Tiger Data (Timescale)
PostgreSQL for time-series, analytics & AI
★ 4.5
PostgreSQL-based data platform for demanding workloads. Formerly Timescale, now Tiger Data. Features TimescaleDB for time-series, Tiger Cloud, and Agentic Postgres for AI agents. Used by Cloudflare, Hugging Face, and Toyota.
Features
✓ PostgreSQL compatibility
✓ Automatic partitioning
✓ Columnar compression (90%+)
✓ Continuous aggregates
✓ Real-time analytics
✓ Hypertables for time-series
✓ SQL with time functions
✓ Built-in tiering
Pros
- + Full PostgreSQL compatibility
- + Excellent compression ratios
- + Great for time-series patterns
- + Generous free tier
- + Easy migration from Postgres
Cons
- − Specialized for time-series
- − Learning curve for features
- − Self-hosted requires expertise
- − Limited non-time-series features