Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: QuestDB
QuestDB clearly comes out ahead of Amazon Timestream on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. QuestDB has a free tier; Amazon Timestream does not.
| Overview |  Amazon TimestreamServerless time series database service for IoT and operational apps. | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | hybrid |
| Company | Amazon Web Services | QuestDB |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentData & AnalyticsSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentData & Analytics |
| Categories | database | database |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
QuestDB
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| Feature | amazon-timestream | questdb |
|---|---|---|
| 1-Year Term | ||
| Apache 2.0 License | ||
| Commitment To Specific Amount Of Usage ($/Hour) | ||
| Automatic Replication | ||
| Flexible Pricing Model | ||
| Failover | ||
| No Minimum Fees | ||
| Fast Ingest | ||
| No Upfront Commitments | ||
| High-Performance Time-Series Database | ||
| Pay For Compute Capacity Per Hour | ||
| Multi-Primary Writes (Coming Soon) | ||
| Storage Billed Per Gigabyte Per Month | ||
| Sql Queries | ||
| Sub-Second Read Replicas |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, QuestDB comes out ahead overall, though Amazon Timestream can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
QuestDB offers a free tier; Amazon Timestream does not currently list one.
QuestDB is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
