Best Time-Series Databases Tools

Explore leading tools in the Time-Series Databases category, including open-source options and SaaS products. Compare features, use cases, and find the best fit for your workflow.

7 open-source projects · 4 SaaS products

Top open-source Time-Series Databases

These projects are active, self-hostable choices for knowledge management teams evaluating alternatives to SaaS tools.

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InfluxDB logo

InfluxDB

Real-time time series database for events and metrics

Stars
31,126
License
Apache-2.0
Last commit
9 hours ago
RustActive
TDengine logo

TDengine

High‑performance, cloud‑native time‑series database for IoT scale

Stars
24,683
License
AGPL-3.0
Last commit
10 hours ago
CActive
TimescaleDB logo

TimescaleDB

PostgreSQL extension delivering high-performance real-time analytics on time-series data

Stars
21,463
License
Last commit
20 hours ago
CActive
QuestDB logo

QuestDB

Blazing‑fast time‑series database for real‑time analytics with low‑latency SQL

Stars
16,592
License
Apache-2.0
Last commit
10 hours ago
JavaActive
CnosDB logo

CnosDB

High-performance distributed time-series database for IoT and observability

Stars
1,738
License
AGPL-3.0
Last commit
3 months ago
RustStable
tstorage logo

tstorage

Fast, goroutine-safe on-disk time-series storage for Go

Stars
1,231
License
Apache-2.0
Last commit
5 months ago
GoStable
Most starred project
31,126★

Real-time time series database for events and metrics

Recently updated
9 hours ago

InfluxDB Core collects, processes, and stores time series data with sub-10ms query response times, SQL support, and object storage compatibility for monitoring and analytics workloads.

Dominant language
Rust • 2 projects

Expect a strong Rust presence among maintained projects.

Popular SaaS Platforms to Replace

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Amazon Timestream logo

Amazon Timestream

Serverless time-series database for IoT, metrics, and operational telemetry

Time-Series Databases
Alternatives tracked
10 alternatives
Azure Data Explorer logo

Azure Data Explorer

Fast analytics database for logs, telemetry, and time-series (Kusto)

Time-Series Databases
Alternatives tracked
10 alternatives
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KX kdb+

High-performance time-series database and real-time analytics engine

Time-Series Databases
Alternatives tracked
10 alternatives
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Quasar

Real-time time-series data platform to capture, compress, and query high-velocity streams

Time-Series Databases
Alternatives tracked
10 alternatives
Most compared product
10+ open-source alternatives

Amazon Timestream is a fully managed time-series database with high-ingest writes, automatic tiering (memory for recent data, cost-optimized storage for historical), built-in time functions and SQL, data lifecycle policies, and integrations with AWS services for analytics and dashboards.

Leading hosted platforms

Frequently replaced when teams want private deployments and lower TCO.

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