Comparison

TDengine vs VictoriaMetrics

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
TDengine56
VictoriaMetrics46
Score
Vioscale score
TDengine56 / 100medium · 69%
VictoriaMetrics46 / 100medium · 56%
Pricing
Free tier
TDengine
VictoriaMetrics
Model
TDenginefreemium
VictoriaMetricscommercial
Price level
TDenginelow
VictoriaMetricsunknown
Transparent
TDengine
VictoriaMetrics
Integrations
Count
TDengine3
VictoriaMetrics10
Reliability
Status page
TDengine
VictoriaMetrics
Adoption
Dependent repos
TDengine7
VictoriaMetrics25
Github stars
TDengine25,090
VictoriaMetrics17,596
Activity
Commits last 30d
TDengine100
VictoriaMetrics97
Release
Cadence days
TDengine28
VictoriaMetrics
History
TDengine20 items
VictoriaMetrics20 items
License
Spdx
TDengineAGPL-3.0
VictoriaMetricsApache-2.0
Language
Primary
TDengineC
VictoriaMetricsGo
Market
Availability
TDengine

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)
TDengine-
VictoriaMetricsMetricsQL (metrics), LogsQL (logs)
SQL compatibility
TDengine-
VictoriaMetricsNon-SQL
Ingest
Ingest model
TDenginePush
VictoriaMetricsBoth
Model
Data model
TDengineMetrics (labels/tags)
VictoriaMetricsBoth
Lifecycle
Downsampling / rollups
TDengineContinuous aggregates
VictoriaMetricsContinuous aggregates
Retention / TTL
TDengine-
VictoriaMetrics-
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)
TDengine-
VictoriaMetrics-
Performance
High-cardinality handling
TDengineStrong
VictoriaMetricsStrong
Scale
Clustering / horizontal scale
TDengineDistributed / sharded
VictoriaMetricsDistributed / sharded
Replication / HA
TDengine
VictoriaMetrics-
Deployment
Deployment
TDengineSelf-hosted
VictoriaMetricsSelf-hosted
Interop
Prometheus remote-write compatible
TDengine-
VictoriaMetrics
Licensing
Licence class
TDengineSource-available
VictoriaMetricsPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

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

VictoriaMetrics

Open source time series database optimized for high-cardinality metrics and logs, with both self-hosted and cloud deployment options.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 ↗

VictoriaMetrics

Hybrid30-day trial

Prepaid yearly credits option with Stripe and AWS Marketplace fallback. One-month free trial.

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
TDengine
VictoriaMetrics
macOS
TDengine
VictoriaMetrics
Linux
TDengine
VictoriaMetrics
CLI
TDengine
VictoriaMetrics
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
TDengine
VictoriaMetrics
Self-hosted
TDengine
VictoriaMetrics
Hybrid
TDengine
VictoriaMetrics

Integrations

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

TDengine

Leader
3 total
  • Java
  • Python
  • Go
Independently observed

VictoriaMetrics

10 total
  • Prometheus
  • Logstash
  • Fluentbit
  • Promtail
  • Elasticsearch
  • Loki
  • Grafana
  • OpenLIT
  • S3
  • GCS
Independently observed

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