Best Time-Series Databases in 2026
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36 time-series databases ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
36ranked
0free plans on this page
€150/molowest paid tier
8 Oct 2026last checked
Input list Time-Series Databases 11 channels on this page · 53 of 88 spec lines stated by the makers
Ch Tool Free planPaid fromDeploymentSQL supportRetention policiesHorizontal scalingQuery languagesIngestion methods Spec sheet Score
26 Graphite Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedDeploymentself hostedSQL supportnot statedRetention policiesYesHorizontal scalingYesQuery languagesGraphite Render API target expressionsIngestion methodsPlaintext, Pickle, AMQP 5/8spec lines stated 6.0
27 OneTick Free planNoPaid fromnot statedDeploymentbothSQL supportYesRetention policiesnot statedHorizontal scalingnot statedQuery languagesOneTick SQL, PythonIngestion methodsTick data collection 5/8spec lines stated 6.0
28 SiriDB Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentbothSQL supportNoRetention policiesYesHorizontal scalingYesQuery languagesSiriDB query languageIngestion methodsHTTP API; socket connections; C/C++; Python; Go; Node.js 7/8spec lines stated 6.0
29 Synnax Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedDeploymentbothSQL supportnot statedRetention policiesnot statedHorizontal scalingYesQuery languagesnot statedIngestion methodsWriter API; historical writes; device drivers 3/8spec lines stated 6.0
30 FiloDB Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedDeploymentself hostedSQL supportNoRetention policiesYesHorizontal scalingYesQuery languagesPromQLIngestion methodsApache Kafka; Influx Line Protocol 6/8spec lines stated 5.8
31 RRDtool Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentself hostedSQL supportnot statedRetention policiesYesHorizontal scalingnot statedQuery languagesnot statedIngestion methodscommand line; standard-input pipes; Perl; Python; Ruby; Lua; Tcl 4/8spec lines stated 5.8
32 Gnocchi Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedDeploymentself hostedSQL supportNoRetention policiesYesHorizontal scalingYesQuery languagesREST APIIngestion methodsHTTP REST API; StatsD; Prometheus Remote Write; InfluxDB line protocol; AMQP 1.0; collectd 6/8spec lines stated 5.6
33 Grafana Mimir Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedDeploymentself hostedSQL supportNoRetention policiesYesHorizontal scalingYesQuery languagesPromQLIngestion methodsPrometheus remote write; Grafana Agent; Prometheus Agent; OpenTelemetry; Influx; Graphite; Datadog 6/8spec lines stated 5.6
34 Netflix Atlas Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedDeploymentself hostedSQL supportNoRetention policiesYesHorizontal scalingYesQuery languagesAtlas Stack Language (ASL)Ingestion methodsSpectatorD text protocol, UDP, Unix domain socket, StatsD 6/8spec lines stated 5.6
35 TrendMiner Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedDeploymentnot statedSQL supportnot statedRetention policiesnot statedHorizontal scalingnot statedQuery languagesnot statedIngestion methodsnot stated 0/8spec lines stated 5.6
36 M3 Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedDeploymentself hostedSQL supportnot statedRetention policiesYesHorizontal scalingYesQuery languagesPromQL, Graphite, M3QLIngestion methodsPrometheus remote write, StatsD, Carbon plaintext, InfluxDB line protocol, JSON 5/8spec lines stated 5.5
Compare all 11 in a table
| # | Tool | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment | SQL support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Graphite | 6.0 | No | — | — | — | self_hosted | — |
| 27 | OneTick | 6.0 | No | — | No | — | both | Yes |
| 28 | SiriDB | 6.0 | No | €150/mo | Yes | — | both | No |
| 29 | Synnax | 6.0 | No | — | — | — | both | — |
| 30 | FiloDB | 5.8 | No | — | — | — | self_hosted | No |
| 31 | RRDtool | 5.8 | No | — | Yes | — | self_hosted | — |
| 32 | Gnocchi | 5.6 | No | — | — | — | self_hosted | No |
| 33 | Grafana Mimir | 5.6 | No | — | — | — | self_hosted | No |
| 34 | Netflix Atlas | 5.6 | No | — | — | — | self_hosted | No |
| 35 | TrendMiner | 5.6 | No | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | M3 | 5.5 | No | — | — | — | self_hosted | — |
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