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Time-series databases
6 tools compared: how each is priced, where it runs, and what to consider instead.
| Tool | Pricing model | Free tier | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Timestream AWS's managed time-series database, offered as a native serverless service or as managed InfluxDB. | Usage-based | No | No |
| InfluxDB Purpose-built time-series database for metrics, sensor and IoT data, available self-hosted or as a managed cloud service. | Free tier + paid | Yes | Yes |
| Prometheus Open-source monitoring system with a built-in time-series database, the de facto standard for Kubernetes and infrastructure metrics. | Open source + paid | Yes | Yes |
| QuestDB High-throughput open-source time-series database with SQL, built for fast ingestion of market, IoT and metrics data. | Free tier + paid | Yes | Yes |
| TimescaleDB Open-source time-series extension for PostgreSQL, giving full SQL and joins alongside time-series performance. | Free tier + paid | Yes | Yes |
| VictoriaMetrics Open-source, Prometheus-compatible time-series database and monitoring backend built for high cardinality at low cost. | Free tier + paid | Yes | Yes |