I would stay away from ceramic pads. Ceramic is way too hard. They will last forever but they generate TOO much heat. This will cause the rotors to warp unless you are running cross and drilled rotors which cool much better. I run stock replacement rotors and the cheapest pads. I may go through pads quicker but the rotors last. Truck has over 130,000 miles and I am on my second set of rotors. 4th set of pads. Pads only run 19.99 an axle alot cheaper in the long run.
The cross drilled rotors are the only ones I ran with ceramic pads... Everything else gets standard pads....