Pick Hex if
solo analysts who will stay on Community $0 (small compute, agent trial), then buy Professional at $36/Editor/month when they need Medium compute, Standard agent credits, and 30-day history.
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Our take
Pick Hex if solo analysts who will stay on Community $0 (small compute, agent trial), then buy Professional at $36/Editor/month when they need Medium compute, Standard agent credits, and 30-day history. Pick MotherDuck if solo analysts who will stay on Lite $0 (10 GB + 10 Pulse hours), then buy Business at $250/org/month plus usage when they need Standard+ instances, Flights at scale, and a 99.9% SLA.
Best for
Hex Trusted exploration you later ship as a data app
MotherDuck Cloud DuckDB metered in CU-hours and GB
Free plan
Hex No free plan
MotherDuck $0 · no card. Up to 3 internal users and 2 service accounts. 10 GB storage and 10 Pulse hours / month included. Pulse instances only. Preset RBAC. Community support. 1-day snapshots. Lite without a card includes 30 minutes/day of F4 Flights
Lowest paid
Hex Professional $36/mo
MotherDuck Storage $0.04/mo
Next step up
Hex
MotherDuck Flights $0.15/hour
Coding agent
Hex Hex agent
MotherDuck Flights
Watch out
Hex Community is Small compute and an agent trial
MotherDuck Lite is Pulse-only
Last checked
Hex 2026-10-22 · hex.tech/pricing
MotherDuck 2026-10-22 · motherduck.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick MotherDuck if
solo analysts who will stay on Lite $0 (10 GB + 10 Pulse hours), then buy Business at $250/org/month plus usage when they need Standard+ instances, Flights at scale, and a 99.9% SLA.
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