skyvia.com: 6
- valiotti.com: 6
- motherduck.com: 5
- tinybird.co: 4
- capterra.com: 3
- cloud.google.com: 3
- getfairview.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://skyvia.com/blog/best-data-warehouse-tools: 6
- https://fivetran.com/blog/warehouse-benchmark: 5
- https://g2.com/categories/data-warehouse/small-business: 5
- https://valiotti.com/data-warehouse-for-startups-bigquery-vs-snowflake-vs-redshift-in-2026: 5
- https://clickhouse.com/blog/cloud-data-warehouses-cost-performance-comparison: 4
- https://tinybird.co/blog/best-cloud-data-warehouse: 4
- https://clickhouse.com/blog/how-cloud-data-warehouses-bill-you.md: 3
- https://getfairview.com/blog/choose-data-warehouse-small-business: 3

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: An analytical SQL database management system (https://duckdb.org/)
- Price stated: 0 (https://duckdb.org/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://duckdb.org/)

## What it publishes

Every page duckdb.org exposes, read 2026-09-29: 3791 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 23 pages, 7 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-10-01
- report or ebook: 617 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-10-01 conference or event: Pycon nl https://duckdb.org/events/2026/10/15/pycon-nl
- Recent: 2026-10-01 conference or event: Alice and eve https://duckdb.org/events/2026/10/20/alice-and-eve
- Recent: 2026-09-01 conference or event: Duckdb boston meetup https://duckdb.org/events/2026/09/03/duckdb-boston-meetup
- Recent: 2026-09-01 conference or event: Pydata amsterdam https://duckdb.org/events/2026/09/10/pydata-amsterdam
- Recent: 2026-09-01 conference or event: Dbt without the warehouse or the bill https://duckdb.org/events/2026/09/18/dbt-without-the-warehouse-or-the-bill
- Recent: 2026-09-01 conference or event: Nobody knows what oltp is https://duckdb.org/events/2026/09/22/nobody-knows-what-oltp-is

## Record

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