RRDtool vs UnitDB
| RRDtool | UnitDB | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux | api, self-hosted |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Deployment | self_hosted | self_hosted |
| Retention policies | Yes | Yes |
| Ingestion methods | command line; standard-input pipes; Perl; Python; Ruby; Lua; Tcl | Put/PutEntry API, batch operations, uTP PUBLISH messages |
| Horizontal scaling | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Time-Series Databases. On Inferse, UnitDB scores higher on our published basis.