About · ClickHouse
ClickHouse.
An open-source columnar database for real-time analytics on very large datasets.
Primary use cases
- · Analytics
- · Time-series
- · Log storage
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§ Head-to-Head
ClickHouse vs DuckDB.
An open-source columnar database for real-time analytics on very large datasets. · An in-process analytical SQL database — "SQLite for analytics."
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§ Quick Verdict
Pick ClickHouse if you need time-series or log storage.
Pick DuckDB if you need embedded.
Both fit analytics.
§ At a Glance
- Analytical databases
- Category
- Analytical databases
- 2016
- First released
- 2019
- Apache 2
- License
- MIT
- C++
- Written in
- C++
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Yes
- Free tier
- Yes
- 47,462
- GitHub stars
- 38,260
- yesterday
- Last push
- yesterday
- v26.1.12.23-stable
- Latest release
- v1.5.2
§ Use Case Coverage
● fits · ○ not a primary fit
Where each one fits.
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Analytics
Aggregations and scans over large datasets.
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Embedded
In-process database for mobile, desktop, or CLI apps.
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Log storage
High-throughput append-mostly event ingestion.
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Time-series
Metrics, IoT, financial ticks, monitoring data.
ClickHouse DuckDB
Coverage reflects each tool's primary, well-supported use cases — not every workload it can technically handle. Tools listed as missing a case can often serve it with extra work, but a tool designed for it will be a better default.
About · DuckDB
DuckDB.
An in-process analytical SQL database — "SQLite for analytics."
Primary use cases
- · Analytics
- · Embedded
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