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Comparison

DuckDB vs SingleStore

On the evidence we track, SingleStore leads this comparison with a composite score of 79/100. 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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DuckDB59
★SingleStore79
Score
vioscaleAI score
DuckDB59 / 100medium · 51%
SingleStore79 / 100medium · 68%
Pricing
Free tier
DuckDB✓
SingleStore✓
Model
DuckDBopen_source
SingleStorefreemium
Price level
DuckDBfree
SingleStorelow
Transparent
DuckDB✓
SingleStore✗
Integrations
Count
DuckDB27
SingleStore8
Security
Certifications
DuckDB–
SingleStorePCI DSS v4.0.1
Disclosure policy
DuckDB–
SingleStore✓
Gdpr
DuckDB–
SingleStore✓
Hipaa
DuckDB–
SingleStore✓
Iso27001
DuckDB–
SingleStore✓
Pci
DuckDB–
SingleStore✓
Soc2
DuckDB–
SingleStore✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
DuckDB–
SingleStore99.99
Status page
DuckDB✓
SingleStore✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
DuckDB1
SingleStore–
Github stars
DuckDB42,154
SingleStore–
Package downloads weekly
DuckDB15,285,415
SingleStore–
Activity
Commits last 30d
DuckDB100
SingleStore–
Release
Cadence days
DuckDB33
SingleStore–
History
DuckDB20 items
SingleStore–
License
Spdx
DuckDBMIT
SingleStore–
Language
Primary
DuckDBC++
SingleStore–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
DuckDB7 items
SingleStore7 items

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
DuckDBEmbedded
SingleStoreHybrid
Architecture
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

A portable analytical database that runs locally or embedded in applications, with PostgreSQL-like SQL and APIs for major programming languages, supporting popular data formats including CSV, JSON, Parquet, and Apache Iceberg.

Independently observed

SingleStore

Leader

SingleStore is a unified database platform that processes both transactions and analytics with low-latency query performance and high-volume data ingestion capabilities, including native Apache Iceberg integration for lakehouse connectivity.

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 ↗

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
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.

In common (3)
  • S3
  • MySQL
  • Apache Iceberg

DuckDB

30 total - 27 not shared
  • Postgres
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Hugging Face
  • SQLite
  • Iceberg
  • Delta Lake
  • Parquet
  • JSON
  • Arrow
  • Avro
  • Pandas
  • dplyr
  • Jupyter
  • Marimo
  • Claude
  • Cloudflare
  • ODBC
  • HTTP
  • Excel
  • Vortex
  • DuckLake
  • Lance
  • +3 more
Independently observed

SingleStore

Leader
20 total - 17 not shared
  • Kafka
  • Amazon S3
  • HDFS
  • MongoDB
  • Okta
  • Azure AD
  • Ping
  • AWS Glue
  • AWS S3
  • Langchain
  • VS Code
  • Metabase
  • Snowflake
  • Cloudera
  • node-mysql2
  • go-sql-driver/mysql
  • Power BI
Independently observed
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