Comparison

OpenTSDB vs VictoriaMetrics

On the evidence we track, VictoriaMetrics leads this comparison with a composite score of 45/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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OpenTSDB35
★VictoriaMetrics45
Score
vioscaleAI score
OpenTSDB35 / 100low · 44%
VictoriaMetrics45 / 100medium · 55%
Pricing
Free tier
OpenTSDB✓
VictoriaMetrics✓
Model
OpenTSDBopen_source
VictoriaMetricscommercial
Price level
OpenTSDBfree
VictoriaMetricslow
Transparent
OpenTSDB–
VictoriaMetrics✗
Integrations
Count
OpenTSDB3
VictoriaMetrics8
Reliability
Status page
OpenTSDB✓
VictoriaMetrics✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
OpenTSDB175
VictoriaMetrics25
Github stars
OpenTSDB5,064
VictoriaMetrics17,865
Package downloads weekly
OpenTSDB30
VictoriaMetrics–
Activity
Commits last 30d
OpenTSDB0
VictoriaMetrics100
Release
Cadence days
OpenTSDB77
VictoriaMetrics–
History
OpenTSDB20 items
VictoriaMetrics20 items
License
Spdx
OpenTSDBLGPL-2.1
VictoriaMetricsApache-2.0
Language
Primary
OpenTSDBJava
VictoriaMetricsGo
Market
Availability
OpenTSDB–
Content
Faq
OpenTSDB5 items
VictoriaMetrics7 items

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-
VictoriaMetricsMetricsQL (metrics), LogsQL (logs)
SQL compatibility
OpenTSDB-
VictoriaMetricsNon-SQL
Ingest
Ingest model
OpenTSDBPush
VictoriaMetricsBoth
Model
Data model
OpenTSDBMetrics (labels/tags)
VictoriaMetricsBoth
Lifecycle
Downsampling / rollups
OpenTSDBContinuous aggregates
VictoriaMetricsContinuous aggregates
Retention / TTL
OpenTSDBManual
VictoriaMetricsManual
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)
OpenTSDB-
VictoriaMetrics-
Performance
High-cardinality handling
OpenTSDB-
VictoriaMetricsStrong
Scale
Clustering / horizontal scale
OpenTSDBDistributed / sharded
VictoriaMetricsDistributed / sharded
Replication / HA
OpenTSDB-
VictoriaMetrics-
Deployment
Deployment
OpenTSDBSelf-hosted
VictoriaMetricsSelf-hosted
Interop
Prometheus remote-write compatible
OpenTSDB-
VictoriaMetrics✓
Licensing
Licence class
OpenTSDBPermissive OSS
VictoriaMetricsPermissive 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

VictoriaMetrics

Leader

A high-performance time-series database optimized for storing, querying, and managing large volumes of metrics data cost-effectively, commonly used for monitoring and observability in cloud-native environments.

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 verify ↗

VictoriaMetrics

Leader
HybridFree tier

Open source with free evaluation; enterprise support available

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
OpenTSDB✓
VictoriaMetrics✓
CLI
OpenTSDB✗
VictoriaMetrics✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
OpenTSDB✗
VictoriaMetrics✓
Self-hosted
OpenTSDB✓
VictoriaMetrics✓

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

VictoriaMetrics

Leader
18 total
  • Prometheus
  • Logstash
  • Fluentbit
  • Promtail
  • Elasticsearch
  • Loki
  • Grafana
  • OpenLIT
  • S3
  • GCS
  • Graphite
  • InfluxDB
  • DataDog
  • StatsD
  • OpenTSDB
  • Kubernetes
  • Jaeger
  • OpenTelemetry
Independently observed
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OpenTSDB or VictoriaMetrics: which one depends on you

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