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Kafka and ClickHouse pipeline that takes in product events through a Segment-style API.

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What is Trench?

Kafka and ClickHouse pipeline that takes in product events through a Segment-style API.

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Who is Trench best for?

Trench is best for engineering teams that need to collect product events at high volume and query them in real time.

  • High event volumes

    Kafka and ClickHouse let a single node take in thousands of events per second.

  • Teams that use Segment calls

    It follows the Segment Track, Identify and Group specification for incoming events.

  • Custom dashboards

    Events can be queried in real time by SQL or REST, and the docs show charts built in Grafana.

  • Privacy-minded products

    Trench sets no cookies and is built for GDPR and PECR, with tools to access, correct or delete a user's data.

How much does Trench cost?

Trench is free to self-host with no usage limits, and its Enterprise plan, with dedicated infrastructure and support, is priced by volume on request.

Self-hosted$0Free forever, on your own servers
  • No usage limits
  • Any cloud provider
  • Community support on Slack

Enterprise is priced by volume and adds dedicated infrastructure, a dedicated support engineer, 24/7 phone and email support, an on-premises option and SAML 2.0 SSO. Full pricing on trench.dev. We checked these prices on .

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Is Trench open source?

Yes. Trench's code is public under the MIT licence, so you can run it on your own server.

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1,670stars

+7 (+0.4%) in the last 30 days

Last commit
6 Apr
Repository age
2 years
Latest release
4 Dec 2024
Licence
MIT
Self-hosted
Yes
Run it yourselfThe code and the steps to put it on your own server are in its repository on GitHub.View on GitHub

Questions about Trench

What is Trench?

Kafka and ClickHouse pipeline that takes in product events through a Segment-style API.

Who is Trench for?

Trench is best for engineering teams that need to collect product events at high volume and query them in real time.

Is Trench free?

Yes. Trench has a free Self-hosted plan: no usage limits.

Is Trench open source?

Yes. Trench's code is public under the MIT licence, so you can run it on your own server.

Where can I try Trench?

On its official website, trench.dev.