TimeBase

What TimeBase is

TimeBase is an event-oriented time-series database and messaging middleware with roots in financial markets. The maker lists financial markets, IoT, instant payments, and technology health monitoring among its use cases. It works with real-time, cached, and historical time-series data through the same code base, including for analytics and data science. The maker states throughput of 2 million events per core per second and predictable 100us latencies in standalone and cluster modes. TimeBase can run as a single process or scale to 10 nodes with data consistency and load balancing.

Developers can use native Java, C++, C#, Python, and Go libraries, along with REST and WebSocket APIs. Listed connectors include ClickHouse, Timescale, S3, Kafka, and Grafana. Data modeling features include schema introspection, Luminary IDL, message format evolution and versioning, and heterogeneous time-series messages. Community Edition includes a web admin interface and command-line tools; Enterprise Edition includes web and desktop administration and command-line or desktop tools. Community has open-source market-data connectors, while Enterprise lists more than 100 commercial data connectors. Community Edition is available under Apache 2.0 with unlimited data storage and technical support via GitHub. Enterprise uses a commercial license and custom-agreement technical support.

Who it suits

TimeBase suits teams building time-series data systems for financial markets, IoT, instant payments, or technology health monitoring. It is relevant to developers who need several language APIs, streaming interfaces, data connectors, or the option to scale a deployment across nodes.

Limits

Community Edition includes unlimited data storage and Community Edition functionality, with open-source market-data connectors. More than 100 commercial data connectors are listed for Enterprise Edition.

Getting started

1. Visit the TimeBase website.
2. Start with Community Edition, which is available free under Apache 2.0.
3. Use the quick-start route to run TimeBase in a Docker container or use the available installer.
4. Select the APIs or connectors that fit your application from the listed options.

Verdict

Choose Community Edition to start with an Apache 2.0 time-series database, unlimited storage, a web admin interface, and command-line tools. Enterprise is the option for desktop administration and more than 100 commercial data connectors; its listed plan has no stated price.