ObsessionDB vs ChistaDATA Cloud

ObsessionDB9.2Visit ChistaDATA Cloud8.7Visit

Higher score ObsessionDB #2 in ClickHouse Hosting 9.2/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 2 features Visit ObsessionDB

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ChistaDATA Cloud #5 in ClickHouse Hosting 8.7/10 Paid ✓ 2 of 2 features Visit ChistaDATA

• ObsessionDB fits best

  Developers seeking free ClickHouse hosting

• ChistaDATA Cloud fits best

  Teams needing managed ClickHouse operations

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Side by side

Feature	ObsessionDB 9.2/10 Visit ↗	ChistaDATA Cloud 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.7
Ranking	#2 in ClickHouse Hosting	#5 in ClickHouse Hosting
Best for	Developers seeking free ClickHouse hosting	Teams needing managed ClickHouse operations
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	—	$15/mo
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email · 24/7	Email, Phone, Tickets, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	GDPR	SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Integrations	46+ integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features ObsessionDB 1/2 · ChistaDATA Cloud 2/2
Autoscaling	—	✓ (best)
Private networking	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Managed cluster	Managed cluster
Backup retention	1 days	Not checked yet
Included storage	Not checked yet	25 GB
Cloud regions	2 regions	Not checked yet
ClickHouse version policy	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Free tier includes up to 4 vCPU and 8 GB RAM without a card Managed ClickHouse with backups, recovery, monitoring, and private networking Works with standard clients, BI tools, ingestion systems, and AI agents	Managed provisioning, scaling, replication, failover, and backups 24/7 monitoring with proactive troubleshooting AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure support
Cons	Paid infrastructure costs vary by compute size, node count, and storage usage Autoscaling is forthcoming rather than currently available Longer backup retention requires a custom plan	No free plan is available Published plans focus on shared server nodes Cloud platform integrations are limited to three providers
Our verdict	ObsessionDB is a managed hosting service for ClickHouse workloads, using the official ClickHouse engine rather than a separate query system. It is aimed at developers and teams running real-time analytics and other ClickHouse workloads,… Read the review →	ChistaDATA Cloud is a managed database-as-a-service platform for ClickHouse analytics. It provides hosted ClickHouse infrastructure through shared and shared-nothing deployment options, with support for AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• ObsessionDB — where it wins

  • Free tier includes up to 4 vCPU and 8 GB RAM without a card
  • Managed ClickHouse with backups, recovery, monitoring, and private networking
  • Works with standard clients, BI tools, ingestion systems, and AI agents

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid infrastructure costs vary by compute size, node count, and storage usage
  • Autoscaling is forthcoming rather than currently available
  • Longer backup retention requires a custom plan

• ChistaDATA Cloud — where it wins

  • Managed provisioning, scaling, replication, failover, and backups
  • 24/7 monitoring with proactive troubleshooting
  • AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure support

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Published plans focus on shared server nodes
  • Cloud platform integrations are limited to three providers

• ObsessionDB9.2/10 · Free plan

  A capable free tier for developers who need managed ClickHouse without a fixed paid plan.

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• ChistaDATA Cloud8.7/10 · Paid

  A managed ClickHouse service for teams that want operational support from $15/month.

  Visit ChistaDATAFull verdict →