Sirius DB
Shares rank 18 of 22 databases by recommenders
Recommended for its top ClickBench ranking and for preparing data in place before AI work. Critics say the gain over DuckDB is marginal.
Recommended for its top ClickBench ranking and for preparing data in place before AI work. Critics say the gain over DuckDB is marginal.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Top ClickBench ranking
“Its sitting at the top in clickbench .Pretty cool”
Comment from 3 Jan 2026 in “Sirius DB” Prepares data in place
“need something like SiriusDB to manipulate and prepare data in-place before the AI algorithms get to work”
Comment from 3 Jan 2026 in “Sirius DB” Makes sense in some niches
“There are niches where this makes sense”
Comment from 3 Jan 2026 in “Sirius DB”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Marginal gain over DuckDB
“its marginal compared to promised 10x improvement”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Sirius DB” “improvement over DuckDb is kinda marginal (44%)”
Comment from 3 Jan 2026 in “Sirius DB” Only suits some niches
“There are niches where this makes sense”
Comment from 3 Jan 2026 in “Sirius DB”
Other databases people recommend
The four most recommended other databases, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PostgreSQL | 816 | 233 | 78% | 13 | 10 yrs42 owners | Approved |
| MySQL | 124 | 107 | 54% | 12 | — | — |
| Microsoft SQL Server | 73 | 59 | 55% | 12 | 20 yrs6 owners | — |
| Microsoft Access | 62 | 39 | 61% | 12 | — | — |
| Sirius DBThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“its marginal compared to promised 10x improvement”
“improvement over DuckDb is kinda marginal (44%)”
“Its sitting at the top in clickbench .Pretty cool”
“There are niches where this makes sense”
“need something like SiriusDB to manipulate and prepare data in-place before the AI algorithms get to work”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.