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Hex vs MotherDuck
Both stand on cloud analytics solutions. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
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Hex brings notebooks, data connections, app building, and conversational tools into one hosted platform. The free Community plan has a five-app publishing limit; larger plans raise that limit, with Team adding unlimited published apps.
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Choose MotherDuck if you need a serverless DuckDB warehouse with queryable data sharing, isolated compute, or integrated pipelines and visualizations. The free Lite plan has limits on users, storage, service accounts, and compute; Business starts at $250 a month per organization plus usage.
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| Hex | MotherDuck | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | API, Web | API, Web |
| Lowest paid plan | Professional: $36 per editor a month | See the plans |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Maker | Hex | Not published |
| Website | hex.tech | motherduck.com |
| On cloud analytics solutions | #6 of 29 | #10 of 29 |
Hex: what it does well
- Supports SQL, Python, and R.
- Offers real-time collaboration and version history.
- Integrates with Airflow, Dagster, and dbt.
- Community plan is free.
- Team includes unlimited published apps.
What to know first
- Community and Professional cap published apps at five.
- Professional costs $36 a month per Editor.
- Team costs $75 a month per Editor.
MotherDuck: what it does well
- Read-only database shares let recipients query data without file exports or duplicate copies.
- Ducklings isolate compute for each user, customer, or AI agent.
- Flights run scheduled Python data pipelines inside MotherDuck.
- Dives can be filtered, shared, or embedded in an app.
- Integrations include dbt, Airflow, Fivetran, Hex, Tableau, and Omni.
What to know first
- Lite is limited to 3 internal active users and 2 service accounts.
- Lite includes 10 GB storage and 10 hours of monthly Pulse compute.
- Lite supports Pulse instances only.
- Business costs $250 a month per organization, plus usage.
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