# Sirius DB

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Sirius DB and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its top ClickBench ranking and for preparing data in place before AI work. Critics say the gain over DuckDB is marginal.

## Why people recommend it

- Top ClickBench ranking (1 comments): "Its sitting at the top in clickbench .Pretty cool" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46480795))
- Prepares data in place (1 comments): "need something like SiriusDB to manipulate and prepare data in-place before the AI algorithms get to work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46479821))
- Makes sense in some niches (1 comments): "There are niches where this makes sense" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46480338))

## What people warn about

- Marginal gain over DuckDB (2 comments): "its marginal compared to promised 10x improvement" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46483417)) "improvement over DuckDb is kinda marginal (44%)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46482003))
- Only suits some niches (1 comments): "There are niches where this makes sense" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46480338))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [PostgreSQL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/postgresql.md): 816 recommend
- [MySQL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mysql.md): 124 recommend
- [Microsoft SQL Server](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-sql-server.md): 73 recommend
- [Microsoft Access](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-access.md): 62 recommend
- [Turso](https://hackerapproved.com/p/turso.md): 53 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Sirius DB", https://hackerapproved.com/p/sirius-db/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).