MotherDuck splits Flights into F4, F16, F32 tiers, starting at $0.15/hr
What happened
Between the Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026 captures of MotherDuck's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Flights pricing changed from a flat $0.60/hr rate to size-based tiers: F4 $0.15/hr, F16 $0.60/hr (Lite needs credit card), F32 $1.20/hr; Lite gets 30 min/day free on F4; Enterprise plan now lists Bring Your Own Compute (BYOC), available on request. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, add-on 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 18 days after MotherDuck's previous change, "MotherDuck: AWS Marketplace purchasing option added for Enterprise" (Sep 17, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "MotherDuck adds cloud/support pricing toggle, Business RBAC custom roles…" (Aug 24, 2026), "MotherDuck adds IP allowlisting to Enterprise plan for network security" (Aug 17, 2026) and "MotherDuck: Giga instance price cut $36/hr → $24/hr" (Aug 11, 2026). MotherDuck has been tracked since 2026-06-25.
In the same window ClickHouse and Snowflake also changed their Data & Analytics pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- AddedEnterpriseFeatureNot listedBring Your Own Compute
- ChangedLiteAdd-ona flat $0.60/hr ratesize-based tiers
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | Bring Your Own Compute | Added |
| Lite | Add-on | a flat $0.60/hr rate | size-based tiers | Changed |
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 Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "a flat $0.60/hr rate" becomes "size-based tiers".
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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 This change
- Sep 17, 2026ImprovementMotherDuck: AWS Marketplace purchasing option added for Enterprise
- Aug 24, 2026PackagingMotherDuck adds cloud/support pricing toggle, Business RBAC custom roles…
- 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 changes- ClickHouseOct 5ClickHouse adds headline plan prices from $53 to $571 per month
- SnowflakeAug 11Snowflake: default pricing hidden — now requires platform/region selection
- SnowflakeNov 9Snowflake touts AI agents and FedRAMP in plan bullets, drops Snowpark
- SnowflakeNov 5Snowflake swaps Snowpark plan callouts for AI agents, AI search and FedRAMP
- ClickHouseOct 12ClickHouse hides starting prices on plan cards, drops Basic's $53 entry point
Questions about this change
Did MotherDuck raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, add-on change.
What changed on MotherDuck's pricing page between Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026?
Enterprise feature added: Bring Your Own Compute; Lite add-on: a flat $0.60/hr rate → size-based tiers, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does MotherDuck change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 6 other pricing-page changes for MotherDuck in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "MotherDuck: AWS Marketplace purchasing option added for Enterprise" on Sep 17, 2026; MotherDuck has been tracked since 2026-06-25.