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Head-to-head · Time-Series Databases

Amazon Timestream vs InfluxDB

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 4 checks side by side
Higher score Amazon Timestream #2 in Time-Series Databases 9.1/10 Paid ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit site
InfluxDB #7 in Time-Series Databases 8.6/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit InfluxDB

Amazon Timestream leads on 0 checks, InfluxDB on 1, and 3 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 4 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreAmazon Timestream · 9.1/10
  • Free planonly InfluxDB
  • Free trialonly InfluxDB

Amazon Timestream scores higher on our rubric for time-series databases: 9.1 against 8.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #2 and #7.

InfluxDB offers free plan; Amazon Timestream doesn't. On deployment, InfluxDB gives you Both where Amazon Timestream offers Cloud.

Amazon Timestream is the better fit for managed AWS time-series deployments. InfluxDB is the better fit for broad, production-ready time-series workloads.

  • Amazon Timestream fits best

    Managed AWS time-series deployments

  • InfluxDB fits best

    Broad, production-ready time-series workloads

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Side by side

Feature Amazon Timestream 9.1/10 Visit ↗ InfluxDB 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.1 8.6
Ranking #2 in Time-Series Databases #7 in Time-Series Databases
Best for Managed AWS time-series deployments Broad, production-ready time-series workloads
Pricing model Paid Free plan + paid
Starting price — $0.002/GB usage-based
Free plan — ✓ (best)
Free trial — 30 days
Deployment Cloud Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms Web Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Support Docs Community, Docs
Integrations 11 integrations 400+ integrations
Built for Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon Timestream 3/3 · InfluxDB 3/3
SQL support ✓ ✓
Retention policies ✓ ✓
Horizontal scaling ✓ ✓
Specs
Deployment Cloud Both
Query languages SQL, Flux, InfluxQL SQL, InfluxQL
Ingestion methods AWS SDKs, AWS CLI, WriteRecords API, AWS Lambda, AWS IoT Core, Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon MSK, Telegraf line protocol, HTTP API, client libraries, Telegraf, influxdb3 CLI
Our review
Pros
  • Serverless and managed InfluxDB engines support different workloads
  • SQL queries span memory and magnetic storage tiers
  • AWS APIs, Grafana, Lambda, Telegraf, and CloudFormation integrations
  • SQL and InfluxQL support with multiple ingestion paths
  • Open-source Core edition for self-managed deployments
  • Cloud, enterprise, and AWS deployment options
Cons
  • Cloud-only deployment limits infrastructure choice
  • Usage-based pricing varies by region, engine, and configuration
  • Timestream for LiveAnalytics has an End of Support Notice
  • Several editions have different capabilities and pricing models
  • Core is single-node and community supported
  • Enterprise and Cloud Dedicated use custom pricing
Our verdict

Amazon Timestream is a fully managed AWS service for storing, ingesting, and querying time-series data. It is aimed at teams building real-time monitoring, IoT, DevOps, and analytics applications within the AWS ecosystem. The service…

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InfluxDB is a time-series database for developers and organizations building real-time systems, observability platforms, IoT applications, industrial systems, and analytics workloads. It stores time-stamped data using line protocol and…

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  1. Amazon TimestreamTime-Series Databases 9.1Paid
  2. InfluxDBTime-Series Databases 8.6Free plan · 30-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Amazon Timestream — where it wins

    • Serverless and managed InfluxDB engines support different workloads
    • SQL queries span memory and magnetic storage tiers
    • AWS APIs, Grafana, Lambda, Telegraf, and CloudFormation integrations

    Where it doesn't

    • Cloud-only deployment limits infrastructure choice
    • Usage-based pricing varies by region, engine, and configuration
    • Timestream for LiveAnalytics has an End of Support Notice

  • InfluxDB — where it wins

    • SQL and InfluxQL support with multiple ingestion paths
    • Open-source Core edition for self-managed deployments
    • Cloud, enterprise, and AWS deployment options

    Where it doesn't

    • Several editions have different capabilities and pricing models
    • Core is single-node and community supported
    • Enterprise and Cloud Dedicated use custom pricing
  • Amazon Timestream9.1/10 · Paid

    A managed AWS option with flexible ingestion, retention, SQL, and InfluxDB support.

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  • InfluxDB8.6/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

    A flexible time-series database with open-source, self-managed, and managed cloud editions.

    Visit InfluxDBFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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