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Best Time-Series Databases Tools

Databases optimized for time-stamped series data (metrics, IoT).

7 open-source projects4 SaaS products

Top Open Source Time-Series Databases platforms

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InfluxDB logo

InfluxDB

Real-time time series database for events and metrics

Time-Series Databases
Stars
31,354
License
Apache-2.0
Last commit
2 days ago
RustActive
TDengine logo

TDengine

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

Time-Series Databases
Stars
24,764
License
AGPL-3.0
Last commit
1 day ago
CActive
TimescaleDB logo

TimescaleDB

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

Time-Series Databases
Stars
22,017
License
—
Last commit
1 day ago
CActive
QuestDB logo

QuestDB

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

Time-Series Databases
Stars
16,734
License
Apache-2.0
Last commit
1 day ago
JavaActive
CnosDB logo

CnosDB

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

Time-Series Databases
Stars
1,742
License
AGPL-3.0
Last commit
5 months ago
RustStable
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tstorage

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

Time-Series Databases
Stars
1,236
License
Apache-2.0
Last commit
7 months ago
GoStable
Most starred project
InfluxDB
31,354★

Real-time time series database for events and metrics

Recently updated
QuestDB
1 day ago

QuestDB delivers sub‑millisecond ingestion and low‑latency SQL on columnar storage, supporting financial, IoT, and monitoring workloads via Docker, REST, PostgreSQL, and Grafana integrations.

Dominant language
C • 2 projects

Expect a strong C presence among maintained projects.

Leading Time-Series Databases SaaS platforms

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
KX kdb+ logo

KX kdb+

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

Time-Series Databases
Alternatives tracked
10 alternatives
Quasar logo

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
Amazon Timestream
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
Amazon Timestream, Azure Data Explorer, KX kdb+

Frequently replaced when teams want private deployments and lower TCO.