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Head-to-head · ClickHouse Hosting

Aiven for ClickHouse vs Selfhost.dev Managed ClickHouse

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 3 checks side by side
Higher score Aiven for ClickHouse #3 in ClickHouse Hosting 9.0/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 1 of 2 features Visit Aiven
Selfhost.dev Managed ClickHouse #6 in ClickHouse Hosting 8.6/10 Paid ✓ 2 of 2 features Visit Selfhost.dev

Aiven for ClickHouse leads on 0 checks, Selfhost.dev Managed ClickHouse on 1, and 2 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 3 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreAiven for ClickHouse · 9.0/10
  • Free trialonly Aiven for ClickHouse
  • Most featuresSelfhost.dev Managed ClickHouse · 2 of 2

Aiven for ClickHouse scores higher on our rubric for clickhouse hosting: 9.0 against 8.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #6.

Selfhost.dev Managed ClickHouse offers autoscaling; Aiven for ClickHouse doesn't.

Aiven for ClickHouse is the better fit for enterprises needing managed ClickHouse with networking. Selfhost.dev Managed ClickHouse is the better fit for AWS users needing flexible managed ClickHouse.

  • Aiven for ClickHouse fits best

    Enterprises needing managed ClickHouse with networking

  • Selfhost.dev Managed ClickHouse fits best

    AWS users needing flexible managed ClickHouse

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Side by side

Feature Aiven for ClickHouse 9.0/10 Visit ↗ Selfhost.dev Managed ClickHouse 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.0 8.6
Ranking #3 in ClickHouse Hosting #6 in ClickHouse Hosting
Best for Enterprises needing managed ClickHouse with networking AWS users needing flexible managed ClickHouse
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price $155/mo —
Free plan — —
Free trial 30 days —
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Support Email, Tickets, Docs Email, Live chat, Docs
Integrations 6 integrations 5 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Aiven for ClickHouse 1/2 · Selfhost.dev Managed ClickHouse 2/2
Autoscaling — ✓ (best)
Private networking ✓ ✓
Specs
Deployment model Managed cluster Managed cluster
Backup retention 2 days Not checked yet
Included storage 100 GB Not checked yet
Cloud regions 25 regions Not checked yet
ClickHouse version policy Selectable Selectable
Our review
Pros
  • High availability, sharding, backups, and restore workflows
  • Private connectivity through VPC peering and PrivateLink
  • Terraform, CLI, REST API, and broad data-source integrations
  • Dedicated AWS instances with selectable ClickHouse versions
  • Backups, snapshots, replicas, autoscaling and distributed queries
  • BYOC deployment in the customer’s AWS account
Cons
  • No free plan; paid service starts at $155 per service monthly
  • Premium starts at $4,950 per service per month
  • Compute autoscaling is not included as an automatic capability
  • Paid service with no free plan
  • Deployment is centered on AWS infrastructure
  • High availability through ClickHouse Keeper is optional
Our verdict

Aiven for ClickHouse is a fully managed service for running ClickHouse analytical database clusters in the cloud. It handles provisioning, maintenance, monitoring, backups, security, and version updates, making it suited to enterprises…

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Selfhost.dev Managed ClickHouse provides dedicated ClickHouse instances on AWS for analytics workloads including events, logs, metrics, time-series data and dashboards. It supports web and API access, HTTP and native TCP protocols, and…

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  1. Aiven for ClickHouseClickHouse Hosting 9.030-day trial
  2. Selfhost.dev Managed ClickHouseClickHouse Hosting 8.6Paid

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Aiven for ClickHouse — where it wins

    • High availability, sharding, backups, and restore workflows
    • Private connectivity through VPC peering and PrivateLink
    • Terraform, CLI, REST API, and broad data-source integrations

    Where it doesn't

    • No free plan; paid service starts at $155 per service monthly
    • Premium starts at $4,950 per service per month
    • Compute autoscaling is not included as an automatic capability

  • Selfhost.dev Managed ClickHouse — where it wins

    • Dedicated AWS instances with selectable ClickHouse versions
    • Backups, snapshots, replicas, autoscaling and distributed queries
    • BYOC deployment in the customer’s AWS account

    Where it doesn't

    • Paid service with no free plan
    • Deployment is centered on AWS infrastructure
    • High availability through ClickHouse Keeper is optional
  • Aiven for ClickHouse9.0/10 · 30-day trial

    Managed ClickHouse with high availability, private networking, and infrastructure automation.

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  • Selfhost.dev Managed ClickHouse8.6/10 · Paid

    A flexible managed ClickHouse service for AWS-based analytics workloads.

    Visit Selfhost.devFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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