Why Clickhouse is the Next Database you Should Explore
Using an open-source OLAP database to run analytic queries on your data in sub-second
13 min readSep 29, 2021
This post is originally published in my personal blog.
Previously, the Online analytical processing (OLAP) databases were only available as proprietary software offerings like Greenplum, Vertica, Teradata, Paraccel, etc. At that time, it’s very costly to deploy the OLAP databases, and only companies with huge budgets have access to them. Small organizations won’t get a…