MotherDuck

Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 6 models in the September 2026 Edition. 0 first choices, 0 negative labels. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-09-08.5.

Standing

2 labels, too few to rank

A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share or quadrant is stated. MotherDuck was named 2 times in Warehouse & ETL, where Hightouch led with 40%. The labels and the evidence are below, counted exactly.

Standing by category

Every category where a model named MotherDuck. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.

Category	Vertical	First choices	Rank	Negative rate	Labels	Quadrant
Data warehouse and reverse ETL for marketing	GTM data and infrastructure	0%	13 of 62	0%	2	under 10 labels · led by Hightouch at 40%

By model

How each model treated MotherDuck across every prompt where it was named. Six models, six prompts per category.

Model	Alternative	Labels
Claude Opus 5	0	0
Claude Opus 4.8	1	1
GPT-6 Astra	0	0
GPT-5.6 Sol	0	0
Gemini 3.1 Pro	1	1
Perplexity Sonar Pro	0	0

What the models said for it

Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.

“For very small operations or early experimentation, DuckDB (and its cloud sibling MotherDuck) is essentially free” Claude Opus 4.8 · Warehouse & ETL · budget prompt · alternative

“The 2026 Alternative: MotherDuck (serverless DuckDB in the cloud).” Gemini 3.1 Pro · Warehouse & ETL · budget prompt · alternative

And against it

Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.

No model argued against it.

Names read as MotherDuck

What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as MotherDuck; a claim can dispute any of them.

MotherDuck / DuckDB 1

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