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Time Series DB Comparisons

Users compare the featured database (likely Postgres-based) to established time series databases like TimescaleDB, InfluxDB, Prometheus, and others, focusing on performance, benefits, and use cases.

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jmakov • Dec 12, 2016 • View on HN

Any data how this compares to other time series databases?

rainyMammoth • Sep 24, 2019 • View on HN

What about time series databases that are fairly common nowadays ?

alphanumeric0 • Aug 11, 2023 • View on HN

What's the benefit of this versus a time series database?

gxyt6gfy5t • May 20, 2024 • View on HN

How’s it different than timescaledb?

suyash • May 21, 2024 • View on HN

Interesting, how does it compare to proper (open source) time series database like InfluxDB other than being 'Postgres' like ?

rohannair • Aug 11, 2017 • View on HN

The guy wrote something about TimescaleDB as well: https://grisha.org/blog/2017/07/13/timescaledb/

m3slo • Nov 30, 2019 • View on HN

How does it compare to existing time series databases such as InfluxDB, Prometheus or even Graphite?

simplify • Aug 21, 2019 • View on HN

What are some use cases for a time-series database?

notpublic • Feb 6, 2024 • View on HN

time-series data? Maybe include timescaledb

truth_seeker • Jan 26, 2018 • View on HN

How well it performs compared to TimescaleDB ?