# Amazon Timestream vs GreptimeDB

| Attribute | Amazon Timestream | GreptimeDB |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 51.9 (61% (medium)) | 49.7 (62% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 6,573 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Amazon Timestream is a fast, scalable, fully managed time-series database service for workloads from low-latency queries to large-scale data ingestion. It offers multiple database engines including an open source InfluxDB variant with built-in time-series analytics functions. | A time-series and observability database that consolidates multiple signal types—metrics, logs, traces, and events—into a single queryable system using standard protocols like OpenTelemetry and Prometheus. It uses columnar storage on object storage for cost-effective scalability and provides both open-source and fully-managed cloud deployment options. |
| features.capabilities | `{"clustering":"distributed","data_model":"metrics","deployment":"managed","ingest_model":"push","licence_class":"proprietary","query_language":"SQL","replication_ha":true,"high_cardinality":"strong","sql_compatibility":"full_sql"}` | `{"clustering":"distributed","data_model":"both","deployment":"managed","compression":"columnar","downsampling":"continuous_aggregates","ingest_model":"both","licence_class":"source_available","retention_ttl":"automatic","query_language":"SQL and PromQL","replication_ha":true,"high_cardinality":"strong","sql_compatibility":"full_sql","prometheus_remote_write":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 8 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"InfluxDB"},{"name":"Loki"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"VictoriaLogs"},{"name":"Jaeger"},{"name":"MySQL"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Rust |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"android":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"On-Demand","summary":"Hourly compute and storage charges, no upfront commitments","commitment":"monthly","description":"Pay for compute capacity per hour with no long-term commitments, no minimum fees","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Database Savings Plans","summary":"1-year commitment with cost savings vs on-demand","commitment":"annual","description":"Flexible pricing with commitment to specific usage over 1-year term","contactSales":false}],"summary":"On-demand hourly compute/storage or 1-year Database Savings Plans","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/timestream/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:34:47.471Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","summary":"Free, open-source","features":["High-performance ingestion","High-performance query","Multi-protocol support (OTLP, Prometheus, InfluxDB)","Log query endpoints","Cluster deployment","Horizontal scalability","Basic authentication and access control","Data encryption"],"description":"Community edition available on GitHub","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"GreptimeDB Enterprise Fully-Managed","summary":"From $290/month, fully-managed","features":["Unlimited data storage and retention","Completely isolated resource control and network","Fully-managed and customizable deployment topology","SQL, PromQL, OpenTelemetry support","Automatic scaling and optimization","Read-write separation","Tiered caching","Auto-backup with multi-region replicas","Enterprise web dashboard","Role-based access control","Comprehensive audit trail","SLA-backed response times"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":290,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Fully-managed cloud deployment with guaranteed resources and automatic scaling","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"data_storage":"Unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"GreptimeDB Enterprise Bring Your Own Cloud","summary":"Custom pricing, contact sales","features":["Installation service for your infrastructure or AWS account","Full data sovereignty and control","Advanced technical support","Custom SLA and dedicated account management","Operational tools and UI","Enterprise-ready extensions","All core capabilities from open-source","Professional-tier features"],"description":"Enterprise deployment in your own cloud infrastructure with full data sovereignty","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $290/month (fully-managed). Free open-source tier. Custom enterprise pricing for self-hosted deployments.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://greptime.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T23:05:49.493Z","startingPrice":{"amount":290,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | high |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 3 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.3.0-nightly-20260824","date":"2026-08-24T08:59:33Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.3.0-nightly-20260824"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.2.0-beta.2","date":"2026-08-21T14:51:51Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.2.0-beta.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.3.0-70470bafb-20260807-1786098766","date":"2026-08-07T11:46:37Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.3.0-70470bafb-20260807-1786098766"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.2.0-beta.1","date":"2026-08-01T04:23:45Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.2.0-beta.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.1.4","date":"2026-07-24T08:15:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.2.0-d1e61a4ad-20260720-1784560249","date":"2026-07-20T16:20:10Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.2.0-d1e61a4ad-20260720-1784560249"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.1.3","date":"2026-07-17T03:46:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.1.2-0783225e0-20260710-1783671342","date":"2026-07-10T09:23:35Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.1.2-0783225e0-20260710-1783671342"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.2.0-nightly-20260706","date":"2026-07-06T02:57:41Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.2.0-nightly-20260706"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.1.2","date":"2026-07-02T13:58:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.2.0-8513d8d6b-20260625-1782368704","date":"2026-06-25T07:30:14Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.2.0-8513d8d6b-20260625-1782368704"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.1.0-nightly-20260622","date":"2026-06-22T03:13:11Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.1.0-nightly-20260622"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.1.1","date":"2026-06-18T09:48:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.1.0-nightly-20260615","date":"2026-06-15T03:17:00Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.1.0-nightly-20260615"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.1.0","date":"2026-06-14T09:30:56Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.1.0-nightly-20260525","date":"2026-05-25T03:25:14Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.1.0-nightly-20260525"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.0.0-nightly-20260518","date":"2026-05-18T03:22:37Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.0.0-nightly-20260518"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.0.2","date":"2026-05-14T13:57:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.0.0-nightly-20260511","date":"2026-05-11T03:26:00Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.0.0-nightly-20260511"},{"url":"https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/releases/tag/v1.0.0-nightly-20260504","date":"2026-05-04T03:19:04Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.0.0-nightly-20260504"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgreptimeteam%2Fgreptimedb&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Time-Series Databases)

| Capability | Amazon Timestream | GreptimeDB |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Query** |  |  |
| Query language (SQL / PromQL / InfluxQL-Flux / Graphite) | SQL | SQL and PromQL |
| SQL compatibility | Full SQL | Full SQL |
| **Ingest** |  |  |
| Ingest model | Push | Both |
| **Model** |  |  |
| Data model | Metrics (labels/tags) | Both |
| **Lifecycle** |  |  |
| Downsampling / rollups | - | Continuous aggregates |
| Retention / TTL | - | Automatic |
| **Storage** |  |  |
| Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla) | - | columnar |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| High-cardinality handling | Strong | Strong |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Clustering / horizontal scale | Distributed / sharded | Distributed / sharded |
| Replication / HA | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Managed | Managed |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| Prometheus remote-write compatible | - | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Proprietary | Source-available |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:59:32.973Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*