Comparison

Amazon Timestream vs M3DB

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
M3DB36
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon Timestream52 / 100medium · 61%
M3DB36 / 100medium · 51%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Timestream
M3DB
Model
Amazon Timestreamfreemium
Price level
Amazon Timestreamlow
M3DBfree
Transparent
Amazon Timestream
M3DB
Integrations
Count
Amazon Timestream
M3DB4
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Timestream
M3DB
Fedramp
Amazon Timestream
M3DB
Gdpr
Amazon Timestream
M3DB
Hipaa
Amazon Timestream
M3DB
Pci
Amazon Timestream
M3DB
Scorecard
Amazon Timestream
M3DB3.3
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon Timestream99.99
M3DB
Status page
Amazon Timestream
M3DB
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon Timestream
M3DB10
Github stars
Amazon Timestream
M3DB4,895
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon Timestream
M3DB0
Release
Cadence days
Amazon Timestream
M3DB11
History
Amazon Timestream
License
Spdx
Amazon Timestream
Language
Primary
Amazon Timestream
M3DBGo
Market
Availability

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
M3DBPromQL, Graphite
SQL compatibility
Amazon TimestreamFull SQL
M3DBNon-SQL
Ingest
Ingest model
Amazon TimestreamPush
M3DBPush
Model
Data model
Amazon TimestreamMetrics (labels/tags)
M3DBMetrics (labels/tags)
Lifecycle
Downsampling / rollups
Amazon Timestream-
M3DBRetention policies
Retention / TTL
Amazon Timestream-
M3DBAutomatic
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)
Amazon Timestream-
M3DBcolumnar
Performance
High-cardinality handling
Amazon TimestreamStrong
M3DBStrong
Scale
Clustering / horizontal scale
Amazon TimestreamDistributed / sharded
M3DBDistributed / sharded
Replication / HA
Amazon Timestream
M3DB
Deployment
Deployment
Amazon TimestreamManaged
M3DBSelf-hosted
Interop
Prometheus remote-write compatible
Amazon Timestream-
M3DB
Licensing
Licence class
Amazon TimestreamProprietary
M3DBPermissive OSS

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

M3DB

M3 is a metrics platform consisting of a distributed time-series database, query engine, and ingestion system designed to handle massive metric volumes efficiently. It provides Prometheus and Graphite compatibility while optimizing for performance and cost efficiency through purpose-built storage and querying components.

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 ↗

M3DB

Open sourceFree tier
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
M3DB
CLI
Amazon Timestream
M3DB
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Timestream
M3DB
Self-hosted
Amazon Timestream
M3DB

Integrations

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

Amazon Timestream

Leader

Not documented yet.

M3DB

4 total
  • Prometheus
  • Graphite
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
Independently observed

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