Comparison

DuckDB vs SingleStore

On the evidence we track, SingleStore leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

DuckDB full profile →SingleStore full profile →

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DuckDB62

★SingleStore72

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DuckDB	SingleStoreLeader
Vioscale score	62 / 100medium · 56%	72 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	27	7
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=python-duckdb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.99
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	40,661	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	17,889,302	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	28	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	C++	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ NL	Available worldwide · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

DuckDB62 / 100medium · 56%

SingleStore72 / 100medium · 72%

Pricing

Free tier

DuckDB✓

SingleStore✓

Model

DuckDBopen_source

SingleStorefreemium

Price level

DuckDBfree

SingleStorelow

Transparent

DuckDB✓

SingleStore✗

Integrations

Count

DuckDB27

SingleStore7

Security

Disclosure policy

DuckDB–

SingleStore✓

Gdpr

DuckDB–

SingleStore✓

Hipaa

DuckDB–

SingleStore✓

Iso27001

DuckDB–

SingleStore✓

Soc2

DuckDB–

SingleStore✓

Vulnerabilities

DuckDBCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=python-duckdb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

SingleStore–

Reliability

Sla pct

DuckDB–

SingleStore99.99

Status page

DuckDB✓

SingleStore✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

DuckDB1

SingleStore–

Github stars

DuckDB40,661

SingleStore–

Package downloads weekly

DuckDB17,889,302

SingleStore–

Activity

Commits last 30d

DuckDB100

SingleStore–

Release

Cadence days

DuckDB28

SingleStore–

History

DuckDB20 items

SingleStore–

License

Spdx

DuckDBMIT

SingleStore–

Language

Primary

DuckDBC++

SingleStore–

Market

Availability

DuckDBAvailable worldwide · HQ NL

SingleStoreAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Data Warehouse Software
Capability	DuckDB	SingleStore
Deployment
Deployment	Embedded	Hybrid
Architecture
Architecture	-	Coupled MPP
Compute model	-	-
Query
SQL dialect	Vendor-specific	Vendor-specific
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place	✓	-
Interoperability
Table-format support	Parquet, CSV, JSON, Iceberg, Delta Lake, Vortex, DuckLake, Lance, Arrow, Avro, E	-
Scale
Concurrency scaling	-	-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest	-	✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)	Functional	First-class
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions	✓	-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace	-	-
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	Proprietary

Deployment

DuckDBEmbedded

SingleStoreHybrid

Architecture

DuckDB-

SingleStoreCoupled MPP

Compute model

DuckDB-

SingleStore-

Query

SQL dialect

DuckDBVendor-specific

SingleStoreVendor-specific

Federation / lakehouse query-in-place

DuckDB✓

SingleStore-

Interoperability

Table-format support

DuckDBParquet, CSV, JSON, Iceberg, Delta Lake, Vortex, DuckLake, Lance, Arrow, Avro, E

SingleStore-

Scale

Concurrency scaling

DuckDB-

SingleStore-

Ingestion

Streaming ingest

DuckDB-

SingleStore✓

Data model

Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)

DuckDBFunctional

SingleStoreFirst-class

Analytics

ML / in-DB functions

DuckDB✓

SingleStore-

Sharing

Data sharing / marketplace

DuckDB-

SingleStore-

Licensing

Licence class

DuckDBPermissive OSS

SingleStoreProprietary

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

SingleStore

Leader

A hybrid transactional and analytical processing (HTAP) database that combines real-time transactions, analytics, and AI capabilities in a single engine for enterprise applications.

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 2026-08-14verify ↗

SingleStore

Leader

from $0.02/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Usage-based with commitment options. Compute from $0.99/hr (Standard) or $1.49/hr (Enterprise); storage $0.023/GB. Includes $600 free credits for Standard.

Free WorkspaceFree
- Shared Workspace
- All SQL and Programmability features
- Monitoring
- Self-support
StandardStarts at $0.99/hr + $0.023/GB storage
- Read-replicas
- All SQL and Programmability features
- Database Branching
- Monitoring (30-day)
- 99.9% SLA (1 AZ) or 99.99% SLA (2 AZ)
- +1 more
Standard BYOCContact sales
- Fully managed within customer VPC
- Read-replicas
- All SQL and Programmability features
- Monitoring (30-day)
- Standard Support
EnterpriseContact sales
- Online PITR
- Smart DR
- Audit Logging
- CMEK
- 99.9% SLA (1 AZ) or 99.99% SLA (2 AZ)

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	DuckDB	SingleStore
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

DuckDB✓

SingleStore✓

macOS

DuckDB✓

SingleStore✗

Windows

DuckDB✓

SingleStore✗

Linux

DuckDB✓

SingleStore✗

CLI

DuckDB✓

SingleStore✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

DuckDB✗

SingleStore✓

Self-hosted

DuckDB✓

SingleStore✓

Integrations

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

DuckDB

27 total

Postgres
AWS
S3
Azure
Google Cloud
Hugging Face
SQLite
MySQL
Iceberg
Delta Lake
Parquet
JSON
Arrow
Avro
Pandas
dplyr
Jupyter
Marimo
Claude
Cloudflare
ODBC
HTTP
Excel
Vortex
+3 more

Independently observed

SingleStore

Leader

7 total

Kafka
Amazon S3
HDFS
MongoDB
Okta
Azure AD
Ping

Independently observed

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