# ClickHouse vs InfluxDB Comparison

| | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.5 out of 5 | 4.4 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 23 | 101 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Small-Business (54.5% of reviews) | Small-Business (59.2% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | Starting at $1.00 Per Month | $0.00 | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### ClickHouse

Pros:
- Easy Integrations (2 reviews)
- Integrations (2 reviews)

Cons:
- Beginner Unfriendliness (1 reviews)
- Complex Usage (1 reviews)

### InfluxDB

**Not enough data**

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 9.2 (14 reviews) | 8.7 (82 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.8 (14 reviews) | 8.5 (83 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 9.0 (10 reviews) | 8.9 (50 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 7.5 (6 reviews) | 8.7 (48 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.3 (12 reviews) | 8.6 (74 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | Not enough data | 9.1 (37 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 10.0 (13 reviews) | 8.6 (84 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### ClickHouse

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: ClickHouse Pricing

Price: Starting at $1.00 Per Month

Description: Options for every user, organization, and use case.

Key Features:
- Up to 1 TB storage
- 16 GiB total memory
- Burstable CPU

[Learn more about ClickHouse](https://www.g2.com/products/clickhouse/reviews)

#### Free Trial

No

### InfluxDB

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: Free

Price: $0.00

Description: Rate-limited plan for quickly and easily getting started with InfluxDB.

Key Features:
- Writes: 5MB/5 minutes
- Queries: 300MB/5 minutes
- Dashboards: 5

[Browse all 3 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/influxdata-influxdb/pricing)

#### Free Trial

Yes

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Database Management Systems (DBMS)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **ClickHouse** | 8.9/10 | 7 |
| **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A |

#### Management

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data dictionary** | 9.4 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Replication** | 7.9 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Query Language** | 9.3 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Modeling** | 9.4 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Performance Analysis** | 10.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Maintenance

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Migration** | 8.8 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Backup and Recovery** | 7.8 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-User Environment** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Security

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Encryption** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **User Access Control** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Relational Databases

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **ClickHouse** | 9.0/10 | 6 |
| **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A |

#### Management 

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Schema** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Query Language** | 9.3 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **ACID - Complaint** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Data Replication** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Support 

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Text Search** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data Types** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Languages** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Operating Systems** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Security

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Database Locking** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Access Control** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Encryption** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Authentication** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Performance 

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Disaster Recovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data Concurrency** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Workload Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Advanced Indexing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Query Optimizer** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Database Features

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Storage** | 9.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Availability** | 9.3 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Stability** | 9.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Scalability** | 9.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Security** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data Manipulation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Query Language** | 8.7 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 

### Columnar Databases

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **ClickHouse** | 8.5/10 | 9 |
| **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A |

#### Storage

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Model** | 9.2 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Types** | 9.0 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Availability

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Auto Sharding** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Auto Recovery** | 7.8 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Replication** | 8.3 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Performance

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Integrated Cache** | 8.1 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Security

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Role-Based Authorization** | 9.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Authentication** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Audit Logs** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Encryption** | 8.3 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Support

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Multi-Model** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Operating Systems** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Application Development Platforms

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **ClickHouse** | N/A | N/A |
| **InfluxDB** | 7.9/10 | 14 |

#### Functionality

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Ease of Use** | Not enough data | 8.2 (12 reviews) | 
| **File Management** | Not enough data | 8.5 (9 reviews) | 
| **Multi-Language Support** | Not enough data | 6.9 (8 reviews) | 
| **Customization** | Not enough data | 7.6 (9 reviews) | 
| **Straight-Out-the-Box Functionality** | Not enough data | 8.2 (11 reviews) | 
| **Help Guides** | Not enough data | 8.5 (9 reviews) | 
| **Patching & Updates** | Not enough data | 8.5 (9 reviews) | 

### Real-time Analytic Database

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **ClickHouse** | N/A | N/A |
| **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A |

#### Query latency

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Lower query latency** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Continuous queries** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Data latency

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Lower data latency** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data pipeline performance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Connectors

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Faster ingestion** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Built-in connectors** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Scale

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Linearly scalable database** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Storage management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Architecture

| Feature | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data security** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Lockless architecture** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

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## Categories
**Shared Categories (1):** [Real-time Analytic Database Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/real-time-analytic-database)

**Unique to ClickHouse (3):** [Database Management Systems (DBMS)](https://www.g2.com/categories/database-management-systems-dbms), [Relational Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/relational-databases), [Columnar Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/columnar-databases)

**Unique to InfluxDB (3):** [Time Series Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/time-series-databases), [Time Series Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/time-series-intelligence), [Application Development Platforms ](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-development-platforms)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | ClickHouse | InfluxDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 54.5% | 59.2% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 36.4% | 21.4% | 
| **Enterprise** | 9.1% | 19.4% | 

### By Industry

#### ClickHouse

- **Information Technology and Services:** 31.8%
- **Computer Software:** 22.7%
- **Wholesale:** 4.5%
- **Telecommunications:** 4.5%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 4.5%
- **Leisure, Travel & Tourism:** 4.5%
- **Information Services:** 4.5%
- **Hospitality:** 4.5%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 4.5%
- **Financial Services:** 4.5%
- **Other:** 9.1%

#### InfluxDB

- **Information Technology and Services:** 23.7%
- **Computer Software:** 18.6%
- **Telecommunications:** 5.2%
- **Financial Services:** 5.2%
- **Automotive:** 4.1%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 4.1%
- **Industrial Automation:** 4.1%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 3.1%
- **Research:** 2.1%
- **Broadcast Media:** 2.1%
- **Other:** 27.8%

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## Top Discussions

### ClickHouse

No discussions available for this product.

### InfluxDB

- Title: [Is InfluxDB free to use?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-influxdb-free-to-use) — 2 comments
  > **Top comment:** "Yes. We can use the docker image of Influx DB and use it directly on any machine from local server to production server."
- Title: [What is InfluxDB used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-influxdb-used-for) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "It is a time-series database, with high performance and short learning curve."
- Title: [currenlty there is no plugin for getting Hbase metrics using TICK stack, kindly have a look on it so that influx can be more useful.](https://www.g2.com/discussions/25392-currenlty-there-is-no-plugin-for-getting-hbase-metrics-using-tick-stack-kindly-have-a-look-on-it-so-that-influx-can-be-more-useful) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)*
  > **Top comment:** "You may be able to use the Jolokia2 plugin with Telegraf to do this: 

https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/jolokia2

There..."
- Title: [Why the CPU usage gets 100% for long time untill I reboot the node?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/why-the-cpu-usage-gets-100-for-long-time-untill-i-reboot-the-node) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)*
  > **Top comment:** "Without the logs, it's difficult to tell what may be causing this. Have you reached out to our support team for help..."

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