MotherDuck

aid: motherduck
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/motherduck/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: MotherDuck
kind: company
description: MotherDuck is a serverless cloud data warehouse built on DuckDB. Connectivity is via DuckDB clients (Python,
  Node.js, Wasm, Go, JDBC) using access tokens or SSO; the service does not publicly document a separate REST management API.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/motherduck.png
tags:
- Data Warehouse
- Serverless
- DuckDB
- SQL
- Analytics
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: motherduck:motherduck-duckdb-protocol
  name: MotherDuck DuckDB Connection
  humanURL: https://motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/authenticating-and-connecting-to-motherduck/
  baseURL: md:?token={access_token}
  tags:
  - DuckDB
  - SQL
  - Analytics
  description: Clients connect to MotherDuck through DuckDB's native protocol using a connection string of the form `md:`
    plus an access token. Officially supported clients include DuckDB CLI, Python, Node.js, JDBC, Wasm, and Go. Authentication
    uses access tokens or SSO (Business / Enterprise).
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://motherduck.com/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/authenticating-and-connecting-to-motherduck/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/motherduck-domain-security.yml
- name: Agent Skills
  url: https://github.com/motherduckdb/agent-skills
  type: AgentSkills
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/motherduckdb
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/motherduck
- type: Website
  url: https://motherduck.com/
- type: Portal
  url: https://motherduck.com/docs/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://motherduck.com/pricing/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/motherduck-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/motherduck-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/motherduck-finops.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://motherduck.com/ecosystem/
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://motherduck.com/llms.txt
- url: https://motherduck.com/rss.xml
  type: Blog
integrations:
- name: Airbyte's
- name: AirFlow's
- name: Anthropic's
- name: Artie's
- name: Ascend's
- name: Astrato Analytics's
- name: Astronomer's
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- name: Livedocs's
- name: LlamaIndex's
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- name: Metabase's
- name: Microsoft Power BI's
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- name: Endeavor Labs's
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- name: Tasman's
- name: Xebia's
- name: SOC
- name: GDPR
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com