Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: CrateDB
CrateDB clearly comes out ahead of TimescaleDB on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. CrateDB has a free tier; TimescaleDB does not. TimescaleDB's paid plans start at $30/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Crate.io | Timescale Inc. |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentData & Analytics | DevelopmentData & Analytics |
| Categories | database | database |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | cratedb | timescaledb |
|---|---|---|
| Aws/Azure/Gcp Support | ||
| 1 Ip Allow-List | ||
| Enterprise-Grade Control | ||
| 1 Vpc | ||
| Fully Managed Dbaas | ||
| 4 Database Services | ||
| Long-Term Support | ||
| Advanced Reliability And Monitoring | ||
| Open Source Core | ||
| Advanced Security And Compliance | ||
| Pay-As-You-Go | ||
| Aws Transit Gateway | ||
| Production-Ready | ||
| Basic Security | ||
| Real-Time Analytics | ||
| Basic Support (9-5 Et) | ||
| Self-Hosted | ||
| Cross-Region Backups For Disaster Recovery | ||
| Support For Self-Deployed Environments | ||
| 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 |
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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, CrateDB comes out ahead overall, though TimescaleDB can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
CrateDB offers a free tier; TimescaleDB does not currently list one.
CrateDB scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
