MotherDuck adds cloud/support pricing toggle, Business RBAC custom roles…
What happened
Between the Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026 captures of MotherDuck's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: New toggle for 'Cloud DuckDB' vs 'DuckDB Support' pricing views added atop the pricing page, plus new 'DuckDB Support' links in Company nav and footer, alongside existing Lite/Business/Enterprise plans; Business RBAC upgraded from preset-only to preset+custom roles; Enterprise's separate custom-roles line removed. New 'Table-Level Security' row added under Fine-Grained Access Control in the compa. In detail: Business RBAC upgraded from preset-only to preset+custom roles; Enterprise's separate custom-roles line removed. New 'Table-Level Security' row added under Fine-Grained Access Control in the comparison table. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature change, packaging change). Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Business at $250 and Lite at $0.15 per F4 compute hour + $1 per AI unit.
It lands 7 days after MotherDuck's previous change, "MotherDuck adds IP allowlisting to Enterprise plan for network security" (Aug 17, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "MotherDuck: Giga instance price cut $36/hr → $24/hr" (Aug 11, 2026), "MotherDuck: Role-Based Access Control added across all plans" (Jul 27, 2026) and "MotherDuck adds Iceberg Catalog Support, enabling read/write via REST catalogs" (Jul 13, 2026). MotherDuck has been tracked since 2026-06-25.
In the same window Snowflake, Firebolt and Starburst also changed their Data & Analytics pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- ChangedBusinessFeaturepreset-onlypreset+custom roles
- AddedLite, Business, EnterprisePackagingNot listedatop the pricing page
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | Feature | preset-only | preset+custom roles | Changed |
| Lite, Business, Enterprise | Packaging | Not listed | atop the pricing page | Added |
Values as written on MotherDuck's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of MotherDuck's pricing page (motherduck.com) from Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where atop the pricing page now appears.
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MotherDuck, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 5, 2026PackagingMotherDuck splits Flights into F4, F16, F32 tiers, starting at $0.15/hr
- Sep 17, 2026ImprovementMotherDuck: AWS Marketplace purchasing option added for Enterprise
- Aug 24, 2026PackagingMotherDuck adds cloud/support pricing toggle, Business RBAC custom roles… This change
- Aug 17, 2026ImprovementMotherDuck adds IP allowlisting to Enterprise plan for network security
- Aug 11, 2026Price decreaseMotherDuck: Giga instance price cut $36/hr → $24/hr
- Jul 27, 2026ImprovementMotherDuck: Role-Based Access Control added across all plans
- Jul 13, 2026ImprovementMotherDuck adds Iceberg Catalog Support, enabling read/write via REST catalogs
Across Data & Analytics in the same window
All Data & Analytics changesQuestions about this change
Did MotherDuck raise prices in August 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature change, packaging change.
What changed on MotherDuck's pricing page between Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026?
Business feature: preset-only → preset+custom roles, changed; Lite, Business, Enterprise packaging added: atop the pricing page. Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does MotherDuck change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 4 other pricing-page changes for MotherDuck in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "MotherDuck adds IP allowlisting to Enterprise plan for network security" on Aug 17, 2026; MotherDuck has been tracked since 2026-06-25.