ClickHouse Cloud vs Aiven for ClickHouse

ClickHouse Cloud9.4Visit Aiven for ClickHouse9.0Visit

Higher score ClickHouse Cloud #1 in ClickHouse Hosting 9.4/10 From $50/mo · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 2 features Try ClickHouse Cloud

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Aiven for ClickHouse #3 in ClickHouse Hosting 9.0/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 1 of 2 features Visit Aiven

• ClickHouse Cloud fits best

  Teams wanting managed ClickHouse at scale

• Aiven for ClickHouse fits best

  Enterprises needing managed ClickHouse with networking

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Side by side

Feature	ClickHouse Cloud 9.4/10 Visit ↗	Aiven for ClickHouse 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	9.0
Ranking	#1 in ClickHouse Hosting	#3 in ClickHouse Hosting
Best for	Teams wanting managed ClickHouse at scale	Enterprises needing managed ClickHouse with networking
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$50/mo (best)	$155/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	30 days	30 days
Free trial length	30 days	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	12 integrations	6 integrations
Features ClickHouse Cloud 0/2 · Aiven for ClickHouse 1/2
Autoscaling	Not checked yet	—
Private networking	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Deployment model	Not checked yet	Managed cluster
Backup retention	Not checked yet	2 days
Included storage	Not checked yet	100 GB
Cloud regions	Not checked yet	25 regions
ClickHouse version policy	Not checked yet	Selectable
Our review
Pros	Automatic multi-zone replication with vertical and horizontal scaling Backups, guided restores, security controls, and SOC 2 Type II Broad integrations plus ClickPipes, Terraform, and infrastructure APIs	High availability, sharding, backups, and restore workflows Private connectivity through VPC peering and PrivateLink Terraform, CLI, REST API, and broad data-source integrations
Cons	No perpetual free plan Usage-based pricing may be harder to forecast Focused on ClickHouse rather than multiple database engines	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
Our verdict	ClickHouse Cloud is a fully managed, cloud-hosted version of ClickHouse, a SQL-based column-oriented database for real-time analytics, observability, data warehousing, and AI-related workloads. It is intended for teams that want analytical… Read the review →	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… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• ClickHouse Cloud — where it wins

  • Automatic multi-zone replication with vertical and horizontal scaling
  • Backups, guided restores, security controls, and SOC 2 Type II
  • Broad integrations plus ClickPipes, Terraform, and infrastructure APIs

  Where it doesn't

  • No perpetual free plan
  • Usage-based pricing may be harder to forecast
  • Focused on ClickHouse rather than multiple database engines

• 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

• ClickHouse Cloud9.4/10 · From $50/mo · 30-day trial

  A managed ClickHouse service with scaling, replication, ingestion, and broad integrations.

  Try ClickHouse CloudFull verdict →
• Aiven for ClickHouse9.0/10 · 30-day trial

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

  Visit AivenFull verdict →