Kaa IoT Platform vs TDengine
Kaa IoT Platform
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TDengine
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| Figure | Kaa IoT Platform | TDengine |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $9.99/mo | $281.25/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 9 | 12 |
| Spec score · IoT Analytics Software | 8.1 (#13) | 8.9 (#2) |
| Deployment | Kaa is offered as Kaa Cloud, a KaaIoT-hosted private instance, or a self-hosted deployment in the customer's infrastructure. | Self-hosted deployments can run at the edge, in containers or virtual machines, on local servers, or in public, private, or hybrid clouds. |
| Support | KaaIoT offers engineering assistance and production support, while the plan comparison lists forum-based support for Kaa Cloud plans. | Annual licenses include business-hours standard support, while premium support offers 24×7 Severity 1 coverage; free-tier support is optional at $3,375 per year. |
Plans
Kaa IoT Platform
- Free planFree
- Kaa Cloud 5$9.99 a month
- Kaa Cloud 100$99 a month
- Kaa Cloud 250$175 a month
- Kaa Cloud 500$325 a month
- Kaa Cloud 1000$625 a month
- Node-RED Cloud$15 a month
- Self-hostedPriced on request
- KaaIoT-HostedPriced on request
TDengine
- Free TierFree
- Self-hosted Free TierFree
- Starter$970 a month
- TDengine Cloud Starter$970 a month
- TDengine Cloud Small$1,740 a month
- TDengine Cloud Medium$2,570 a month
- Optional Annual Support$3,375 a year
- Starter$11,640 a year
- 7,500-tag Annual License$12,500 a year
- Self-hosted 7,500-tag annual license$12,500 a year
In their own words
Kaa IoT Platform
Kaa IoT Platform has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
TDengine
TDengine is an industrial data platform combining data ingestion, storage, analytics, modeling, visualization, and AI applications. Its two core components are TDengine TSDB and TDengine IDMP; TSDB is a distributed time-series database with built-in caching, stream processing, and data subscription. The platform connects to industrial sources including OPC, MQTT, and Kafka, and includes ETL for data cleaning and transformation. It offers a REST API described by OpenAPI, plus JDBC, ODBC, Kafka, MQTT, iframe embedding, and an Excel Add-In. Self-hosted deployments can run at the edge, in containers or virtual machines, on local servers, or in public, private, and hybrid clouds. Managed TDengine Cloud is offered on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. TDengine TSDB-OSS is open source under AGPL and includes clustering. The self-hosted Free Tier covers up to 5,000 tags. Listed plans include Starter at $970 a month, a 7,500-tag self-hosted annual license at $12,500 a year, and a 7,500-tag self-hosted perpetual license at $31,250 as a one-time purchase.