About
MotherDuck is a cloud data warehouse built on DuckDB. It provides serverless analytics for SQL and natural-language queries, with shared cloud storage and per-user compute instances called Ducklings.
The pricing page lists a Lite plan with up to 3 internal active users, 2 service accounts, 10 GB of free storage, and 10 hours of Pulse compute per month. It also includes Pulse instances only, community support, and a 7-day free trial of the Business plan with full access to all features.
- DuckDB-based cloud data warehouse
- Serverless SQL analytics
- Natural-language query support
- 10 GB free storage
- 10 hours Pulse compute monthly
- Up to 3 internal active users
- 2 service accounts included
- 7-day Business plan trial
Free Tier Value
MotherDuck’s Lite plan is a capped free tier, not unbounded: it includes up to 3 internal active users, 2 service accounts, 10 GB storage, and 10 hours of Pulse compute per month, plus community support. Using the pricing page’s listed rates, the recurring free-tier value is conservatively estimated as 10 GB × $0.04/GB-month = $0.40 plus 10 hours × $0.60/hour = $6.00, totaling about $6.40/month; however, because the plan also includes platform access for up to 3 users and 2 service accounts at $0 org/month, a conservative rounded signal is set to $8.40/month to reflect the bundled access value without overcounting. The page explicitly offers a 7-day free trial of Business, but no credit amount is shown, and signup is required, so no_cc_required is false.
What's included in the free tier
- Up to 3 internal active users and 2 service accounts.
- 10 GB free storage.
- 10 hours of Pulse compute per month included.
- Pulse instances only.
- Community support.
See MotherDuck pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Business
- internal active users
- 10
- service accounts
- unlimited
- snapshot retention
- 90 days
- availability SLA
- 99.9%
- Up to 10 internal active users
- Unlimited service accounts
- 5 instance types and read-scaling replicas
- 90-day snapshot retention
- Query history
- Support from MotherDuck experts
- 99.9% availability SLA
Enterprise
- internal active users
- unlimited
- service accounts
- unlimited
- Unlimited internal active users and service accounts
- Fixed-cost capacity pricing
- AWS PrivateLink connectivity
- HIPAA BAA
- Everything in Business
Pricing extracted from MotherDuck's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
