# ClickHouse Cloud: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 82 judge labels across 6 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/clickhouse-cloud

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data warehouses](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/data-warehouses/index.md) | 4% | 3 | 12% | 26 |
| [Time series databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/time-series-databases/index.md) | 0% | 8 | 2% | 50 |
| [Log management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/log-management/index.md) | 0% | 28 | 0% | 2 |
| [Observability platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/observability-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 23 | 0% | 2 |
| [Data virtualization](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/data-virtualization/index.md) | 0% | 89 | 100% | 1 |
| [NoSQL databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/nosql-databases/index.md) | 0% | 42 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best for Raw Cost Efficiency: ClickHouse Cloud ... order-of-magnitude better value (often 10x cheaper)" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Data warehouses)
- "Choose established options like Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, or ClickHouse for most use cases" (MiniMax M2.5, Time series DBs)
- "ClickHouse Cloud is consistently shown as the cost-performance leader." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Data warehouses)
- "if your workloads are event-centric and latency-sensitive, ClickHouse or Firebolt will likely give you the best price-performance" (MiniMax M2.5, Data warehouses)

## And against it

- "high frequency row level changes are not ideal, and cluster operations and tuning require specialized knowledge" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Time series DBs)
- "often favor specialized engines like ClickHouse for cost/performance at scale" (Grok 4.20, Data warehouses)
- "more specialized and less "all‑in‑one" for a typical mid‑size B2B stack" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Data warehouses)
- "though it's more of a database/OLAP tool than pure virtualization" (Grok 4.20, Data virtualization)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named ClickHouse Cloud, from 168 of the 204 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- clickhouse.com: 77 (its own site)
- tigerdata.com: 74
- github.com: 69
- influxdata.com: 66
- questdb.com: 42
- g2.com: 41
- db-engines.com: 39
- docs.influxdata.com: 26
- tinybird.co: 25
- spyro-soft.com: 24

### Pages cited

- https://github.com/ismanf/just-system-design/blob/main/04-databases/time-series-databases.md: 38
- https://db-engines.com/en/ranking/time+series+dbms: 37
- https://influxdata.com/learn/what-is-time-series-database: 32
- https://influxdata.com/comparison: 30
- https://clickhouse.com/blog/cloud-data-warehouses-cost-performance-comparison: 29
- https://questdb.com/blog/best-time-series-databases: 29
- https://tigerdata.com/learn/the-best-time-series-databases-compared: 27
- https://spyro-soft.com/blog/industry-4-0/choosing-the-best-time-series-database-for-your-iot-needs-a-comparison: 24

## In its own words

What ClickHouse Cloud's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The best way to use ClickHouse. Available on AWS, GCP, and Azure. (https://clickhouse.com/)
- For: Great for testing out new ideas or starter projects. (https://clickhouse.com/pricing)
- Price stated: starts at $50/month (https://clickhouse.com/)
- Starting price: 50 (https://clickhouse.com/)
- Free plan or trial: 30 day trial and $300 credits (https://clickhouse.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 100 (https://clickhouse.com/)
- Certifications: HIPAA, PCI DSS, CCPA, EU-US DPF, GDPR, ISO 27001
- Hosting: AWS, GCP, Azure, N. Virginia (us-east-1)
- Customers named: Sony, Lyft, Cisco, GitLab, Anthropic, Tesla

## What it publishes

Every page clickhouse.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 10003 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 1014 pages, 97 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 29 pages, 7 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-10
- conference or event: 208 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-14
- report or ebook: 655 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-27
- comparison: 58 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-10
- template or tool: 27 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 40 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 463 pages, 20 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-29
- news or press: 15 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-05-23
- Recent: 2026-09-29 podcast or video: Clickhouse 26.5 sql compatibility https://clickhouse.com/videos/clickhouse-26.5-sql-compatibility
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Chdb durable layer for agent memory https://clickhouse.com/blog/chdb-durable-layer-for-agent-memory
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Can your postgres survive a bad query https://clickhouse.com/blog/can-your-postgres-survive-a-bad-query
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Clickhouse release 26 09 https://clickhouse.com/blog/clickhouse-release-26-09
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: Clickhouse appoints mike scarpelli to board of directors https://clickhouse.com/blog/clickhouse-appoints-mike-scarpelli-to-board-of-directors
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: Fountain agentic ai for high volume hiring https://clickhouse.com/blog/fountain-agentic-ai-for-high-volume-hiring

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.