ClickHouse

ClickHouse uses an open-core B2B SaaS model. It creates value by offering an open-source OLAP database for developer adoption and then monetising that adoption through managed cloud infrastructure, customer-managed cloud deployments, data ingestion services, managed Postgres and observability products. The company reduces deployment complexity, improves performance for real-time analytics and expands wallet share by adding adjacent data infrastructure capabilities.

ClickHouse is a private US-based B2B software company that commercialises a high-performance open-source analytical database and a managed cloud service for real-time analytics. Its core business is selling managed data infrastructure to engineering, data and platform teams that need sub-second analytical querying, high concurrency and lower operational overhead than self-managed deployments. The company also offers related products for ingestion, managed Postgres, embedded analytics and observability.

Its revenue model is centred on ClickHouse Cloud and related managed services, with usage-based and subscription-style commercial mechanics tied to compute, storage and managed operations. The open-source database acts as the adoption engine, helping the company acquire developers and technical teams before converting them into paid cloud, enterprise and managed observability customers.