Comparison

OpenTSDB vs TDengine

On the evidence we track, TDengine leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
OpenTSDB29
TDengine56
Score
Vioscale score
OpenTSDB29 / 100low · 37%updating
TDengine56 / 100medium · 69%updating
Pricing
Free tier
OpenTSDB
TDengine
Model
OpenTSDBopen_source
TDenginefreemium
Price level
OpenTSDBfree
TDenginelow
Transparent
OpenTSDB
TDengine
Integrations
Count
OpenTSDB
TDengine3
Reliability
Status page
OpenTSDB
TDengine
Adoption
Dependent repos
OpenTSDB175
TDengine7
Github stars
OpenTSDB5,065
TDengine25,090
Package downloads weekly
OpenTSDB22
TDengine
Activity
Commits last 30d
OpenTSDB0
TDengine100
Release
Cadence days
OpenTSDB77
TDengine28
History
OpenTSDB20 items
TDengine20 items
License
Spdx
OpenTSDBLGPL-2.1
TDengineAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
OpenTSDBJava
TDengineC

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)
OpenTSDB-
TDengine-
SQL compatibility
OpenTSDB-
TDengine-
Ingest
Ingest model
OpenTSDBPush
TDenginePush
Model
Data model
OpenTSDBMetrics (labels/tags)
TDengineMetrics (labels/tags)
Lifecycle
Downsampling / rollups
OpenTSDBContinuous aggregates
TDengineContinuous aggregates
Retention / TTL
OpenTSDBManual
TDengine-
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)
OpenTSDB-
TDengine-
Performance
High-cardinality handling
OpenTSDB-
TDengineStrong
Scale
Clustering / horizontal scale
OpenTSDBDistributed / sharded
TDengineDistributed / sharded
Replication / HA
OpenTSDB-
TDengine
Deployment
Deployment
OpenTSDBSelf-hosted
TDengineSelf-hosted
Interop
Prometheus remote-write compatible
OpenTSDB-
TDengine-
Licensing
Licence class
OpenTSDBPermissive OSS
TDengineSource-available

What each one is

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

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

TDengine

Leader

AI-native industrial data platform and high-performance time-series database that unifies data ingestion, storage, analytics, modeling, visualization, and AI applications.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

OpenTSDB

Open source
as of verify ↗

TDengine

Leader
HybridFree tier

Free for up to 5,000 tags. Annual licenses from $12,500/year, perpetual from $31,250 (both scale with tag count). Optional support from $3,375/year. High Availability at +30%.

  • Free TierFree
    • Up to 5,000 tags
    • Product usage rights
  • Annual LicenseFrom $12,500/year for 7,500 tags. Standard Support included.
    • Pricing scales from 7,500 to 500,000+ tags
    • Standard Support
    • Software updates
    • Security patches
  • Perpetual LicenseFrom $31,250 for 7,500 tags. One-time payment.
    • Perpetual usage rights
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
OpenTSDB
TDengine
macOS
OpenTSDB
TDengine
Linux
OpenTSDB
TDengine
CLI
OpenTSDB
TDengine
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
OpenTSDB
TDengine
Self-hosted
OpenTSDB
TDengine
On-premise
OpenTSDB
TDengine
Hybrid
OpenTSDB
TDengine

Integrations

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

OpenTSDB

Not documented yet.

TDengine

Leader
3 total
  • Java
  • Python
  • Go
Independently observed

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

OpenTSDB vs TDengine: an evidence-based comparison · Vioscale