Comparison

OpenTSDB vs TimescaleDB

On the evidence we track, TimescaleDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 55/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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OpenTSDB29
TimescaleDB55
Score
Vioscale score
OpenTSDB29 / 100low · 37%
TimescaleDB55 / 100medium · 51%
Pricing
Free tier
OpenTSDB
TimescaleDB
Model
OpenTSDBopen_source
TimescaleDBcommercial
Price level
OpenTSDBfree
TimescaleDBlow
Transparent
OpenTSDB
TimescaleDB
Integrations
Count
OpenTSDB
TimescaleDB7
Reliability
Status page
OpenTSDB
TimescaleDB
Adoption
Dependent repos
OpenTSDB175
TimescaleDB0
Github stars
OpenTSDB5,065
TimescaleDB23,420
Package downloads weekly
OpenTSDB22
TimescaleDB
Activity
Commits last 30d
OpenTSDB0
TimescaleDB100
Release
Cadence days
OpenTSDB77
TimescaleDB13
History
OpenTSDB20 items
TimescaleDB20 items
License
Spdx
OpenTSDBLGPL-2.1
TimescaleDB
Language
Primary
OpenTSDBJava
TimescaleDBC
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)
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
TimescaleDB-
Retention / TTL
OpenTSDBManual
TimescaleDB-
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)
OpenTSDB-
TimescaleDB-
Performance
High-cardinality handling
OpenTSDB-
TimescaleDB-
Scale
Clustering / horizontal scale
OpenTSDBDistributed / sharded
TimescaleDBDistributed / sharded
Replication / HA
OpenTSDB-
TimescaleDB-
Deployment
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 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

TimescaleDB

Leader

TimescaleDB is a PostgreSQL extension designed to handle machine data and time-series workloads at scale, enabling operational databases for IoT platforms and physical-world monitoring.

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 ↗

TimescaleDB

Leader
HybridFree tier

Open source core; Cloud managed and Enterprise self-hosted options available; contact sales for pricing details

  • Cloud Basic SupportFree
    • Email support
    • General questions
    • Best practices guidance
  • Cloud Production SupportContact sales
    • 24x7 support for Severity 1-2
    • 1h response for critical issues
    • Support portal access
    • On-call assistance
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
OpenTSDB
TimescaleDB
CLI
OpenTSDB
TimescaleDB
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
OpenTSDB
TimescaleDB
Self-hosted
OpenTSDB
TimescaleDB
On-premise
OpenTSDB
TimescaleDB

Integrations

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

OpenTSDB

Not documented yet.

TimescaleDB

Leader
7 total
  • Kafka
  • S3
  • Iceberg
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Observability tools
  • Postgres ecosystem
Independently observed

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

OpenTSDB vs TimescaleDB: an evidence-based comparison · Vioscale