Sharing data in MotherDuck
Shares are region-scoped based on your Organization's cloud region. Each MotherDuck Organization is currently scoped to a single cloud region that must be chosen at Org creation when signing up.
MotherDuck is currently available on AWS in two regions:
- US East (N. Virginia):
us-east-1 - Europe (Frankfurt):
eu-central-1
You can easily and securely share data in MotherDuck. MotherDuck's sharing model is specifically optimized for the following scenarios:
- Sharing data with everyone in your Organization for easy discovery and low-friction access. Typical of small highly collaborative data teams.
- Sharing data with specific accounts in your Organization. Popular with data application builders needing to isolate tenants.
- Sharing data publicly with anyone with a MotherDuck account in the same cloud region as your Organization, including users outside your Organization.
📄️ Sharing concepts and overview
MotherDuck's data sharing model currently has the following key characteristics:
📄️ Sharing data with your organization
MotherDuck makes it easy for you to share data with all members of your Organization and making that data easily discoverable and queryable. This is a common use case for small, highly collaborative data teams.
📄️ Sharing data with specific users
MotherDuck enables you to securely share data with specific users. Common scenarios include:
📄️ Managing shares
Getting details about a share
📄️ Updating shares
Learn about data replication timing, checkpoints, and how to ensure your latest data is available in shares and read-only Ducklings.