BTrDB vs Prometheus
| BTrDB | Prometheus | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | Free |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | api, Linux, self-hosted | Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Deployment | self_hosted | self_hosted |
| SQL support | No | No |
| Horizontal scaling | Yes | No |
| Ingestion methods | Python Stream.insert API; PyArrow table insertion; pandas DataFrame insertion | HTTP pull scraping; Pushgateway; Remote Write; OpenMetrics backfilling |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Retention policies | — | Yes |
| Query languages | — | PromQL |
Both are listed in Best Time-Series Databases. On Inferse, BTrDB scores higher on our published basis.