DuckDB

In-process SQL database.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Designed for very fast data analysis, particularly where whole tables or large joins are involved. Simple to operate - no dependencies and nothing to install because it runs in the host process, thereby increasing performance. Supports complex SQL queries. Fast loading of data from CSV, Parquet, Postgres, SQLite, read/write data from S3.

Tradeoffs

Not designed for high volume transactional queries or where the database needs to be written to from multiple processes.

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