Amazon Timestream vs OneTick

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.

OneTick is an enterprise platform for capturing tick data, managing it, and using it for streaming analytics and research. Its tools support historical simulations, back-tests, trading and market-making strategies, transaction-cost models, and real-time surveillance across equities, fixed income, futures, FX, options, and full order-book data. OneTick states that it has no limits on data volumes, peak rates, or stored-history length. OneTick Cloud provides Python, SQL, and REST API access, visual dashboards, and CSV and Parquet file access. Its global equities, futures, and options coverage spans more than 200 markets, with historical data reaching back decades. Machine-learning event processors support training, prediction, evaluation, and real-time learning, including support vector machines and k-means clustering. Deployments can be on-premise, in OneMarketData private or public cloud, or hybrid. Pricing is on request, and a 30-day trial is listed. Installing the Python package requires credentials from a OneMarketData representative.