duckdb.org

DuckDB

Who runs DuckDB, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest analytical database alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
ClickHouse

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs DuckDB

DuckDB duckdb.org

DuckDB is a SQL OLAP database management system. Simple, feature-rich, fast & open source.

Wikidata: columnar OLAP database

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What DuckDB tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

None of the 19 alternatives below has fewer; 13 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to DuckDB

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to DuckDB, thumbs down if it isn’t.

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  1. 01
    ClickHouse clickhouse.com English 1 tracker

    Fast Open-Source OLAP DBMS | ClickHouse

    ClickHouse is a fast open-source column-oriented database management system that allows generating analytical data reports in real-time using SQL queries

    Compare ClickHouse with DuckDB →
  2. 02
    Firebolt firebolt.io English 1 tracker

    Firebolt: The Analytical Database for Engineers

    The analytical database for engineers, built for AI agents, real-time analytics, and efficient ELT, with the best price-performance in the market.

    Compare Firebolt with DuckDB →
  3. 03
    sqlite.org Top 10K No trackers

    SQLite Home Page

    serverless relational database management system (RDBMS)

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  4. 04
    MySQL mysql.com Top 1K English No trackers

    MySQL

    Open-source relational database management system

    Compare MySQL with DuckDB →
  5. 05
    MariaDB mariadb.com English 2 trackers

    MariaDB Enterprise Open Source Database | MariaDB

    MariaDB provides enterprise open source database and database services to support scalability, mission-critical deployments, and more.

    Compare MariaDB with DuckDB →
  6. 06
    Dremio dremio.com English 2 trackers

    Dremio: The Agentic Lakehouse for AI and Analytics | Dremio

    Open, high-performance data lakehouse platform built to accelerate AI and analytical workloads across all enterprise data.

    Compare Dremio with DuckDB →
  7. 07
    DBeaver dbeaver.io English 1 tracker

    DBeaver Community | Free Open-Source Database Management Tool

    multi-platform database administration software

    Compare DBeaver with DuckDB →
  8. 08
    Percona percona.com English 2 trackers

    Open Source Database Software, Support and Services - Percona

    Enterprise-class open source database software, support and services for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis and MariaDB.

    Compare Percona with DuckDB →
  9. 09
    Cloudera cloudera.com English 2 trackers

    Cloudera | The hybrid platform for data & AI

    Cloudera is the only hybrid data and AI platform company that brings AI to data anywhere: In clouds, in data centers, and at the edge.

    Compare Cloudera with DuckDB →
  10. 10
    Baserow baserow.io English No trackers

    No-code open source database & application builder | Baserow

    Discover Baserow, the open-source no-code platform for building databases and applications. No code or technical skills needed. Start creating for free today!

    Compare Baserow with DuckDB →
  11. 11
    Starburst starburst.io English 2 trackers

    Enterprise Intelligence Platform | Starburst

    Query across sources with data federation, Trino, and Apache Iceberg, while limiting the need to copy data.

    Compare Starburst with DuckDB →
  12. 12
    Snowflake snowflake.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Snowflake AI Data Cloud

    Snowflake powers AI, data engineering, applications, and analytics on a trusted, scalable AI Data Cloud—eliminating silos and accelerating innovation.

    Compare Snowflake with DuckDB →
  13. 13
    Adminer adminer.org English No trackers

    Adminer - Database management in a single PHP file

    Adminer is available for: MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, SQLite, MS SQL, Oracle. Others can be added via plugin: Elasticsearch, SimpleDB, MongoDB, Redis, Firebird, ClickHouse.

    Compare Adminer with DuckDB →
  14. 14
    HeidiSQL heidisql.com English 1 tracker

    HeidiSQL - MariaDB/MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and Interbase/Firebird made easy

    HeidiSQL is a free and powerful client for MariaDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite and Interbase/Firebird

    Compare HeidiSQL with DuckDB →
  15. 15
    Redis redis.io Top 10K English 3 trackers

    Redis - Real-time data for agents & apps

    Developers love Redis. Unlock the full potential of the Redis database with Redis Enterprise and start building blazing fast apps.

    Compare Redis with DuckDB →
  16. 16
    Plausible Analytics plausible.io Top 10K English No trackers

    Plausible Analytics | Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative

    Plausible is a lightweight and open-source Google Analytics alternative. Your website data is 100% yours and the privacy of your visitors is respected.

    Compare Plausible Analytics with DuckDB →
  17. 17
    Zotero zotero.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Zotero | Your personal research assistant

    Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.

    Compare Zotero with DuckDB →
  18. 18
    ByWater Solutions bywatersolutions.com

    Open source software company

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  19. 19
    firebirdsql.org English 1 tracker

    Firebird: The true open source database for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and more

    Firebird SQL: The true open-source relational database

    Compare firebirdsql.org with DuckDB →
  20. 20
    Databricks databricks.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Databricks: Leading Data and AI Platform for Enterprises

    Databricks offers a unified platform for data, analytics and AI. Build better AI with a data-centric approach. Simplify ETL, data warehousing, governance and AI on the Data + AI Platform.

    Compare Databricks with DuckDB →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles DuckDB’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones DuckDB uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what DuckDB adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 4 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
26 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to DuckDB’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

RedisAdminerSnowflakeStarburstPerconaMariaDBMySQLsqlite.orgFireboltClickHouse