Software Development Engineer at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 10
Dec 5, 2025
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was such that the setup costs were just my own bandwidth, while licensing and pricing were done by other members of the team so it was abstracted away from me, and I am not aware of it.
ClickHouse is open source without direct fees, unlike other databases that have hidden fees or restrict hosting to their platforms. The open-source nature of ClickHouse allows for complete flexibility without licensing constraints.
The tool is free. It is open-sourced. However, if we do not know how to deploy it and are unwilling to support everything, we can contact the vendor and create a cloud version. It is cheap, but it depends on the scale.
Software Development Engineer II at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
May 21, 2024
Pricing for the cloud version is alright, not very costly or cheap. But if you have an in-house deployment on Kubernetes or something, it's going to be very cheap since you'll be managing everything.
ClickHouse is renowned for its speed, scalability, and real-time query performance. Its compatibility with SQL standards enhances flexibility while enabling integration with popular tools.
ClickHouse leverages a column-based architecture for efficient data compression and real-time analytics. It seamlessly integrates with tools like Kafka and Tableau and is effective in handling large datasets due to its cost-efficient aggregation capabilities. With robust data deduplication and strong...
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was such that the setup costs were just my own bandwidth, while licensing and pricing were done by other members of the team so it was abstracted away from me, and I am not aware of it.
ClickHouse is open source without direct fees, unlike other databases that have hidden fees or restrict hosting to their platforms. The open-source nature of ClickHouse allows for complete flexibility without licensing constraints.
We used the free, self-hosted community version of ClickHouse.
The tool is open-source.
The tool is free. It is open-sourced. However, if we do not know how to deploy it and are unwilling to support everything, we can contact the vendor and create a cloud version. It is cheap, but it depends on the scale.
ClickHouse Cloud is not expensive compared to other databases, costing a few dollars per month while providing fast performance.
Pricing for the cloud version is alright, not very costly or cheap. But if you have an in-house deployment on Kubernetes or something, it's going to be very cheap since you'll be managing everything.