Best TimeBase Alternatives in 2026

Updated October 2026

20 apps from time-series databases ranked against TimeBase on the same published basis.

TimeBase alternatives compared

#	App	Score	Free plan	From	Runs on
1	InfluxDB	6.7	Free plan	—	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2	LinDB	6.6	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3	Prometheus	6.6	Free plan	Free	Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4	QuestDB	6.6	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5	TDengine	6.6	Free plan	$281.25/mo	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6	VictoriaMetrics	6.6	Free plan	$200/mo	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7	Apache IoTDB	6.5	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8	DolphinDB	6.5	Free plan	Free	API, Browser, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10	Amazon Timestream	6.4	No	—	API, Web
11	Grafana k6	6.4	Free plan	$19/mo	Linux
12	OpenTSDB	6.4	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
13	GreptimeDB	5.7	No	$290/mo	Android, API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14	Axibase Time Series Database	5.5	No	—	API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
15	Cortex	5.4	No	—	Linux, Mac, Windows
16	kdb+	5.4	No	—	Windows, Mac, Linux
17	TimechoDB	5.4	No	—	Windows, Mac, Linux
18	TimescaleDB	5.4	No	$30/mo	self-hosted
19	Warp 10	5.4	No	—	Web, Windows, Mac, Linux
20	BTrDB	5.3	No	—	API, Linux, self-hosted
21	CnosDB	5.3	No	—	Linux, Mac

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What is the best alternative to TimeBase?

InfluxDB, number 1 in time-series databases with a score of 6.7 out of 10. The others here: LinDB, Prometheus, QuestDB and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to TimeBase?

InfluxDB is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 10 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.