diff --git a/docs/integrations/data-ingestion/etl-tools/estuary.md b/docs/integrations/data-ingestion/etl-tools/estuary/clickpipes.md
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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
-sidebar_label: 'Estuary'
-slug: /integrations/estuary
-description: 'Stream a variety of sources into ClickHouse with an Estuary integration'
-title: 'Connect Estuary with ClickHouse'
+sidebar_label: 'Connect with ClickPipes'
+slug: /integrations/estuary/clickpipes
+description: 'Set up an integration between Estuary and ClickHouse via ClickPipes'
+title: 'Ingest Estuary data using ClickPipes'
 doc_type: 'guide'
 integration:
   - support_level: 'partner'
@@ -15,14 +15,18 @@ import PartnerBadge from '@theme/badges/PartnerBadge';
 
 <PartnerBadge/>
 
-[Estuary](https://estuary.dev/) is a right-time data platform that flexibly combines real-time and batch data in simple-to-setup ETL pipelines. With enterprise-grade security and deployment options, Estuary unlocks durable data flows from SaaS, database, and streaming sources to a variety of destinations, including ClickHouse.
+Estuary can connect with ClickHouse via the Kafka ClickPipe.
 
-Estuary connects with ClickHouse via the Kafka ClickPipe. You don't need to maintain your own Kafka ecosystem with this integration.
+You don't need to maintain your own Kafka ecosystem with this integration. Instead, Estuary emits new data like Kafka messages. You can configure a Kafka ClickPipe to use Estuary's broker and schema registry information to consume these messages.
+
+See [Estuary's direct ClickHouse integration](/integrations/estuary/native) for an alternative.
 
 ## Setup guide {#setup-guide}
 
 **Prerequisites**
 
+You will need:
+
 * An [Estuary account](https://dashboard.estuary.dev/register)
 * One or more [**captures**](https://docs.estuary.dev/concepts/captures/) in Estuary that pull data from your desired sources
 * A ClickHouse Cloud account with ClickPipe permissions
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ To move data from your source collections in Estuary to ClickHouse, you will fir
 
 2. Click **+ New Materialization**.
 
-3. Select the **ClickHouse** connector.
+3. Select the **ClickHouse Kafka API** connector.
 
 4. Fill out details in the Materialization, Endpoint, and Source Collections sections:
 
@@ -99,10 +103,8 @@ ClickHouse will provision your new data source and start consuming messages from
 
 ## Additional resources {#additional-resources}
 
-For more on setting up an integration with Estuary, see Estuary's documentation:
+For more on setting up a ClickPipe integration with Estuary, see Estuary's documentation:
 
-* Reference Estuary's [ClickHouse materialization docs](https://docs.estuary.dev/reference/Connectors/materialization-connectors/Dekaf/clickhouse/).
+* Reference Estuary's [ClickHouse materialization docs](https://docs.estuary.dev/reference/Connectors/materialization-connectors/Dekaf/clickhouse/) for the ClickPipes integration.
 
 * Estuary exposes data as Kafka messages using **Dekaf**. You can learn more about Dekaf [here](https://docs.estuary.dev/guides/dekaf_reading_collections_from_kafka/).
-
-* To see a list of sources that you can stream into ClickHouse with Estuary, check out [Estuary's capture connectors](https://docs.estuary.dev/reference/Connectors/capture-connectors/).
diff --git a/docs/integrations/data-ingestion/etl-tools/estuary/index.md b/docs/integrations/data-ingestion/etl-tools/estuary/index.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+---
+sidebar_label: 'Estuary'
+slug: /integrations/estuary
+description: 'Stream SaaS, database, and other sources into ClickHouse with an Estuary integration'
+title: 'Connect Estuary with ClickHouse'
+doc_type: 'guide'
+integration:
+  - support_level: 'partner'
+  - category: 'data_ingestion'
+  - website: 'https://estuary.dev'
+keywords: ['estuary', 'data ingestion', 'etl', 'pipeline', 'data integration']
+---
+
+import PartnerBadge from '@theme/badges/PartnerBadge';
+
+<PartnerBadge/>
+
+[Estuary](https://estuary.dev/) is a right-time data platform that flexibly combines real-time and batch data in simple-to-setup ETL pipelines. With enterprise-grade security and deployment options, Estuary unlocks durable data flows from SaaS, database, and streaming sources to a variety of destinations, including ClickHouse.
+
+Estuary provides two main ways to integrate with ClickHouse:
+* [Directly connect to your ClickHouse database](/integrations/estuary/native).
+* [Connect via Kafka ClickPipes](/integrations/estuary/clickpipes).
+
+In both cases, Estuary handles data capture and movement. You don't need to maintain your own Kafka ecosystem or other infrastructure.
+
+## When to choose each integration {#choose-integration-type}
+
+Estuary's [direct ClickHouse materialization](/integrations/estuary/native) is recommended for most use cases. It is specifically designed to integrate with ClickHouse's native protocol and supports self-hosted deployments as well as ClickHouse Cloud instances.
+
+Opt for the [ClickPipe integration](/integrations/estuary/clickpipes) instead if you specifically want to manage your pipelines via ClickPipes. This allows you to handle incoming data like Kafka messages.
+
+## Additional resources {#additional-resources}
+
+For more on setting up an integration with Estuary, see Estuary's documentation:
+
+* [Explore Estuary's capabilities](https://docs.estuary.dev/).
+* See reference documentation for Estuary's [direct ClickHouse materialization connector](https://docs.estuary.dev/reference/Connectors/materialization-connectors/ClickHouse/).
+* See reference documentation for Estuary's [Kafka ClickPipe integration](https://docs.estuary.dev/reference/Connectors/materialization-connectors/Dekaf/clickhouse/).
+* To see a list of sources that you can stream into ClickHouse with Estuary, check out [Estuary's capture connectors](https://docs.estuary.dev/reference/Connectors/capture-connectors/).
diff --git a/docs/integrations/data-ingestion/etl-tools/estuary/native-protocol.md b/docs/integrations/data-ingestion/etl-tools/estuary/native-protocol.md
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+---
+sidebar_label: 'Direct materialization connector'
+slug: /integrations/estuary/native
+description: 'Integrate between Estuary and ClickHouse with a connector using the native protocol'
+title: 'Direct materialization from Estuary to ClickHouse'
+doc_type: 'guide'
+integration:
+  - support_level: 'partner'
+  - category: 'data_ingestion'
+  - website: 'https://estuary.dev'
+keywords: ['estuary', 'data ingestion', 'etl', 'pipeline', 'data integration']
+---
+
+import PartnerBadge from '@theme/badges/PartnerBadge';
+
+<PartnerBadge/>
+
+Estuary provides a direct materialization connector with ClickHouse that uses ClickHouse's [native protocol](/interfaces/tcp) and [native format](/interfaces/formats/Native).
+
+This allows Estuary to:
+* Materialize data to both self-hosted and ClickHouse Cloud instances
+* Automatically handle tasks like table creation and schema evolution
+* Support soft or hard deletes
+* Use `ReplacingMergeTree` for standard merge updates or `MergeTree` for delta updates
+* Provide exactly-once delivery
+
+See [Estuary's Kafka ClickPipe integration](/integrations/estuary/clickpipes) for a ClickPipes workflow.
+
+## Setup guide {#setup-guide}
+
+**Prerequisites**
+
+You will need:
+
+* An [Estuary account](https://dashboard.estuary.dev/register)
+* One or more [**captures**](https://docs.estuary.dev/concepts/captures/) in Estuary that pull data from your desired sources
+* A ClickHouse instance, self-hosted or Cloud account
+* A ClickHouse database user with credentials
+
+<VerticalStepper headerLevel="h3">
+
+### Configure ClickHouse for integration {#1-configure-clickhouse}
+
+To set up Estuary's ClickHouse connector, you will need to gather some information from your ClickHouse instance and configure user permissions.
+
+1. Copy your database's host endpoint.
+
+   For the port, use **9440** if TLS is enabled or **9000** if TLS is disabled.
+
+   Together, the host and port will form the **address** you need to provide to Estuary.
+
+2. Grant permissions to the database user that Estuary will access.
+
+   To automatically create and manage tables for you, Estuary will need `CREATE`, `SELECT`, `INSERT`, etc permissions on your target database as well as permissions for metadata discovery and partition management.
+
+   You can grant all required permissions by running these SQL commands, replacing `<database>` and `<user>` with your own information:
+
+   ```sql
+   -- Target database access: CREATE TABLE, DROP TABLE, SELECT, INSERT, TRUNCATE, etc.
+   GRANT ALL ON <database>.* TO <user>;
+
+   -- System table access for metadata discovery and partition management.
+   -- These are NOT covered by the database grant above.
+   GRANT SELECT ON system.columns TO <user>;
+   GRANT SELECT ON system.parts TO <user>;
+   GRANT SELECT ON system.tables TO <user>;
+   ```
+
+3. Optionally restrict user system access to only the target database.
+
+   You can do so with row-level policies. For example:
+
+   ```sql
+   CREATE ROW POLICY estuary_columns ON system.columns FOR SELECT USING database = '<database>' TO <user>;
+   CREATE ROW POLICY estuary_parts ON system.parts FOR SELECT USING database = '<database>' TO <user>;
+   CREATE ROW POLICY estuary_tables ON system.tables FOR SELECT USING database = '<database>' TO <user>;
+   ```
+
+You can then move to Estuary to finish setup.
+
+### Create an Estuary materialization {#2-create-an-estuary-materialization}
+
+1. In Estuary's dashboard, go to the [Destinations](https://dashboard.estuary.dev/materializations) page.
+
+2. Click **+ New Materialization**.
+
+3. Select the **ClickHouse** connector.
+
+4. Fill out the **Materialization Details** section.
+
+   * Provide a unique name for your materialization
+   * Choose a data plane (cloud provider and region)
+
+5. Fill out **Endpoint Config** details so Estuary can connect to your ClickHouse instance.
+
+   * **Address:** the host and port of your instance
+   * **Database:** target database name
+   * **Authentication:** username and password for the database user
+
+   You can also configure optional settings, such as whether to use hard deletes and the SSL mode to use.
+
+### Configure source collections {#3-configure-source-collections}
+
+Choose which sources you'd like to materialize into ClickHouse in the **Source Collections** section.
+
+1. Link an existing **capture** or add individual data collections to materialize to ClickHouse.
+
+2. Select a data collection from the list to configure further if necessary. Customization options include:
+
+   * Choose a different table name for the collection
+   * Select merge behavior for the collection (whether to use delta updates mode)
+   * Customize field selection behavior to control which fields are materialized
+
+3. Once you're happy with how data will be materialized to ClickHouse, click **Next** and **Save and Publish**.
+
+Estuary will start backfilling data from the selected collections to ClickHouse and then stream updates as they occur.
+
+</VerticalStepper>
+
+## Additional resources {#additional-resources}
+
+For more on setting up a ClickHouse connector with Estuary, see Estuary's documentation:
+
+* Reference Estuary's [ClickHouse materialization docs](https://docs.estuary.dev/reference/Connectors/materialization-connectors/ClickHouse/).
+* Besides the UI-based workflow provided in these instructions, you can also manage pipeline setup with Estuary via CLI. See Estuary's [guides on `flowctl`](https://docs.estuary.dev/guides/flowctl/ci-cd/) for more on working with Estuary programmatically.
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