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ClickHouse vs backupd

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ClickHouse compared with backupd
DetailClickHouse logo ClickHousebackupd logo backupd
What it doesFast open-source OLAP database for real-time analytics Back up, restore and check your databases from a terminal or a CI job
StageEstablished Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inUS Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingOpen-source ClickHouse is free. ClickHouse Cloud offers three tiers: Basic ($25.30/TB storage, $0.2181/compute unit/hr), Scale ($25.30/TB storage, $0.2985/compute unit/hr), and Enterprise ($25.30/TB storage, $0.3903/compute unit/hr). New users receive $300 in credits for 30 days. ClickHouse Managed Starter: $10/month (free for 14 days) with 5 databases, backups every 12 hours, kept 30 days, 50 GB included storage then $0.10 per GB. Pro: $25/month with 20 databases, backups every 6 hours, kept 90 days, 150 GB included storage then $0.08 per GB. Custom: contact sales@backupd.dev for pricing.
Key features
  • Column-oriented storage optimized for OLAP queries
  • Real-time analytical queries with millisecond results
  • Highly optimized compression techniques
  • 100+ integrations with BI and data tools
  • Deploy on AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Bring Your Own Cloud deployment model
  • Automatic and manual scaling
  • Multi-factor authentication and SSO
  • 24/7 support for production issues
  • Backup before migrations in CI pipelines with wait and fail guarantees
  • Scheduled backup health checks that fail if a database has no recent backup
  • Restore production backups to staging environments
  • Automatic backup restoration verification on sandbox servers
  • Encryption to user's own key with decryption on local machine
  • JSON output and exit codes for CI/CD pipeline integration
  • Restore to different database, original database or locally
  • Support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB and Convex databases
  • Uptime monitoring and alerts for failed backups
  • Compressed and encrypted storage with configurable retention periods
What makes it different
  • At least 100x faster than row-oriented databases for analytical queries
  • Pay only for compute and storage used, scales to zero when idle
  • Best-in-class compression with typical 10x compression ratios
  • Apache 2 open-source license with full source code access
  • Runs in any environment: cloud, on-premise, or local files
  • Backups encrypted to your own key so the service cannot access them
  • Automatic restore testing proves backups can actually be restored
  • Integrates seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines with exit codes and JSON output
  • Open source MIT licensed with code on GitHub
  • No server agent required; backups can be restored with standard open tools
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)84 no change since last check4 +4 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)430
Citation Flow (Majestic)590
Referring domains (Majestic)92770

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