BTrDB vs Cortex
| BTrDB | Cortex | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | api, Linux, self-hosted | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Deployment | self_hosted | self_hosted |
| SQL support | No | No |
| Horizontal scaling | Yes | Yes |
| Ingestion methods | Python Stream.insert API; PyArrow table insertion; pandas DataFrame insertion | Prometheus remote_write; OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) |
| Retention policies | — | Yes |
| Query languages | — | PromQL |
Both are listed in Best Time-Series Databases. On Specifiction, BTrDB scores higher on our published basis.