ClickHouse vs Databricks

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Databricks is the stronger AI pick in Data Warehouse: it has a visibility score of 37.9 versus 16.5 for ClickHouse, and ranks ahead in 90% of the answers that name both.

Choose ClickHouse if…

AI answers describe it more positively (58% vs 35% positive)
You need HIPAA or PCI coverage
fast real-time analytics
high-concurrency analytics performance

Choose Databricks if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (37.9 vs 16.5)
You need ISO 27001 or ISO 27017 or ISO 27018 or ISO 27701 or SOC 1 or SOC 2 Type II or SOC 3 coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (5,000+ employees)
Lakehouse architecture combining data warehousing with data lake flexibility

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	ClickHouse	Databricks
Visibility score	16.5%	37.9%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Data Warehouse	#8	#4
Share of voice	5.4%	9.3%
Mentions this run	30	52
Positive in AI answers	58%	35%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

ClickHouse 0pp · Databricks 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Databricks leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

14.4%

46.1%

AI Mode

12%

35.4%

Perplexity

23.1%

32.2%

ClickHouseDatabricks

Head to head in AI answers

20 engine answers name both brands

2ClickHouse ranked higher

18Databricks ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	ClickHouse	Databricks
What are the best data warehouse tools in 2026?	ChatGPT	#7	#2
What are the best data warehouse tools in 2026?	AI Mode	#7	#5
What are the best data warehouse tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#8	#2
Top data warehouse options for B2B SaaS companies	ChatGPT	#5	#4
Top data warehouse options for B2B SaaS companies	AI Mode	#7	#3
Top data warehouse options for B2B SaaS companies	Perplexity	#8	#4
Best data warehouse for startups	ChatGPT	#4	#3
Best data warehouse for startups	Perplexity	#8	#7
Best data warehouse for enterprise	Perplexity	#9	#7
Which data warehouse has the best reviews?	Perplexity	#5	#1
Compare the leading data warehouse platforms	Perplexity	#10	#4
Alternatives to the most popular data warehouse	ChatGPT	#8	#4

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	ClickHouse	Databricks
Pricing model	Usage-based	—
Entry price	$0.218 / mo	—
Free plan	No · 30-day trial	—
Deployment	ClickHouse Cloud on AWS, GCP and Azure, self-managed open-source installs, and Bring Your Own Cloud within the customer's own VPC.	Available across all major cloud providers
Integrations	100+	—
Compliance	HIPAA, PCI	ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, SOC 1, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3
Support	Expert support with 1 business day response time on Basic, Expert support with 1 hour response time on Scale, Enterprise support with 30 min response time for Severity 1 issues, Named Lead Support Engineer on Enterprise	Technical support on request, Technical documentation
Founded	2009	2013
Headquarters	Palo Alto, CA, United States	San Francisco, CA
Employees	501–1,000	5,000+
Funding	Series D, led by Dragoneer	Round at $60B valuation, including secondary sale
Best for	Developers and data teams that need real-time queries on large datasets at an affordable cost, including teams adding a speed layer on top of an existing data warehouse or OLTP database.	Data engineering, data science, analytics and AI teams at startups and global enterprises