ClickHouse vs. Elasticsearch: The Mechanics of Count Aggregations

In this blog post, the performance of ClickHouse and Elasticsearch for count aggregation queries over large data volumes is compared. It is found that ClickHouse outperforms Elasticsearch in terms of hardware efficiency, resulting in at least 5 times lower latencies for aggregating large datasets. The reasons behind this are explained in detail, including the parallelization approaches used by both systems and their impact on performance. Additionally, the built-in mechanisms for pre-calculating counts in ClickHouse and Elasticsearch are discussed, highlighting the advantages of ClickHouse materialized views over Elasticsearch transforms. The post concludes with a summary of the key findings and a suggestion to read the accompanying blog post for more information on ClickHouse's high-performance aggregations.