Comparison

Amazon Timestream vs OpenTSDB

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
OpenTSDB35
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon Timestream47 / 100medium · 70%
OpenTSDB35 / 100low · 44%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Timestream✓
OpenTSDB✓
Model
Amazon Timestreamfreemium
OpenTSDBopen_source
Price level
Amazon Timestreamlow
OpenTSDBfree
Transparent
Amazon Timestream✗
OpenTSDB–
Integrations
Count
Amazon Timestream1
OpenTSDB3
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
Trust center
OpenTSDB–
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon Timestream99.99
OpenTSDB–
Status page
Amazon Timestream✓
OpenTSDB✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon Timestream–
OpenTSDB175
Github stars
Amazon Timestream–
OpenTSDB5,064
Package downloads weekly
Amazon Timestream–
OpenTSDB30
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–
Content
Faq
Amazon Timestream5 items
OpenTSDB5 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
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 TimestreamContinuous aggregates
OpenTSDBContinuous aggregates
Retention / TTL
Amazon TimestreamAutomatic
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

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

OpenTSDB

An open-source system for ingesting, storing, and analyzing operational metrics from infrastructure and applications. Designed to handle thousands of measurement streams from numerous hosts and services, it enables rapid data collection and subsequent querying of metric data.

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 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✓
OpenTSDB✓
CLI
Amazon Timestream✓
OpenTSDB✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Timestream✓
OpenTSDB✗
Self-hosted
Amazon Timestream✗
OpenTSDB✓

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

OpenTSDB

3 total
  • Nagios
  • Icinga
  • Gnuplot
Independently observed
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