Database & Data Management · pricing
DuckDB pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for DuckDB. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the database & data management tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Open-source
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The DuckDB catalogue entry carries no price and a open-source pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the DuckDB review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full DuckDB feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- In-process Execution
- Columnar Storage
- Vectorized Execution
- Rich SQL Support
- Parquet Support
- CSV/JSON Import
- Zero Dependencies
Integrations
- Python
- R
- Julia
- Node.js
- Pandas
Platform
- Linux support
- Windows support
- Mac support
- Wasm support
People bring DuckDB in for analytics and data warehousing, olap queries and data exploration, data science and machine learning workflows, multi-format data ingestion and processing. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to DuckDB are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Database & Data Management
Too few database & data management tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DuckDB (this page) | Free | open-source | - | |
| Knack | On request | subscription | - | vs DuckDB |
| Ninox | On request | subscription | - | vs DuckDB |
| Grist | On request | subscription | - | vs DuckDB |
| Cloudinary | Free | freemium | - | vs DuckDB |
| Azure SQL | Free | - | - | vs DuckDB |
| Amazon Aurora | Free | usage-based | - | vs DuckDB |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the DuckDB badges page.
Before you pay for DuckDB
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
DuckDB runs on linux, macos, windows, webassembly, and is published by DuckDB Labs of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The full record is on the DuckDB review, and the rest of the category is under best database & data management tools.
DuckDB pricing questions
- How much does DuckDB cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for DuckDB, which is listed as open-source. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does DuckDB have a free plan?
- Yes, DuckDB is recorded as open-source, so it can be used without paying.
- Which database & data management tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 database & data management tools listed alongside DuckDB have a free tier: Cloudinary, Azure SQL, Amazon Aurora, Apache Druid, Apache Pinot.
- What am I actually paying for with DuckDB?
- The record lists 16 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for analytics and data warehousing, olap queries and data exploration, data science and machine learning workflows.
- Does DuckDB charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these DuckDB prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare DuckDB against before paying?
- The closest database & data management tools in this directory are Knack, Ninox, Grist, Cloudinary. Each has a side-by-side comparison with DuckDB covering price, platforms and features.