Comparison

M3DB vs OpenTSDB

On the evidence we track, M3DB leads this comparison with a composite score of 36/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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M3DB36
OpenTSDB29
Score
Vioscale score
M3DB36 / 100medium · 51%
OpenTSDB29 / 100low · 37%
Pricing
Free tier
M3DB
OpenTSDB
Model
Price level
M3DBfree
OpenTSDBfree
Integrations
Count
M3DB4
OpenTSDB
Reliability
Status page
M3DB
OpenTSDB
Adoption
Dependent repos
M3DB10
OpenTSDB175
Github stars
M3DB4,895
OpenTSDB5,065
Package downloads weekly
M3DB
OpenTSDB22
Activity
Commits last 30d
M3DB0
OpenTSDB0
Release
Cadence days
M3DB11
OpenTSDB77
History
OpenTSDB20 items
License
Spdx
OpenTSDBLGPL-2.1
Language
Primary
M3DBGo
OpenTSDBJava
Market
Availability
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)
M3DBPromQL, Graphite
OpenTSDB-
SQL compatibility
M3DBNon-SQL
OpenTSDB-
Ingest
Ingest model
M3DBPush
OpenTSDBPush
Model
Data model
M3DBMetrics (labels/tags)
OpenTSDBMetrics (labels/tags)
Lifecycle
Downsampling / rollups
M3DBRetention policies
OpenTSDBContinuous aggregates
Retention / TTL
M3DBAutomatic
OpenTSDBManual
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)
M3DBcolumnar
OpenTSDB-
Performance
High-cardinality handling
M3DBStrong
OpenTSDB-
Scale
Clustering / horizontal scale
M3DBDistributed / sharded
OpenTSDBDistributed / sharded
Replication / HA
M3DB
OpenTSDB-
Deployment
Deployment
M3DBSelf-hosted
OpenTSDBSelf-hosted
Interop
Prometheus remote-write compatible
M3DB
OpenTSDB-
Licensing
Licence class
M3DBPermissive OSS
OpenTSDBPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

M3DB

Leader

M3 is a metrics platform consisting of a distributed time-series database, query engine, and ingestion system designed to handle massive metric volumes efficiently. It provides Prometheus and Graphite compatibility while optimizing for performance and cost efficiency through purpose-built storage and querying components.

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.

M3DB

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
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
M3DB
OpenTSDB
CLI
M3DB
OpenTSDB
Deployment
Self-hosted
M3DB
OpenTSDB
On-premise
M3DB
OpenTSDB

Integrations

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

M3DB

Leader
4 total
  • Prometheus
  • Graphite
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
Independently observed

OpenTSDB

Not documented yet.

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