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Comparison

DuckDB vs Firebolt

No clear leader: DuckDB (62.4) and Firebolt (62.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

DuckDB full profile →Firebolt full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
DuckDB62
Firebolt62
Score
Vioscale score
DuckDB62 / 100medium · 56%
Firebolt62 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
DuckDB✓
Firebolt✓
Model
DuckDBopen_source
Fireboltcommercial
Price level
DuckDBfree
Fireboltlow
Transparent
DuckDB✓
Firebolt✓
Integrations
Count
DuckDB27
Firebolt10
Security
Gdpr
DuckDB–
Firebolt✓
Hipaa
DuckDB–
Firebolt✓
Iso27001
DuckDB–
Firebolt✓
Soc2
DuckDB–
Firebolt✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
DuckDB✓
Firebolt✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
DuckDB1
Firebolt–
Github stars
DuckDB40,661
Firebolt–
Package downloads weekly
DuckDB17,889,302
Firebolt–
Activity
Commits last 30d
DuckDB100
Firebolt–
Release
Cadence days
DuckDB28
Firebolt–
History
DuckDB20 items
Firebolt–
License
Spdx
DuckDBMIT
Firebolt–
Language
Primary
DuckDBC++
Firebolt–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for data warehouse software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Deployment
DuckDBEmbedded
FireboltHybrid
Architecture
Architecture
DuckDB-
FireboltSeparated storage/compute
Compute model
DuckDB-
FireboltClusters
Query
SQL dialect
DuckDBVendor-specific
FireboltVendor-specific
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
DuckDB✓
Firebolt-
Interoperability
Table-format support
DuckDBParquet, CSV, JSON, Iceberg, Delta Lake, Vortex, DuckLake, Lance, Arrow, Avro, E
FireboltIceberg, DuckLake
Scale
Concurrency scaling
DuckDB-
Firebolt-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
DuckDB-
Firebolt✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
DuckDBFunctional
Firebolt-
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
DuckDB✓
Firebolt-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
DuckDB-
Firebolt-
Licensing
Licence class
DuckDBPermissive OSS
FireboltPermissive OSS

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

DuckDB

An in-process SQL analytical database that runs natively in applications across operating systems and environments. Supports querying files and cloud data directly with a SQL dialect and includes vector search capabilities.

Independently observed

Firebolt

High-performance open-source analytical database supporting real-time analytics and batch processing. Runs as a single binary on laptops and scales to hundreds of nodes and petabytes in the cloud with per-second billing.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

DuckDB

Open sourceFree tier

Free, open source under MIT license

as of verify ↗

Firebolt

from $0.03/moHybridFree tier

Free open-source self-hosted option, or managed service from $0.92/hr per node + $0.0264/GB·mo. Includes $200 free credits.

  • Open SourceFree
    • self-hosted
    • no limits
  • Managed ServiceFrom $0.92/hr per node + $0.0264/GB·mo storage. Includes $200 free credits.
    • per-second billing
    • auto-scaling
    • auto start/resume
    • scale to zero
    • workload isolation
    • +1 more
  • Bring Your Own CloudContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
DuckDB✓
Firebolt✗
macOS
DuckDB✓
Firebolt✗
Windows
DuckDB✓
Firebolt✗
Linux
DuckDB✓
Firebolt✗
CLI
DuckDB✓
Firebolt✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
DuckDB✗
Firebolt✓
Self-hosted
DuckDB✓
Firebolt✓
On-premise
DuckDB✗
Firebolt✓
Hybrid
DuckDB✗
Firebolt✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • Claude

DuckDB

27 total - 26 not shared
  • Postgres
  • AWS
  • S3
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Hugging Face
  • SQLite
  • MySQL
  • Iceberg
  • Delta Lake
  • Parquet
  • JSON
  • Arrow
  • Avro
  • Pandas
  • dplyr
  • Jupyter
  • Marimo
  • Cloudflare
  • ODBC
  • HTTP
  • Excel
  • Vortex
  • DuckLake
  • +2 more
Independently observed

Firebolt

10 total - 9 not shared
  • Copilot
  • Cursor
  • Salesforce
  • RudderStack
  • Onfire
  • Calendly
  • Cal.com
  • Smartlead
  • Zapier
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.