Pick ClickHouse if
analytics teams who will burn the $300 / 30-day credits on a first SQL Console, then stay on Basic at $0.2181 / compute-unit / hour + $25.30 / TB / month when the warehouse must stay up.
Read the ClickHouse pageClickHouse vs Estuary
Our take
Pick ClickHouse if analytics teams who will burn the $300 / 30-day credits on a first SQL Console, then stay on Basic at $0.2181 / compute-unit / hour + $25.30 / TB / month when the warehouse must stay up. Pick Estuary if data teams who will stay on Developer Free at $0 (10 GB / month, 2 connector instances) while they open a first Captures list, then buy Cloud at $0.50 / GB + $100 / connector / month when they
ClickHouse
OLAP SQL Cloud. Trial
Best for
ClickHouse Warehouse queries you start with $300 trial credits
Estuary CDC pipelines you start at $0
Free plan
ClickHouse $0 · apache-2.0. Confirmed by the public repo license
Estuary $0 · free up to 10 GB / month. 2 concurrent connector instances. No card on the Free tile we fetched
Lowest paid
ClickHouse Data transfer $0.1152
Estuary Cloud $0.50
Next step up
ClickHouse Managed Postgres from $0.125/hour
Estuary Worked example on the page $100
Runs where
ClickHouse Local or hosted
Estuary Hosted
Watch out
ClickHouse $300 is trial credits, not a forever Free plan
Estuary Free is 10 GB and 2 connector instances
Last checked
ClickHouse 2026-10-23 · clickhouse.com/pricing
Estuary 2026-10-23 · estuary.dev/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Estuary if
data teams who will stay on Developer Free at $0 (10 GB / month, 2 connector instances) while they open a first Captures list, then buy Cloud at $0.50 / GB + $100 / connector / month when they outgrow 10 GB or need a third instance.
Read the Estuary page