Is Ninox or Timescale better?

Neither clearly leads. Ninox starts at On request and Timescale at $30/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Ninox or Timescale?

Ninox starts at On request and Timescale at $30/month.

Does Ninox or Timescale run on more platforms?

Ninox runs on Web. Timescale runs on web, api.

What can Ninox do that Timescale cannot?

Timescale covers Hypertables, Native compression, Continuous aggregates, Point-in-time recovery.

Database & Data Management · head to head

Ninox vs Timescale

Ninox

Database & Data Management

The database for teams

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Timescale

Database & Data Management

PostgreSQL platform for time-series and analytical workloads

From: $30/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Ninox paid plans are priced per user starting around 25 euros per month, and offline desktop and mobile access is limited to the higher Business and Enterprise tiers; Timescale it is built on Postgres, so it inherits Postgres's vertical-scaling limits compared to purpose-built distributed time-series systems.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Ninox and Timescale actually diverge.

Attributes where Ninox and Timescale differ
Attribute	Ninox	Timescale
Starting price	On request	$30/month
Platforms	Web	web, api

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Database & Data Management).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Ninox

Nothing recorded that Timescale does not also cover.

Only in Timescale

Hypertables
Native compression
Continuous aggregates
Point-in-time recovery
Read replicas
Private networking

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Ninox

No use cases recorded yet. See the Ninox review.

Timescale

IoT and sensor data storagenot Ninox
Operational and infrastructure metricsnot Ninox
Time-series analytics dashboardsnot Ninox
Financial and market tick datanot Ninox

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Ninox

Paid plans are priced per user starting around 25 euros per month, and offline desktop and mobile access is limited to the higher Business and Enterprise tiers

Timescale

It is built on Postgres, so it inherits Postgres's vertical-scaling limits compared to purpose-built distributed time-series systems.
The free trial is time-limited (30 days) rather than a permanent free tier.
Enterprise features like HIPAA compliance and cross-region backups require custom-priced Enterprise plans, not available on entry tiers.
Multi-node horizontal scaling and read replicas are gated behind the higher-priced Scale plan.

Pricing, plan by plan

Ninox

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Ninox review.

Timescale

$30/month

Performance$30/month
- 4 database services
- Up to 8 CPU / 32GB memory per service
- Up to 16TB disk per service
Scale$36/month
- Unlimited database services
- Up to 32 CPU / 128GB memory per service
- Up to 64TB disk per service
Enterprise$undefined/month
- Up to 64 CPU / 256GB memory per service
- Cross-region backups
- SAML SSO, HIPAA compliance

Which should you pick?

Choose Ninox if

Nothing in the data separates Ninox from Timescale on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Ninox review

Choose Timescale if

You need hypertables.
You work on web, api.
You also want native compression.

Timescale review

Questions people ask

Is Ninox or Timescale better?: Neither clearly leads. Ninox starts at On request and Timescale at $30/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Ninox or Timescale?: Ninox starts at On request and Timescale at $30/month.
Does Ninox or Timescale run on more platforms?: Ninox runs on Web. Timescale runs on web, api.
What can Ninox do that Timescale cannot?: Timescale covers Hypertables, Native compression, Continuous aggregates, Point-in-time recovery.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Timescale: What does Timescale (Tiger Data) cost?

Tiger Cloud starts at $30/month for the Performance plan (4 database services, up to 8 CPU/32GB RAM), $36/month for Scale (unlimited services, multi-node HA), and custom Enterprise pricing for larger deployments.

Source

Timescale: Is there a free trial and what does it include?

New users get a 30-day trial of the Performance plan with no credit card required, letting them test hypertables, compression and continuous aggregates before paying.

Source

Timescale: How is usage billed?

Billing is monthly in arrears with hourly-metered compute and storage based on average GB consumed per hour; mid-month plan changes are pro-rated and customers can cancel anytime.

Source

Ninox vs Timescale

Ninox

Timescale

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Ninox

Only in Timescale

What people use each for

Ninox

Timescale

Where each one falls short

Ninox

Timescale

Pricing, plan by plan

Ninox

Timescale

Which should you pick?

Choose Ninox if

Choose Timescale if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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