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 nine alternatives to ClickHouse for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Mac, Windows and Web-based 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, StarRocks, PondPilot and Sybase IQ.

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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.

    8 DuckDB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  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. 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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    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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. 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

    Platforms

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

    Sybase IQ

     1 like

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Druid icon

    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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    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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