# Comparing ClickHouse versions with clickhousectl

DevFeed: [Comparing ClickHouse versions with clickhousectl](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/comparing-clickhouse-versions-with-clickhousectl-5167.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://clickhouse.com/blog/clickhousectl-compare-versions>)

Author: Mark Needham

Published: 2026-04-29T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>)

Tags: [benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmark.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickhouse.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [local](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/local.md>), [parquet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/parquet.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on using clickhousectl to run ClickHouse 25.12 and 26.3 locally, load data, and compare query performance across versions.

## Source excerpt

We use clickhousectl to spin up multiple ClickHouse versions side by side and benchmark two recent performance improvements.