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# Citus Data vs ClickHouse Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Reviews

**Citus Data** [

4.3/5(10)

](https://www.g2.com/products/citus-data/reviews#reviews)

**ClickHouse** [

4.5/5(25)

](https://www.g2.com/products/clickhouse/reviews#reviews)

Pricing

**Citus Data**
No pricing available

**ClickHouse**
 **Starting at $1.00** Per Month · ClickHouse Pricing

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Pros & Cons

**Citus Data**
Not enough data

**ClickHouse**
[
Easy Integrations (2)
](https://www.g2.com/products/clickhouse/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1173116&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Integrations (2)
](https://www.g2.com/products/clickhouse/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1173076&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Beginner Unfriendliness (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/clickhouse/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2359804&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Complex Usage (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/clickhouse/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2359921&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

Integrations

**Citus Data**
Not enough data

**ClickHouse**
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Screenshots

**Citus Data**
No screenshot available

**ClickHouse**
 ![ClickHouse screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/1384096/Screenshot-2024-06-21-at-7.45.48-AM.png)

Ratings

Meets Requirements

**Citus Data**

8.3

8.37

**ClickHouse**

9.2

9.215

Ease of Use

**Citus Data**

7.9

7.97

**ClickHouse**

8.9

8.915

Ease of Setup

**Citus Data**
Not enough data

**ClickHouse**

9.1

9.111

Ease of Admin

**Citus Data**
Not enough data

**ClickHouse**

7.5

7.56

Quality of Support

**Citus Data**

9.0

9.07

**ClickHouse**

8.5

8.513

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Citus Data**
Not enough data

**ClickHouse**
Not enough data

Product Direction (% positive)

**Citus Data**

7.7

7.75

**ClickHouse**

10.0

10.014

Features

Relational Databases[Hide 24 FeaturesShow 24 Features](javascript:void(0);)

8.3

5

9.0

6

Management 

Query Language

8.0

5

9.3(won by 1.3)

5

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

Data Schema

7.7(won by default)

5

Not enough data

ACID - Complaint

8.7(won by default)

5

Feature Not Available

Data Replication

8.0(won by default)

5

Not enough data

Support 

Text Search

8.3(won by default)

5

Not enough data

Data Types

8.0(won by default)

5

Not enough data

Languages

8.3(won by default)

5

Not enough data

Operating Systems

8.0(won by default)

5

Not enough data

Security

Database Locking

8.3(won by default)

5

Feature Not Available

Access Control

7.7(won by default)

5

Not enough data

Encryption

8.3(won by default)

5

Not enough data

Authentication

8.7(won by default)

5

Not enough data

Performance 

Disaster Recovery

8.7(won by default)

5

Not enough data

Data Concurrency

8.3(won by default)

5

Not enough data

Workload Management

8.7(won by default)

5

Not enough data

Advanced Indexing

8.0(won by default)

5

Not enough data

Query Optimizer

8.7(won by default)

5

Not enough data

Database Features

Storage

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

5

Availability

Not enough data

9.3(won by default)

5

Stability

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

5

Scalability

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

5

Query Language

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

5

Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Manipulation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Database Management Systems (DBMS)[Hide 48 FeaturesShow 48 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.9

7

Management

Data dictionary

Not enough data

9.4(won by default)

6

Data Replication

Not enough data

7.9(won by default)

7

Query Language

Not enough data

9.3(won by default)

7

Data Modeling

Not enough data

9.4(won by default)

6

Performance Analysis

Not enough data

10.0(won by default)

5

Data Synchronization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Storage Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Maintenance

Data Migration

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

7

Backup and Recovery

Not enough data

7.8(won by default)

6

Multi-User Environment

Not enough data

Not enough data

Automatic Backup

Not enough data

Not enough data

Database Conversion

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security

Data Encryption

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Access Control

Not enough data

Not enough data

Mobile Access

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

Workflow Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Extraction

Not enough data

Not enough data

Relational Database Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

SSL Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Connectors

Not enough data

Not enough data

Search/Filter

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting & Statistics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customizable Templates

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Full Text Search

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Virtualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Import/Export

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Drag & Drop

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customizable Fields

Not enough data

Not enough data

Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Visualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Secure Data Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Mapping

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multiple Programming Languages Supported

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Capture and Transfer

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

NOSQL Database Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Calendar Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Document Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Charting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Columnar Databases[Hide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.5

9

Storage

Data Model

Not enough data

9.2(won by default)

6

Data Types

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

7

Availability

Auto Recovery

Not enough data

7.8(won by default)

6

Data Replication

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

6

Auto Sharding

Not enough data

Feature Not Available

Performance

Integrated Cache

Not enough data

8.1(won by default)

6

Security

Role-Based Authorization

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

5

Encryption

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

5

Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Logs

Not enough data

Not enough data

Support

Multi-Model

Not enough data

Not enough data

Operating Systems

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-time Analytic Database[Hide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

10.0

6

Query latency

Lower query latency

Not enough data

10.0(won by default)

5

Continuous queries

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data latency

Lower data latency

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data pipeline performance

Not enough data

Not enough data

Connectors

Faster ingestion

Not enough data

Not enough data

Built-in connectors

Not enough data

Not enough data

Scale

Linearly scalable database

Not enough data

Not enough data

Storage management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Architecture

Data security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Lockless architecture

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Insights

Reviewers' Company Size

[![Citus Data](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_cad7201bc60e93cb633f53a9b7b12a55/citus-data.png "Citus Data")](https://www.g2.com/products/citus-data/reviews)

Citus Data

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

10.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

20.0%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

70.0%

[![ClickHouse](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1085fc1aec988cc21861ba894db51044/clickhouse.svg "ClickHouse")](https://www.g2.com/products/clickhouse/reviews)

ClickHouse

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

56.5%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

34.8%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

8.7%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

10.0%

56.5%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

20.0%

34.8%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

70.0%

8.7%

Reviewers' Industry

[![Citus Data](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_cad7201bc60e93cb633f53a9b7b12a55/citus-data.png "Citus Data")](https://www.g2.com/products/citus-data/reviews)
Citus Data

Computer Software

50.0%

Information Technology and Services

30.0%

Hospital & Health Care

10.0%

Education Management

10.0%

‐

Other

0.0%

[![ClickHouse](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1085fc1aec988cc21861ba894db51044/clickhouse.svg "ClickHouse")](https://www.g2.com/products/clickhouse/reviews)
ClickHouse

Information Technology and Services

30.4%

Computer Software

26.1%

Wholesale

4.3%

Telecommunications

4.3%

Marketing and Advertising

4.3%

Other

30.4%

Alternatives

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[
PostgreSQL
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Amazon Relational Database...
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[
Cloud SQL
](/products/google-cloud-sql/reviews)

**ClickHouse Alternatives**

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[
BigQuery
](/products/google-cloud-bigquery/reviews)

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[
MySQL
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[
Snowflake
](/products/snowflake/reviews)

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[
MS SQL
](/products/microsoft-sql-server/reviews)

## Citus Data vs ClickHouse

- Reviewers felt that ClickHouse meets the needs of their business better than Citus Data.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Citus Data is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of ClickHouse over Citus Data.