ClickHouse Cloud

What ClickHouse Cloud is
ClickHouse Cloud is a fully managed relational database service for real-time analytics, observability, and AI-powered data applications. It is available on AWS, GCP, and Azure, with sub-second query performance described for any scale. The service handles provisioning, right-sizing, rebalancing, patches, and upgrades. Services replicate across availability zones, while scheduled backups and guided restore workflows support recovery. Listed security features include access controls, encryption in transit and at rest, activity logging, and SOC 2 Type II compliance. ClickPipes ingests from sources such as Apache Kafka, AWS S3, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, GCS, and MySQL. The interactive SQL console provides table exploration, querying, data import, visualization, and collaboration. Terraform support and infrastructure APIs enable setup automation. New organisations receive $300 in credits for 30 days; the trial ends when credits are exhausted or 30 days pass. Paid pricing starts at $50/mo, with Basic listed at $53 a month.
Who it suits
ClickHouse Cloud suits teams building analytics, observability, or AI data applications that need managed operations and cloud-provider choice. It also fits organisations requiring integrations, automation APIs, backups, and security controls.
What it does well
- Runs on AWS, GCP, and Azure
- Handles provisioning, patches, and upgrades
- Replicates services across availability zones
- Supports ingestion from multiple data sources
- Includes an interactive SQL console
What to know first
- No free plan
- Trial credits expire after 30 days or use
- Basic includes one availability zone
- Paid pricing starts at $50/mo
Limits
The trial ends when its $300 credits are used or 30 days pass, whichever comes first. Basic is from $53/month and includes up to 1 TB storage, 8–12 GiB total memory, one availability zone, and backups every 24 hours retained for one day.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | storage per 1TB / mo; compute $0.2181 per unit / hr · up to 1 TB storage · 8-12 GiB memory · 24-hour backups retained 1 day · 1 availability zone | $25.30 a month |
| Scale | storage per 1TB / mo; compute $0.2985 per unit / hr · unlimited storage · configurable memory · compute-compute separation · expert support with 1-hour Severity 1 response | $25.30 a month |
| Enterprise | storage per 1TB / mo; compute $0.3903 per unit / hr · SAML SSO · private regions · manual vertical scaling · enterprise support with 30-minute Severity 1 response | $25.30 a month |
As clickhouse.com lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open the ClickHouse Cloud website
- Create a new ClickHouse Cloud organization
- Use the 30-day trial with its $300 credit
- Choose AWS, GCP, or Azure for deployment
- Select Basic, Scale, or Enterprise based on the workload
- Connect sources through ClickPipes or use the SQL console
- Automate configuration with Terraform or infrastructure APIs
Verdict
ClickHouse Cloud provides managed analytics infrastructure with cloud flexibility, ingestion tools, SQL access, and automated operations. Its paid plans range from Basic through Enterprise, while new organisations receive a limited credit trial.
Questions
What does ClickHouse Cloud cost?
Paid pricing is listed from $50/mo. Basic is from $53/month, Scale from $437/month, and Enterprise from $571/month, all pay as you go.
Is there a free plan or trial?
There is no free plan. Every new organization starts with $300 in credits for 30 days; the trial ends when credits are used or 30 days pass.
Which cloud providers are supported?
ClickHouse Cloud is available on AWS, GCP, and Azure.
What data sources can ClickPipes ingest?
Listed sources include Apache Kafka, AWS S3, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, GCS, and MySQL.
What support comes with paid subscriptions?
Subscriptions include support services. Monthly pay-as-you-go and annual customers get unlimited support cases and 24x7 support for Severity 1 issues; Scale lists a one-hour response, while Enterprise lists 30 minutes.
What are the plan differences?
Basic is for testing and starter projects. Scale adds unlimited storage, configurable memory, compute-compute separation, and expert support; Enterprise adds SAML SSO, private regions, manual vertical scaling for custom profiles, and enterprise support.
Facts from ClickHouse Cloud's own pages
- API extensibility
- The ClickStack Cloud API supports dashboard, alert, source and webhook CRUD operations through OpenAPI endpoints. · clickhouse.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Architecture
- The service separates storage and compute, scales compute independently and can scale unused compute to zero. · clickhouse.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Automation
- ClickHouse Cloud provides a Terraform provider and infrastructure APIs for automating setup and configuration. · clickhouse.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Autoscaling
- Services automatically scale up and down with demand without manual sharding or rebalancing. · clickhouse.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Availability and recovery
- Services are replicated across multiple availability zones, and ClickHouse Cloud automates scheduled backups with guided restore workflows. · clickhouse.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Backups
- The platform provides scheduled backups and guided restore workflows for disaster recovery. · clickhouse.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Bring Your Own Cloud
- The BYOC model deploys ClickHouse Cloud inside a customer-controlled virtual private cloud and requires a custom quote. · clickhouse.com, 15 Oct 2026
- ClickPipes
- ClickPipes provides managed ingestion connectors for sources including Kafka, S3, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, GCS and MySQL. · clickhouse.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud API
- The Cloud API provides programmatic service lifecycle, user administration, backup and monitoring operations. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud providers
- ClickHouse Cloud runs on AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure and offers private regions. · clickhouse.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists ClickHouse as a privately held software company with 501-1,000 employees. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- The Trust Center lists CCPA, EU-US Data Privacy Framework, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO/IEC 27001, PCI DSS and SOC 2 Type 2. · trust.clickhouse.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- Cloud production documentation covers API integration, automated scaling, backup validation and monitoring integration patterns. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2021 · clickhouse.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- No · clickhouse.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Funding news
- ClickHouse says it announced a $400 million Series D financing in 2026 and acquired Langfuse. · clickhouse.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- San Francisco Bay Area, California; Amsterdam, Netherlands · clickhouse.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Headquarters and founding
- LinkedIn lists Palo Alto, California and 2021 as headquarters and founding year; ClickHouse says work began in 2009 and the company incorporated in Delaware in 2021. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- High availability
- ClickHouse Cloud uses multi-availability-zone deployments for high availability. · clickhouse.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent listing details
- GetApp lists web, Android and iPhone/iPad support plus email/help desk, knowledge base, phone, chat and 24/7 live support options. · getapp.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Integration catalog
- The integrations directory includes data ingestion, visualization, language client, and SQL client integrations. · clickhouse.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- Listed ecosystem integrations include Grafana, Kafka, AWS S3, Metabase, Deepnote, dbt, Vector, MySQL, Superset, Airbyte and Tableau. · clickhouse.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Intended workloads
- The pricing page describes Basic for testing and starter projects, Scale for production and data at scale, and Enterprise for very large or enterprise use cases. · clickhouse.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Language SDKs
- Official integration pages document clients for Node.js, Go and C#/.NET, with installation packages and query and bulk-insert examples. · clickhouse.com, 15 Oct 2026
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