BigQuery vs ClickHouse Cloud
What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
| BigQuery | ClickHouse Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | BigQuery is the autonomous data to AI platform, automating the entire data life cycle cloud.google.com | ClickHouse Cloud: the fastest, most cost-efficient way to build real-time analytics, observability, and AI-powered data applications. clickhouse.com |
| Starting at | Not observed | Not observed |
| Platforms | Not observed | AWS, Azure, GCP clickhouse.com |
| Deployment | Not observed | Fully managed clickhouse.com |
| Integrations | Gemini platform, ADK, LangGraph, UCP cloud.google.com | AWS S3, Apache Kafka, GCS, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL clickhouse.com |
| Compliance | Not observed | HIPAA, SOC 2 clickhouse.com |
| Free plan | Yes cloud.google.com | Not observed |
| Plans | Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Standard, BigQuery CUD - 1 Year, BigQuery CUD - 3 Year, flat-rate, on-demand cloud.google.com | Basic, Enterprise, Scale clickhouse.com |
| Pricing basis | BigQuery pricing is based on compute (analysis), storage, additional services, and data ingestion and extraction. cloud.google.com | Separation of storage and compute, pay-for-use pricing, and zero replica overhead mean you only pay for what you use. clickhouse.com |
Where they differ
- BigQuery’s pages state a free plan; AirStack has not found that on ClickHouse Cloud’s pages.
- ClickHouse Cloud claims HIPAA on its own pages; BigQuery’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
- ClickHouse Cloud claims SOC 2 on its own pages; BigQuery’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
Prices are list prices as written on each pricing page; check them before you buy. Nothing here is a ranking or a recommendation.