# ClickHouse

> The leading database for AI

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/clickhouse
- **Category:** Time-Series Databases
- **Homepage:** https://clickhouse.com
- **Also known as:** clickhouse
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T21:29:51.602Z

## Vioscale score

**51.6 / 100**, confidence 39% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 80 | 6 | 480 | ✓ |
| reliability | 50 | 10 | 500 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 28.9 | 17 | 491.4 | ✓ |
| github_stars | 88.5 | 7 | 619.3 | ✓ |
| integrations | 20.1 | 8 | 160.8 | ✓ |
| github_activity | 63.1 | 20 | 1262 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 0 | 12 | 0 | - |
| security_posture | 30 | 18 | 540 | ✓ |
| package_downloads | 0 | 6 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 100 | 8 | 800 | ✓ |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 20 | 0 | - |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-01, [verify at source](https://clickhouse.com). Independently observed._

from $0.22/mo · Hybrid · Free tier · 30-day trial

> From $25.30/TB/mo + $0.2181/compute unit/hr. 30-day free trial.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| Basic | $25.30/TB/mo + $0.2181/compute unit/hr | - | monthly |
| Scale | $25.30/TB/mo + $0.2985/compute unit/hr | - | monthly |
| Enterprise | $25.30/TB/mo + $0.3903/compute unit/hr | - | monthly |

### Basic

Great for testing out new ideas or starter projects. Limited storage and memory.

**Included limits:** memory: 8-12 GiB, storage: 1 TB, backup_retention: 1 day, availability_zones: 1

- Up to 1 TB storage
- 8-12 GiB total memory
- Backups every 24h, retained for 1 day
- 1 availability zone
- Export backups to own cloud account
- Expert support with 1 business day response time
- SSO (Google/Microsoft)
- Social login
- MFA

### Scale

For production environments, data at scale, or professional use cases.

**Included limits:** memory: Configurable, storage: Unlimited, backup_retention: 1 day, availability_zones: 2+

- Unlimited storage
- Configurable memory
- Compute-compute separation
- Configurable backups
- 2+ availability zones
- Expert support with 1 hour response time, 24x7 for Severity 1 issues
- S3 role-based access
- Private networking
- Automatic vertical scaling
- Manual horizontal scaling

### Enterprise

For production environments, very large data at scale, or enterprise use cases.

- Everything in Scale plan
- SAML SSO
- Private regions
- Manual vertical scaling for custom profiles
- Enterprise support with 30 min response time for Severity 1 issues
- Named Lead Support Engineer
- Transparent data encryption / CMEK
- Scheduled upgrades
- Consultative migration guides
- HIPAA compliance
- PCI compliance

### Add-ons

- **Data transfer – public internet egress** ($0.12 per GB)
- **Data transfer – inter-region egress** ($0.03 per GB)
- **ClickPipes data ingestion** ($0.04 per GB + $0.20 per compute_unit)

## About

Fast open-source OLAP database for real-time analytics, powering agentic systems with millisecond queries at petabyte scale.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI, Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Self-hosted

## Integrations (4)

_Independently observed._

- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- ClickPipes

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Time-Series Databases. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

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

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 48,981 | [link](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://clickhouse.com) | 2026-08-01 | 48% (low) |
| pricing.price_level | low | [link](https://clickhouse.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 0.218 | [link](https://clickhouse.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://clickhouse.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://clickhouse.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.clickhouse.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://clickhouse.com/.well-known/security.txt) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| security.hipaa | yes | [link](https://clickhouse.com/security) | 2026-08-01 | 75% (high) |
| security.pci | yes | [link](https://clickhouse.com/security) | 2026-08-01 | 75% (high) |

### license

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | [link](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse) | 2026-08-01 | 95% (high) |

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | [link](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pulse) | 2026-08-01 | 65% (medium) |

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 4 | [link](https://clickhouse.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | C++ | [link](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |

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