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MotherDuck pricing (2026)
MotherDuck starts at $0/mo (Lite) as checked on 2026-09-02, read from MotherDuck's own pricing page; 3 plans. Best for Small-to-mid data teams wanting the simplicity and speed of DuckDB at cloud scale. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $0/mo (Lite)
- Free tier: Yes · 7-day trial
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: Small-to-mid data teams wanting the simplicity and speed of DuckDB at cloud scale; Individual analysts and solo practitioners (free Lite plan, no credit card required); HIPAA-regulated teams needing a lightweight managed warehouse (BAA on Business/Enterprise); Application developers embedding analytics that require per-user cost attribution
As of · every figure below links to its source
MotherDuck plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lite | $0 | — | flat | Free tier. Includes 10 GB storage and 10 hours of Pulse compute monthly at no cost. For solo practitioners and hobbyists. No HIPAA BAA on Lite. | motherduck.com |
| Business | $250 | — | flat | $250/month per organization platform fee plus usage. Compute billed per second: Pulse $0.60/hr, Standard $2.40/hr, Jumbo $4.80/hr, Mega $12.00/hr, Giga $36.00/hr. Storage $0.04/GB-month. HIPAA BAA available on request. SOC 2 Type II certified. | motherduck.com |
| Enterprise | quote-only | — | custom | Quote-only. Custom pricing for large-scale deployments. HIPAA BAA included. | motherduck.com |
Last verified 2026-09-02. Official pricing page motherduck.com/pricing/ fetched successfully (two independent fetches with consistent data). HIPAA BAA 'available on request' for Business plan confirmed directly from the pricing page. Re-verified 2026-09-02 against the live pricing page; published figures unchanged.
Price changes
Price on record
$250/moFirst on record 2026-06-27
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Capabilities
Integrations: DuckDB (embedded), dbt, Fivetran, Airbyte, Apache Airflow, Dagster, Tableau, Apache Superset, Hex, Power BI.
Key features: Managed DuckDB in the cloud: hypertenancy gives each user a dedicated compute instance, eliminating resource contention; User-level CPU visibility and cost attribution — track and optimize spend per individual user; Flights: agent-native data pipelines integrated directly into the warehouse; Hybrid local+cloud query execution: combine local DuckDB with MotherDuck cloud seamlessly; Read-scaling replicas and 5 instance types (Pulse to Giga) with per-second billing.
Plan limits: Lite (free): 3 internal active users, 2 service accounts, 10 GB storage, 10 hrs Pulse compute/month, 1-day snapshot retention, community support only; Business: up to 10 internal users, unlimited service accounts, 90-day snapshot retention, 99.9% SLA; HIPAA BAA: available on request for Business plan; included on Enterprise plan; Business plan 7-day free trial with full feature access.
Frequently asked questions
How much does MotherDuck cost?
MotherDuck starts at $0/mo (Lite); it has 3 published plans. Verified 2026-09-02.
Does MotherDuck support HIPAA?
MotherDuck HIPAA support: Yes. SOC 2: Yes. GDPR: Yes.
Does MotherDuck have a free plan?
MotherDuck free tier: Yes; 7-day free trial.
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