21 time series databases (TSDBs) — every link checked and refreshed for 2026.
KDB+
KDB+ is a time series database – the KX streaming analytics platform used for extremely high performance.
TimescaleDB (by Tiger Data)
TimescaleDB is the leading open-source relational database for time-series data, now developed by Tiger Data. Fully managed or self-hosted.
OpenTSDB
OpenTSDB – The Scalable Database – stores and serves massive amounts of time series data without losing granularity.
GridDB
Toshiba GridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory NoSQL time series database optimized for IoT and Big Data.
Heroic
Heroic is an open-source time-series DBMS built at Spotify to compute and analyze data metrics across large quantities of data. The project is archived, but its documentation site remains live.
Lindorm TSDB (formerly Alibaba Cloud TSDB)
Alibaba Cloud retired its original TSDB service in May 2023; Lindorm TSDB is its successor, offering stable, cost-effective, high-performance time series storage.
Riak TS
Riak TS is an enterprise-grade NoSQL time series database optimized specifically for IoT and time series data.
Quasar (formerly QuasarDB)
Quasar, formerly QuasarDB, is an ultra-high-performance, cost-effective analytics infrastructure for demanding time series data challenges.
Warp 10
The Warp 10 platform simplifies managing and processing time series data. It includes a Geo Time Series database.
Machbase
Machbase is a time-series database that stores and analyzes sensor data from various facilities in real time.
Prometheus
Prometheus has a local on-disk time-series database that stores data in a custom format on disk.
RedisTimeSeries
RedisTimeSeries simplifies the use of Redis for time-series use cases like IoT, stock prices, and telemetry, now documented as a core Redis data type.
ObjectBox TS
ObjectBox TS combines the power of superfast object persistence with time-series data on the edge.
CrateDB
CrateDB is the SQL database for complex, large-scale time series workloads in industrial IoT.