Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Amazon Timestream
Amazon Timestream clearly comes out ahead of TimescaleDB on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Neither lists a free tier. TimescaleDB's paid plans start at $30/mo.
| Overview |  Amazon TimestreamServerless time series database service for IoT and operational apps. | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | hybrid |
| Company | Amazon Web Services | Timescale Inc. |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentData & AnalyticsSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentData & Analytics |
| Categories | database | database |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | amazon-timestream | timescaledb |
|---|---|---|
| 1-Year Term | ||
| 1 Ip Allow-List | ||
| Commitment To Specific Amount Of Usage ($/Hour) | ||
| 1 Vpc | ||
| Flexible Pricing Model | ||
| 4 Database Services | ||
| No Minimum Fees | ||
| Advanced Reliability And Monitoring | ||
| No Upfront Commitments | ||
| Advanced Security And Compliance | ||
| Pay For Compute Capacity Per Hour | ||
| Aws Transit Gateway | ||
| Storage Billed Per Gigabyte Per Month | ||
| Basic Security | ||
| Basic Support (9-5 Et) | ||
| Cross-Region Backups For Disaster Recovery | ||
| Enterprise Expert Services | ||
| Enterprise Slas | ||
| Everything In Performance | ||
| Everything In Scale | ||
| High Performance And Scalability | ||
| Higher Performance And Scalability | ||
| Hipaa Compliance | ||
| Horizontal Read Scaling With Read Replicas | ||
| Integration And Migration Service | ||
| Integrations With Observability Tools | ||
| Mission-Critical Reliability And Monitoring | ||
| Multi-Node High-Availability Replicas | ||
| Performance Insights | ||
| Point-In-Time-Recovery To 14 Days |
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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, Amazon Timestream comes out ahead overall, though TimescaleDB can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Amazon Timestream scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
TimescaleDB is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
