# DuckDB: how AI models rank it, October 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/vendors/duckdb/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data warehouse and reverse ETL for marketing | 0% | 33 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Alternatives if you prefer self-hosted (truly $0): DuckDB or PostgreSQL: Free, local/open-source." (Grok 4.1 Fast, Warehouse & ETL)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Data warehouse and reverse ETL for marketing: 1% to 0%, −1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 8 → 33 of 83.

## The company

DuckDB; https://duckdb.org. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

What DuckDB's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: An analytical SQL database management system (https://duckdb.org/)
- Price stated: 0 (https://duckdb.org/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://duckdb.org/)
- Certifications: MIT-licensed

## What it publishes

Every page duckdb.org exposes, read 2026-09-29: 3791 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 23 pages, 7 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-10-01
- report or ebook: 617 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-10-01 conference or event: Pycon nl https://duckdb.org/events/2026/10/15/pycon-nl
- Recent: 2026-10-01 conference or event: Alice and eve https://duckdb.org/events/2026/10/20/alice-and-eve
- Recent: 2026-09-01 conference or event: Duckdb boston meetup https://duckdb.org/events/2026/09/03/duckdb-boston-meetup
- Recent: 2026-09-01 conference or event: Pydata amsterdam https://duckdb.org/events/2026/09/10/pydata-amsterdam
- Recent: 2026-09-01 conference or event: Dbt without the warehouse or the bill https://duckdb.org/events/2026/09/18/dbt-without-the-warehouse-or-the-bill
- Recent: 2026-09-01 conference or event: Nobody knows what oltp is https://duckdb.org/events/2026/09/22/nobody-knows-what-oltp-is

## Record

- Method: https://gtm-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://gtm-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, gtm-ai-index.com.