Comparison

ClickHouse vs TDengine

On the evidence we track, ClickHouse leads this comparison with a composite score of 66/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

ClickHouse full profile →TDengine full profile →

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★ClickHouse66

TDengine55

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	ClickHouseLeader	TDengine
vioscaleAI score	66 / 100medium · 60%	55 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	mid	high
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$53	$970
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	100	7
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS Level 1 Service Provider	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27017
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	4.8	4
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://clickhouse.com/legal/agreements/security-addendum	https://tdengine.com/security/
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.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	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40tdengine%2Fclient&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1	7
Github starsadoption.github_stars	50,255	25,158
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	28
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	AGPL-3.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	C++	C
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

ClickHouse66 / 100medium · 60%

TDengine55 / 100medium · 71%

Pricing

Free tier

ClickHouse✓

TDengine✓

Model

ClickHousefreemium

TDenginefreemium

Price level

ClickHousemid

TDenginehigh

Starting price

ClickHouse$53

TDengine$970

Transparent

ClickHouse✓

TDengine✓

Integrations

Count

ClickHouse100

TDengine7

Security

Certifications

ClickHouseSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS Level 1 Service Provider

TDengineSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27017

Disclosure policy

ClickHouse✓

TDengine–

Gdpr

ClickHouse✓

TDengine–

Hipaa

ClickHouse✓

TDengine–

Iso27001

ClickHouse✓

TDengine✓

Pci

ClickHouse✓

TDengine–

Scorecard

ClickHouse4.8

TDengine4

Soc2

ClickHouse✓

TDengine✓

Trust center

ClickHousehttps://clickhouse.com/legal/agreements/security-addendum

TDenginehttps://tdengine.com/security/

Vulnerabilities

ClickHouseCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FClickHouse%2FClickHouse&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

TDengineCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40tdengine%2Fclient&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

ClickHouse✓

TDengine✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

ClickHouse1

TDengine7

Github stars

ClickHouse50,255

TDengine25,158

Activity

Commits last 30d

ClickHouse100

TDengine100

Release

Cadence days

ClickHouse–

TDengine28

History

ClickHouse20 items

TDengine20 items

License

Spdx

ClickHouseApache-2.0

TDengineAGPL-3.0

Language

Primary

ClickHouseC++

TDengineC

Market

Availability

ClickHouseAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

TDengineAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Content

Faq

ClickHouse7 items

TDengine7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for time-series databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Time-Series Databases
Capability	ClickHouse	TDengine
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	-	Continuous aggregates
Retention / TTL	-	-
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)	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	Source-available

Query

Query language (SQL / PromQL / InfluxQL-Flux / Graphite)

ClickHouseSQL

TDengineSQL

SQL compatibility

ClickHouseFull SQL

TDengineFull SQL

Ingest

Ingest model

ClickHouseBoth

TDenginePush

Model

Data model

ClickHouseBoth

TDengineMetrics (labels/tags)

Lifecycle

Downsampling / rollups

ClickHouse-

TDengineContinuous aggregates

Retention / TTL

ClickHouse-

TDengine-

Storage

Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)

ClickHousecolumnar

TDengine-

Performance

High-cardinality handling

ClickHouseStrong

TDengineStrong

Scale

Clustering / horizontal scale

ClickHouseDistributed / sharded

TDengineDistributed / sharded

Replication / HA

ClickHouse✓

TDengine✓

Deployment

ClickHouseSelf-hosted

TDengineSelf-hosted

Interop

Prometheus remote-write compatible

ClickHouse-

TDengine-

Licensing

Licence class

ClickHousePermissive OSS

TDengineSource-available

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

ClickHouse

Leader

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.

Independently observed

TDengine

Open-source time-series database for real-time processing of high-volume sensor data, supporting distributed deployment and AI-powered analytics.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

ClickHouse

Leader

from $53/moUsage-basedFree tier30-day trial

From $53/month plus usage-based compute and storage. Free tier with $300 credits for 30 days.

Basic$53/mo + $0.22 per TB
- 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
- +1 more
Scale$437/mo + $0.30 per TB
- Unlimited storage
- 2+ availability zones
- 24x7 expert support with 1 hour response for Severity 1 issues
- S3 role-based access
- Automatic vertical scaling
- +1 more
Enterprise$571/mo + $0.39 per TB
- SAML SSO
- Private regions
- Enterprise support with 30 minute response time
- Named Lead Support Engineer
- Transparent data encryption and CMEK
- +1 more

as of 2026-10-05verify ↗

TDengine

from $970/moHybridFree tier

Free tier up to 5,000 tags. Self-hosted annual licenses from $12,500/year, perpetual from $31,250. Managed cloud from $970/month. High availability at +30% of plan cost.

Free TierFree
- All TSDB and IDMP features
- Official support available separately
Self-Hosted Annual LicenseFrom $12,500/year (7,500 tags). Pricing scales with deployment size.
- Standard support included
- Product updates and patches
Self-Hosted Perpetual LicenseFrom $31,250 (7,500 tags). One-time cost, pricing scales with deployment size.
- Perpetual usage rights
- Optional annual support available
Cloud - Starter$970/month or $11,640/year
- Fully managed on AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Managed infrastructure and operations
Cloud - Small$1,740/month or $20,880/year
Cloud - Medium$2,570/month or $30,840/year
Cloud - Large$3,500/month or $42,000/year
Cloud - XLarge$5,220/month or $62,640/year

as of 2026-10-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	ClickHouse	TDengine
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

ClickHouse✓

TDengine✓

macOS

ClickHouse✗

TDengine✓

Windows

ClickHouse✗

TDengine✓

Linux

ClickHouse✓

TDengine✓

CLI

ClickHouse✓

TDengine✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

ClickHouse✓

TDengine✓

Self-hosted

ClickHouse✓

TDengine✓

On-premise

ClickHouse✗

TDengine✓

Hybrid

ClickHouse✓

TDengine✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)

Kafka

ClickHouse

Leader

22 total - 21 not shared

Amazon S3
Airbyte
Vector
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Microsoft Azure Data Factory
dbt
Calyptia
Dataddo
GrowthBook
OpenTelemetry
HyperDX
Langfuse
Cassandra
Google
Microsoft
AWS
Google Cloud
Azure
GitHub
Slack

Independently observed

TDengine

10 total - 9 not shared

Java
Python
Go
MQTT
OPC
PI System
Excel
Apache Pulsar
AVEVA Historian

Independently observed

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