Skip to content
Database

DuckDB to Google Cloud Spanner integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep DuckDB and Google Cloud Spanner in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

  • SOC 2 and 6 other compliance frameworks
  • POC with real engineers in minutes

Adopted by fast-scaling companies moving mission-critical data in real time

Case study
Migrated from Mulesoft
Case study
Migrated from Celigo
Migrated from Heroku Connect
Migrated from Matillion
Case study
Migrated from Fivetran
Case study
Migrated from Celigo
Why teams connect DuckDB and Google Cloud Spanner

Keep DuckDB and Google Cloud Spanner synchronized in real time, across engines, regions, or services, in one or both directions.

Two databases that must agree is one of the oldest problems in engineering: different engines for different workloads, separate services with overlapping reference data, a migration in flight, or regional instances that share a subset of records. Hand-rolled replication across systems means change capture, conflict handling, and type mapping, all built and maintained by your team.

Stacksync syncs tables or collections between DuckDB and Google Cloud Spanner continuously and bi-directionally, translating types between the two engines and resolving conflicts by rules you configure. Rows written on either side appear on the other within seconds.

Common use cases

  • Push aggregates computed in DuckDB out to a CRM or business tools so analysis results reach operational systems.
  • Use DuckDB as a transform step: read synced Parquet exports, aggregate with SQL, and write results back to an operational database.
  • Run a two-way sync between Spanner and a SaaS tool so edits made by ops teams land back in the application database.
  • Consolidate data from a globally distributed Spanner deployment into regional business systems.

Shared reference data between services

Services that own separate databases stay consistent on the records they share, without a custom replication layer.

Regional or environment copies

Mirror selected tables to another region or environment continuously, filtered to just the rows that should travel.

Cross-engine sync

Keep the same dataset live in both DuckDB and Google Cloud Spanner, so each workload runs on the engine that suits it.

What you can sync between DuckDB and Google Cloud Spanner

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

DuckDB objects Google Cloud Spanner objects
Views SQL views used to shape or filter data for downstream consumers. Databases Top-level containers that scope schema and sync configuration.
External files (Parquet/CSV/JSON) Files DuckDB queries in place without loading, common as a sync interchange format. Tables Relational tables mapped one-to-one to sync targets.
Attached databases Additional database files or external systems attached into one session for cross-source queries. Rows The unit of read and write in each sync cycle, keyed by primary key.
Database files Single-file .duckdb databases that jobs read and write directly on disk or object storage. Interleaved tables Child rows physically co-located with parents; synced as related records.
Schemas Namespaces within a database used to organize tables in sync outputs. Secondary indexes Used to make incremental read queries efficient on non-key columns.
Tables Columnar tables created via SQL; the destination for materialized sync data. Change streams Capture inserts, updates, and deletes for log-style change data capture.
What ships with DuckDB ⇄ Google Cloud Spanner

Connect DuckDB and Google Cloud Spanner for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every DuckDB–Google Cloud Spanner connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in DuckDB or Google Cloud Spanner instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever DuckDB or Google Cloud Spanner data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single DuckDB or Google Cloud Spanner record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your DuckDB ⇄ Google Cloud Spanner sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between DuckDB and Google Cloud Spanner.

How the DuckDB and Google Cloud Spanner connectors work

DuckDB

Integration surface
In-process SQL engine via client libraries (Python, Node.js, JDBC, CLI); no server or network API by default
Authentication
None built in; access control is file-system level (MotherDuck adds token auth for its hosted service)
Change detection
Polling or full re-reads; no change feed or transaction log API
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
No API rate limits; throughput is bounded by local compute and I/O

Google Cloud Spanner

Integration surface
gRPC/REST client API with SQL query surface (GoogleSQL and PostgreSQL-interface dialects)
Authentication
Google Cloud IAM (service accounts)
Change detection
Change streams (log-style CDC), or timestamp-based polling queries
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
Throughput is bounded by the instance's provisioned compute capacity rather than a fixed API quota.
How it works

How to connect DuckDB to Google Cloud Spanner — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate DuckDB and Google Cloud Spanner with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    DuckDB connected
    Google Cloud Spanner connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the DuckDB and Google Cloud Spanner objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · DuckDB ⇄ Google Cloud Spanner
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    DuckDB Google Cloud Spanner
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
Try interactive demo
FAQ

DuckDB and Google Cloud Spanner integration FAQ

SECURITY

Security teams love Stacksync

As a data company, we understand the importance of keeping your data secure. Stacksync is built with security best practices to keep your data safe at every layer, and is DPF-certified for US, EU, UK and CH data transfers.

Learn more about security
SOC 2 type II
ISO 27001
HIPAA BAA
GDPR
CCPA
CSA STAR
DPF US-EU-UK-CH
→ SECURITY WITH BENEFITS

SSO & SCIM

Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.

Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

Securely connects to your systems with:

OAuth 2 SSH Tunnelling SSL certificates IP Whitelisting VPN gateway VPC peering and more

Related integrations

Every pair below is a real-time, two-way sync. Search all 386 integrations available for DuckDB and Google Cloud Spanner.

Popular · 8 of 386
All DuckDB integrations All Google Cloud Spanner integrations Browse all integrations
Coworkers laughing in front of a laptop in a casual office setting

Your last integration took months.
Your next one takes a prompt.

Book a demo Tour the platform on your own