Comparison

Amazon Timestream vs KairosDB

On the evidence we track, Amazon Timestream leads this comparison with a composite score of 47/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Amazon Timestream47
KairosDB30
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon Timestream47 / 100medium · 70%
KairosDB30 / 100medium · 55%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Timestream✓
KairosDB–
Model
Amazon Timestreamfreemium
KairosDBopen_source
Price level
Amazon Timestreamlow
KairosDBfree
Transparent
Amazon Timestream✗
KairosDB–
Integrations
Count
Amazon Timestream1
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
Trust center
KairosDB–
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon Timestream99.99
KairosDB–
Status page
Amazon Timestream✓
KairosDB✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon Timestream–
KairosDB32
Github stars
Amazon Timestream–
KairosDB1,761
Package downloads weekly
Amazon Timestream–
KairosDB3
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–
Content
Faq
Amazon Timestream5 items
KairosDB6 items

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 TimestreamContinuous aggregates
KairosDBContinuous aggregates
Retention / TTL
Amazon TimestreamAutomatic
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

A fully managed time-series database engine available in multiple variants optimized for different use cases: one designed for real-time analytics with millisecond query performance, and another based on open-source InfluxDB. Automatically scales to handle millions of data points per second with transparent data lifecycle management across hot and cold storage tiers.

Independently observed

KairosDB

KairosDB is a time series database built on Cassandra that supports multiple cluster architectures with separated read and write paths, allowing efficient data management across distributed systems.

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✗
Linux
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
1 total
  • AWS services
Independently observed

KairosDB

3 total
  • Cassandra
  • Graphite
  • Telnet
Independently observed
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