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How DuckHouse compares.
Prices side by side, worked through.
Each page puts DuckHouse beside another service: its prices in its own units, a month worked through line by line, and when the other one is the better choice.
Managed DuckDB
DuckHouse vs MotherDuck
Four hours a working day, 100 GB: $91.69 on DuckHouse, $465.20 on MotherDuck.
CompareCloud data platform
DuckHouse vs Snowflake
Four hours a working day, 100 GB: $91.69 on DuckHouse, $178.30 on Snowflake.
CompareServerless warehouse
DuckHouse vs BigQuery
An always-on 16 GB DuckHouse database costs what 120 TiB of on-demand scanning does.
CompareManaged ClickHouse
DuckHouse vs ClickHouse Cloud
Cheaper per hour at 8 GiB and up; DuckHouse sells sizes from 512 MB.
CompareData pipeline
DuckHouse vs Fivetran
Fivetran’s example GA4 and Facebook Ads connections list at $37.94 a month before a warehouse; DuckHouse’s connectors are included.
CompareAt a glance
Six price lists, one table.
Entry prices and storage as each service lists them, checked on November 1, 2026. The pages have the detail and the caveats.
| Service | Bills compute by | Entry price | Storage, a month | Plan fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DuckHouse | Per second while running | 512 MB: $0.0117 an hour | $0.02 (object), $0.225 (disk) | None |
| MotherDuck | Per second per instance, one-minute minimum; Pulse per query | Pulse $0.60 per CU-hour; Standard $2.40 an hour | $0.04 | $0 (Lite) or $250 (Business) |
| Snowflake | Credits per second, a minute minimum per resume | X-Small: $2.00 an hour (Standard edition) | $23.00 per TB | None on demand |
| BigQuery | Bytes scanned (on demand) or slot-hours | $6.25 per TiB, first TiB free | $0.023 per GiB | None |
| ClickHouse Cloud | Per minute, per 8 GiB compute unit | 8 GiB: $0.2181 an hour (Basic) | $25.30 per TB | None |
| Fivetran | Monthly active rows per connection | Free to 500,000 MAR; $5.00 base per Standard connection | Not a warehouse | None |
Method
How the pages are worked out.
Published list prices
Each service’s own price list for a named US region, checked on November 1, 2026 and linked from its page. Discounts, commitments and taxes are left out on both sides.
DuckHouse priced by its billing code
DuckHouse’s side of every example is worked out by the same functions that produce its invoices, so the page can’t quote a price the bill wouldn’t charge.
No flattering sizes
Where a service doesn’t publish the hardware behind a size, DuckHouse is priced at its largest. Where it does, the sizes are matched on memory.
Where they win, we say so
Free tiers, lower hourly prices, bigger machines and more connectors are on the pages too. Nothing here claims anyone is faster; nothing here measures that.
MotherDuck, Snowflake, BigQuery, ClickHouse and Fivetran are trademarks of their owners. DuckHouse isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.
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