Comparison

Amazon Timestream vs QuestDB

No clear leader: Amazon Timestream (51.9) and QuestDB (50.3) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Amazon Timestream52
QuestDB50
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon Timestream52 / 100medium · 61%updating
QuestDB50 / 100medium · 65%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB
Model
Amazon Timestreamfreemium
QuestDBcommercial
Price level
Amazon Timestreamlow
QuestDBlow
Transparent
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB
Integrations
Count
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB10
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB
Fedramp
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB
Gdpr
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB
Hipaa
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB
Pci
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB
Scorecard
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB4.3
Soc2
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon Timestream99.99
QuestDB99.9
Status page
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB106
Github stars
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB17,279
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB64
Release
Cadence days
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB16
History
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB20 items
License
Spdx
Amazon Timestream
QuestDBApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Amazon Timestream
QuestDBJava

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
QuestDBSQL with time-series extensions (SAMPLE BY, ASOF, HORIZON JOIN, N-dimensional ar
SQL compatibility
Amazon TimestreamFull SQL
QuestDBFull SQL
Ingest
Ingest model
Amazon TimestreamPush
QuestDBPush
Model
Data model
Amazon TimestreamMetrics (labels/tags)
QuestDBWide events
Lifecycle
Downsampling / rollups
Amazon Timestream-
QuestDBContinuous aggregates
Retention / TTL
Amazon Timestream-
QuestDB-
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)
Amazon Timestream-
QuestDBcolumnar with frame compression
Performance
High-cardinality handling
Amazon TimestreamStrong
QuestDBStrong
Scale
Clustering / horizontal scale
Amazon TimestreamDistributed / sharded
QuestDBDistributed / sharded
Replication / HA
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB
Deployment
Deployment
Amazon TimestreamManaged
QuestDBSelf-hosted
Interop
Prometheus remote-write compatible
Amazon Timestream-
QuestDB-
Licensing
Licence class
Amazon TimestreamProprietary
QuestDBPermissive OSS

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon Timestream

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

QuestDB

QuestDB is an open-source time-series database engineered for low latency, delivering ultra-low latency ingestion, high throughput, and multi-tier storage for demanding time-series workloads.

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

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 ↗

QuestDB

HybridFree tier

Open-source Apache 2.0 free tier; QuestDB Cloud and Enterprise plans available via contact/quote

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
QuestDB
CLI
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB
Self-hosted
Amazon Timestream
QuestDB

Integrations

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

Amazon Timestream

Not documented yet.

QuestDB

10 total
  • PostgreSQL
  • Parquet
  • Arrow
  • Polars
  • Pandas
  • Debezium
  • Iceberg
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Cassandra
Independently observed

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