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MotherDuck vs Snowflake

Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.

MotherDuck

DuckDB in the cloud.

Freemium · Free up to 10GB
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Snowflake

Cloud data warehouse for analytics.

Business Intelligence & DataPaid · Pay per credit (~$2/credit)
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At a glanceMotherDuckSnowflake
Pricing
Free up to 10GB
Pay per credit (~$2/credit)
Pricing model
Freemium
Paid
Founded
2022
2012
Location
Seattle, USA
Bootstrapped
Open source
Category
Business Intelligence & Data
Indie alternatives
0
6
Founders
Jordan Tigani
Benoît Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, Marcin Żukowski

Key differences

  • Funding

    Both are venture-backed.

  • Founded

    Snowflake (2012) is 10 years older than MotherDuck (2022).

  • Indie alternatives

    MotherDuck has 0 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Snowflake has 6.

Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.

Founder of MotherDuck

Founders of Snowflake

  • Benoît DagevilleCo-founder
  • Thierry CruanesCo-founder
  • Marcin ŻukowskiCo-founder

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