About · DuckDB
DuckDB.
An in-process analytical SQL database — "SQLite for analytics."
Primary use cases
- · Analytics
- · Embedded
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§ Head-to-Head
DuckDB vs Neon.
An in-process analytical SQL database — "SQLite for analytics." · Serverless Postgres with branching, scale-to-zero, and storage/compute separation.
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§ Quick Verdict
Pick DuckDB if you need analytics or embedded.
Pick Neon if you need online transaction processing (oltp) or edge deployment.
§ At a Glance
- Analytical databases
- Category
- Postgres-based platforms
- 2019
- First released
- 2022
- MIT
- License
- Apache 2
- C++
- Written in
- Rust
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Yes
- Free tier
- Yes
- 38,260
- GitHub stars
- 21,974
- yesterday
- Last push
- 1mo ago
- v1.5.2
- Latest release
- release-proxy-8853
§ Use Case Coverage
● fits · ○ not a primary fit
Where each one fits.
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Analytics
Aggregations and scans over large datasets.
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Edge deployment
Database close to users in serverless / edge runtimes.
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Embedded
In-process database for mobile, desktop, or CLI apps.
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Online transaction processing (OLTP)
Application traffic — reads and writes from a web app.
DuckDB Neon
Coverage reflects each tool's primary, well-supported use cases — not every workload it can technically handle. Tools listed as missing a case can often serve it with extra work, but a tool designed for it will be a better default.
About · Neon
Neon.
Serverless Postgres with branching, scale-to-zero, and storage/compute separation.
Primary use cases
- · Online transaction processing (OLTP)
- · Edge deployment
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