Amazon Timestream vs CnosDB
Amazon Timestream
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CnosDB
cnosdb.comSide by side
| Figure | Amazon Timestream | CnosDB |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 2 |
| Spec score · Time-Series Databases | 9.5 (#1) | 8.5 (#6) |
| API | LiveAnalytics exposes separate Write and Query APIs and also supports REST endpoint discovery for VPC endpoints or languages without an SDK. | The REST API documents endpoints for writing data and executing SQL requests. |
| Integrations | Official integrations include AWS IoT Core, Kinesis, MSK, Telegraf, QuickSight, Grafana, JDBC business-intelligence tools and SageMaker. | The ecosystem integration page lists LangChain, Grafana, Jaeger, Kafka, Prometheus, Telegraf, TensorFlow, and Vector. |
| Security | AWS says Timestream data is encrypted by default, and supports customer-managed AWS KMS keys for specified InfluxDB deployments. | The configuration documentation provides optional TLS certificate and private key settings. |
| Use cases | AWS describes uses including real-time monitoring and alerting, IoT telemetry, real-time analytics, predictive maintenance, and long-term telemetry retention. | The stated application areas include IoT, industrial internet, connected vehicles, and IT operations. |
Plans
Amazon Timestream
- On-demandPrice not published
- Amazon Timestream on-demandFree
- Timestream for InfluxDB single-AZ example$737.88 a month
- Database Savings PlansPrice not published
- Timestream for LiveAnalytics on-demandPrice not published
In their own words
Amazon Timestream
Amazon Timestream is a managed cloud service offering time-series database engines for low-latency queries and large-scale ingestion. Timestream for LiveAnalytics scales ingestion, storage and query capacity independently and can process millions of queries. Memory and magnetic tiers support retention rules that move data and delete older records. Timestream for InfluxDB 3 Enterprise supports clusters of up to 15 nodes assigned to ingestion, query or compaction work. Backups can run hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or on a custom cron schedule, with retention from one to 365 days; on-demand backups can remain for up to 3,650 days. AWS states that data is encrypted by default and documents IAM, KMS and AWS Backup integrations. Ingestion options include SDKs, CLI, WriteRecords API, Lambda, IoT Core, Kinesis, MSK, Managed Service for Apache Flink and Telegraf. SQL, Flux and InfluxQL are supported query languages.
CnosDB
CnosDB is an open-source distributed time-series database for workloads such as IoT, industrial internet, connected vehicles, and IT operations. It supports standard SQL, time-based aggregation, and a DataFrame API. Data can be written without a predefined schema, including out of order, and historical data can be replenished. Ingestion methods include SQL, Line Protocol, OpenTSDB, Elasticsearch bulk, Loki, NDJSON, and OpenTelemetry. Deployment options include standalone, distributed, and storage-compute separated modes, on public, private, or hybrid clouds. The documentation describes horizontal scaling for storage and stateless compute nodes. Integrations include Grafana, Prometheus, Telegraf, JDBC, and a Python SDK; the open-source Python connector provides a PEP 249 interface for SQLAlchemy and pandas. Import and export formats include PARQUET, CSV, and JSON with AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Azure Blob Storage. CnosDB documents retention policies, multi-tenancy, and role-based permissions, as well as optional TLS certificate and private-key settings. Community Edition is free under AGPL-3.0.