# Amazon Timestream vs OpenTSDB

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Amazon Timestream

| Attribute | Amazon Timestream | OpenTSDB |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 46.7 (70% (medium)) | 34.6 (44% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 175 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 5,064 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 30 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Time-Series Databases.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/timestream/","question":"What is Amazon Timestream?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amazon Timestream offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: On-Demand and Database Savings Plans. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/timestream/","question":"Is Amazon Timestream free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Amazon Timestream. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_hub","question":"What platforms does Amazon Timestream support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Amazon Timestream, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_hub","question":"Can Amazon Timestream be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed HIPAA and GDPR for Amazon Timestream. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Amazon Timestream not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc1=f_cc","question":"What security certifications does Amazon Timestream have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Time-Series Databases.","source":"https://opentsdb.net/","question":"What is OpenTSDB?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"OpenTSDB is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the LGPL-2.1 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://opentsdb.net/","question":"Is OpenTSDB free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to OpenTSDB. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://opentsdb.net/","question":"What platforms does OpenTSDB support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. OpenTSDB can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://opentsdb.net/","question":"Can OpenTSDB be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. OpenTSDB is published under the LGPL-2.1 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb","question":"Is OpenTSDB open source?","confidence":0.67}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"clustering":"distributed","data_model":"metrics","deployment":"managed","downsampling":"continuous_aggregates","ingest_model":"push","licence_class":"proprietary","retention_ttl":"automatic","query_language":"SQL","replication_ha":true,"high_cardinality":"strong","sql_compatibility":"full_sql"}` | `{"clustering":"distributed","data_model":"metrics","deployment":"self_hosted","downsampling":"continuous_aggregates","ingest_model":"push","licence_class":"permissive_oss","retention_ttl":"manual"}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS services","native":true}]` | `[{"name":"Nagios","category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Icinga","category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Gnuplot","category":"visualization","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Java |
| license.spdx | - | LGPL-2.1 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"On-Demand","summary":"Hourly compute and storage charges, no upfront commitments","commitment":"monthly","description":"Pay for compute capacity per hour with no long-term commitments, no minimum fees","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Database Savings Plans","summary":"1-year commitment with cost savings vs on-demand","commitment":"annual","description":"Flexible pricing with commitment to specific usage over 1-year term","contactSales":false}],"summary":"On-demand hourly compute/storage or 1-year Database Savings Plans","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/timestream/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:34:47.471Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://opentsdb.net/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T11:16:10.615Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 77 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.5.0RC1","date":"2024-12-12T20:03:34Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.5.0RC1"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.4.1","date":"2021-09-02T22:28:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.4.0","date":"2018-12-17T02:38:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.3.2","date":"2018-12-17T01:08:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.3.1","date":"2018-05-22T00:27:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.4.0RC2","date":"2017-10-09T04:53:29Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.4.0RC2"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.3.0","date":"2016-12-31T20:18:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.2.2","date":"2016-12-29T18:35:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.3.0RC2","date":"2016-10-08T19:28:41Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.3.0RC2"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.2.1","date":"2016-10-08T19:07:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.3.0RC1","date":"2016-05-02T19:00:34Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.3.0RC1"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.2.0","date":"2016-02-15T01:45:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.1.4","date":"2016-02-14T21:37:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.1.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.2.0RC3","date":"2015-11-11T21:06:00Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.2.0RC3"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.1.3","date":"2015-11-11T20:54:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.2.0RC2","date":"2015-11-10T02:20:02Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.2.0RC2"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.1.2","date":"2015-11-10T01:15:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.2.0RC1","date":"2015-09-12T20:50:35Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.2.0RC1"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/2.1.1","date":"2015-09-12T19:49:38Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/tag/v2.1.0","date":"2015-05-07T04:46:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.1.0"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 2.5 |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc1=f_cc | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":7,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=net.opentsdb%3Aopentsdb&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (Time-Series Databases)

| Capability | Amazon Timestream | OpenTSDB |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Query** |  |  |
| Query language (SQL / PromQL / InfluxQL-Flux / Graphite) | SQL | - |
| SQL compatibility | Full SQL | - |
| **Ingest** |  |  |
| Ingest model | Push | Push |
| **Model** |  |  |
| Data model | Metrics (labels/tags) | Metrics (labels/tags) |
| **Lifecycle** |  |  |
| Downsampling / rollups | Continuous aggregates | Continuous aggregates |
| Retention / TTL | Automatic | Manual |
| **Storage** |  |  |
| Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla) | - | - |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| High-cardinality handling | Strong | - |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Clustering / horizontal scale | Distributed / sharded | Distributed / sharded |
| Replication / HA | ✓ | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Managed | Self-hosted |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| Prometheus remote-write compatible | - | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Proprietary | Permissive OSS |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:04:34.627Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*