Comparison

OpenTSDB vs TimescaleDB

On the evidence we track, TimescaleDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 57/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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OpenTSDB35

★TimescaleDB57

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	OpenTSDB	TimescaleDBLeader
vioscaleAI score	35 / 100low · 44%	57 / 100medium · 62%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mid
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$30
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	3
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2 Type II
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	2.5	4.6
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://www.tigerdata.com/security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.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	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=alpine&package_name=postgresql-timescaledb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	175	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	5,064	23,634
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	30	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	0	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	77	12
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	LGPL-2.1	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	C
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

OpenTSDB35 / 100low · 44%

TimescaleDB57 / 100medium · 62%

Pricing

Free tier

OpenTSDB✓

TimescaleDB✓

Model

OpenTSDBopen_source

TimescaleDBfreemium

Price level

OpenTSDBfree

TimescaleDBmid

Starting price

OpenTSDB–

TimescaleDB$30

Transparent

OpenTSDB–

TimescaleDB✓

Integrations

Count

OpenTSDB3

TimescaleDB3

Security

Certifications

OpenTSDB–

TimescaleDBSOC 2 Type II

Disclosure policy

OpenTSDB–

TimescaleDB✓

Gdpr

OpenTSDB–

TimescaleDB✓

Hipaa

OpenTSDB–

TimescaleDB✓

Pci

OpenTSDB–

TimescaleDB✓

Scorecard

OpenTSDB2.5

TimescaleDB4.6

Soc2

OpenTSDB–

TimescaleDB✓

Trust center

OpenTSDB–

TimescaleDBhttps://www.tigerdata.com/security

Vulnerabilities

OpenTSDBCount: 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

TimescaleDBCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=alpine&package_name=postgresql-timescaledb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

OpenTSDB✓

TimescaleDB✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

OpenTSDB175

TimescaleDB0

Github stars

OpenTSDB5,064

TimescaleDB23,634

Package downloads weekly

OpenTSDB30

TimescaleDB–

Activity

Commits last 30d

OpenTSDB0

TimescaleDB100

Release

Cadence days

OpenTSDB77

TimescaleDB12

History

OpenTSDB20 items

TimescaleDB20 items

License

Spdx

OpenTSDBLGPL-2.1

TimescaleDB–

Language

Primary

OpenTSDBJava

TimescaleDBC

Market

Availability

OpenTSDB–

TimescaleDBAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

OpenTSDB5 items

TimescaleDB7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for time-series databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Time-Series Databases
Capability	OpenTSDB	TimescaleDB
Query
Query language (SQL / PromQL / InfluxQL-Flux / Graphite)	-	SQL
SQL compatibility	-	Full SQL
Ingest
Ingest model	Push	Both
Model
Data model	Metrics (labels/tags)	Metrics (labels/tags)
Lifecycle
Downsampling / rollups	Continuous aggregates	Continuous aggregates
Retention / TTL	Manual	Automatic
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)	-	Row-columnar with compression
Performance
High-cardinality handling	-	Strong
Scale
Clustering / horizontal scale	Distributed / sharded	Distributed / sharded
Replication / HA	-	✓
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Embedded
Interop
Prometheus remote-write compatible	-	-
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	Permissive OSS

Query

Query language (SQL / PromQL / InfluxQL-Flux / Graphite)

OpenTSDB-

TimescaleDBSQL

SQL compatibility

OpenTSDB-

TimescaleDBFull SQL

Ingest

Ingest model

OpenTSDBPush

TimescaleDBBoth

Model

Data model

OpenTSDBMetrics (labels/tags)

TimescaleDBMetrics (labels/tags)

Lifecycle

Downsampling / rollups

OpenTSDBContinuous aggregates

TimescaleDBContinuous aggregates

Retention / TTL

OpenTSDBManual

TimescaleDBAutomatic

Storage

Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)

OpenTSDB-

TimescaleDBRow-columnar with compression

Performance

High-cardinality handling

OpenTSDB-

TimescaleDBStrong

Scale

Clustering / horizontal scale

OpenTSDBDistributed / sharded

TimescaleDBDistributed / sharded

Replication / HA

OpenTSDB-

TimescaleDB✓

Deployment

OpenTSDBSelf-hosted

TimescaleDBEmbedded

Interop

Prometheus remote-write compatible

OpenTSDB-

TimescaleDB-

Licensing

Licence class

OpenTSDBPermissive OSS

TimescaleDBPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

OpenTSDB

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.

Independently observed

TimescaleDB

Leader

A PostgreSQL-based time-series database optimized to efficiently ingest and store massive volumes of continuously-generated sensor and machine data, with automatic data partitioning, columnar storage compression, and tiered storage for cost-effective long-term retention.

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 sourceFree tier

as of 2026-10-13verify ↗

TimescaleDB

Leader

from $30/moUsage-basedFree tier30-day trial

From $30/month minimum compute. Storage from $0.177–$0.212/GB-month. 30-day free trial.

Performance$30/month minimum compute; $0.177/GB-month storage
- 4 database services
- Up to 16 TB disk storage per service
- Single-node high-availability replicas
- Performance Insights
- Basic support (business hours)
Scale$36/month minimum compute; $0.212/GB-month storage
- Unlimited tiered storage
- Multi-node high-availability replicas
- Integrations with observability tools
- SAML single-sign-on
- HIPAA compliance

as of 2026-10-02verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	OpenTSDB	TimescaleDB
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

OpenTSDB✓

TimescaleDB✓

CLI

OpenTSDB✗

TimescaleDB✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

OpenTSDB✗

TimescaleDB✓

Self-hosted

OpenTSDB✓

TimescaleDB✓

Integrations

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

OpenTSDB

3 total

Nagios
Icinga
Gnuplot

Independently observed

TimescaleDB

Leader

9 total

Kafka
S3
Iceberg
AWS
Azure
Observability tools
Postgres ecosystem
Tableau
Power BI

Independently observed

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