Comparison

Amazon Timestream vs KairosDB

On the evidence we track, Amazon Timestream leads this comparison with a composite score of 52/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Amazon Timestream52
KairosDB25
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon Timestream52 / 100medium · 61%
KairosDB25 / 100medium · 56%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB
Model
Amazon Timestreamfreemium
KairosDBopen_source
Price level
Amazon Timestreamlow
KairosDBfree
Transparent
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB
Integrations
Count
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB3
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB
Fedramp
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB
Gdpr
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB
Hipaa
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB
Pci
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB
Scorecard
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB3.4
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon Timestream99.99
KairosDB
Status page
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB32
Github stars
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB1,762
Package downloads weekly
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB9
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB0
Release
Cadence days
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB92
History
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB15 items
License
Spdx
Amazon Timestream
KairosDBApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Amazon Timestream
KairosDBJava
Market
Availability
Amazon TimestreamAvailable worldwide
KairosDB

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for time-series databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Query
Query language (SQL / PromQL / InfluxQL-Flux / Graphite)
Amazon TimestreamSQL
KairosDBREST API, Graphite protocol
SQL compatibility
Amazon TimestreamFull SQL
KairosDBNon-SQL
Ingest
Ingest model
Amazon TimestreamPush
KairosDBPush
Model
Data model
Amazon TimestreamMetrics (labels/tags)
KairosDBMetrics (labels/tags)
Lifecycle
Downsampling / rollups
Amazon Timestream-
KairosDBContinuous aggregates
Retention / TTL
Amazon Timestream-
KairosDBManual
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)
Amazon Timestream-
KairosDB-
Performance
High-cardinality handling
Amazon TimestreamStrong
KairosDBStrong
Scale
Clustering / horizontal scale
Amazon TimestreamDistributed / sharded
KairosDBDistributed / sharded
Replication / HA
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB
Deployment
Deployment
Amazon TimestreamManaged
KairosDBSelf-hosted
Interop
Prometheus remote-write compatible
Amazon Timestream-
KairosDB-
Licensing
Licence class
Amazon TimestreamProprietary
KairosDBSource-available

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon Timestream

Leader

Amazon Timestream is a fast, scalable, fully managed time-series database service for workloads from low-latency queries to large-scale data ingestion. It offers multiple database engines including an open source InfluxDB variant with built-in time-series analytics functions.

Independently observed

KairosDB

Open-source time series database that leverages Cassandra for storage, providing REST and Graphite protocol support for data ingestion and retrieval, with built-in aggregation functions and extensible architecture via plugins.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon Timestream

Leader
Hybrid

On-demand hourly compute/storage or 1-year Database Savings Plans

  • On-DemandHourly compute and storage charges, no upfront commitments
  • Database Savings Plans1-year commitment with cost savings vs on-demand
as of verify ↗

KairosDB

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB
CLI
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB
Self-hosted
Amazon Timestream
KairosDB

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon Timestream

Leader

Not documented yet.

KairosDB

3 total
  • Cassandra
  • Graphite
  • Telnet
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.