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Aiven for ClickHouse®

Aiven for ClickHouse® is a managed cloud data warehouse based on open source ClickHouse – a fast, resource effective, columnar database that enables the generation of real-time analytical data reports using advanced SQL queries.

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Aiven for ClickHouse: Head to Head Comparison

Aiven for ClickHouse is a fully managed distributed data warehouse, deployable across any cloud. Integrate with Aiven for PostgreSQL® or Aiven for Apache Kafka® as data sources, and enjoy high-performance analytics for insights that help drive your business.

Feature

ClickHouse Cloud

Aiven for ClickHouse

Vendor independence

Single-vendor service focused on ClickHouse; broader stack needs extra vendors.

Fully managed open-source ClickHouse; fits into Aiven’s multi-service platform.

Predictable pricing

Usage-based/serverless; cost spikes and billing is complex.

All-inclusive, fixed plan pricing; transparent and predictable.

BYOC / Cloud flexibility

BYOC only on AWS (GCP/Azure in development).

Available on AWS, GCP, Azure; field-tested, multi-cloud.

Regions & portability

Major clouds but fewer regions per cloud; no migration between regions/providers.

70+ regions; multi-region + multi-cloud support. One-click regions/cloud migration.

Setup

Production features gated; Developer tier limitations; upgrades required for full features.

Create a service in minutes; opinionated defaults. All features at all plan tiers.

Auto-scaling / cost control

Needs tight monitoring to avoid runaway costs; auto-scale in Production only; no downgrade to Developer.

Storage Autoscaling only; Tiered Storage also available for efficient cost/perf.

SLA & resilience

Monthly uptime % tied to service credits.

99.99% uptime SLA, automatic failover, regional resilience.

Integrations & platform.

ClickHouse-only; additional data needs increase complexity and vendors or self-management capabilities.

Unified data platform (Kafka, PG, OpenSearch, etc.) under one control plane

Economies of scale

Single vendor limited to ClickHouse.

Consolidated management & SLAs across services; deploy BYOC across clouds.

Risk factors (buyer)

Unpredictable pricing; single-vendor focus can hinder broader integrations.

Predictable pricing; broad platform reduces vendor sprawl.

Benefits of ClickHouse® as-a-service from Aiven

With Aiven for ClickHouse, you can set up clusters, deploy new nodes, migrate clouds and fork databases in just a few clicks — and monitor everything on a simple dashboard.

Get the most from ClickHouse’s superior performance, effective compression and rich set of SQL analytics extensions, all with multicloud support and no vendor lock-in.

Unmatched performance. Plus Aiven reliability.

ClickHouse is famous for being one of the fastest cloud data warehouses. It processes hundreds of millions of rows and tens of gigabytes of data per second, supported by superior data compression.

Built-in data Integrations. All-in-one platform.

Leverage your data in other Aiven services like PostgreSQL® or Kafka®, all available with one-click integration via our intuitive Console.

Automatic updates and upgrades. Zero stress.

Stressing about applying maintenance updates or version upgrades to your clusters? We’ll take care of them for you so that you can focus on turning your data into actionable insights.

Super-transparent pricing. No networking costs.

Aiven for ClickHouse comes with all-inclusive pricing to keep costs predictable, and tiered storage to keep costs low as your data grows.

Pay only for what you use.

All-inclusive ClickHouse pricing so you never get end-of-the-month surprises. No extra maintenance, networking, or storage fees. Private networking (VPC), single-tenant, and high-availability multi-AZ available. Spin up clusters and regions when you need them, and shut them down when you don’t.

  • Startup

    starting from

    $138/month

    $0.19/hour
    • 1 dedicated VM
    • 2-32 CPU per VM
    • 8-128 GB RAM per VM
    • 100-40000 GB total storage
    • 99.99% uptime SLA

    Add-ons

  • Business

    starting from

    $581/month

    $0.80/hour
    • 3 dedicated VM
    • 2-32 CPU per VM
    • 8-128 GB RAM per VM
    • 1 high availability shard
    • 100-40000 GB total storage
    • Everything in Startup, plus high availability

    Add-ons

  • Premium

    starting from

    $4,150/month

    $5.68/hour
    • 6-30 dedicated VM
    • 2-8 CPU per VM
    • 16-64 GB RAM per VM
    • 2-10 high availability shards
    • 2300-46000 GB total storage
    • Everything in Business, plus more compute and storage capacity

    Add-ons

Need help? Use our Pricing Calculator to get a recommended plan based on your unique data needs and requirements.

Data retention is only limited by storage. For information about annual discount or plan capacity beyond the listed plans, please contact us

How Aiven customers use ClickHouse

Analytics for streaming and time series data

Streaming and time series data (such as. IoT telemetry, observability or web clickstream data) requires a data warehouse that can handle large amounts of data and deliver near real time analytics.

Real-time analytical reports

ClickHouse’s high performance helps to speed up your data-driven decision making. High speed data processing ensures you get the answers you need instantly, instead of waiting for hours or days.

Application logs and traces

Aiven for ClickHouse's data compression and high performance combine with the cost savings of tiered storage to make it an ideal solution to store logs and traces.

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