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title: "DuckDB vs. MotherDuck\u200a—\u200ashould you switch to the cloud\u00a0version..."
description: "!https://kestra.io/blogs/2023-07-28-duckdb-vs-motherduck"
date: 2023-08-01
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duckdb is a new in process database that has been making its rounds in analytics for its high performance in those applications.  

Mother duck is  a centeralized server that brings manages storage, data sharing and an ide to duckdb.