# Benchmarking NVMe-backed Managed Postgres: PlanetScale and ClickHouse

DevFeed: [Benchmarking NVMe-backed Managed Postgres: PlanetScale and ClickHouse](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/benchmarking-nvme-backed-managed-postgres-planetscale-and-clickhouse-4982.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://clickhouse.com/blog/benchmarking-nvme-managed-postgres-planetscale-vs-clickhouse>)

Author: Sai Srirampur

Published: 2026-07-30T14:30:07Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmarking.md>), [Benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmark.md>), [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clickhouse.md>), [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>), [Replication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/replication.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmark.md>), [benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmarking.md>), [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickhouse.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [replication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/replication.md>)

## AI overview

ClickHouse Managed Postgres outperformed PlanetScale Postgres in a reproducible PostgresBench comparison using identical NVMe-backed hardware. Across 100 GB and 500 GB datasets, ClickHouse achieved higher transaction throughput and lower average latency.

## Source excerpt

We ran ClickHouse Managed Postgres and PlanetScale on the same hardware. ClickHouse delivered up to 54% higher throughput with lower latency.