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 VictoriaMetrics
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 VictoriaMetrics if observability teams who will burn the 30-day $200 Cloud credit on a first Logs Query Overview, then stay on the $200 / month initial Metrics or Logs tier — or self-host the Apache-2.0 core
ClickHouse
OLAP SQL Cloud. Trial
Best for
ClickHouse Warehouse queries you start with $300 trial credits
VictoriaMetrics Logs and series you size by capacity tier
Free plan
ClickHouse $0 · apache-2.0. Confirmed by the public repo license
VictoriaMetrics $0 · enterprise self-host is talk-to-sales
Lowest paid
ClickHouse Data transfer $0.1152
VictoriaMetrics Meters $0.09
Next step up
ClickHouse Managed Postgres from $0.125/hour
VictoriaMetrics Cloud (Metrics) from $200
Runs where
ClickHouse Local or hosted
VictoriaMetrics Hosted
Watch out
ClickHouse $300 is trial credits, not a forever Free plan
VictoriaMetrics The $200 credit is 30 days, not forever Free
Last checked
ClickHouse 2026-10-23 · clickhouse.com/pricing
VictoriaMetrics 2026-10-23 · victoriametrics.com/products/cloud
Which one, then?
Pick VictoriaMetrics if
observability teams who will burn the 30-day $200 Cloud credit on a first Logs Query Overview, then stay on the $200 / month initial Metrics or Logs tier — or self-host the Apache-2.0 core at $0 when they do not want managed capacity.
Read the VictoriaMetrics page