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> Options for connecting Confluent Kafka to ClickHouse

# Integrating Confluent with ClickHouse

Confluent provides three options to integrate with ClickHouse:

* [ClickHouse Connect Sink on Confluent Cloud](/integrations/connectors/data-ingestion/kafka/confluent/confluent-cloud), the fully managed connector
* [ClickHouse Connect Sink as a Custom Connector on Confluent Cloud](/integrations/connectors/data-ingestion/kafka/confluent/custom-connector), where you upload the connector yourself
* [HTTP Sink Connector for Confluent Platform](/integrations/connectors/data-ingestion/kafka/confluent/kafka-connect-http) that integrates Apache Kafka with an API via HTTP or HTTPS

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  Which Confluent Cloud option should I use?
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Both of the first two options run the same ClickHouse Connect Sink on Confluent Cloud. The difference is who manages the connector:

* **Fully managed connector**: Confluent installs and upgrades the connector for you. Start here unless you need something it doesn't offer.
* **Custom Connector**: you download a release of the connector from [GitHub](https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-kafka-connect/releases) and upload it to Confluent Cloud yourself. Use this when you need a specific connector version, or want to override settings that the fully managed connector only changes through a Confluent support case. Custom Connectors are only available in some AWS regions.