Comparison

InfluxDB vs OpenTSDB

On the evidence we track, InfluxDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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InfluxDB61
OpenTSDB29
Score
Vioscale score
InfluxDB61 / 100medium · 70%
OpenTSDB29 / 100low · 37%
Pricing
Free tier
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB
Model
InfluxDBcommercial
OpenTSDBopen_source
Price level
InfluxDBlow
OpenTSDBfree
Transparent
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB
Integrations
Count
InfluxDB5,000
OpenTSDB
Security
Disclosure policy
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB
Gdpr
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB
Iso27001
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB
Scorecard
InfluxDB6.9
OpenTSDB2.5
Soc2
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB
Reliability
Status page
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB
Adoption
Dependent repos
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB175
Github stars
InfluxDB31,720
OpenTSDB5,065
Package downloads weekly
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB22
Activity
Commits last 30d
InfluxDB3
OpenTSDB0
Release
Cadence days
InfluxDB19
OpenTSDB77
History
InfluxDB20 items
OpenTSDB20 items
License
Spdx
InfluxDBApache-2.0
OpenTSDBLGPL-2.1
Language
Primary
InfluxDBRust
OpenTSDBJava
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)
InfluxDBSQL
OpenTSDB-
SQL compatibility
InfluxDBFull SQL
OpenTSDB-
Ingest
Ingest model
InfluxDBPush
OpenTSDBPush
Model
Data model
InfluxDBMetrics (labels/tags)
OpenTSDBMetrics (labels/tags)
Lifecycle
Downsampling / rollups
InfluxDBRetention policies
OpenTSDBContinuous aggregates
Retention / TTL
InfluxDBAutomatic
OpenTSDBManual
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)
InfluxDBParquet columnar
OpenTSDB-
Performance
High-cardinality handling
InfluxDBStrong
OpenTSDB-
Scale
Clustering / horizontal scale
InfluxDBDistributed / sharded
OpenTSDBDistributed / sharded
Replication / HA
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB-
Deployment
Deployment
InfluxDBSelf-hosted
OpenTSDBSelf-hosted
Interop
Prometheus remote-write compatible
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB-
Licensing
Licence class
InfluxDBPermissive OSS
OpenTSDBPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

InfluxDB

Leader

A purpose-built database engineered to handle continuous, high-velocity time series data at scale. It delivers rapid data ingestion, real-time SQL querying, and seamless scalability across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments.

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.

InfluxDB

Leader
HybridFree tier30-day trial

Free tier with $250 credit for 30 days; metered usage-based pricing for Cloud Serverless starting at $0.0025/MB

  • Cloud ServerlessFree
    • Fully managed
    • Elastic
    • Multi-tenant
    • No minimums
    • No long-term commitment
  • Cloud DedicatedContact sales
    • Fully managed
    • Single-tenant
    • Unlimited scale
    • Secure private connections
    • Enhanced support
  • ClusteredContact sales
    • Self-managed
    • On-premise and private cloud
    • Unlimited scale
    • High availability
    • Enterprise-grade security
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
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB
CLI
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB
Self-hosted
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB
On-premise
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB
Hybrid
InfluxDB
OpenTSDB

Integrations

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

InfluxDB

Leader
1 total
  • MailChimp
Independently observed

OpenTSDB

Not documented yet.

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