Comparisons anchored on TimescaleDB, the PostgreSQL extension for time-series analytics with an Apache 2 Edition, a Timescale License Community Edition and Tiger Cloud.
Which TimescaleDB build to run: the Apache 2 Edition against the Community Edition under the Timescale License, which adds continuous aggregates, the columnstore, retention policies and job scheduling. Explains what the license allows for internal use and offering a service.
Tiger Data's managed Tiger Cloud against self-hosted TimescaleDB on your own PostgreSQL: published plan prices and support levels, what you operate yourself (HA, backups, upgrades of both PostgreSQL and the extension), and when data location or cost points to self-hosting.
TimescaleDB inside PostgreSQL against InfluxDB 3 Core, the Rust and Parquet rewrite: SQL and joins with relational data versus line protocol and InfluxQL compatibility, licenses (Timescale License features versus MIT or Apache), and the high availability and historical query features InfluxDB reserves for Enterprise.
Whether time-series tables need TimescaleDB or plain PostgreSQL declarative partitioning: automatic hypertable chunking, columnstore compression, continuous aggregates and retention jobs against built-in partitions and your own maintenance scripts, with the license and upgrade implications of adding the extension.
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