Prometheus vs TimeBase
| Prometheus | TimeBase | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | Free | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows | Web, Windows, Linux |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | self_hosted | both |
| SQL support | No | — |
| Retention policies | Yes | Yes |
| Horizontal scaling | No | Yes |
| Query languages | PromQL | QQL |
| Ingestion methods | HTTP pull scraping; Pushgateway; Remote Write; OpenMetrics backfilling | Java, C++, C#, Python, Go, REST/WS, Kafka, loaders |
Both are listed in Best Time-Series Databases. On Inferse, Prometheus scores higher on our published basis.