Comparison

Amazon Timestream vs OpenTSDB

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
OpenTSDB29
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon Timestream52 / 100medium · 61%
OpenTSDB29 / 100low · 37%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB
Model
Amazon Timestreamfreemium
OpenTSDBopen_source
Price level
Amazon Timestreamlow
OpenTSDBfree
Transparent
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB
Fedramp
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB
Gdpr
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB
Hipaa
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB
Pci
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB
Scorecard
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB2.5
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon Timestream99.99
OpenTSDB
Status page
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB175
Github stars
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB5,065
Package downloads weekly
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB22
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB0
Release
Cadence days
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB77
History
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB20 items
License
Spdx
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDBLGPL-2.1
Language
Primary
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDBJava
Market
Availability
Amazon TimestreamAvailable worldwide
OpenTSDB

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
OpenTSDB-
SQL compatibility
Amazon TimestreamFull SQL
OpenTSDB-
Ingest
Ingest model
Amazon TimestreamPush
OpenTSDBPush
Model
Data model
Amazon TimestreamMetrics (labels/tags)
OpenTSDBMetrics (labels/tags)
Lifecycle
Downsampling / rollups
Amazon Timestream-
OpenTSDBContinuous aggregates
Retention / TTL
Amazon Timestream-
OpenTSDBManual
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)
Amazon Timestream-
OpenTSDB-
Performance
High-cardinality handling
Amazon TimestreamStrong
OpenTSDB-
Scale
Clustering / horizontal scale
Amazon TimestreamDistributed / sharded
OpenTSDBDistributed / sharded
Replication / HA
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB-
Deployment
Deployment
Amazon TimestreamManaged
OpenTSDBSelf-hosted
Interop
Prometheus remote-write compatible
Amazon Timestream-
OpenTSDB-
Licensing
Licence class
Amazon TimestreamProprietary
OpenTSDBPermissive 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

OpenTSDB

An open-source time series database built on Hadoop and HBase that stores metric data with millisecond precision and scales to millions of writes per second.

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 ↗

OpenTSDB

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
OpenTSDB
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB
Self-hosted
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB
On-premise
Amazon Timestream
OpenTSDB

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