# MotherDuck alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 219 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where MotherDuck holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/motherduck/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Snowflake: 75
- Google BigQuery: 69
- Amazon Redshift: 9
- Azure Synapse Analytics: 1
- Databricks SQL: 1
- Microsoft Fabric / Azure Synapse: 1

## Data warehouses

**Small business**: 61 of 84 answers did not name MotherDuck (MotherDuck is #3 of 8 at 5%).

- Google BigQuery: first choice in 36 of those 61
- Snowflake: first choice in 15 of those 61
- Amazon Redshift: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Snowflake's Standard edition: first choice in 1 of those 61

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name MotherDuck (MotherDuck is #7 of 8 at 0%).

- Snowflake: first choice in 25 of those 75
- Google BigQuery: first choice in 22 of those 75
- Amazon Redshift: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Databricks SQL: first choice in 1 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name MotherDuck.

- Snowflake: first choice in 35 of those 83
- Google BigQuery: first choice in 11 of those 83
- Amazon Redshift: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Azure Synapse Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Microsoft Fabric / Azure Synapse: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse: first choice in 1 of those 83

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