# AI needs the best-of-breed data stack: Postgres and ClickHouse

DevFeed: [AI needs the best-of-breed data stack: Postgres and ClickHouse](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ai-needs-the-best-of-breed-data-stack-postgres-and-clickhouse-4925.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://clickhouse.com/blog/ai-best-of-breed-data-stack>)

Author: Sai Srirampur

Published: 2026-07-07T17:09:10Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [ClickHouse Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/clickhouse-blog.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-development.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clickhouse.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/real-time.md>), [Concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/concurrency.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickhouse.md>), [concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/concurrency.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

AI applications are generating unprecedented data volumes and increasingly combine transactional and analytical workloads. The article argues that Postgres and ClickHouse form a best-of-breed data stack for ingesting, processing, and querying this data in real time while maintaining reliability and security.

## Source excerpt

AI applications are driving explosive data growth and collapsing the line between transactional and analytical workloads, making the best-of-breed combination of Postgres and ClickHouse -- increasingly tied together through CDC, native querying, and observ