ClickHouse Alternatives

ClickHouse is described as 'Open source column-oriented database management system capable of real time generation of analytical data reports using SQL queries' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to ClickHouse for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, SaaS, Web-based and Mac apps. The best ClickHouse alternative is Marple DB. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try DuckDB or Apache Pinot. Other great apps like ClickHouse are Tacnode, Nearbase, StarRocks and PondPilot.

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  1. Marple DB icon

    Marple DB

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    Marple DB is a high-performance database designed for processing and standardising time series data from measurement files.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  2. DuckDB icon

    DuckDB

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    There are many database management systems (DBMS) out there. But there is no one-size-fits all database system. All take different trade-offs to better adjust to specific use cases. DuckDB is no different.

    11 DuckDB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Tacnode icon

    Tacnode

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    Real-time context lake for AI agents — shared memory, live state, and semantic context in one PostgreSQL-compatible platform.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  5. Nearbase icon

    Nearbase

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    Nearbase is an affordable, fully managed PostgreSQL service tailored for Asia. We provide dedicated data center coverage in regional cities that traditional managed database providers typically ignore. Get reliable, fully managed instances at a much lower cost than major RDS...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  6. Apache Pinot icon

    Apache Pinot

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    Apache Pinot is a real-time distributed OLAP datastore, built to deliver scalable real-time analytics with low latency. It can ingest from batch data sources (such as Hadoop HDFS, Amazon S3, Azure ADLS, Google Cloud Storage) as well as stream data sources (such as Apache Kafka).

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
    • Docker
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  8. StarRocks icon

    StarRocks

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    StarRocks, a Linux Foundation project, is a next-generation sub-second MPP OLAP database for full analytics scenarios, including multi-dimensional analytics, real-time analytics, and ad-hoc queries. InfoWorld’s 2023 BOSSIE Award for best open source software.

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    • Linux
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  9. PondPilot icon

    PondPilot

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    A blazing-fast, lightweight, 100% client-side AI-enabled data exploration tool that helps you analyze local & remote data with zero setup. Powered by DuckDB-Wasm and integrated AI assistance.

    Cost / License

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  10. Sybase IQ icon

    Sybase IQ

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    SAP Sybase IQ, a highly optimized analytics server software which provides business intelligence through column-based oriented architecture tool for data warehousing and mining. Our Sybase analytic database management software server product provides faster results for...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • European Union flagEU
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    Druid

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    Druid is an open-source analytics data store designed for business intelligence (OLAP) queries on event data. Druid provides low latency (real-time) data ingestion, flexible data exploration, and fast data aggregation.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    Layerbase

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    Managed cloud databases with flat monthly pricing: PostgreSQL, MySQL, FerretDB, Valkey, ClickHouse and more in one dashboard, plus a desktop app and CLI for local development.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    The create flow: 18 cloud database engines across relational, document, key-value, analytics, search, vector, and time-series categories.
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    MatrixOne

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    MatrixOne is a hyper-converged cloud and edge native DBMS that supports transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads with a simplified and distributed database engine, across multiple data centers, clouds, edges and other infrastructures.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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