# ClickHouse vs InfluxDB

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** ClickHouse

| Attribute | ClickHouse | InfluxDB |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 65.7 (60% (medium)) | 58.3 (68% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 1 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1 | 10,935 |
| adoption.github_stars | 50,255 | 31,759 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"An open-source columnar database system designed to handle large-scale analytical workloads with extremely low latency. Excels at real-time analytics, observability (logs, metrics, traces), data warehousing, and AI/ML applications. It is indexed under Time-Series Databases.","source":"https://clickhouse.com/pricing","question":"What is ClickHouse?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"ClickHouse offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.22 per hour. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://clickhouse.com","question":"Is ClickHouse free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"ClickHouse supports the web, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://clickhouse.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does ClickHouse support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. ClickHouse can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://clickhouse.com/pricing","question":"Can ClickHouse be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 11 integrations for ClickHouse, including Amazon S3, Kafka, Airbyte, Vector, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft Azure Data Factory and dbt, plus 3 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://clickhouse.com/pricing","question":"What does ClickHouse integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for ClickHouse. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as ClickHouse not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://clickhouse.com/legal/agreements/security-addendum","question":"What security certifications does ClickHouse have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. ClickHouse is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse","question":"Is ClickHouse open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"InfluxDB is a time-series database designed to capture, store, and query high-resolution sensor and operational data at scale in real-time. It provides multiple deployment options including managed cloud services and self-hosted infrastructure, with efficient columnar storage and support for high-cardinality data suitable for monitoring, analytics, and AI applications. It is indexed under Time-Series Databases.","source":"https://www.influxdata.com/influxdb-pricing-test-old/","question":"What is InfluxDB?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"InfluxDB is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Paid editions are also offered: InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated and InfluxDB Clustered, priced on request. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.influxdata.com/influxdb-pricing-test-old/","question":"Is InfluxDB free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"InfluxDB supports the web, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.influxdata.com/influxdb-pricing-test-old/","question":"What platforms does InfluxDB support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. InfluxDB can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.influxdata.com/influxdb-pricing-test-old/","question":"Can InfluxDB be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for InfluxDB. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as InfluxDB not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.influxdata.com/security","question":"What security certifications does InfluxDB have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. InfluxDB is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb","question":"Is InfluxDB open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"InfluxDB is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.influxdata.com/influxdb-pricing-test-old/","question":"Where is InfluxDB available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A column-oriented database that processes analytical queries efficiently on large datasets using compression and vectorized execution. It supports fast aggregations and search over logs, metrics, and traces, with vector search capabilities for AI workloads. | A time-stamped data repository engineered to accept high-volume streams of metrics and contextual events, then return query results with minimal latency. Common use cases include infrastructure monitoring, system performance analysis, and real-time business intelligence. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","clustering":"distributed","data_model":"both","deployment":"self_hosted","compression":"columnar","replication":true,"sql_support":true,"ingest_model":"both","licence_class":"permissive_oss","managed_cloud":true,"vector_search":true,"query_language":"SQL","replication_ha":true,"high_cardinality":"strong","sql_compatibility":"full_sql","horizontal_scaling":true}` | `{"clustering":"distributed","data_model":"metrics","deployment":"self_hosted","compression":"Parquet columnar","downsampling":"retention_policies","ingest_model":"push","licence_class":"permissive_oss","retention_ttl":"automatic","query_language":"SQL","replication_ha":true,"high_cardinality":"strong","sql_compatibility":"full_sql","prometheus_remote_write":false}` |
| integrations.count | 100 | 5,000 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Airbyte"},{"name":"Vector"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure Data Factory"},{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Calyptia"},{"name":"Dataddo"},{"name":"GrowthBook"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry","native":false,"category":"observability","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"HyperDX","native":true,"category":"visualization","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Langfuse","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Cassandra","native":false},{"name":"Google","native":true,"category":"authentication","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Microsoft","native":true,"category":"authentication","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"AWS","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Google Cloud","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Azure","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"GitHub","native":false,"category":"development","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Slack","native":false,"category":"chat"}]` | `[{"name":"MailChimp"},{"name":"Telegraf","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| language.primary | C++ | Rust |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` | `{"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Basic","features":["Up to 1 TB storage","1 availability zone","Export backups to own cloud account","Expert support with 1 business day response time","SSO with Google or Microsoft","Multi-factor authentication"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":53,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"TB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2181,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Development and testing with limited storage","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"1 TB"}},{"free":false,"name":"Scale","features":["Unlimited storage","2+ availability zones","24x7 expert support with 1 hour response for Severity 1 issues","S3 role-based access","Automatic vertical scaling","Manual horizontal scaling"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":437,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"TB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2985,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Production environments with unlimited scalable storage","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"Unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["SAML SSO","Private regions","Enterprise support with 30 minute response time","Named Lead Support Engineer","Transparent data encryption and CMEK","HIPAA and PCI compliance"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":571,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"TB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.3903,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Enterprise deployments with compliance and advanced security controls","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"Unlimited"}}],"summary":"From $53/month plus usage-based compute and storage. Free tier with $300 credits for 30 days.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://clickhouse.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T10:14:01.496Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":53,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"InfluxDB Cloud Serverless","summary":"$0.0025/MB (data in), $0.012 per 100 queries, $0.002/GB-hour (storage), $0.09/GB (data out)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"MB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0025,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":100,"unit":"query executions"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.012,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB-hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.002,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.09,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Usage-based service for smaller workloads on shared infrastructure with $250 credit upon upgrade.","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated","description":"Fully managed single-tenant service for high-volume production workloads with unlimited scale and private connections.","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"InfluxDB Clustered","description":"Self-managed software for scaled workloads supporting on-premises or private cloud deployment.","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier with usage-based pricing. Enterprise options require quote.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.influxdata.com/influxdb-pricing-test-old/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-07T13:14:51.150Z","freeTrialDays":30,"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":53,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 13 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"},{"name":"PCI DSS Level 1 Service Provider","level":"Level 1","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 4.8 | 6.7 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://clickhouse.com/legal/agreements/security-addendum | https://www.influxdata.com/trust/ |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FClickHouse%2FClickHouse&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":2,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Finfluxdata%2Finfluxdb&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (Time-Series Databases)

| Capability | ClickHouse | InfluxDB |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Query** |  |  |
| Query language (SQL / PromQL / InfluxQL-Flux / Graphite) | SQL | SQL |
| SQL compatibility | Full SQL | Full SQL |
| **Ingest** |  |  |
| Ingest model | Both | Push |
| **Model** |  |  |
| Data model | Both | Metrics (labels/tags) |
| **Lifecycle** |  |  |
| Downsampling / rollups | - | Retention policies |
| Retention / TTL | - | Automatic |
| **Storage** |  |  |
| Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla) | columnar | Parquet columnar |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| High-cardinality handling | Strong | Strong |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Clustering / horizontal scale | Distributed / sharded | Distributed / sharded |
| Replication / HA | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| Prometheus remote-write compatible | - | ✗ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Permissive OSS | Permissive OSS |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T18:32:03.529Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*