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Plans that fit customer-facing analytics and internal data warehousing use cases.

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Lite

Starting from$0

For solo practitioners and hobbyists leaving the nest

  • Includes:
  • Up to 3 internal active users and 2 service accounts
  • 10 GB free storage
  • 10 hrs Pulse compute per month included
  • Pulse instances only
  • Community support
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Business

$250PER ORG / MONTH + USAGE

Everything you need for production analytics

  • Scale up to production with:
  • Up to 10 internal active users and unlimited service accounts
  • 5 instance types and read-scaling replicas
  • 90-day snapshot retention
  • Query history
  • Support from MotherDuck experts
  • 99.9% availability SLA
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Enterprise

Custom

Customized plans for large-scale deployments

  • Everything in Business, plus:
  • Unlimited internal active users and service accounts
  • Fixed-cost capacity pricing
  • AWS PrivateLink connectivity
  • HIPAA BAA
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MotherDuck Data WarehouseData
Warehouse

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Warehouse

Internal Users

Collaborate and share data securely with your organization

Up to 3 active users
Up to 10 active users
Unlimited
Service Accounts

Service accounts for programmatic access to your organization. Learn more

Up to 2
Unlimited
Unlimited
Platform Access

Access to MotherDuck for your team. Learn more

$0 per org / month
$250 per org / month
Custom
MotherDuck MCP

Query your data in natural language. Learn more

Storage

Cost effective, low latency storage. Learn more

$0.04 per GB
$0.04 per GB
Custom
Compute Instances:
Pulse

For lightweight, bursty workloads. Learn more

(Pay on-demand)
$0.60 per hour
$0.60 per hour
Custom
Standard

For everyday tasks and balanced performance. Learn more

(Pay per hour)
$2.40 per hour
Custom
Jumbo

For predictable performance on heavy workloads. Learn more

(Pay per hour)
$4.80 per hour
Custom
Mega

For demanding jobs at an even larger scale. Learn more

(Pay per hour)
$12.00 per hour
Custom
Giga

For the largest and toughest workloads. Learn more

(Pay per hour)
$36.00 per hour
Custom
Read Scaling

Enable up to 16 read-scaling replicas, each backed by its own instance, for BI dashboards and read-only use cases. Learn more

Query History

A consolidated view of all queries run across your organization. Learn more

AI Functions

Single call and bulk AI functions, including prompt() and embedding(). Learn more

$1.00 per AI Unit
$1.00 per AI Unit
Dual Execution

Incredibly efficient queries, shared across local and cloud compute. Learn more

Managed DuckLake

The simplest data lake, fully managed. Learn more

Snapshot Retention

Queryable database snapshots for history and backup. Learn more

Up to 1 day
Up to 90 days
Up to 90 days
Single Sign-On

SSO authentication for your organization

Coming soon!
Coming soon!

Workflow and CollaborationWorkflow

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Instant SQL

Build and debug faster with zero-latency query results Learn more

FixIt

Resolve SQL errors with in-line fixes Learn more

Column Explorer

Instantly visualize the columns of your tables and result sets. Learn more

Database Sharing

Share zero-copy snapshots for easier collaboration Learn more

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Compliance

Security And ComplianceSecurity &
Compliance

SOC 2 Type II

Full compliance with SOC 2 Type II. Learn more

GDPR Compliance

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant. Learn more

AWS Private Link

Secure, private connectivity through the AWS network

HIPAA BAA

Available on request. Contact us for more details

Support

Support

Human-First SupportSupport

Helpful support engineers in the US + EU. Learn more

Community

Access to MotherDuck experts

Standard

Access to MotherDuck experts with a response SLA

Priority

Faster access to MotherDuck experts with an expedited response SLA

In-App Expert ChatIn-App
Expert Chat

Chat with product experts directly from the MotherDuck UI

Availability SLA

Guaranteed uptime for your production workloads

99.9%
Custom

Serverless Instances

MotherDuck’s hypertenancy model gives each internal or end user an isolated compute instance to enable independent scaling.

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Pulse

Our smallest instance, perfect for ad-hoc analytics tasks

Commonly used when...

  • Doing ad-hoc analytics tasks with datasets in MotherDuck
  • Building read-only workloads with high volumes of concurrent users like customer-facing analytics applications
  • A larger, dedicated instance is overkill for the task at hand

Included Plans:

Lite Business Enterprise
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Standard

Built to handle common data warehouse workloads, including loads and transforms

Commonly used when...

  • Performing typical data engineering tasks like data ingest and dbt transformations
  • Running dbt jobs that have multiple transformations in parallel
  • Building out standard data pipelines before moving to production and scaling up

Included Plans:

Lite Business Enterprise
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Jumbo

For larger data warehouse workloads with many transformations or complex aggregations

Commonly used when...

  • Query complexity, data volume, and the number of transformations are too high for the Standard instance
  • Performing complex joins and aggregations on growing datasets using event stream data or nested JSON with changing schemas
  • Running faster with your workloads

Included Plans:

Lite Business Enterprise

And for even heavier workloads...

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Mega

An extremely large instance for when you need complex transformations done quickly

Commonly used when...

  • Queries are too complex or data volumes too high for Jumbo instances to handle in crunch time
  • Running a weekly job that rebuilds all of your tables and it has to run in minutes, not hours
  • One customer has 10x the amount of data as others and you want to deliver same speed

Included Plans:

Free Lite Business
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Giga

Largest instances enable the toughest transformations to run faster

Commonly used when...

  • Your data workload is so complex that nothing else will work
  • Running a one-time job to go back and restate revenue for the last 10 years at a large company
  • You need a growth path beyond Mega for when your data volume and complexity grows 10x

Included Plans:

Lite Business Enterprise

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EXPLORE ECOSYSTEM
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Built for humans, powered by ducks

MotherDuck’s strategic partnership with DuckDB Labs brings the fast improving efficiencies of DuckDB’s query engine from local machines to the cloud as a managed service. Working closely with the DuckDB Labs team has helped us co-create a shared vision for the future of blazing fast analytics. Together, we are committed to cutting-edge innovation in service of ergonomic, radically streamlined analytics workflows.

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Support with a heart

Great technology deserves a remarkable customer experience to match. We believe a thoughtful, human-first approach to delivering great support is as important as building great products. Our Customer team genuinely cares about your success and strives to act as an extension of your own team.

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Trusted security standards

Keeping your data safe and secure in the MotherDuck nest is our top priority. Our robust security and privacy program uses a defense in-depth strategy to protect your most valuable business assets and fortify trust. MotherDuck is SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliant, with full reports and HIPAA BAAs available on request for Business Plan customers.

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FAQS

What is a MotherDuck Organization?

In MotherDuck, an Organization (Org for short) is a team of users. Each Org has member limits aligned to your pricing plan. Accounts for team members and service accounts will count towards the Org members included in your pricing plan.

How does MotherDuck calculate and meter compute hours?

Depending on the Instance Type, MotherDuck meters compute on demand or per-instance. For detailed information on compute pricing and metering, please refer to our pricing documentation.

How does MotherDuck define active users?

MotherDuck meters and bills based on the number of unique active human users in your organization per calendar month. Active users are individuals who sign into MotherDuck in a given calendar month.

What are service accounts?

Service accounts are organization-owned, non-human accounts used by applications, jobs, and infrastructure (such as dbt, schedulers, CI/CD pipelines, or BI tools) - they are metered and billed separately from active users.

What is MotherDuck’s storage minimum, and how is it calculated and metered?

MotherDuck uses cloud object storage. Usage is metered on the size of compressed data stored on-disk. To provide data recoverability, MotherDuck charges for 7 days’ worth of fail-safe data stored and meters on a per-day basis. Any data that is mutated or deleted will be retained for 7 days. MotherDuck does not charge you for: Data managed by you in your own object storage bucket, data stored on your laptop, or MotherDuck-managed data used to provide zero-copy clones called shares and associated data sharing features.

How are AI Units measured and metered?

1 AI Unit = $1.00 Please refer to the Documentation for a detailed overview of how AI units burn down against SQL Assistant and Bulk AI Functions. Paid Plan customers have full access to FixIt, MotherDuck’s in-line suggestions to help resolve common SQL errors, and usage-based pricing for SQL Assistant and Bulk AI Functions. Free Plan users have full access to FixIt and limited access to our SQL Assistant Functions.

In which cloud regions is MotherDuck available?

MotherDuck is currently available in the AWS us-east-1 and AWS eu-central-1 regions. We have plans to expand to additional regions as part of our roadmap and encourage you to upvote (US-West) or add other desired regions to Canny.

Can I use MotherDuck in two cloud regions simultaneously?

Each MotherDuck Organization is currently scoped to a single cloud region that must be chosen at Org creation when signing up.

Is there an on-premises version of MotherDuck?

No - MotherDuck is a managed cloud service.

Does MotherDuck have a free trial?

Yes - we offer a free 21-day trial of the Business plan with full access to all features. We also offer a Lite plan with 10 GB of storage and 10 hours of Pulse compute per month included.

Does MotherDuck have an annual plan?

Yes - teams who are interested in an annual contract have the option to pre-commit to a level of MotherDuck usage. To learn more, please connect with our Sales team.

How does MotherDuck protect my data?

MotherDuck is committed to protecting customer data, honoring your global privacy rights, and securing the data you provide to us through the use of our products. We build our platform using best practices for highly available, scalable, and secure cloud applications, and we regularly monitor and assess our program to ensure that it meets or exceeds compliance and regulatory requirements. For more information and details about our privacy and security programs, please visit our Trust & Security page.

Does MotherDuck have academic discounts for schools or students?

We do not currently have any discounts for schools or students. Anyone is welcome to use MotherDuck’s Free Plan.

Does MotherDuck offer a discount for non-profits?

We do not currently have any discounts for non-profits. Anyone is welcome to use MotherDuck’s Free Plan.

What is your refund policy?

Please refer to MotherDuck’s Terms of Service for more information. If you have additional questions, please reach out to our Customer team for assistance.
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