MotherDuck vs TimescaleDB

Side-by-side comparison of MotherDuck and TimescaleDB to help you choose the right tool.

Feature	MotherDuck	TimescaleDB
Pricing	Free / $25+/mo	Free / $29+/mo
Rating	⭐ 4.6/5	⭐ 4.5/5
Categories	data-warehouses, data-science	data-warehouses, streaming
Cloud DuckDB	✅	❌
Hybrid execution	✅	❌
Data sharing	✅	❌
Collaborative notebooks	✅	❌
S3 integration	✅	❌
SQL interface	✅	❌
Hypertables	❌	✅
Continuous aggregates	❌	✅
Columnar compression	❌	✅
Full PostgreSQL	❌	✅
Multi-node	❌	✅
Data retention policies	❌	✅

Serverless DuckDB in the cloud

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Time-series database on PostgreSQL

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