TDengine
High-performance open-source time-series database by Taos Data for IoT and industrial workloads; 24k+ GitHub stars.
Our Verdict
Compelling high-performance time-series DB for IoT, InfluxDB still wins on ecosystem breadth and integrations.
Pros
- Excellent compression for time-series data
- Fast ingest optimized for IoT workloads
- Open source with 24k+ GitHub stars
- SQL-like query language lowers learning curve
Cons
- Smaller ecosystem than InfluxDB
- Cluster setup can be finicky
- Enterprise features behind paid tier
- Grafana integration functional but not rich
When to Use TDengine
Good fit if you need
- High-performance IoT time-series database for industrial data
- Storing and querying metrics from millions of sensor points
- SQL interface for time-series analysis without custom query lang
- Edge-to-cloud time-series pipeline with TDengine Edge
- Energy and utility monitoring at massive IoT scale
Pricing
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- Pricing Model
- free
- Free Tier
- Yes
- Entry Price
- —
- Enterprise Available
- No
- Transparency Score
- —
Beta — estimates may differ from actual pricing
Estimated Monthly Cost
$25
Estimated Annual Cost
$300
Estimates are approximate and may not reflect current pricing. Always check the official pricing page.
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