# MotherDuck: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 10 judge labels across 1 category by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/motherduck

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data warehouses](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/data-warehouses/index.md) | 0% | 9 | 20% | 10 |

## 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)
- "Strong Alternative: MotherDuck (Best for Very Small Teams or Cost-Sensitive Analytics)" (Grok 4.20, Data warehouses)
- "MotherDuck / DuckDB (Simple, cheap, fast)." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Data warehouses)
- "Best for Small Teams/Startups: Motherduck" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Data warehouses)

## And against it

- "MotherDuck may be worth evaluating, but it is less universal as an enterprise warehouse." (Perplexity Sonar, Data warehouses)
- "still maturing—use cautiously for mission-critical, massive-scale production" (Grok 4.20, 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 MotherDuck, from 29 of the 38 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- clickhouse.com: 18
- double.cloud: 15
- motherduck.com: 15 (its own site)
- fivetran.com: 13
- valiotti.com: 11
- g2.com: 10
- snowpack-data.com: 9
- tinybird.co: 9
- atlan.com: 8
- skyvia.com: 8

### Pages cited

- https://clickhouse.com/blog/cloud-data-warehouses-cost-performance-comparison: 11
- https://double.cloud/blog/posts/2024/09/cloud-data-warehouse-solutions: 11
- https://valiotti.com/data-warehouse-for-startups-bigquery-vs-snowflake-vs-redshift-in-2026: 10
- https://fivetran.com/blog/warehouse-benchmark: 9
- https://g2.com/categories/data-warehouse/small-business: 9
- https://snowpack-data.com/blog/choosing-a-cloud-warehouse: 9
- https://tinybird.co/blog/best-cloud-data-warehouse: 9
- https://atlan.com/best-cloud-data-warehouses: 8

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