ClickHouse Cloud vs Looker
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.
| ClickHouse Cloud | Looker | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | ClickHouse Cloud: the fastest, most cost-efficient way to build real-time analytics, observability, and AI-powered data applications. clickhouse.com | The agentic BI platform built on a trusted semantic layer cloud.google.com |
| Starting at | Not observed | Not observed |
| Platforms | AWS, Azure, GCP clickhouse.com | Not observed |
| Deployment | Fully managed clickhouse.com | Not observed |
| Integrations | AWS S3, Apache Kafka, GCS, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL clickhouse.com | BigQuery, AlloyDB, Cloud SQL, Spanner, Amazon Redshift, Databricks, Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, Snowflake cloud.google.com |
| Compliance | HIPAA, SOC 2 clickhouse.com | Not observed |
| Free plan | Not observed | Yes cloud.google.com |
| Plans | Basic, Enterprise, Scale clickhouse.com | Standard, Enterprise, Embed cloud.google.com |
| Pricing basis | Separation of storage and compute, pay-for-use pricing, and zero replica overhead mean you only pay for what you use. clickhouse.com | Looker pricing has two components: platform pricing and user pricing. cloud.google.com |
Where they differ
- Looker’s pages state a free plan; AirStack has not found that on ClickHouse Cloud’s pages.
- ClickHouse Cloud claims HIPAA on its own pages; Looker’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
- ClickHouse Cloud claims SOC 2 on its own pages; Looker’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.