“Without Clickhouse, running Langfuse at this scale, particularly the dashboards, would be impossible. We appreciate that it is open source and can be self-hosted by many Langfuse users and customers.”
DatabaseMaker says so +2 · source ↗
ClickHouse
Open-source column-oriented OLAP database for real-time analytics over large volumes of events, logs and metrics.
Works with AI agents:llms.txtMCPBuilt into LovableWhere it fits
How ClickHouse itself is built
3 tools, from its own code, website and Product Hunt page.
Who uses it
40 makers' products, each linked to the source that shows it, and 58 open-source projects that declare it in their code.
“With Clickhouse, we were able to easily handle and analyze massive amounts of data, and it’s open-source! Their scalability is truly a game-changer for us.”
DatabaseMaker says so +1 · source ↗“Blazing-fast analytics engine powering our real-time usage metering and billing dashboards.”
DatabaseMaker says so +1 · source ↗“Chosen for analytics due to its blazing-fast query performance.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“By far the best database for analytics”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“ClickHouse backs Basedash Warehouse, every team's centralized warehouse in Basedash. It's incredibly fast for complex queries and scales to any size we need.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“Having worked with ClickHouse before for GraphJSON, I knew I wanted to use that technology again.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“Spans are append-only and every screen in the product is an aggregate over millions of them, which is a columnar problem, so that's where they live.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“ClickHouse OSS was one of the very initial database we supported. Amazing OSS drivers and support.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“Analytics is impossible without Clickhouse.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“ClickHouse saves us tons of gigabytes on disk space and delivers incredible performance. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to manage such a large volume of data efficiently. However, we’re still explore everything ClickHouse has to offer.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“Thanks Clickhouse for the best realtime data warehouse”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“Clickhouse for analytics infrastructure.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“Monitoring for its end-to-end payment solutions and real-time merchant dashboards.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“Clickhouse is the backbone of our events and feedback data infra.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“ClickHouse is used in our core”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“We built on ClickHouse to process large volumes of AI bot and server-log data in real time. Agent analytics requires speed and scale - and ClickHouse delivers both.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“The database that powers our analytics :) Very configurable, fast and reliable!”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“Observability at scale = metrics + logs + traces → all powered by ClickHouse. 🚀”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“ClickHouse is one of our favourite data products because it's lightning fast and cost effective.”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗“Superfast open-source analytical database for observability”
DatabaseMaker says so · source ↗Open source: a project that declares ClickHouse as a dependency in its public code — verifiable, but not necessarily a live product.
What makers say
19 makers on why they use ClickHouse, in their own words on Product Hunt.
ClickHouse saves us tons of gigabytes on disk space and delivers incredible performance. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to manage such a large volume of data efficiently. However, we’re still explore everything ClickHouse has to offer.
ASOSep 2026 ↗We built on ClickHouse to process large volumes of AI bot and server-log data in real time. Agent analytics requires speed and scale - and ClickHouse delivers both.
SitelineSep 2026 ↗ClickHouse backs Basedash Warehouse, every team's centralized warehouse in Basedash. It's incredibly fast for complex queries and scales to any size we need.
BasedashSep 2026 ↗Spans are append-only and every screen in the product is an aggregate over millions of them, which is a columnar problem, so that's where they live.
PrefactorSep 2026 ↗ClickHouse OSS was one of the very initial database we supported. Amazing OSS drivers and support.
IncertoSep 2026 ↗Loved and watch-outs
Themes that recur in makers' words and Hacker News comments, each linked to what it summarises, with how Product Hunt tags its reviews.
Reliability and open issues
- minor Streaming ClickPipes degradation in AWS eu-central-1 region Sep 2026
- minor Some ClickPipes CDC pipes paused and can't be resumed Sep 2026
- minor We are investigating an issue affecting Azure eastus2 region Sep 2026
- [Umbrella] JSON type improvements👍 45 · opened Aug 2024 · active Sep 2026
- OpenID Connect / OAuth 2.0 support👍 39 · opened Aug 2021 · active Sep 2026
- Add support for Apache Pulsar as a table engine👍 35 · opened Feb 2019 · active Sep 2026
- Support registry for Protobuf format👍 31 · opened Jul 2022 · active Sep 2026
- Command to dump database schema👍 26 · opened Mar 2024 · active Sep 2026
Alternatives to ClickHouse
All alternatives by situation →Questions makers ask about ClickHouse
Is ClickHouse free?
Yes — there is a free tier a small product can run on; paid use starts at $53/mo (Basic). source ↗
Is ClickHouse open source or self-hostable?
Open source, and you can self-host it. source ↗
Can AI coding agents work with ClickHouse?
It serves an llms.txt docs index; it has an official MCP server (io.github.ClickHouse/mcp-clickhouse); Lovable set it up natively.
Who uses ClickHouse?
40 makers' products we track, each with a source, and 58 open-source projects declare it in their code. source ↗