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ClickHouse vs Apache Doris

ClickHouse and Apache Doris both land on Depends.

ClickHouse versus Apache Doris
CompareClickHouseApache Doris
VerdictDependsDepends
Best forReal-time analytics on billions of rowsData platform teams at petabyte scale
Who it's not forSmall apps needing a simple CRUD databaseSmall teams wanting simple BI or reports
PrivacyActive project with a public security changelog; several CVEs disclosed over the years, including RCE and SSRF issues.No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
Support qualitySupport program exists but no quality evidenceOnly VeloDB trial evidence; no SLA data
Public sentimentUsers overwhelmingly praise speed, stability, and cost, while flagging operational complexity at extreme scale and thin GUI tooling.²Independent user reviews are scarce . one engineering-focused review rates Doris 4/5, with most available content coming from official or comparison pages.14
Biggest gotchaCloud pricing separates compute and storage; heavy ingest drives costs upFree core, but petabyte MPP clusters demand infra spend and engineer headcount; VeloDB paid pricing undisclosed beyond trial16

Pick ClickHouse when

  • Real-time analytics on billions of rows
  • Observability and log analytics at scale
  • User-facing embedded analytics
  • SQL-fluent data teams

When ClickHouse is not a fit

  • Small apps needing a simple CRUD database
  • Teams with no dedicated data or ops engineers
  • Transactional (OLTP) workloads
  • Anyone wanting spreadsheet-grade reporting

Pick Apache Doris when

  • Data platform teams at petabyte scale
  • Real-time dashboards and observability
  • Lakehouse analytics on Iceberg/Delta
  • AI apps needing vector and full-text search

When Apache Doris is not a fit

  • Small teams wanting simple BI or reports
  • Anyone without engineers to run distributed databases
  • Simple CRUD apps . use Postgres
  • Buyers wanting turnkey managed support by default

Sources

  1. ClickHouse Cloud Reviews & Ratings 2026gartner.com
    review
  2. Is Clickhouse a good choice? . r/dataengineeringreddit.com
    review
  3. ClickHouse at PB Scale: Drawbacks and Gotchasreddit.com
    review
  4. ClickHouse tops $250M ARR and 4000 customersclickhouse.com
    official
  5. ClickHouse lands $15B valuationbloomberg.com
    news
  6. 7 RCE and DoS vulnerabilities in ClickHousejfrog.com
    security
  7. CVE-2024-22412 . NIST NVDnvd.nist.gov
    security
  8. ClickHouse Pricingclickhouse.com
    official
  9. ClickHouse Reviews, Pricing & Featurescheckthat.ai
    review
  10. Apache Doris official sitedoris.apache.org
    official
  11. Apache Doris GitHubgithub.com
    official
  12. Doris on DBDB.iodbdb.io
    review
  13. AWS: Apache Doris Redefines Analytical Database Capabilitiesaws.amazon.com
    news
  14. Apache Doris Review: Pricing, Pros and Consfrancisokafor.com
    review
  15. Doris vs Druid for Real-Time Analyticsrisingwave.com
    review
  16. VeloDB . commercial Doris vendorvelodb.io
    official